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WISE Development Ltd Examples of Assignments
undertaken by WISE Associates since 2001: SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
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Economic Development: includes
private sector development (PSD), SME and entrepreneurship development, trade
and market issues, sustainable livelihoods, micro finance, fair trade,
agribusiness, business development & support services (BDS) |
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Multi-national application with piloting in 2 SSA countries |
World Bank / IFC / FIAS (WISE in partnership with The Law &
Development Partnership) Sept 2007 – March 2009 |
Development of a methodological toolkit for
assessing gender dimensions of investment climate reform; includes review and
lesson learning of series of Gender & Growth Assessments conducted in SSA
2004-7 (Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania), and piloting of toolkit in two SSA
countries (Rwanda and one to be decided). |
CP |
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Tanzania M&E design |
Govt of Tanzania; BEST programme Feb 2008 |
Development of M&E framework for second
phase of BEST programme |
CP |
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Tanzania Gender analysis |
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 |
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Ethiopia & Kenya (pilots for global application) Gender & Value Chains |
ILO Jan – April 2007 |
Continuation of work for ILO Oct-Nov 2005
on developing a Guide for integrating gender in Value Chains Analysis; now
piloting the guide in two SSA countries, reviewing and finalising for global application. |
LM |
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UK & Global Workshop Facilitation / Impact Assessment |
Practical Action (formerly ITDG) June – Aug 2006 |
Facilitator of a) “Markets and Livelihoods Group” workshops for IDS Livelihoods
Network (June in UK), and b) PA’s 5
Country Team Leaders “Market Programmes and Impact Assessment” Workshop (Aug
in Sri Lanka) |
CP |
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Port Sudan Programme Evaluation |
Micro Finance Institution April 2006 |
Evaluation of “Learning for Empowerment Against Poverty” programme for women’s empowerment through micro-finance
in Port Sudan. |
LM |
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Benin & Burkina Faso Writing a participatory methods manual |
Partenariat du Developpement Municipal March - Aug 2006 |
Participatory Methods for Local Economic Development for Partenariat du Developpement
Municipal, Benin helping to write a Manual for increasing participation in
local economic development planning. |
LM |
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Tanzania Programme evaluation |
CARE Tanzania Oct-Nov 2005 |
Evaluating and documenting lessons learnt
from two livelihood programmes in Mwanza District. |
CP |
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Malawi Programme lesson learning |
CARE Malawi July – Aug 2005 |
July/Aug 2005: CARE Malawi – Documenting lessons learnt from Livelihood
Security Programme for contributing to design of subsequent phase of
programme focusing on livelihoods of PLWHA. |
CP |
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Tanzania Masters Programme in Entrepreneurship |
University of Dar es Salaam June 2005 - ongoing |
Member of an international team designing and delivering a masters
programme aimed at developing change agents amongst the enterprise sector in
Tanzania. |
PR |
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Uganda Programme Evaluation |
HIVOS / Kabarole Research & Resource Centre May – June 2005 |
Evaluation of
MF programme with recommendations on ways forward to increase financial
sustainability and member benefits, including further development of the
Participatory Action Learning System (PALS) methodology. |
LM |
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Uganda Developing M&E Strategy |
DFID / Government of Uganda Nov 2004 |
Review of Government of
Uganda’s Medium Term Competitiveness Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation
Framework, consultation on same with stakeholders, making
recommendations for it’s improvement and implementation |
CP |
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Malawi Research into routes out of poverty |
CARE Malawi 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 |
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Sudan Programme design, advice and monitoring |
NOVIB April 2003 - 2007 |
Learning For Empowerment Against Poverty(LEAP) To design, advise and monitor the LEAP project for poverty-targeted
micro-finance and Women's Centres aiming to empower of very poor women in
Port Sudan. Included training material for empowerment, organizational
development, client assessment and impact assessment, web design, fundraising
and workshop facilitation. |
LM |
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Tanzania Performance Evaluation 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. This was 4-year programme
looking at institution capacity building for the development of
entrepreneurship-related support services for university and private sector
markets. The report had strategic recommendations to Nuffic (the Dutch
Government) as to their future role in supporting Higher Education programmes
in Africa. |
PR |
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Malawi Programme Appraisal |
DFID Malawi 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 |
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South Africa Programme review and design of further stages |
CARE Lesotho & South Africa Feb – Sept 2003 |
LEAP
(Local Economic Analysis to Promote demand driven enterprise development):- i) Feb-March 2003:
Strategic Review of LEAP ii) June 2003: Drafting
programme proposal for
submission to USAID for funding iii) Sept 2003: Concluding impact assessment and analysis of lessons
learnt from pilot phase of LEAP for scale-up; design LEAP Phase 2 |
CP |
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Zambia Policy review |
DFID Zambia Jan-Feb 2003 |
Social development consultant / team leader for review and assessment of socio-economic impact of
government policies for promotion of commercial agriculture on rural poor
& other vulnerable groups |
CP |
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Malawi Longitudinal M&E, and impact assessment |
Traidcraft (UK) and DFID Malawi 2001 - 2006 |
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. A longitudinal study with intermediary
results contributing to adaptation of existing services and development of
new services. |
PR |
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Malawi Design impact assessment |
Concern Universal Nov 2002 |
CU Micro-finance Organisation (CUMO): design of client-participatory socio-economic impact assessment system
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CP |
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Angola Programme Case Study & Evaluation |
One World Action Feb – April 2002 |
Microfinance and urban poverty reduction: the Sustainable Livelihoods
Project, Angola: Evaluation for
Development Workshop, and to write a case study of the programme |
LM |
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Zambia Gender mainstreaming |
CARE Zambia Feb – March 2002 |
Research into institutionalisation of
gender supportive policies and practices in CARE Zambia’s economic activity
development programmes |
CP |
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Tanzania, Ethiopia and Zambia |
ILO Geneva & Irish Aid Dec 2001 – April 2003 |
Senior consultant /joint team leader for a three country, 18 month
action research programme looking at the role and relevance of gender for
enterprise development and job creation in Ethiopia, Zambia and
Tanzania. Included practical
recommendations, and already the Tanzanian Government have integrated gender
issues into their new Small Enterprise Policy, which includes financial
reform and introduced new business services. |
PR |
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Eritrea and Mauritania Social assessment of desert locust control programme |
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 |
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Malawi Programme Impact Assessment |
CARE Malawi Sept / Oct 2001 |
Impact Assessment of CARE’s CRIMP programme involving analyses of impacts on household livelihood
strategies through participatory monitoring, evaluation and learning
methodologies. |
CP |
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South Africa Design of training programme for business counsellors |
CARE & Mineworkers Development Agency Feb 2001 |
Design of Enterprise Development component
in CARE's Household Livelihood Strategy, then training in same
with MDA's Business Trainers & Counsellors: CARE International & Mineworkers Development Agency (South Africa) |
CP |
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Zambia Scoping mission |
DFID April 2000 |
April 2000: Scoping
mission to assess potential to support local agencies involved in urban livelihoods in Zambia Copperbelt
region where large scale retrenchment is taking place in copper mining
industry (DFID-CA) |
CP |
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South Africa Gender appraisal; programme impact assessment & OD review |
Mineworkers Development Agency (MDA) & DFID-SA 1998 - 2000 |
i) Gender Appraisal (Nov/Dec 1998) ii) Mid-term Project Review and Evaluation of MDA’s
rural enterprise training and enterprise development programme (Sept/Oct
1999) iii) Facilitation of programme design for MDA’s Phase II funding,
including logical framework, support for strategic and financial planning
with MDA management, staff and board members. (Jan/Mar 2000) iv) Impact Assessment
of MDA’s Training and Enterprise Development Strategy (Feb/Mar 2000) v) Organisational Review of MDA’s Head Office Units (March/April
2000) |
CP |
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South Africa Impact assessment |
DFID May/June 2000 & May 2001 |
May/June 2000; with follow-up training workshops May 2001: Development
of baseline indicators and data collection methods for ongoing social impact study of the national
Small Business Development Project (comprising 5 NGO’s providing
enterprise training and support services across South Africa.) |
CP |
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Environmental Development: includes environmental policies &
strategies, environmental impact assessment, rural and urban infrastructure,
water and natural resource development, sustainable tourism |
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Malawi National 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); involved conducting
citizen and government stakeholder consultations and analysis, and
contributing to design of programme for changed management of Malawi’s water
resources. |
CP |
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Eritrea and Mauritania |
DFID / OPM Dec 2001 – Feb 2002 |
Social
Assessment into the Effects of the Desert Locust on Poor Farmers in Eritrea
and Mauritania. 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. Used participatory methodologies, for consultations with poor
farmers in areas affected by the desert locust, as well as relevant
government stakeholders. |
HM |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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HM |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Malawi Civil Society capacity building |
DFID March 2002 |
Facilitation of workshop on Participatory
Impact Monitoring for new DFID civil
society capacity building project |
CP |
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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 |
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Zimbabwe Programme Design |
DFID September-October 2001 |
Design
of the Zimbabwe Urban Poverty Information and Analysis Project, Team Leader
and OD Consultant |
MS |
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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 |
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Programme Management & Support: includes programme appraisals, design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation / routine reviews, programme impact
assessments |
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Tanzania M&E Framework |
Govt of Tanzania; BEST programme Feb 2008 |
Development of M&E framework for second
phase of BEST programme |
CP |
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Tanzania Evaluation & Lesson learning |
CARE Oct – Nov 2005 |
Evaluating and documenting lessons learnt
from two livelihood programmes in Mwanza District. |
CP |
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Mali & Tanzania Strategic Impact Inquiry into gender equity & women’s empowerment |
CARE Jan – Oct 2006 |
Team leader of two-country study (Mali and
Tanzania) 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 |
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Tanzania Design and deliver a Masters programme |
University of Dar es Salaam / Durham University Jan 2005 - ongoing |
Member of an international team designing and delivering a masters
programme with the University of Dar es Salaam on Entrepreneurship. This is
geared to develop change agents amongst those professionals in the Tanzania
who are involved in the enterprise sector. |
PR |
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Zimbabwe OD review and planning |
NIZA May to December 2003 |
Media
Monitoring Project Zimbabwe (MMPZ), Organisation Development Consultant Conducted interviews within MMPZ and NGO partners, facilitated
strategic planning and report writing |
MS |
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Uganda Participatory Action Learning System (PALS) |
Kabarole Research & Resource Centre May – Aug 2003 |
Project design
and training for Kabarole Research and Resource Centre. Following earlier work on PALS with KRRC in
2002, to further develop PALS as a sustainable and empowering system for
action learning, train staff and grassroots workers and help monitor
effectiveness. To write PALS Manual, |
LM |
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Zimbabwe Programme design & 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 |
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Zimbabwe Output to Purpose Review |
dfid April 2003 |
Team
Leader Output to Purpose Review of DFID Zimbabwe support for Humanitarian
Relief programmes: Farm Community Trust Zimbabwe; SCF-UK Emergency
Preparedness Project; World Food Programme.
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MS |
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Nigeria Output to Purpose Review |
dfid January/February 2003 |
Conducted
Institutional review and evaluation of Change Agent programme, negotiations
with Ministry of Health, team leader and responsible for Output to Purpose
Review of DFID support |
MS |
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Malawi Design of impact assessment system |
Concern Universal Nov 2002 |
Concern Universal’s Micro-finance Organisation (CUMO): design of socio-economic impact assessment
system |
CP |
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Zimbabwe Institutional Appraisal |
dfid Oct 2002 |
Institutional
Appraisal/Impact Assessment of the Zimbabwe Wills and Inheritance Laws
Project with Ministry of Justice,
Responsible for conducting Output to Purpose Review |
MS |
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Uganda Programme evaluation and M&E training |
HIVOS / Kabarole Research & Resource Centre Sept – Nov 2002 |
Programme Evaluation and M and E training, Uganda Evaluation and
training for Kabarole Research and Resource Centre, funded by Hivos. To
evaluate Hivos support for small enterprise development in the area. To give
staff and partner training to set up a PALS monitoring and evaluation system. |
LM |
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Lesotho Design of Safety, security & access to justice programme |
dfid March to August 2002 |
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 |
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Zambia Institutionalisation of gender policies & practices |
CARE Feb – March 2002 |
Research into institutionalisation of
gender supportive policies and practices in CARE Zambia’s economic activity
development programmes |
CP |
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Zambia Programme scoping mission |
DFID April 2000 |
Scoping mission to assess
potential to support local agencies involved in urban livelihoods in Copperbelt region where large scale retrenchment
is taking place in copper mining industry |
CP |
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Malawi Impact Assessment |
CARE Sept – Oct 2001 |
Impact
Assessment of CARE’s CRIMP programme involving analyses of impacts on
household livelihood strategies through participatory monitoring, evaluation
and learning methodologies. |
CP |
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South Africa Development of impact indicators |
DFID May – June 2000 May 2001 |
May/June 2000; with follow-up training workshops May 2001: Development
of baseline indicators and data collection methods for ongoing social impact study of the national
Small Business Development Project (comprises 5 NGO’s providing
enterprise training and support services across South Africa |
CP |
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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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 July 2002 |
CP |
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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 |
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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 |
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Strategic Development: including country and regional strategies,
national and multi-country policy reviews, reform proposals and assessments,
non-country specific / broad development programmatic issues & frameworks |
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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) |
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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) |
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Ghana Social Protection Strategy |
Govt of Ghana & DFID 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 |
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Sierra Leone Programme Review and Evaluation |
dfid january-February 2005 |
Review
of INSIGHT Governance Programme 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 |
MS |
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Malawi Design 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 |
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Ghana PSIA |
DFID Feb – Mar 2004 |
With Sync Consult (local consultancy team)
carried out social analysis of vulnerability and exclusion as part of PSIA;
included stakeholder consultations, validation & dissemination workshops |
HM |
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Malawi Safety Nets / Public Works Programme |
Govt of Malawi and CARE Apr-May 2004 |
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 |
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Uganda M&E for GoU’s Competitiveness Strategy |
Govt of Uganda and DFID Nov 2004 |
Review of Government of
Uganda’s Medium Term Competitiveness Strategy Monitoring and Evaluation
Framework, consultation on same with stakeholders, making
recommendations for it’s improvement and implementation |
CP (& other WISE Assoc-iates) |
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Ghana Poverty Social Impact Assessment (PSIA) |
DFID / Govt of Ghana / Sync Consult (Ghana) Feb – March 2004 |
PSIA
on tackling vulnerability and
exclusion in Ghana. Carried out
social analysis of vulnerability and exclusion in the context of Ghana.
Facilitated stakeholder consultations, validation and dissemination
workshops. Presented preliminary findings to government stakeholders. |
HM |
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Rwanda Gender & Poverty Policy & Strategy |
DFID / GOR / unifem June/July/November 2003 |
Government of Rwanda Gender and Poverty
Policy to Action Strategy and the UNIFEM Gender and Poverty Strategy and
Implementation Plan, Strategy Design Consultant Strategic planning,
mentoring, policy development, production
of reports, influencing UNIFEM Kigali to work with MIGEPROF, working with GoR
and NGOs |
MS |
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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 |
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Rwanda Design of Gender Strategic Plan |
dfid November 2002 to March
2003 |
Design
of Ministry of Gender Strategic Plan, Team Leader and Organisation
Development Consultant to the Ministry of Gender Facilitated Secretary
General and Directors of MIGEPROF through design and production of MIGEPROF
Strategic Plan in line with PRSP |
MS |
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Tanzania, Ethiopia & Zambia Action research programme |
ILO Geneva / Irish Aid Dec 2001 – April 2003 |
Senior consultant /joint
team leader for a three country, 18 month action research programme for the
ILO looking at the role and relevance of gender for enterprise development
and job creation in Ethiopia, Zambia and Tanzania. |
PR |
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Malawi Anti Corruption Strategic Plan |
dfid Sept 2002 |
Malawi
Anti Corruption Bureau: Organisation Development Consultant for the design of
the ACB Strategic Plan Facilitated Director
General and Directors in the design and production of the ACB Strategic Plan |
MS |
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Southern Africa region Gender Planning |
World Food Programme 1999-2001 |
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 |
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