Vincent Bontoux
Vincent Bontoux developed his extensive knowledge of learning and teaching materials provision and the world publishing industry through his previous employment with France Edition, the main representative and promotional organisation for the French publishing industry, where he was in charge of the creation of publishing development strategies for developing and transitional economies.
In 1999 he joined International Book Development in London where he provided specialist inputs on developing learning materials strategies and national policies for aid-funded projects in Africa (Djibouti, Lesotho, Malawi, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda), the Former Soviet Union (Uzbekistan and Georgia) and Asia (Nepal, Afghanistan).
Since 2004, when he joined International Education Partners, he has worked on a wide range of learning materials projects in Djibouti, Burundi, Zambia, Mozambique, Madagascar, Rwanda, Haiti, Moldova, etc.
In 2007 Vincent was course designer and team leader for a two month curriculum, publishing, production and management course for both state and private sector participants in Tajikistan.
Since 2008, he has been working on a major learning materials reform in Rwanda which involves shifting to a de-centralised, school-based system where individual schools have responsibility for their own materials selection and ordering from a MinEduc approved list. This has involved designing and working on one of the largest African learning materials procurement and evaluation projects in recent years. He is still working on a textbook procurement reform in Namibia that started in 2007 as part of the Millennium Challenge Corporation compact. In 2009-10, he has also been contracted by the Asian Development Bank to work on the design of a textbook rental scheme and revolving fund in Mongolia; he has also worked on the impact evaluation of VVOB (Flemish Technical Cooperation) education projects in Ecuador.
Vincent is a well-respected and highly experienced policy and strategy analyst on all aspects of learning and teaching materials provision, procurement, evaluation and financing systems. He is also a skilled and experienced education researcher and trainer. Apart from native French, he speaks fluent English, German, Spanish and Portuguese.
Vincent Bontoux was responsible for the research and editing of the francophone contributions to the ADEA book Upgrading Book Distribution in Africa (2001) and for the francophone and lusophone components of the 2007 World Bank-funded research study on secondary textbook and library provision in sub-Saharan Africa. He was also responsible for the translation of the ADEA book for the French language edition.