ADVISING

Thomas F. McInerney advises a diverse international clientele on complex strategic, governance, and development issues. Drawing on 26 years of practical experience and research on international development, governance, and law, he is known for a responsive, proactive, rigorous, diplomatic and client-attuned approach.

Clients include international organizations, governments, and international NGOs such as:

  • Alliance Biodiversity-CIAT

  • International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

  • Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

  • RECOFTC

  • Stockholm Environment Institute

  • The Asia Foundation

  • UN Environment (UNEP)

  • UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

  • World Health Organization (WHO)

Work With Tom

Illustrative recent work

Strategic planning

⇥ Developed preparatory guidance manual and drafts of global strategy for Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
⇥ Advised on global program and strategy for UN soft law instrument on small-scale fisheries.

Evaluation and assessments

⇥ Served as member of expert team conducting ten-year impact assessment for Framework Convention on Tobacco Contro
⇥ Assessed impact of five-year regional program on environmental policy in Asia and the Pacific for the Stockholm Environment Institute. 

Governance

⇥ Advised UNEP on international environmental governance, the SDGs, and its role in advancing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
⇥ Advised on governance arrangements for the International Land Coalition, a hybrid multistakeholder global alliance.

Mobilizing constituencies

⇥ Conducted comparative research to advise on promotion of United Nations International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Land tenure

⇥ Research on change process for women’s equal access to land in support of SDGs.