Services

Facilitating assessment and mainstreaming processes with a focus on gender and HIV/AIDS
Verona Groverman has been involved in various mainstreaming processes in which she gained a strong ability to address different aspects of this complex process. Her long term support relates to policy and strategy development, planning, capacity building, and institutional aspects. Her short term inputs focus on gender as well as HIV and AIDS. They include strengthening capacities of the key personnel in gender and HIV/AIDS mainstreaming and assessing the functioning of an organisation (gender or HIV/AIDS assessment). She applies specific models for organisational assessment, one of which developed by herself, and uses different participatory methods to involve people concerned in the assessment.
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Capacity building
Verona Groverman is a qualified trainer and facilitator with a track record of preparing, delivering and facilitating training and workshops of different nature and of various content. She often works at the interface of social and technical fields, mostly with a gender focus. Her specific capabilities lie in addressing sensitive issues such as gender, HIV and AIDS, and in developing training programmes and methods which appeal to the participants. She is experienced in designing and producing training materials and manuals.
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Conducting evaluations of programmes, projects and policies and supporting monitoring and evaluation
Verona Groverman has been involved in a number of assignments on project and programme evaluation and impact study as a team leader and team member. In her evaluation approach she aims at clear outcomes which lead to realistic lines of thinking and acting for the future. She underlines the learning aspect of evaluation for all the parties concerned, including the evaluation team. During her long-term work in projects and short-term assignments she designed participatory monitoring and evaluation systems for management, staff and target group level.
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Assisting in policy and strategy development, planning and institutional issues
Verona Groverman's support to projects, organisations and networks aims at clear and practical outcomes ranging from jointly developing a clear strategy to assisting in the development of appropriate roles of and linkages between institutional units. Almost 30 years of experience has resulted in strongly developed communication and facilitation skills and in the ability to deal with sensitivities and to bring different stakeholders on the same line of thinking. Her work often lies at the interface between social aspects and technical aspects, for instance in integrated water management, food security and natural resources management.
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