WISE Development Ltd

WISE Development Ltd

Examples of Assignments undertaken by WISE Associates since 2001:

UK, REST OF WESTERN EUROPE, US AND CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Country /

type of work

Agency & date

Description

* Under-taken by

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)

Workshop facilitation

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)

US (Vietnam)

Piloting Integrated Impact Assessment Approach

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

March – May 2006

Piloting the Integrated Impact Assessment Approach in the context of Mekong Private Development Facility’s work with Binh Dinh Province on improving the business enabling environment; findings presented to IFC Conference in Washington in May

CP & PR

Design & delivery of training course

DFID

Dec 2005

Organising and presenting a Training Course in Investment Climate Policy Reform to DFID’s UK-based and international team of Enterprise Development Advisers.

PR & K Langdon (also a WISE Assoc.)

Developing guidelines for assessing impact of BEE programmes

DFID

Jan – April 2005, and Dec 2005

Jan-April 2005: Developing Guidelines for Assessing Impact of Enabling Environment programmes which became the “Integrated Approach to Impact Assessment.” Paper on IIAA was key note presentation at Annual Conference of Committee of Donor Agencies’ SED Committee, Cairo, Dec 2005

CP (Team Leader, with PR and other WISE assoc’s)

Women’s Enterprise Strategy

Dept of Industry & Small Business Service

Aug 05–Mar 2006

UK. Running Women’s Enterprise Strategy review sessions with all regional development agencies in the UK in preparation for impact assessment of the 2003 women’s strategic framework policy intervention.

Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service

(EDIAIS)

DFID

Nov 2000 – Dec 2005

Establishment and maintenance of DFID-UK’s Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service (EDIAIS). Joint venture between WISE Development and Institute for Development Policy & Management (IDPM), University of Manchester. Included commissioning international research in cutting edge methodologies for impact assessment; extensive consultation with DFID's country-based staff and partner-organisations; arranging and chairing an international conference on best practices in impact assessment (Nov 2003).

CP (Project manager)

SG (web site manager)

LM (principal researcher)

Gender Mainstreaming Impacts

DFID

Nov 2004 – Feb 2005

DFID – UK (Evaluation Dept): Thematic paper on design of study to research impacts of gender mainstreaming in context of business enabling environment programmes; presented to Beijing +10 conference by DFID reps.

Programme appraisal for women’s business & financial services

East Midlands Development Agency

Aug 2004 – Feb 2005

Joint senior consultant. Appraising the market and general environment for financial products and services for women business owners in the East Midlands region of the UK. This is looking at micro credit for socially excluded women through to large loans and equity financing for technology focused substantive business start ups.

Feasibility Study for local enterprise centre

Newcastle City Council

Jan 2003- March 2004

One of three consultants forming a multi disciplinary team working on a community focused feasibility study for a local enterprise development centre and business support services in the Northeast of England . Although this was a local authority funded project its recommendations were placed within a regional context and adopted by the local business link network and ONE, the local RDA.

Design of impact assessment framework

DFID

July – Oct 2003

Team Leader for “Research Study to design a framework for assessing socio-economic impacts of migrants’ remittances on poverty reduction in developing and transitional countries”

CP (and other WISE associates)

Desk Review on empowerment & enterprise development

Swiss Development Corporation / Inter-co-operation

Jan 2003

Consultant for workshop to produce key background paper on empowerment and enterprise development, including gender and civil society linkages.

Conference design, facilitation & documentation

One World Action / DFID

Feb – April 2002

Women's Empowerment or Feminisation of Debt?

Conference design, facilitation and documentation. Organized, facilitated and documented this DFID-sponsored international workshop on gender and micro-finance in Africa and to write the conference report.

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

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.

UK / International

Design & present course to DFID-ED Advisers

DFID

Dec 2005

UK. Organising and presenting a Training Course in Investment Climate Policy Reform to DFID’s UK-based and international team of Enterprise Development Advisers. This course was run on behalf of WISE for DFID.

PR & K Langdon (also a WISE Assoc.)

Canada

Assistance to Libraries

British Columbia Libraries Association

2002- ongoing

“Assistance to Libraries Project” of Libraries Across Borders Group: co-ordinating research, developing guidelines and processes for disseminating funds to Canadian, Aboriginal and developing country library and information services

Canada

International Librarianship: Issues & Innovations

University of British Columbia School of Library Archival & Information Studies

2001, 2003, 2005

Guest Lecturer (alternate summers) on Masters course Summer School in International Librarianship: Issues & Innovations

Programme Management & Support: includes programme appraisals, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation / routine reviews, programme impact assessments

US & UK based:

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, and piloting of toolkit in two SSA countries.

UK (but with participants from nine countries)

Royal Institute of Public Administration (RIPA)

Dec 2007

Associate Director of Studies: co-ordination an delivery of course on Monitoring & Evaluation for government officials of development countries.

Social audit

Newcastle City Council

Sept 2005 - ongoing

Head of team undertaking Social Audit evaluation of a regional enterprise programme.

Manual on Participatory evaluation

DFID / PARC

Feb – March 2005

Desk Review for PARC, funded by DFID. To write a Mini-Manual reviewing debates and good practices in participatory evaluation methodologies.

Design of Guidelines for Assessing Impact of Business Enabling Environ-ment Programmes

DFID

Jan – April 2005

And

Dec 2005

For DFID’s Investment, Competition and Enabling Environment Team: Developing Framework and Guidelines for Assessing Impact of Enabling Environment programmes: Paper was key note presentation at Annual Conference of Committee of Donor Agencies’ SED Committee, Cairo, Dec 2005

CP (Team Leader) with PR and other WISE assocs)

Impacts of gender mainstreaming

DFID

Nov 2004 – Feb 2005

For DFID – UK (Evaluation Dept): Thematic paper on design of study to research impacts of gender mainstreaming in context of business enabling environment programmes; presented to Beijing+10 conference

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.

Development of framework for assessing impact of remittances

DFID

July – Oct 2003

“Research Study to design a framework for assessing socio-economic impacts of migrants’ remittances on poverty reduction in developing and transitional countries”

CP (team leader, with other WISE assocs)

Review of gender mainstreaming

DFID / SDD

March – April 2003

Review of Gender Mainstreaming within DFID

Reviewed a selection of DFID programmes to identify examples of good practice in gender mainstreaming.

Impact of wardens scheme on black and ethnic minority groups

Office of Deputy Prime Minister / SDD

Oct 2002 – May 2003

Carried out an evaluation of the extent to which the Neighbourhood Wardens Scheme addressed the needs of black and ethnic minority groups. Held discussions with project management staff, wardens and community members in Birmingham, Hackney and Swansea. Presented findings to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister..

Gender review of training programme

DFID / SDD

Oct 2002 – April 2003

Gender Review of DFID’s Training Programme

Attended a selection of DFID’s training courses, reviewed training material, and held discussions with participants and training facilitators. Used the results of the review to provided recommendations for strengthening the gender mainstreaming component of all DFID’s training courses.

Canada

Assistance to Libraries

British Columbia Libraries Association

2002- ongoing

Canada

Assistance to Libraries

British Columbia Libraries Association

2001

Researched and developed website training modules for “Working With Volunteers” project

Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service

(EDIAIS)

DFID

Nov 2000 – Dec 2005

CP (Project manager)

SG (web site manager)

LM (principal researcher)

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

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.

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.

Developing Poverty Targeting Tools

USAID

Nov 2003 – Sept 2004

Impact of a wardens scheme on black & ethnic minority groups

Office of Deputy Prime Minister / SDD

Oct 2002 – May 2003

Review of Gender Mainstreaming in DFID

DFID / SDD

March – April 2003

Reviewed a selection of DFID programmes to identify examples of good practice in gender mainstreaming.

Gender Review of DFID’s Training Programme

DFID / SDD

Oct 2002 – April 2003

International

Background paper on empowerment and enterprise development

Swiss Development Corporation

Jan 2003

Empowerment and Enterprise Development, Berne, Switzerland: Desk Review for Inter Co-operation, funded by Swiss Development Corporation. Consultant for workshop for Swiss Development Cooperation to produce key background paper on empowerment and enterprise development, including gender and civil society linkages.

UK and Africa region

Design & facilitate confeence

One World Action

Feb – April 2002

Women's Empowerment or Feminisation of Debt, UK,

Conference: designed, facilitated and documented for One World Action. To organize, facilitate and document a DFID-sponsored international workshop on gender and micro-finance in Africa and to write the conference report.

Facilitation of Colloquium

DFID

Nov – Dec 2001

Facilitation of DFID’s Social Development Department’s 2001 Colloquium, with topic of “Social Development Perspectives of PRSPs.”

International

Overview of enabling environments for women’s enterprise

ILO Geneva

March – April 2001

Enabling Environments for Women's Enterprise: Challenges and Ways Forward, UK:

Desk Review for ILO’s Investing in Social Enterprise Programme. To write overview paper of debates, evidence and frameworks for enabling environments for women's enterprise development. It reviewed secondary sources material from Africa, Asia, US and Europe and review of gender mainstreaming in ILO and other development agencies.

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

Review of Women’s Enterprise Strategy

Dept of Industry & Small Business Service

Aug 2005 – Mar 2006

Impact Assessment Framework

DFID

July-Oct 2003

Research Study to design a “Framework for assessing socio-economic impacts of migrants’ remittances on poverty reduction” in developing and transitional countries

CP & other WISE Assoc-iates

UK / International

Developing guidelines for assessing impact of BEE programmes

DFID