This site is dedicated to my work as an aid development consultant. It presents an example of my expertise and experience.

I have 25 years experience in project management and the
implementation of international transitional and development projects. I have recently served in the post-conflict environments of Southern Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Liberia. In a recent assignment, as part of a team, I conducted the Final Evaluation of USAID/Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) peace-building activities in Southern Sudan (from 2003-2005) and a Final Evaluation of USAIDs activities in Afghanistan (from 2002-2005). In Liberia, I provided specialist technical advice to the USAID Liberian Transition Initiatives Accelerated Learning Program, advising on monitoring and evaluation, teacher training, and curriculum development. I also conducted an evaluation of USAIDs Liberian Community Peace Building and Development Program, USAIDs Governance and Democracy Program, and the European Commissions Institutional Support Program.

I have also conducted assessments of child labor programs in Africa. In Liberia and Sierra Leone, I conducted an assessment of the United States Department of Labors (USDOL) Countering Youth and Child Labor through Education (CYCLE) program in January and February 2008. From September to November, I conducted the Final Evaluation of USDOLs project to combat child labor in East Africa, entitled Kenya, Uganda Rwanda, Ethiopia Together (KURET). I also conducted a child labor assessment for USDOL/ILO-IPEC in India from January to February 2009.

I also spent ten months as Team Leader of the Accelerated Learning (AL) Program in Iraq, under the USAID-funded Revitalisation of Iraqi Schools and the Stabilisation of Education (RISE) Project. In Afghanistan, I worked with staff at the University of Kabul in 2002, and in September 2007 conducted a mission as the Conflict and Stability Expert within a community development and governance program.

I have extensive experience in quality management, monitoring and evaluation, data quality assessments, database management and statistical analysis. I am  particularly adept at leading evaluation teams for high level change management. My skills include: strategic planning, facilitating participatory reviews, and devising planning procedures focusing on gender and cultural issues.

I have worked predominantly in Muslim countries and in post-war
conflict situations. Countries of work experience include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Darfur (Sudan), Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kashmir, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Syria and Uganda.

2009 ASSIGNMENTS

1. India - child labour assessment for the United States Department of Labor and the International Labour Organisation
2. Afghanistan - review of 2008 targeted funds for women and girls for USAIDs report to Congress
3. Bangladesh - Joint Annual Review Mission of the Primary Education Development Program (II) for the European Commission
4. Indonesia - Gap Analysis of Teacher Education for USAID
5. Darfur, Sudan - 2009 Nutrition and Food Security Study in West Darfur for the Global Relief Alliance
6. Uganda - child labour assessment in northern Uganda for the United States Department of Labor
   

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

1 Monitoring and Evaluation; Evaluation of Programs
2 Data Quality Assessments
3 Countering Child Labour Assessments
4 Conflict Mitigation and Stability
5 Accelerated Learning and Multi-grade Teaching
6 Vocational Education and Training (VET)
7 Community and Regional Development
8 Capacity Building and Institutional Strengthening
9 Educational Administration
10 Report Writing; Editing
 
For a current Curriculum Vitae/Resume email me.

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