A thoughtful, creative & resourceful Advisor, Planner & Strategist, Manager & Supervisor, Designer & Production Specialist, Mentor, Coach & Training Specialist, Researcher & Evaluator with 35+ years practical, hands-on development experience at Community, District, Provincial & National Levels. I  work with government, NGO & civil society counterparts & stakeholders to find lasting solutions to improve communications, develop stronger staff &  institutions & deliver more effective services for education, health, community development, infrastructures, regional and urban planning, environment/ NRM, agriculture, etc. Together we build on past experience, existing opportunities, & local capabilities to integrate gender, social inclusion & community empowerment, equity & human rights so development benefits all.

Experience liaising with organizations & donors, preparing reports & information / promotional/ outreach / behavior change materials & applying their branding & visibility requirements plus, training & capacity building, & institutional development, reform, reconstruction (post disaster & conflict):   ADB (9 projects),  ARC (1),  AUSAID  / DFAT (5),  CARE (2),  CIDA (2),  Cordaid (3),  EU (5),  GTZ (1),  Oxfam (2),  UNFPA (1),  UNICEF (4),  USAID (15),  World Bank (7) since 1980 & Peace Corps (2)  in Afghanistan (3 projects),  Egypt (1),  Indonesia (39),  Iraq (1),  Laos (3),  Malaysia (3), Myanmar (1),  Papua Nui Guinea (1),  Philippines (1), Timor Leste (10),  Somalia (1)  & the US (7.)

Key Capabilities

Designing & Producing Communications Strategies, Tools, Media, & Messages:   IEC / C4D / Health Promotion / Customer Services / Interpretation & Extension / BCC / Social Marketing / Outreach / Awareness / PR / Advocacy / Knowledge Sharing / Reporting & Documentation

Managing Internal & External Project Communications:   Education, Health, CD, Gender, Regional & Urban Planning, Infrastructures & Watsan, NRM / Environment, Agriculture, Justice, Anti-corruption & Governance   

Establishing Communications Services:   Designing, developing & building new departments, project start-ups, reform  

Building Communications, Clinical, Technical & Management Capacity:   Strategizing, producing, utilizing communications approaches, techniques & tools, & knowledge sharing at national, district & community levels 

Developing & Delivering Training & TOT, Mentoring, Coaching & Advising:    Participatory / skills based / OJT / distance  

Preparing Training Materials, Guides / Manuals / Handbooks  & Toolkits:  Interactive, skills based & participative  

Researching, Assessing & Evaluating:  Needs & stakeholders, sitcons, implementation, performance, progress, impact, feasibility, MTR & Final Evaluations, etc.  (formative research, qualitative & quantitative, participative)

Available for short or medium term assignments & remote consultations