Afke Bootsman works for UNDP in Haiti as the project Director for the UN debris management programme. During 2009 and 2010 she was based in BUrundi for UNDP where she was responsible for the reintegration agenda and the development of the employment creation programme, including sustainable tourism development. Before that she was working at UNDP HQ in New York where she has been the founder of the 'Growing Inclusive Markets initiative' and she started her UNDP carreer with UNDP in Guyana where she was responsible for small and medium enterprise development.