WISE Development Ltd

Examples of Assignments undertaken by WISE Associates since 2000:

 

INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:  including public management reform policies and strategies,  civil society engagement and strengthening, organisational development, human resource and capacity development, training and skills development, support for decentralisation, local and community institutional strengthening

 

 

Country /

type of work

 

Agency & date

Description

* Under-taken by

 

 

Sub-Saharan Africa

 

 

Rwanda

 

Ministry of Education – Technical Adviser

 

Government of Rwanda

 

Jan 2007 – March 2009

Technical Adviser on change management, institutional and capacity for Rwanda’s education sector; design, development and implementation support for the Education Sector Institutional & Capacity Development Action Plan.

MS

 

Gambia

 

Capacity building in Stats Dept

Govt of Gambia

 

July-Sept 2006

 

 

Organisation and Human Resource Development support for the Gambia Bureau of Statistics within the GoG Capacity Building for Economic Management Programme

MS

 

Rwanda

 

Gender Audit methodology and application to 14 development agencies

 

DFID, leading group of development partners, and 4 Govt of Rwanda MDAs.

 

Oct 2006 – June 2007

Developing a gender audit methodology in conjunction with a group of development partners and Govt of Rwanda agencies; then application of this methodology across 14 organisations that included government agencies, international bilateral and multilateral agencies, international and nation NGOs. 

 

CP with Immaculee Habiyambere

(Director of WISE Rwanda  & WISE UK Associate); advised by HM & Caroline Moser

 

 

Uganda

 

OD & Capacity building in health sector

Govt of Gambia / World Bank

 

May 2006

 

 

Organisation development and capacity building support for harmonising and streamlining Technical Assistance in the Health Sector; development of principles, guidelines and procedures for the Ministry of Health and Health Partners Development Committee

MS

 

Uganda

 

OD & capacity building Uganda AIDS commission

Govt of Uganda / UNAIDS

 

March 2006

 

Organisational development and capacity building support for harmonising and streamlining Technical Assistance to support the Uganda National Response to HIV & AIDS; development of principles, guidelines and procedures

MS

 

Liberia

 

OD & Anti Corruption Governance

Govt of Liberia

 

Nov 2005 – ongoing

 

 

Institutional development support for the design and implementation of a National Anti Corruption Strategy and independent Anti Corruption Commission for the new Government of Liberia

MS

 

 

Rwanda

 

OD Stats Dept

 

DFID / OPM

 

July 2005 – Feb 2006

 

 

OD and HR advisory support for the programme of development for the National Institute of Statistics, Rwanda, ensuring integration with other public service reform initiatives

MS

 

Rwanda

 

Institutional Devt – Education Sector

DFID

 

May-June 2005

 

 

Design, OD appraisal and capacity building advice for Joint Education Sector Support programme, preparation of Project Memorandum for DFID Rwanda

MS

 

 

Rwanda

 

OD Revenue Authority

DFID / PAC

 

April 2005 – March 2006

 

OD support to Rwanda Revenue Authority Change Management Programme

 

Design and facilitation of OD and business processes for the RRA to ensure more integrated service delivery.

MS

 

 

Sierra Leone

 

Programme Review

DFID

 

Jan – Feb 2005

 

 

Team leader for review and evaluation of DFID funded INSIGHT programme concerned with civil society’s capacity to engage with government on poverty reduction and rights; provided comprehensive OPR report and recommendations

MS

 

 

Rwanda

 

Human Resource Development Planning

World Bank / ACBF

 

October 2004 ongoing

 

 

 

 

Team leader for facilitating Implementation Plan for Human Resource Development Agency (HIDA), Government of Rwanda

 

Consultancy support to HIDA and core Ministries (Finance, Public Service) on OD/HRD processes and systems to enable the establishment of HIDA and build individual and organisational capacity to enable successful coordination and management of GoR multi sector capacity building programme

MS

 

Zimbabwe

 

Strategic Planning

Christian Aid

 

September and October 2004

 

 

OD advice to assist with development of a robust Strategic Plan (supported by an Implementation Plan) for Humanitarian, Development and Advocacy work

 

MS

 

Rwanda

 

Review of Ministry of Gender

DFID

 

January to March 2004 

 

 

 

Working with Secretary General and Directors of MIGEPROF to assess support required; Conducted interviews across GoR, donor and NGOs and lead  design of DFID funded support programme

MS

 

Rwanda

 

Support to DFID Rwanda Office

DFID

 

January to March 2004

 

OD Consultant for the “Way We Work” support to the DFID Rwanda Office

 

OD advice and planning, facilitation of learning issues, report writing

MS

 

Tanzania

 

Assessing performance of Entrepreneurship Centre

 

Dutch Government / University of Dar Es Salaam

 

Jan 2004

Head of a research team evaluating the impact and performance of University Entrepreneurship centre in Tanzania. Involved institution capacity building for the development of entrepreneurship-related support services for university and private sector markets.

 

PR

 

Rwanda

 

Support to Education Sector

DFID / SIDA

 

October-November 2003

 

Joint Review of DFID/SIDA Support to the Education Sector, Institutional Development Consultant conducted Institutional Review of Sector programme, contributed to production of multi donor report

MS

 

Sierra Leone

 

OD Appraisal of Civil Society Programme

DFID

September/ October 2003

 

Design of the Enhancing the Interaction and Interface between Civil Society and the State to improve poor people’s lives (ENCISS), Team Leader;  preparation of Project Memorandum for DFID

MS

 

Rwanda

 

Review of Gender & Poverty Policy  and Strategic Planning

DFID / UNIFEM / Govt of Rwanda

 

June/July/Nov 2003

 

Strategic planning, mentoring, policy development, production of reports, influencing UNIFEM Kigali to work with MIGEPROF, working with GoR and NGOs

MS

 

 

Mozambique

 

Civil Society Support Strategy

 

DFID / SDD

 

July 2003

Conducted a scoping exercise to assist in the design of a civil society support strategy, with a focus on addressing monitoring and evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Strategy. Provided a draft logical framework for the strategy.

 

HM

 

Zimbabwe

 

Programme design and OD appraisal

DFID

 

May/ June 2003

 

 

Design of the Farm Community Trust, Zimbabwe's Vulnerable Farm Workers' Relief and Recovery and Empowerment Project Memorandum, Team Leader

 

Design and OD appraisal of DFID funded programme, preparation of Project Memorandum for DFID Harare

MS

 

Zimbabwe

 

Output to Purpose Review

DFID

 

April 2003

 

 

Zimbabwe support for Humanitarian Relief programmes: Farm Community Trust Zimbabwe; SCF-UK Emergency Preparedness Project; World Food Programme

 

MS

 

Nigeria

 

Output to Purpose Review

DFID

 

Jan-Feb 2003

 

Output to Purpose Review of the Change Agent Programme in the Ministry of Health, Team Leader

 

MS

 

Rwanda

 

Design of Ministry of Gender’s Strategic Plan

DFID

 

Nov 2002 - March 2003

 

 

Design of Ministry of Gender Strategic Plan: 

Facilitated Secretary General and Directors of MIGEPROF through design and production of MIGEPROF Strategic Plan in line with PRSP

MS

 

Kenya

 

End of Project Evaluation

DFID / British Council

 

Nov-Dec 2002

Women’s Empowerment Project, Kenya

Carried out an end-of-project evaluation into a project supporting civil society organisations to promote gender equality. 

 

HM

 

Zimbabwe

 

Institutional Appraisal / Impact assessment

DFID

October 2002

 

Zimbabwe Wills and Inheritance Laws Project :

Team Leader and OD Consultant for this Programme with Ministry of Justice, Responsible for conducting Output to Purpose Review

MS

 

Malawi

Design of Anti Corruption Strategic Plan

DFID

 

September 2002

 

Malawi Anti Corruption Bureau: Organisation Development Consultant for the design of the ACB Strategic Plan

 

MS

 

Lesotho

 

Design of Safety, Security & Access to Justice Programme

 

DFID

March to August 2002

 

 

Design of the Lesotho Safety, Security and Access to Justice Programme, Team Leader and OD Consultant

 

Worked with Permanent Secretary and internal change management team in Ministry of Justice in the design and OD appraisal of DFID funded programme, prepared Project Memorandum for DFID

MS

 

Rwanda

 

Support to Gender Mainstreaming Project

Rwanda

June 2002

 

DFID

Rwanda Gender Mainstreaming Development Project:  Conducted Institutional review and evaluation of Change programme, team leader and responsible for Output to Purpose Review of DFID support

MS

 

 

Malawi

 

Local Government Capacity Assessment

 

CARE

 

March 2002

Facilitation of Workshop with staff of CRIMP (Central Region Infrastructure Maintenance Programme) to develop methodology and tools for undertaking assessment of capacity of local District Assemblies (CARE Malawi)

 

CP

 

Malawi

 

Civil Society capacity building

 

DFID

 

March 2002

Facilitation of workshop on Participatory Impact Monitoring for new DFID civil society capacity building project

 

CP

 

Kenya

 

OD Appraisal of Kenya Legal Services Programme

 

DFID

 

January to February 2002

 

 

Facilitated Internal team in Ministry of Justice providing OD advice and support for review of Kenya Legal and Judicial System

MS

 

Zimbabwe

 

Programme Design

DFID

 

September-October 2001

 

Design of the Zimbabwe Urban Poverty Information and Analysis Project, Team Leader and OD Consultant

 

 

MS

 

Uganda

 

Strategic Planning – Law & Order Sector

Government of Uganda

 

May to October 2001

 

 

Government of Uganda Justice, Law and Order (JLO/S) Sector Programme, Strategic Planning and Organisation Development Support Specialist

 

Facilitated internal change agent team in Ministry of Justice providing OD advice and support for JLO/S core team

MS

 

 

Central, South and South East Asia

 

 

India

 

M&E framework

DFID

 

March 2006

Developing a framework to monitor & evaluate DFID-I’s Support to Public Management & Service Delivery Improvement Programme in Andhra Pradesh

 

CP

 

Vietnam

 

Facilitation & documentation of gender & diversity programming workshop

 

CARE International (US)

 

Dec 2005 – Jan 2006

Facilitation and documentation of Gender Equity Exchange and Synthesis workshop in Vietnam, bringing together all C-I’s Asian country offices to discuss programmatic and organisational dimensions of gender equity and diversity.

 

CP

 

Nepal

 

Training of public enterprise advisers

Durham University / Govt of Nepal

 

1998-2003

Worked with and trained a large number of public and non-government enterprise advisers (whilst employed as Director of Networks Development Team, University of Durham Foundation for SME, formerly known as DUBS)

 

PR

 

India

 

Capacity building of local authority staff for SME support & advice

Durham University / Govt of India

 

1996 - 2001

India – Extensive experience of working with the national government, local district authorities and civil society groups throughout India in developing IG/MSE activities as part of sustainable livelihoods programmes in both urban and rural areas.  (Whilst employed as Director of Networks Development Team, University of Durham Foundation for SME, formerly known as DUBS)

 

PR

 

 

UK, rest of Western Europe, North America & Canada, Australia & New Zealand

 

 

UK based / global application

 

Governance & Transparency Fund

 

DFID (through KPMG/Harewelle)

 

2008-ongoing

Assessor for DFID’s Governance & Transparency Fund (managed by KPMG & Harewelle):  scrutinising proposals and using DFID criteria, based on CAR, providing systematic governance assessments for long listed and then short listed candidates for DFID funding decisions.

MS

 

Canada for global application