Public sector policy & strategy, institutional strengthening & capacity building, covering multiple sectors, Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

Socio-economist: 40 years’ experience in 38 developing countries - 26 countries in sub-Sahara Africa, 13 in North Africa, Near East, Balkans, Asia. Clients include EU/ EDF (28 assignments), EU member states, EIB, other bi- and multilateral development partners (BMZ, DFID, LuxDev, SIDA, JBIC, MCC; UNDP, World Bank, FAO, IFAD, WFP, UNICEF) and international organizations (UN Secretariat, EC HQ, Council of Europe), including regional economic communities (RECs: African Union/ IGAD, CEMAC, ECCAS, ECOWAS, SADC, IOC, CEPGL, CILSS), 1981-2025.

Public sector policy & strategy, institutional strengthening & Capacity building: TA to public administrations (Departments, Ministries Agencies), good Governance, administrative reform, aid effectiveness, Decentralisation and local development, refinement/ implementation of strategies & policies, planning-programming-budgeting-monitoring & evaluation Cycle (Budget-Programme, Medium-term-Expenditure Framework), Budget support/ PFM; Capacity-building/ training: institutional performance improvement (management by results), Project Cycle Management (PCM), institutional strengthening (organizational assessment and organizational restructuring), professional qualification and training (training needs assessment) design of training programmes/ training of trainers)

Extensive consultancy experience, 1991-2021 for bi- and multilateral donors and EU: German, British, Luxembourg, Swedish, Japanese, US cooperation, 22 assignments 1991-2017; World Bank, FAO, IFAD, WFP, UNICEF 9 assignments, 2005-2021; EDF: 20 assignments/ 21 countries covered,1997-2019: 11th EDF – Gabon, CAR; 10th EDF - Senegal, Rwanda, Gabon, Zambia, Uganda, CILSS countries, Burundi, CEPGL countries, Benin, GMES-Africa, Mali, Namibia, Central African Republic 2007-2019; 9th EDF – Ghana, Somalia, Côte d’Ivoire, 2005-2007; 8th EDF – Malawi, Zimbabwe, 1997-2000. EU budget - 8 assignments, 5 countries + 3 times global/ regional levels, 1998-2021: Egypt, Tunisia, DEVCO, ECHO, AIDCO, Turkey, Philippines, Bangladesh

Senior Expert in Project Cycle Management: covering all project phases, from identification/ feasibility studies, formulation, implementation/ technical assistance/ advisory services, monitoring/ reporting and evaluation (ex ante, mid-term, final, ex post).
Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist: ►Conducted 13 Evaluations for EU 1998-2019 - 9 for EDF: Senegal, Rwanda, Zambia, Burundi, Somalia, Ghana, Namibia, Namibia, Malawi +regional thematic Programme CILSS countries - 4 for EU Budget: Tunisia, Bangladesh, Philippines +global thematic Programme), and ►15 Evaluations/ Reviews for bilateral DPs and IO’s 1991-2021 (UNICEF, IFAD, World Bank, FAO, JBIC, DFID, BMZ).

M&E system Specialist: ►Developed and implemented 7 M&E systems (TA 2006-2021): Egypt (EU), Zambia (MCC+EIB), Rwanda (UNDP+SIDA), Cameroon (GIZ), Burundi (FAO)

Team Leader/ Lead Expert: 20 times - 8 times for EU (2020/21 Egypt, 2018 Zambia, Rwanda, Tunisia, 2010 continental level Africa, 2007 Central African Republic, 2005 Côte d’Ivoire), 8 times for bilateral DPs and IO’s 2001-2017 (Rwanda, Cameroon, Liberia, Burundi, Tanzania, Jordan, India).

Modalities & procedures: EU: Full range of EDF +budget/ PRAG procedures and modalities, now INTPA/ OPSYS (PCM advanced level; Evaluation methodologies; Financing proposals/ TAPs, Project Identification & Action Documents, Programme estimates, Grant proposals; Sector budget support (SBS)/ sector Policy Support Programme (SPRP)/ Sector Reform Contract (SRC), NIP Programming; economic & financial analysis (Ecofin). EIB, World Bank, KfW, JBIC ; MCC; BMZ; GIZ; DFID (FCDO), LuxDev, SIDA; UNDP, UNICEF, WFP, FAO, IFAD.