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Track record in agriculture/natural resource management - including sustainable land use, food security, environment and energy

 

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.