WISE Development Ltd Examples of Assignments undertaken by WISE Associates since 2000: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: includes empowerment approaches, gender issues, community based interventions, social analysis and strategies, poverty assessments, social protection, health and education programmes, participatory research and methodologies
Country / type of work			Agency & date			Description		* Under-taken by
Sub-Saharan Africa
Rwanda Programme design and support		EU (with Law & Development Partnership) June – Sept 2008			Rwanda Justice Sector Support Project: Analysis of support needs for development of justice sector institutions		Immaculee Habiyambere (Director, WISE Rwanda & UK WISE Associate)
Ghana Stakeholder analysis for PSIA		Govt of Ghana (WISE in partnership with Sync Consult, Ghana) Feb-May 2008			Conducting Stakeholder and Risk Analysis for Natural Resources and Environment Programme, as preliminary study to full Poverty & Social Impact Assessment		CP and Judith Ofori (WISE Associate)
Tanzania Gender analysis of BEE programme		Govt of Tanzania; BEST programme Sept-Oct 2007			Screening of BEST business environment programme from gender perspective for integration into programme strategy and M&E system		CP
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
Mali & Tanzania Strategic Impact Inquiry (SII) into women’s empowerment			CARE International (US) Jan – Oct 2006			Team leader of two-country study of impacts on women’s empowerment of Community Based Micro-Finance schemes, as part of C-I’s ongoing (3 year) Global Strategic Impact Inquiry into Women’s Empowerment.	CP
Uganda OD & capacity building			UNAIDS March 2006			Harmonisation of Technical Assistance in the Uganda AIDS Commission: 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
Malawi Programme evaluation & lessons learnt			CARE July – Aug 2005			Documenting lessons learnt from Livelihood Security Programme for contributing to design of subsequent phase of programme focusing on livelihoods of PLWHA.	CP
Nigeria Review of TB Control Programme			DFID June 2005			Carried out a review of TB-related health seeking behaviour. Provided recommendations for implementing a communication campaign, and introducing community participation to expand coverage of the TB programme to rural communities.	HM
Ghana Social Protection Strategy			DFID May 2005			May 2005: Government of Ghana (with Sync Consult, Ghana; funded by DFID Ghana): Resource person for development of Social Protection Strategy, advising and reviewing outputs of local consultancy team	CP
Zimbabwe Development of Strategic Plan			Christian Care September and October 2004			Strategic Planning with Christian Care, Zimbabwe OD advice to assist with development of a robust Strategic Plan (supported by an Implementation Plan) for Humanitarian, Development and Advocacy work	MS
Malawi Review of National Gender Programme			DFID July – Aug 2004			Provided support to the Ministry of Gender in refining their National Gender Programme. Held consultations with a wide range of key stakeholders to define and prioritise national gender objectives. Designed a draft logical framework for a gender programme and presented to the Ministry for finalisation.	HM
Malawi Position Papers			CARE June-July 2004			Research and write three Position Papers for CARE Malawi on: Gender; Safety nets and social protection; and Rural community institutional development	CP
Rwanda OD to Education Sector Programme			DFID January to March 2004			Education Sector Programme, Organisation Development Adviser to the Department of Planning, Ministry of Education OD, HRD and change management advice and planning to the Director of Planning, MINEDUC, and his team on Education Sector Development	MS
Malawi Research into routes out of poverty – “Economic Pathways”			CARE Nov 2003, Feb – June 2004			“Economic Pathways”- research into impacts of the recent food emergency in Malawi and potential routes out of poverty for very poor people eg via public works & other safety net programmes (CARE International, as part of Southern Africa-wide study funded by Gates Foundation)	CP
Malawi Review of Public Works Programme & Safety Nets Strategy			Govt of Malawi and CARE			April-May 2004: CARE Malawi and Government of Malawi - Social Development Adviser in Team researching and presenting policy paper for GOM’s Safety Nets Unit on “Study to inform selection of an appropriate wage rate for public works programmes in Malawi”	CP
Ghana Poverty Social Impact Assessment			Govt of Ghana / DFID / Sync Consult (Ghana) Feb-March 2004			PSIA on Tackling Vulnerability and Exclusion, Ghana. Carried out social analysis of vulnerability and exclusion in the contest of Ghana. Facilitated stakeholder consultations, validation and dissemination workshops. Presented preliminary findings to government stakeholders. Reviewed and structured the final report.	HM
Malawi Programme Appraisal			DFID Jan 2004			Social Development Consultant in Appraisal team reviewing proposed programme for development of market and trading opportunities for groundnuts and other cash crops	CP
Zambia Assessment of Government policies and strategy			DFID Jan – Feb 2003			Social development consultant & team leader for assessment of socio-economic impact of government policies for promotion of commercial agriculture on rural poor & other vulnerable groups.	CP
Malawi Review of Gender Power Relations			CARE July – Oct 2002			Gender Power Relations: Participatory Study of the CRIMP (Central Region Infrastructure Maintenance Programme), drawing out lessons and making recommendations for future programming	CP
Zambia Review of gender policies and practices			CARE Feb – March 2002			Research into institutionalisation of gender supportive policies and practices in CARE Zambia’s economic activity development programmes	CP
Malawi Water Development Project			World Bank / Govt of Malawi / Mott Macdonald Jan – Nov 2002			Social Development member of consultant team (Mott MacDonald) to implement Government of Malawi’s National Water Development Project (World Bank)	CP
Malawi Longitudinal impact research study			DFID / Traidcraft / Durham University 2001-current			Team leader of a research team working with two enterprise development organisations in Malawi looking at the impact of their work on poverty and poor people over a four year period. This is a longitudinal programme of work where intermediary results feed into the adaptation of existing services and the development of new ones.	PR
Malawi Poverty Assessment & Analysis			DFID / Traidcraft / Durham University July 2002			Team member undertaking Impact Assessment research for Traidcraft’s TEEM project with Foundation of SME Development, Durham University; conducted Poverty Assessment & Analysis in July 2002	CP
Eritrea and Mauritania Social assessment of effects of desert locust			DFID / OPM Dec 2001 – Feb 2002			Carried out social research into the effects of the desert locust on poor farmers in order to provide an assessment of the benefits of a global desert locust control programme. Using participatory methodologies, held discussions with poor farmers in areas affected by the desert locust, as well as relevant government stakeholders.	HM
Southern Africa Gender Planning			World Food Programme Nov 1999 – April 2001			Facilitated a series of capacity building workshops for WFP staff and government counterparts in five countries in Southern Africa in the design of logical frameworks, with a focus on setting gender specific indicators for monitoring.	HM
Central, South and South East Asia
Sri Lanka Women’s Empowerment in Sustainable Livelihood programming	CARE Sri Lanka Sept-Oct 2008			To assess programme in SE Sri Lanka for promoting sustainable livelihoods and addressing underlying causes of poverty, in particular that experienced by women: reviewing programme progress, assessing staff capacity, drawing out lessons and contributing to next phase of programme					CP
Kyrgyz Republic Social Assessment for Agricultural Development Programme	ADB (via Landell-Mills) March – July 2006			Carried out a social assessment to inform the design of a large Agricultural Area Development Programme in the South of the Kyrgyz Republic with a focus on water and drainage infrastructure rehabilitation. This involved: identifying key social and poverty related dimensions to agriculture; identifying and training a team of social researchers; supervising in-depth social research around potential project sites to assess likely impact of project on different socio-economic groups of beneficiaries.					HM
Bangladesh Programme review and learning			CARE Feb 2006			Conducted a strategic review and reflective learning exercise with a livelihoods project that contributed to design of a new livelihoods programme targeted at ultra poor (urban & rural).			CP
Vietnam / Asia Documentation of workshop on gender and diversity			CARE (Asia Regional Office, Bangkok) 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
Kazakhstan Social Survey for Participatory Land Use Planning Project			DFID / SERA Oct 2003 – present (ongoing)			Provided capacity building and field support for a local NGO in the implementation of a social survey around a former Soviet nuclear test site. Provided recommendations for alternative land use planning practices for local livestock owners to avoid further risks from contamination. Worked with a national NGO on the design of information and education material on risks from contamination.			HM
Kyrgyz Republic Gender evaluation of agricultural development project			ADB Jan – May 2005			Designed a social assessment. Identified and trained a local team of social researchers and supervised the field work. Provided a recommended framework of action to the Ministry of Agriculture for improving the participation of women in the programme.			HM
India Evaluation and web design			Concern / ANANDI Dec 2003			Evaluation and web design for ANANDI, funded by Concern Worldwide. Participatory Review using PALS methodologies to assess and document the achievements and challenges of Anandi's women's empowerment programme. To train staff in PALS and make practical recommendations for more systematic participatory action learning in their annual fair. Also design a website based on this and other ANANDI material.			LM
Central Asia Rural & Urban change processes			ERM / DFID Dec 2003			Rural and Urban Change Processes in Central Asia Provided an analysis of significant changes occurring in the region in labour markets and investment patterns, livelihood diversification, urbanisation patterns, rural-urban linkages and related social and political changes.			HM
Tajikistan Social Assessment for Education Project			World Bank July 2002 – Feb 2003			Designed and managed a social assessment into reasons for non-attendance and rising drop-out rates in schools, and the departure of teachers from the profession, for an education reform project. Trained a team of national researchers and supervised the research implementation and analysis. Recommended inclusion of measures to address relevant social issues into the project. World Bank.			HM
Bangladesh Social Development Support to Agricultural Reform Project			DFID (with HTS) Feb – March 2002			Supported the national Social Development Consultant in an understanding of the key social development issues relevant to the project, in carrying out her TOR, and in identifying areas for prioritisation. Offered recommendations for appropriate entry points through which to mainstream social development themes throughout project components.			HM
India Sustainable learning for women’s empowerment			PRADAN / ICCO Sept 2001 – March 2002			Conference facilitation and publication for India PRADAN, funded by ICCO. To facilitate a conference on participatory learning systems for women's empowerment and enterprise development. To produce overview documentation and edit a book of papers based on the proceedings.			LM
Kyrgyzstan Social Impact Assessment for a road project			TACIS (with Roughton International) May – Nov 2000			Designed a socio-economic assessment. Trained a national team of researchers and supervised implementation of the assessment. Used the results to draw up a resettlement plan and provided recommendations for how the project could initiate pro-poor economic growth.			HM
Central & Eastern Europe, including transition economies & Former Soviet Union Republics
Albania Stakeholder Analysis			Government of Albania / World Bank (for IDS, Sussex) July – Nov 2000			Social development consultant in team to conduct Stakeholder Analysis and Design of Participatory Processes for Development of Republic of Albania’s Poverty Reduction Strategy			CP
UK, rest of Western Europe, North America & Canada, Australia & New Zealand
UK Social audit			Newcastle City Council Sept 2005 – July 2006			UK. Head of team undertaking Social Audit evaluation of a regional enterprise programme. Client: Newcastle City Council.			PR
UK Gender Training			DFID / PARC Sept 2005			September 2005 Gender Training for DFID Evaluation Department, UK for DFID/PARC, funded by DFID. to prepare and co-facilitate training for DFID's evaluation department.			LM
US Developing Poverty Targeting Tools			USAID Nov 2003 – Sept 2004			Desk Review for IRIS and University of Maryland, funded by USAID. Member of three person team based at Maryland University, US to mainstream gender and develop participatory tools for monitoring USAID’s poverty targeting initiative for micro-enterprise.			LM
UK Impact of a wardens scheme on black & ethnic minority groups			Office of Deputy Prime Minister / SDD Oct 2002 – May 2003