| Agriculture/natural
resource management, including sustainable land use and farmers'organizations |
| 2009 (Nov-Dec.) |
Developing a handbook for farmer leaders
as promoters of farmers groups in the context of farmers organizations
(part 1) (Agriterra), The Netherlands |
| 2008 (Oct.)
|
Team leader of the
mid-term evaluation of the social marketing project “Environmental
Agri-business Marketing Project for small farmers” (CEOSS),
Egypt. |
| 2006 (Nov.)
|
Designing and conducting
a training on leadership concepts and skills for agricultural
researchers and policy makers in the ASARECA region
(CIAT/ECAPAPA), venue: Uganda.
|
| 2005 (Nov.– Dec.) |
Team leader of the
participatory evaluation of the Agro-Environmental Expansion
Project, Minia and Beni Sueif Governorates, (ICCO/CEOSS), Egypt. |
| 2005 (March, April) |
Support to Heifer
NL's strategic planning process including an assessment of its
projects in Africa and Eastern Europe (Heifer
Nederland), Netherlands. |
| 2004 (May – Sept.) |
Evaluation of the
Asia/South Pacific Program of Heifer Project International with
a focus on Vietnam , Cambodia , Indonesia
(country program offices) and Hong Kong
(fundraising office) (HPI). |
| 2001 - 2004, 1999 |
Co-facilitator and
resource person in the annual international course on "Gender,
Organisational Change, Agriculture and leadership" (IAC).
The Netherlands. |
2003
(June)
2002 (Nov./Dec.) |
Facilitator and
co-ordinator of the course ‘Gender and Rural Transformation
in Cambodia , Lao PDR and Vietnam : planning and implementing
gender mainstreaming' (venue: Philippines ). June 2003: follow-up
of the training course: coaching visits to and a workshop for
the participants in Vietnam . (IAC/SEARCA). The Philippines
and Vietnam. |
| 2000 (June)
|
Team leader evaluation
of a network of organisations engaged in sustainable land use
in Ethiopia and Eritrea (Novib), Ethiopia.
|
| 1997 - 2000
|
Involvement in the
support project to NRM institutes in the Himalaya-Kush Region
aiming at gender mainstreaming in these organisations (ICIMOD/DGIS),
Nepal . As: Resource person/facilitator on
organisational development and gender in two courses (Sept.,
Dec. 1997, 1998); Monitoring and backstopping the gender mainstreaming
process in institutes in India, China , Nepal
involved in the project (April, 1999); Lead facilitator and
resource person in a refresher course on skills development
of change agents in institutes involved in the project (Nov.
1999); Facilitator and coach of the local training team in the
(third) course (Jan., April 2000). Development of a training
manual covering the various trainings undertaken ‘Gender and
organisational change' (Sept-Oct.2000). |
| 1998 (Jan. – July) |
Team leader Impact
Assessment Study Ratnapura IRDP covering a 12-year period (DGIS),
Sri Lanka. |
| 1997 (June/July) |
Team leader Evaluation
Mission of a NGO focusing on sustainable land use and community
development (Novib), Eritrea. |
| 1997 (Febr.)
|
Resource person
on Social/Gender analysis in Agricultural Research/Extension
(ICRA, IAC), The Netherlands. |
| 1996 (Dec.)
|
Resource person
on participatory approaches in Natural Resource Management in
a course on “Environment and Sustainable Development” (DGIS/SNV),
The Netherlands. |
| 1996 (Sept.)
|
Evaluation of Participatory
Rural Development Project (involvement of rural poor in development
through self-help groups) (FAO/DGIS), Pakistan.
|
1996
(June),
1997
(June) |
Missions to promote
participation and gender issues in a sustainable land use project
of a Haitian NGO (ICCO), Haiti. |
| 1995 (July)
|
Facilitator of a
workshop on Gender in Agro-Forestry/Agriculture (Extension)
Programmes and Projects (ETC-K), Kenya.
|
1995
(June),
1997 (Jan./Febr.) |
Missions to design
and establish a monitoring and evaluation system of the project
“Action to Assist Rural Women in Tanzania ” directed towards
self-sustained women's groups (ILO), Tanzania.
|
| 1995 (April-June) |
Support to the Programme
Sustainable Land Use in Latin-America (analysis of counterpart
projects) (ICCO), The Netherlands. |
1994,
1995, 1996 |
Co-organiser and
leader of the annual international course on "Gender in
Policy Development for Sustainable Land Use" (IAC/ETC),
The Netherlands. |
| 1994 (Oct.)
|
Mid-Term Review
People's Participation Project (rural development through the
promotion of self-help organisations) (FAO/DGIS), Zambia. |
| 1994 (Febr.-July) |
Team leader of the
Programme Evaluation on Sustainable Land Use in Southern Africa
(preparation, mission to Botswana and reporting)
(HIVOS/DGIS). |
| 1993 (Dec.)
|
Review of the gender
project "Training and support of women groups in agriculture"
(part of an extension project) (Coopibo), Tanzania. |
| 1992 (June-July) |
Production of a
manual for field staff of development projects directed towards
self-reliance of rural poor, with a focus on group formation,
promotion of income generation, participatory monitoring and
evaluation (FAO), The Netherlands. |
| 1988 - 1990
|
Rural sociologist
responsible for project management, set up of a monitoring and
evaluation system, training of staff and beneficiaries, extension,
production of training material, income generation/credit through
on and off-farm activities in the People's (Women's) Participation
Project (rural development through promotion of self-help organisations)
(FAO), Swaziland. |
| 1984 - 1986
|
Rural sociologist
responsible for project management, set up of a monitoring and
evaluation system, training of staff and beneficiaries, extension,
income generation/credit (on and off-farm activities),
women's and literacy programmes in the People's Participation
Project (rural development through promotion of self-help organisations)
(FAO), Pujehun, Sierra Leone. |
| Food
security |
| 2012 (Jan, Febr.) |
Team member of the feasibility study on the
Use of Metal Silos to Reduce Post-harvest Losses of Grains (SDC), Central Corridor of Tanzania |
| 2005 (irregular
inputs) |
Advising on the
quality of the programme evaluation on food security (Oxfam
Novib), The Netherlands. |
| 2001 (Febr.)
|
Resource person/participant
in a Search Conference on ‘An integrated approach to water management
and food security'. The Netherlands. |
| 1997
(March/April) |
Synthesis study
for Policy Development on Food Security and Nutritional Improvement
(final part of Programme Evaluation VPO Programme). (Novib,
Caritas NL, Dutch Interchurch Aid). |
| 1995 (Nov.) - 1996
(July) |
Team leader Programme
Evaluation on Food Security and Nutrition Improvement (Preparation,
mission to India (March 1996), reporting).
(Novib, Caritas NL, Dutch Interchurch Aid). |
| Environment
and Energy |
| 2010 (June - Nov.) |
Co-evaluator of the Energy Access Programme (MFS-I
funded) implemented by EASE (Energy Access network) and ENERGIA
(Gender and Energy network) with field trips to Nepal
, Tanzania (ETC Foundation) |
| 2006 (Dec.)
|
Designing and facilitating
a training on Strengthening
Gender Mainstreaming in Environment and Energy. UNDP Environment
and Energy Group, UNDP Headquarters, New York.
|
| 2003 (June)
|
Mission
to start-up the Energy and Poverty Programme EASE in Vietnam
(ETC Energy) Vietnam. |
2002
(Febr., March)
2001 (Dec.) |
Facilitator of a
strategy-workshop and a preparatory meeting for an energy/gender
network (ENERGIA), followed by proposal development with capacity
building for its Phase III. (ETC Energy). The Netherlands. |
1996
(Jan., Aug.), 1997 (Jan.) |
Co-organiser and
leader of the course "Environment and Sustainable Development
(DGIS/SNV), The Netherlands. |
| 1995 (May, June) |
Resource person
for the Review of the Environmental Impact Statement of APWELL,
India (Working group Environmental Impact Assessment), The Netherlands. |