WISE Development Ltd

Examples of Assignments undertaken by WISE Associates since 2001:

 

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

 

 

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)

 

Country /

type of work

 

Agency & date

Description

* Under-taken by

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

Tanzania

 

M&E design

Govt of Tanzania; BEST programme

 

Feb 2008

Development of M&E framework for second phase of BEST programme

CP

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

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

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

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

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

Tanzania

 

Programme evaluation

 

CARE Tanzania

 

Oct-Nov 2005

Evaluating and documenting lessons learnt from two livelihood programmes in Mwanza District.

 

CP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Malawi

 

Design impact assessment

 

Concern Universal

 

Nov 2002

CU Micro-finance Organisation (CUMO): design of client-participatory socio-economic impact assessment system

 

CP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Environmental Development:  includes environmental policies & strategies, environmental impact assessment, rural and urban infrastructure, water and natural resource development, sustainable tourism

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

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