Thomas Ranz
Freelance Consultant, Evaluator in Development Assistance: Food Security and Education
Erfahrungen
Programming expert
Welthunger-hilfe/ USAID
Preparation of a project proposal that meets the requirements of the donor USAID and Welthungerhilfe. Project title: "Emergency assistance to conflict affected internally displaced people and host communities in Masisi Territory and Kamango Health Zone, North Kivu, DRC."
Evaluator and Team leader
German Coop. and Raiffeisen Confederation, DGRV
Evaluation of the Regional Program for Promoting Cooperative Self-help Organizations in Asia. In its program in Cambodia DGRV's aim is to support the stepwise establishment of a sustainable cooperative system by working on micro-, meso-, and macro-level in the agricultural and microfinance sector.
Evaluator and Team leader
DVV-International
Evaluation of the Country Program Laos for the German Adult Education Association (DVV-I). The program is financed by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for a total period of nine years. The funding title is "Sozialstrukturförderung" (SSF) and the program is mainly dealing with Non-Formal Education Development with a focus on vocational training as well as soft skills and thus supporting women in rural and remote areas to substantially increase their income.
Evaluator
Welthunger-hilfe/ BMZ
Evaluation of the BMZ-funded Support Project for the Recovery of Agricultural Production (PARPA). The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the sustainable improvement of food security of the population and the stabilization of the socio-economic situation in the urban areas of the Ombella-M'Poko prefecture (Bangui) in the Central African Republic.
Evaluator
Welthunger-hilfe/ KfW
Evaluation of the KfW-funded Ebola support Program in the four counties Grand Gedeh, River Gee, Sinoe, and Maryland in the Southeast of Liberia. The key sectors of the program are (i) infrastructure and construction of feeder roads, (ii) WaSH and (iii) food security.
Evaluator and Team leader
AWO International (Arbeiterwohlfahrt)
Mid-Term Evaluation of the BMZ-SSF Program "Integration, food safety and nutrition in Uganda", (10/2019-12/2022): The program's key objectives are: Strengthening resilience of refugees and vulnerable families in host communities and vulnerable regions affected by human trafficking in Uganda through socio-economic integration and promotion of a climate change adapted agriculture.
Evaluator
IFAD
Evaluation of the Country Strategy Malawi (2016 to 2021) for the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD. As member of the core team in charge for rural development, food security, micro-credits, and agricultural value chains.
Evaluator
Action Against Hunger
Mid-term evaluation of the program "Emergency Food Aid and Mental Health Assistance for Vulnerable IDPs and Host Communities in Northwestern Central African Republic" with the two priority sectors (i) food aid and (ii) psychological first aid. The program is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
Programming expert
German NGO "Help"
Proposal for a BMZ-funded project in the surroundings of Abéché in the sector of (i) agricultural value chains, (ii) revitalization of local and regional economy, and (iii) organizational support: strengthening of cooperative structures, integration of refugee population, vegetable growing and joint selling structures.
Evaluator
Swiss NGO "Latrine Togo"
Ex-post evaluation of the cooperation with the association N'Kotchoyem, which is active in the sanitation sector in the region of Sokodé and is financially supported since 1991. The evaluation focuses on two main points, (i) the professional and technical aspects of latrine construction and use (WASH), but also (ii) the organizational structure of the partner organization in particular.
Project manager
AGEG Consultants eG
Main tasks: Project co-ordination, backstopping, tendering, market survey, staff recruitment, etc.
Senior Project manager
AGEG Consultants eG
Main tasks: Project co-ordination, backstopping, tendering, market survey, staff recruitment, etc.