Kilian Kleinschmidt
Kilian Kleinschmidt (* 1962 in Essen , Germany ) is a German entrepreneur, consultant and speaker, former head of refugee camps and former employee of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Life
Kleinschmidt grew up in Berlin and, after graduating from high school, worked as a roofer and goat cheese farmer in France in the Pyrenees until 1988 . In 1988 the son of a teacher met development workers on a motorcycle tour through Mali and helped build a school. After successfully developing a vocational training center in Uganda, he switched to United Nations emergency aid.
Subsequently, he worked for the United Nations and its aid agencies in various crisis regions around the world.
In 1991 he worked for the UN World Food Program in South Sudan and witnessed the “ Bor massacre ”. After the “Lost Boys of South Sudan” escaped to Kenya, he helped build the Kakuma refugee camp for UNHCR, which still exists today.
He was then sent to Somalia by UNHCR , from where he headed the Mogadishu office during the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu . In 1994 he coordinated the “Displaced Persons Program” in Kenya. After deployments in Bosnia (1995–1997) and Sri Lanka, he was the coordinator of a rescue operation for 100,000 refugees from Rwanda during the Second Congo War and organized the airlift from Kisangani to Rwanda. From 1999-2000 he coordinated the UNHCR's field operations in the Congo. From 2001 to 2004 he was the coordinator of the migration and refugee initiative of the Stability Pact for Southeast Europe and established the MARRI Center in Skopje with Soren Jessen-Petersen . From 2005–2006 he was the director of the return office of the UNMIK administration in Kosovo . From 2007-2011 he coordinated UNHCR's earthquake relief in Pakistan, the return program for refugees to Afghanistan and in 2010 was the United Nations Deputy Special Envoy in Pakistan. In 2012 he was the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia and was the first high-ranking UN representative to return to Mogadishu.
From 2013 to 2014 Kleinschmidt was head of the Zaatari refugee camp and within a year managed to build a settlement that made human dignity and quality of life possible. His plan was to turn the camp into a city. Instead of serving food, supermarkets have been set up in which refugees have been able to shop with tokens since 2014. With the help of the City of Amsterdam, the planning was adapted to urban development standards. In 2014 he decided to leave the United Nations in order to develop and implement innovative concepts. From September 2015 to June 2016 he was a consultant for the Austrian Ministry of the Interior a. a. working for the initial reception center in Traiskirchen . In 2016 he was an advisor to the Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller on the subject of "Causes of Flight". In 2017 he and his team developed a strategy for the Austrian Chancellery under Chancellor Christian Kern with innovative approaches to migration in Africa. Kleinschmidt developed the “Sustainable Development Zones” model in collaboration with Joachim Rücker and Michael Castle-Miller.
In 2014 he founded the startup Innovation & Planning Agency Switxboard . Kleinschmidt believes that the agile networking of global resources will replace the model of development cooperation and that large institutions and aid organizations will be a thing of the past. IUMEE - United Resources , founded in 2019 as a new venture, continues this approach and plans a global analog network structure supported by digitization and AI. The Bridging With Sports GmbH provides expertise in sports development.
Kleinschmidt is regularly invited to speak at events such as TEDx Hamburg, the "Cities of Tomorrow" conference of the New York Times or at SAIS . He is divorced and has five children. He is on the Advisory Board of Forum Alpbach and a consultant for various organizations and start-ups.
Fonts
- Kilian Kleinschmidt, Regina Carstensen: Because it's about people: As crisis helpers in the hot spots of the world . Econ - Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-430-20180-3 .
- Jenny Schuckardt, Kilian Kleinschmidt: Beyond Survival: Escape. Arrivals. Future. Children tell their story (DuMont world - people - travel) . DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2016, ISBN 978-3-7701-9919-8 .
- Kilian Kleinschmidt, Sören Kittel: Death to the Helper (DuMont True Tales) . DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2017, ISBN 978-3-7701-9899-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b [1]
- ↑ a b Calm Boss Overseeing a Syrian Refugee Camp's Chaos. The New York Times , May 24, 2013, accessed April 5, 2016 .
- ↑ Kim Son Hoang: Kilian Kleinschmidt: The "lion" buttons itself to Traiskirchen. September 2, 2015, accessed April 5, 2016 .
- ↑ http://joachim-ruecker.com/images/PDF/SDZ%20Concept%20Proposal%20-%20FINAL%20-%20071118.pdf
- ↑ Kilian Kleinschmidt ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on nytcitiesfortomorrow.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kleinschmidt, Kilian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur, head of refugee camps and employee of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Essen , Germany |