Thomas (Georg) Ranz
Programming expert
Erfahrungen
Feb. 2023 - März 2023
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
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.”
Okt. 2022 - Jan. 2023
4 Monaten Kambodscha
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.
Mai 2022 - Sept. 2022
5 Monaten Demokratische Volksrepublik Laos (Laos)
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.
Feb. 2022 - Apr. 2022
3 Monaten Zentralafrikanische Republik
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.
Nov. 2021 - Dez. 2021
2 Monaten Liberia
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:
- Infrastructure and construction of feeder roads
- WaSH
- Food security
Sept. 2021 - Jan. 2022
5 Monaten Uganda
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.
Juli 2021 - Okt. 2021
4 Monaten Malawi
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.
März 2021 - Mai 2021
3 Monaten Zentralafrikanische Republik
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:
- Food aid
- Psychological first aid.
- The program is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
Dez. 2020 - Feb. 2021
3 Monaten Tschad
Programming expert
German NGO Help
- Proposal for a BMZ-funded project in the surroundings of Abéché in the sector of:
- Agricultural value chains
- Revitalization of local and regional economy
- Organizational support: strengthening of cooperative structures, integration of refugee population, vegetable growing and joint selling structures.
Okt. 2020 - Nov. 2020
2 Monaten Togo
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:
- The professional and technical aspects of latrine construction and use (WASH)
- The organizational structure of the partner organization in particular.
März 2020 - Apr. 2020
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Evaluator and Team leader
Caritas Luxembourg Foundation
- Ex-post evaluation of six projects for the construction/rehabilitation of health centers and hospitals in North Kivu, DRC.
- In addition to infrastructural aspects, the study also examined in particular the supply of medicines, technical equipment, treatment practice, management and aspects of cost recovery.
- The field mission had to be interrupted due to the coronavirus crisis leading to the closure of borders and airports in Rwanda and DRC.
Nov. 2019 - Juni 2020
8 Monaten Deutschland
Evaluator
German Federal Foreign Office, Madiba Consult
- Evaluation of the German Humanitarian Assistance in the Health Sector in Africa.
- The evaluation focused on two humanitarian contexts in Ethiopia and in the D.R. Congo.
- Due to the protracted crisis in DRC, three emergency aid projects of primary and secondary live saving, implemented by German NGOs, were selected in South and North Kivu, and in Ituri and Uélé.
Nov. 2019 - Jan. 2020
3 Monaten Ruanda
Evaluator and Team leader
ILO
- Independent Mid-term Evaluation of the project “Promoting Decent Work in Rwanda’s Informal Economy (Boneza Umurimo)”.
- The project seeks the creation of more and better quality employment opportunities for Youth and Women in the sectors of garment and tailoring, and building construction.
Okt. 2019 - Nov. 2019
2 Monaten Demokratische Volksrepublik Laos (Laos)
Evaluator and Team leader
German Coop. and Raiffeisen Confederation, DGRV
- Evaluation of the Regional Program for Promoting Cooperative Self-help Organizations in Asia 2018 to 2020.
- In its program in Laos 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.
Aug. 2019 - Okt. 2019
3 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Evaluator and Team leader
Lernen-Helfen-Leben e.V, LHL
- Evaluation of LHL forestry projects in South Kivu province.
- Since 2013 LHL projects, funded by BMZ, have had similar priorities:
- Reforestation
- Training in agriculture and forestry
- Education of children and youth as environmental advocates
- Bushfire control
- Land use and livestock involvement in conflict management.
Mai 2019 - Juni 2019
2 Monaten SS
Programming expert
World Vision
- Preparation of a KfW-funded project in Northern Bhar el Ghazal and Aweil.
- The three key components of the project are:
- Drinking water supply
- Revitalization of regional markets through increased agricultural production and better access to markets
- Community based social and productive infrastructure micro-projects.
Apr. 2019 - Juli 2019
4 Monaten Tunesien
Evaluator and Team leader
ILO
- Final independent evaluation of the "Youth and Employability Program”, implemented by the UN’s International Labour Organisation, ILO.
- The program, funded by the Netherlands, aims to support young job seekers, women and men, in Beja, Jendouba, Siliana and Kef, to benefit from better access to the paid or self-employed labour market.
Feb. 2019 - März 2019
2 Monaten Kamerun
Evaluator and Team leader
Association Avenir Femme, AAF
- Evaluation of a vocational training center, financed by "Bread for the World" and implemented by the "Centre Avenir Femme, AAF" in the Far North of Cameroon.
- The project offers vocational training in the fields of sewing, hairdressing, catering, literacy courses and caring for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Jan. 2019 - Feb. 2019
2 Monaten Zentralafrikanische Republik
Programming expert
Welthunger-hilfe / World Bank
- Welthungerhilfe was asked by the Central African Ministry of Agriculture to prepare and submit a detailed project proposal as part of the World Bank funded program "Projet d'Appui à la Relance Agricole et au Développement de l'Agrobusiness en Centrafrique, PRADAC".
Nov. 2018 - Dez. 2019
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Evaluator and Team leader
Misereor
- Evaluation of the "Drinking Water for All" hydraulic program in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- The objective of the program is to better manage water with and for disadvantaged communities in the diocese of Kikwit and in the outskirts of Kinshasa.
Okt. 2018 - Nov. 2018
2 Monaten Nigeria
Evaluator and Team leader
Bread for the World, BfdW
- Evaluation of Mason’s Technical School in Garkida, North-Eastern Nigeria.
- Vocational training restarted in 2016 only after suspension of all activities due to several attacks of Boko Haram.
- Besides quality aspects of provided vocational training, the evaluation focuses as well on the question, how former graduates could integrate in the regional labor market.
Mai 2018 - Sept. 2018
5 Monaten Kamerun
Evaluator and Team leader
Bread for the World, BftW
- Evaluation of four student support programs in Cameroon and Congo (Douala, Kinshasa, Goma and Bukavu).
- The programs are complementary to university studies and facilitate students' efficient learning and their integration into the labor market.
- They support entrepreneurship activities and inform about democratic principles.
März 2018 - Apr. 2018
2 Monaten Burundi
Programming expert
Welthunger-hilfe / AA
- Programming of an emergency assistance project to improve food security and provision with drinking water for the most vulnerable populations of Muyinga Province, Northern Burundi.
Feb. 2018 - März 2018
2 Monaten Zentralafrikanische Republik
Programming expert
Welthunger-hilfe / EC
- Concept development: Strengthening of the resilience of crisis affected population in the surroundings of Bangui: Food safety and security, vegetable growing and marketing, labour intensive rehabilitation of social infrastructure, capacity building measures for civil society organisations.
Jan. 2018 - Feb. 2018
2 Monaten Liberia
Programming expert
Welthunger-hilfe / KfW
- Finalization of the concept for the Rural Recovery Program, phase V (RRP-V) with a scheduled budget of 14.7 million Euros which meets the quality criteria of both, Welthungerhilfe and KfW, including the full narrative proposal, a draft budget, the logical framework, and the detailed work plan.
Okt. 2017 - Nov. 2017
2 Monaten Zentralafrikanische Republik
Programming expert
Welthunger-hilfe / BMZ
- Concept development: informal rural vocational training for crisis affected youth and adolescents in the region of Bangui.
- Besides practical training in agricultural techniques also the low level of general education shall be enhanced thus enabling training graduates to survive as independent small scale farmers instead of joining armed groups.
Aug. 2017 - Sept. 2017
2 Monaten Kenia
Evaluator
GFA / German Ministry for Nutrition and Agriculture
- Final evaluation of the Cooperation between the German Cooperative Alliance, DGRV and the Cooperative Alliance of Kenya, CAK.
- Besides promoting CAK as umbrella organization of Kenya’s cooperative movement, the project developed a total of 21 training modules, exercised a group of core trainers and carried out trainings of members and staff of agricultural cooperatives.
Juni 2017 - Juli 2017
2 Monaten Niger
Consultant
EC-Delegation in Niger / IBF
- Identification and formulation of an intervention framework for the creation of jobs and economic opportunities and including strengthening of resilience in Niger.
- In charge of socio-economic aspects in the context of LRRD, resilience, and basic public services in the region of Diffa.
Juni 2016 - Mai 2017
1 Jahr Vereinigte Staaten
Sabbatical Year
- Overland travel from Alaska to Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.
März 2016 - Mai 2016
3 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Evaluator
CFI
- CFI is one of the authorised German church organisations for delegation of volunteers abroad.
- The evaluation will focus on the impact of CFI volunteers’ work within various sectors (pre-school, basic and tertiary education, vocational training, rehabilitation and reconstruction, and health) in the towns of Nebobongo, Isiro, and Bunia throughout the last ten years.
Jan. 2015 - Apr. 2016
4 Monaten Äthiopien
Evaluator and Team leader
Caritas Switzerland
- Sector and Country Strategy Evaluation: Assessment of the particular sector potential for Caritas Switzerland’s engagement in the education sectors of Ethiopia and Haiti: Contribution to the new Policy framework development 2017 to 2021.
Dez. 2015 - Jan. 2016
2 Monaten Haiti
Programming expert
German Red Cross / ECHO
- Proposal for an ECHO funded project in the sector of drought resistance and resilience in the Artibonite and Jacmel region on behalf of Netherland’s, Spanish and German Red Cross.
Okt. 2015 - Nov. 2015
2 Monaten Simbabwe
Evaluator and Team leader
ILO
- Final independent evaluation of the project “Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development in Western and Southern Africa” for the UN’s International Labour Organisation.
- The project was focusing on out-of-school youth by developing demand-driven technical and vocational training in under-served rural communities, upgrading existing informal apprenticeships, and providing micro-credits.
Juli 2015 - Sept. 2015
3 Monaten Haiti
Evaluator and Team leader
Welthungerhilfe
- Country Level Evaluation of the Welthungerhilfe Reconstruction Programme in Haiti five years after the earthquake of early 2010.
- In depth analysis of projects in the sectors of food security, agriculture and irrigation, shelter, low cost housing, disaster preparedness and climate change etc.
März 2015 - Aug. 2015
6 Monaten Nigeria
Evaluator
Bread for the World, Protestant Dev. Service
- Cross-sectoral evaluation of income generating partner projects: Approximately 100 partner projects in the sectors of agricultural production and value chains, micro-finance, and handicrafts and marketing were evaluated worldwide.
- After a detailed in-depth desk analysis of some pre-selected 30 projects, the two nominated evaluators visited six projects abroad, four in Africa and two in Asia.
Dez. 2014 - Jan. 2015
2 Monaten Äthiopien
Evaluator and Team leader
Pestalozzi Foundation Swiss, PCF
- The external evaluation was expected to cover the overall performance of the PCF Country Program and specific achievements of the four projects that were directly implemented by PCF’s three operational partners in the sector of basic and pre-school education.
Dez. 2014 - Dez. 2015
1 Monate Zentralafrikanische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Proposal for an USAID-financed emergency aid project in the sectors of food security, agricultural production and marketing, rural water supply and protection.
Nov. 2014 - Dez. 2015
2 Monaten Uganda
Evaluator
CFI
- A CFI project for promotion of economic development, specialized on agricultural value chains and traditional cooperative saving and loan groups, was evaluated.
Nov. 2014 - Nov. 2014
1 Monate Zentralafrikanische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / GIZ
- Proposal for the BMZ-financed emergency aid project “Strengthening of the resilience of crisis affected population in the surroundings of Bangui”: Food safety and security, vegetable growing and marketing, labour intensive rehabilitation of social infrastructure, capacity building measures for civil society organisations.
Juli 2014 - Aug. 2014
2 Monaten Benin
Evaluator and Team leader
ILO
- Final independent evaluation of the CEJEDRAO project (Skills for Youth Employment and Rural Development in Western and Southern Africa) for the UN’s International Labour Organisation.
- The project supported income generating activities in rural areas, informal vocational training and capacity building measures on community level in four of the twelve Departments of Benin.
Juni 2014 - Juli 2014
2 Monaten Ruanda
Evaluator
CFI
- At the end of the first funding cycle an evaluation of the Ihumure Vocational Training Centre (IVTC) was carried out in order to review the impact achieved so far and to support planning for a second project phase in the sectors of skilled crafts and trade, product development, and marketing.
März 2014 - Apr. 2014
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Proposal for a USAID-financed rural emergency aid project in the North Kivu region.
- This project is supposed to be based on:
- Support for refugees and returnees
- Labour intensive reconstruction of feeder roads
- Increased agricultural production and marketing, and food security.
Okt. 2013 - Feb. 2015
1 Jahr 5 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Backstopping expert-deputy team leader
GIZ / AGEG
- Since October 2013 AGEG is organising an accompanying monitoring and evaluation system for the GIZ programme "Economic strengthening of the provinces of Maniema and South Kivu through market oriented and job creating education and training (REMAKI)”.
Okt. 2013 - Dez. 2014
3 Monaten Indien
Evaluator
German Doctors
- Ex-post evaluation of twelve earthquake-proof school construction projects, co-funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ) in Assam, Northeast-India since 2005.
- The key issue of the assessment was the question, to what extent constructed school infrastructure is adequately used by the catholic project partners in several dioceses of Northwest India.
Juli 2013 - Aug. 2013
2 Monaten Kamerun
Consultant
GIZ
- Analysis of rural development strategies and activities in Cameroon regarding a future sector engagement of the German cooperation: Review of existing documentation, overview of relevant sector activities of government institutions and donor agencies, propositions for complementary contributions from the German cooperation.
Apr. 2013 - Mai 2013
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
RemoteProgramming expert
Welthungerhilfe / KfW
- Project proposal for a buffer zone project along the Lomami National Park near Kindu, in the very remote region of Maniema.
- Key aspects of project interventions were agricultural development and value chains, labour intensive road reconstruction, income generation.
März 2013 - Apr. 2013
2 Monaten Haiti
Evaluator
Kindernothilfe, KNH
- Final evaluation of the activities of five KNH partners.
- Besides the overall goal of improving the child rights situation in Haiti's civil society, key aspects of project interventions were: teacher training, agro-ecological trainings, micro credits, and host families and aids orphans.
Nov. 2012 - März 2013
5 Monaten Äthiopien
Evaluator and Team leader
Caritas Austria
- Comparative external evaluation of three food security projects funded by the Austrian Development Agency, ADA and implemented by Caritas partners in Burkina Faso, D.R. Congo and Ethiopia: Capacity building, micro credits, marketing, income generation, crop and vegetable production, organic fertilisers, post-harvest protection and storage facilities.
Okt. 2012 - Jan. 2013
4 Monaten Kenia
Evaluator and Team leader
Aktion Deutschland Hilft, ADH
- External evaluation of six ADH funded projects, funded by private donations and implemented through six German NGOs and their partners as a reaction to the ADH Horn of Africa Drought Appeal in 2011.
- Key aspects: LRRD, food aid, food security, nutrition, water and sanitation, refugee camp management.
Sept. 2012 - Okt. 2012
2 Monaten Uganda
Evaluator
Welthungerhilfe / BMZ
- Mid-term review of the project “Sustainable improvement of the socio-economic conditions of the people in the districts of Lira and Otuke in the Lango Region of Northern Uganda”.
- Key components are: Seed and cash crop production, animal traction, saving and loan associations, agricultural value chains, construction of schools, latrines and water points.
Juni 2012 - Aug. 2012
3 Monaten SS
Evaluator and Team leader
Misereor
- External Evaluation of basic education programmes of the two Dioceses of Rumbek and Wau in order to expand and develop their education services in the post-referendum environment.
Mai 2012 - Juni 2012
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / BMZ
- Proposal for a development oriented rural emergency aid project at Ruwenzori Mountain, North Kivu in the sectors of labour intensive road reconstruction, agricultural development including food processing and agricultural value chains.
Apr. 2012 - Mai 2012
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Proposal for a USAID-funded rural emergency aid project in the Oriental and North Kivu Province in the sectors of reintegration of returnees, labour intensive roads reconstruction and agricultural development.
Feb. 2012 - März 2012
2 Monaten Haiti
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / IDB
- Project proposal for a relocation programme, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, IDB.
- The purpose is to open up and unlock new arable land for compensation of small scale farmers of an industrial export processing zone.
Nov. 2011 - Jan. 2012
3 Monaten Uganda
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / EC
- Proposal for an EC-funded rural development project in Northern Uganda in the sectors of increased agricultural production of cash crops, post-harvest protection, ware houses, micro credits, food processing, and marketing.
Juli 2011 - Aug. 2011
2 Monaten Ruanda
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / BMZ
- Proposal for a development oriented rural emergency aid project in Central Rwanda in the sector of irrigation, rice production and processing, co-operatives, to be funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ).
Mai 2011 - Juni 2011
2 Monaten Kambodscha
Evaluator and Team leader
Misereor
- Final evaluation of the Youth Development Programme, YRDP.
- This nation-wide informal education programme has been supported by Misereor amongst other donors since the year 2000.
- An ongoing programme phase is planned and shall include the evaluation results.
März 2011 - Apr. 2011
2 Monaten Haiti
Programming expert
Plan International
- Feasibility Study for a vocational training centre in Jacmel, Haiti.
- The initial project idea concentrated on relevant trades for reconstruction activities with a special focus on girls’ participation.
Feb. 2011 - März 2011
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / BMZ
- Proposal for a development oriented rural emergency aid project in the North Kivu region, to be funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ).
Jan. 2010 - Nov. 2011
11 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Consultant
Welthungerhilfe
- Socio-economic impact analysis of mechanised and human labour based road reconstruction activities in Eastern Congo, carried out by Welthungerhilfe between 2003 and 2010.
Jan. 2010 - Feb. 2011
2 Monaten Äthiopien
Evaluator
Protestant Development Service, EED
- Evaluation of the Secondary Education Project in Lalo Aira and Horest Spingies.
- Besides pure educational aspects the evaluation focused on organisational structures, cost-recovery through school fees and additional income generating activities to sustain scarce financial resources.
Dez. 2010 - Dez. 2010
1 Monate Haiti
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / BMZ
- Proposal for a rural emergency aid project in northern Haiti, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ).
Nov. 2010 - Nov. 2010
1 Monate Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / ECHO
- Proposal for an ECHO-financed rural emergency aid project in the Haut Ulélé region.
Sept. 2010 - Nov. 2010
3 Monaten Haiti
Programming expert
Alliance2015
- Development of a strategic framework and a concept for a joint programme for Alliance2015 members’ livelihood work in Haiti, including approach and design.
Juli 2010 - Juli 2010
1 Monate Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Consultant
Welthungerhilfe / BMZ
- Final Review and documentation of a BMZ-ENÜH project (food security and road rehabilitation) in Ituri.
März 2010 - Apr. 2010
2 Monaten Kamerun
Evaluator and Team leader
ILO
- Final evaluation of the project "Poverty reduction among communities vulnerable to child trafficking through promotion of decent work" in the Bamenda region for the UN’s Internat. Labour Organisation.
Feb. 2010 - März 2010
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / BMZ
- Proposal for a development oriented rural emergency aid project in the North Kivu region, to be funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ).
Dez. 2009 - Jan. 2010
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Proposal for a USAID-financed rural emergency aid project in the Ituri region.
- This project is supposed to be based on reintegration of returnees, labour intensive reconstruction of roads, water and hygiene and agricultural development.
Sept. 2009 - Dez. 2009
4 Monaten Äthiopien
Evaluator
EC
- Country Level Evaluation of the EC’s co-operation with Ethiopia, Phase I.
- Special tasks: Food safety and security, and rural development.
Aug. 2009 - Nov. 2009
4 Monaten Tadschikistan
Evaluator
Welthungerhilfe / EC
- Final evaluation of the EC funded project „Management of Natural Resources in the Provinces of Baljuvan, Temur Malik and Khovaling.
- The project region is characterized by a significant out-migration of young men to Russia.
Juni 2009 - Juli 2009
2 Monaten Kamerun
Evaluator and Team leader
GTZ / EC
- Final evaluation of a community based water and sanitation project in four peri-urban poor neighbour-hoods of Douala.
- This programme has been funded by the EC, GTZ and the community of Douala.
Feb. 2009 - Juli 2009
6 Monaten Namibia
Evaluator
EC
- Country Level Evaluation of the EC’s co-operation with Namibia.
- The special tasks as member of the evaluation team was the in depth analysis of the rural development sector, SWAp and sector budget support in Namibia since 2000.
Jan. 2009 - Feb. 2009
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Consultant
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Final Review and documentation of all USAID-financed projects (food security sector) in Ituri carried out by Welthungerhilfe since 1999.
- Execution of a base line survey for an EC project in North Kivu.
Nov. 2008 - Dez. 2009
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe
- Revision of several project proposals in the sectors of food security, LRRD (Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development) and rural development of Eastern Congo, to be funded by the EC, KfW, BMZ and USAID.
Juni 2008 - Juli 2008
2 Monaten Malawi
Team leader
InWEnt
- Evaluation of the Sandwich Training Programme for Trainers of Primary School Teachers.
- As a first step, interviews with all involved University teachers in Germany had to be conducted.
- During the field trip, visits to lessons on teachers’ training centres (TTC level), to demonstration schools, and to lessons of second year student teachers were carried out.
Apr. 2008 - Mai 2008
2 Monaten Kambodscha
Team leader
Welthungerhilfe
- Evaluation of the country programme for Laos and Cambodia at the end of the financing phase for the country office project in Phnom Penh.
- It was an intermediate evaluation in the sense of the regional programme, as this programme is to be continued in the future.
Jan. 2008 - Dez. 2009
1 Jahr Zentralafrikanische Republik
Evaluator and Coordinator
EC
- Country Level Evaluation of the EC’s co-operation with CAR.
- Besides coordination at AGEG headquarters the special task as member of the evaluation team was the in depth analysis of LRRD aspects and environmental impacts of EC funded activities in CAR since 1996.
Jan. 2008 - Feb. 2008
2 Monaten Togo
Programming expert
German Red Cross / EC
- Proposal for an EC funded development project in the sector of hygiene and health education, rural water supply and latrines in the two regions Plateaux and Savanes.
Dez. 2007 - Jan. 2008
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / BMZ
- Proposal for a development oriented rural emergency aid project in the Ituri region, to be funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ).
- This project was supposed to re-vitalise regional economies, to strengthen civil society and to reduce conflict potential in multi ethnic rural areas.
Nov. 2007 - Dez. 2008
2 Monaten Liberia
Evaluator
Welthungerhilfe / KfW
- Evaluation of the Rural Recovery Programme in South-Eastern Liberia funded by German Financial Cooperation through KfW Development Bank.
- This impact oriented evaluation focused on the five programme components ALP, Accelerated Learning Programme, gender-based violence, agriculture, water and sanitation, and labour intensive road reconstruction.
Juli 2007 - Juli 2007
1 Monate Haiti
Backstopper
GTZ / AGEG
- Backstopping mission within the long-term project for reproductive health, family planning and HIV/AIDS in the province of Hinche, carried out by AGEG.
Mai 2007 - Juni 2007
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Evaluator
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Final Review and documentation of all USAID-financed projects in Congo carried out by Welthungerhilfe since 1999 (second phase).
- Besides the support of returnees, distribution of seeds, agricultural material and rural extension services these projects have dealt with labour intensive cash for work road reconstruction.
März 2007 - Apr. 2007
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Team leader
Welthungerhilfe
- Evaluation of labour intensive road reconstruction along the axis Walikale – Lubutu – Punia, funded by the German Financial Cooperation (KfW).
- This impact oriented evaluation focused on the non-technical and mainly socio-economic project measures with special emphasis on gender aspects and environment.
Jan. 2007 - Feb. 2007
2 Monaten Afghanistan
Team leader
Welthungerhilfe
- Evaluation of a community development project in Eastern Afghanistan.
- This project provides training in the informal sector such as vocational training, skills development, literacy and education.
- In addition, a micro-credit scheme has been built-up.
- The remote rural areas around Jalalabad have been selected as the project’s intervention zone.
Dez. 2006 - Dez. 2006
1 Monate Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / BMZ
- Proposal for a development oriented rural emergency aid project in the Ituri region, to be funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ).
- This project is supposed to re-vitalise regional economies, to strengthen civil society and to reduce conflict potential in multi ethnic rural areas.
- It will be based on improved and increased agricultural production, commercialisation of agricultural products, labour intensive reconstruction work and informal education.
Okt. 2006 - Nov. 2006
2 Monaten Haiti
Backstopper
GTZ / AGEG
- Backstopping mission within the long-term project for reproductive health, family planning and HIV/AIDS in the province of Hinche.
Sept. 2006 - Okt. 2006
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Team leader
Welthungerhilfe / EC
- Mid-term review of the EC financed Regional Rural Development Programme in Northern Kivu.
- Since early 2005, this project has been dealing with intensified rural extension services, the distribution of seeds and agricultural material, labour intensive road reconstruction and social infrastructure, and cash for work programmes.
Juli 2006 - Aug. 2006
2 Monaten Afghanistan
Evaluator
Welthungerhilfe / World Bank
- Comparative evaluation of the involvement of German Agro Action in the National Solidarity Programme, NSP, in four provinces of Saripul, Jawzjan, Faryab and Nagarhar.
- The NSP is a community development programme which is funded by the World Bank and implemented by the Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation.
- This programme shall strengthen civil society by supporting self-reliant and community driven efforts country wide on community level.
Apr. 2006 - Mai 2006
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Proposal for a USAID-financed rural emergency aid project in the Ituri region.
- This project is supposed to be based on labour intensive reconstruction of roads and social infrastructure and agricultural development.
Feb. 2006 - Apr. 2006
3 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Evaluator
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Final Review and documentation of all USAID-financed projects in Congo carried out by WELTHUNGERHILFE since 1999 (first phase).
Jan. 2005 - Feb. 2006
2 Monaten Deutschland
Researcher
GTZ
- Desk study on the impact of non-formal and informal education in low and middle-income countries.
- Review of monitoring and evaluation methods in projects and programmes of non-formal and informal education.
- Preparation of a discussion paper for GTZ and World Bank.
Dez. 2005 - Dez. 2005
1 Monate Haiti
Backstopper
GTZ / AGEG
- Backstopping mission within the long-term project for reproductive health, family planning and HIV/AIDS in the province of Hinche.
Okt. 2005 - Nov. 2005
2 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Evaluator
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Final evaluation of the USAID/OFDA financed emergency aid project “Food Security in the Ituri district”, based in Bunia.
- Since 1999, this project has dealt with the distribution of seeds and agricultural material, labour intensive road reconstruction, cash for work programmes, and rural extension services.
Juni 2005 - Juli 2005
2 Monaten Niger
Monitoring expert
EC / GTZ
- Monitoring and evaluation mission within the EC-financed (9th EDF funds) basic education programme, implemented by GTZ-International Services.
- The programme’s main components are teachers’ training, rehabilitation and construction of school infrastructure, bi-lingual basic education schemes and integration in the mutual sector-wide approach of all donor agencies in Niger.
Apr. 2005 - Juni 2005
3 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Evaluator
Welthungerhilfe / USAID
- Final evaluation of the USAID/OFDA financed emergency aid project “Food Security in Beni – Lubero”, based in Butembo, North-Kivu.
- Since 1999, this project has dealt with the distribution of seeds and agricultural material, labour intensive road reconstruction, cash for work programmes and rural extension services.
Feb. 2005 - Apr. 2005
3 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe / EC
- Proposal for an EC-financed rural development project in and around the Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Epulu, in the Ituri region.
- The project proposal included a detailed technical part, a financial estimation and a time schedule for project execution.
- This project is supposed to be based on labour intensive reconstruction of roads and social infrastructure, agricultural development and education/sensitisation measures.
Dez. 2004 - Feb. 2005
3 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Team leader
Welthungerhilfe
- This evaluation covered two out of nine country evaluations, the road reconstruction project COD 1008 and the project COD 1009 for the reintegration of returnees into their home villages in the Masisi / Walikale region, North-Kivu.
- The evaluation was part of the sector evaluation of the GAA programme “re-construction and rehabilitation“, carried out by AGEG from August 2004 to June 2005.
Sept. 2004 - Feb. 2005
6 Monaten Nigeria
Team leader
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ)
- Cross-sectoral evaluation of the Diocesan Development Programmes and Administration in Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria.
- This evaluation was the third within a sequence of six studies to be carried out between 2002 and 2007.
- It analysed and assessed projects with the objective "Ensuring the Participation of the Poor – Strengthening Good Governance" – supported by Protestant and Catholic German donor agencies, financed by BMZ.
Juni 2004 - Juli 2004
2 Monaten Niger
Monitoring expert
EC / GTZ
- Monitoring and evaluation mission within the EC-financed (9th EDF funds) basic education programme, implemented by GTZ-International Services.
Apr. 2004 - Mai 2004
2 Monaten Burkina Faso
Team leader
Stiftung Weltbevölkerung
- Final evaluation of the project “Préparer un avenir sain“, a programme of sexual education for adolescents, awareness raising, and family planning.
- The mission’s objective consisted of assessing the quality of information tools as well as to analyse whether they were (i) appropriate, and (ii) comprehensive to the target group of adolescents.
Jan. 2004 - Jan. 2004
1 Monate Deutschland
Evaluator
Lux Development
- Tender evaluation for a framework contract in the educational sector.
Juli 2003 - Juli 2003
1 Monate Haiti
Backstopper
GTZ / AGEG
- Backstopping mission within the long-term project for reproductive health.
Jan. 2003 - März 2003
3 Monaten Niger
Evaluator
Lux Development
Evaluator for the final evaluation of the basic education programme «Ecoles et Santé» in the Dosso region.
The four major fields of the programme activities comprised construction and rehabilitation of schools and wells, teachers training, ecological activities and health education.
Based on the logical framework, a detailed analysis of the achieved programme results during the implementation period had to be carried out, in view of the following project phase’s re-adjusted planning as well as a better integration into the sector-wide approach of other donors’ activities in Niger (World Bank, EC, GTZ, KfW, French Co-operation and several international NGOs).
Nov. 2002 - Dez. 2003
2 Monaten Haiti
Backstopper
GTZ / AGEG
- Backstopping mission within the long-term project for reproductive health, family planning and HIV/AIDS in the province of Hinche.
Okt. 2002 - Nov. 2002
2 Monaten Tansania, Vereinigte Republik
Team leader
Misereor
- Evaluation of the Rural Water Programme (DMDD) of the Catholic Diocese of Mbulu.
- Main objective of the evaluation was the analysis of DMDD’s managerial and technical performance in terms of sustainability and appropriateness to local conditions.
- One expected output was to outline in close co-operation with Misereor’s partners a concept for locally adaptable and sustainable water fee and management schemes.
- Such management systems should allow for a subsequent long-term operation of the water supply systems once the external funding has come to an end, thus contributing to the poverty reduction process.
Mai 2002 - Juli 2002
3 Monaten Niger
Team leader
EC
Final evaluation of the basic education programme “Edubase” in the Tillabéri region.
The three major fields of the programme activities comprised improvement of social integration of schools in rural communities, construction and rehabilitation of schools and teachers training.
Based on the logical framework, a detailed analysis of the achieved programme results during the implementation period of three years had to be carried out.
The methodological approach of “Edubase” was examined in order to integrate strengths and to avoid weaknesses within the ongoing de-centralised and enlarged EC-financed basic education programme in Niger.
März 2002 - Apr. 2002
2 Monaten Haiti
Backstopper
GTZ / AGEG
- Backstopping mission within the long-term project for reproductive health.
Nov. 2001 - Feb. 2002
4 Monaten Uganda
Team leader
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ)
Cross-sectoral evaluation of the new instrument of “Civil Peace Service”.
Team leader for country evaluations in Chad and Uganda.
At the end of the first three-year phase this new instrument in German development co-operation was evaluated through a cross-sectoral analysis in eight countries in Africa, Latin America and on the Balkans.
The main task of the field trips included the analysis of professional and individual experiences of German civil peace workers abroad in view of their preparation in Germany, their daily working context, opportunities and obstacles in their fieldwork.
Another focus was set on the view of partner organisations abroad.
As a result of the evaluation a re-adjustment of the instrument “Civil Peace Service” is expected shortly.
Okt. 2001 - Okt. 2001
1 Monate Haiti
Backstopper
GTZ / AGEG
- Backstopping mission within the long-term project for reproductive health.
Mai 2001 - Juni 2001
2 Monaten Haiti
Evaluator
EC
- Evaluator within the EC-financed programme for a restructuring of the educational sector in Haiti (PARGSEH).
- The programme aimed at re-organising the educational sector in Haiti by an organisational restructuring on different administrative levels as well as by decentralising and transferring responsibilities to department levels.
- Due to the difficult political situation in Haiti, programme activities concentrated predominantly on the ministerial level.
- During the second phase, decentralisation was the main task of the programme.
März 2001 - Apr. 2001
2 Monaten Niger
Evaluator
Heinrich-Böll-Foundation (HBS)
- Evaluation of the Federal Committee of NGOs and Associations (CFOA), three years after the partnership between HBS and the CFOA had been terminated.
- This evaluation was part of a worldwide sector-evaluation of HBS-funded ecological projects.
- The mission aimed at analysing CFOA’s activities during the last few years and at carrying out a brief assessment of today’s situation in Niger.
Okt. 2000 - Jan. 2001
4 Monaten Ruanda
Team leader
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation (BMZ)
- Evaluation of the National Programme for advanced teacher training in the church schools of Rwanda.
- The Rwandan educational system was still marked by the aftermath of genocide.
- To a large extent, assistants, who had not been trained in education, replaced missing staff members in schools.
- The aim of the evaluation was to analyse the programme’s impact during the past three years with a focus on educational, social and conflict reducing outcomes.
- Financing was provided by EZE, and approved by BMZ.
Juni 2000 - März 2001
10 Monaten Nigeria
Evaluator
Misereor
- Evaluation of the “Short Term Advisory Service (BAZ)”.
- The Catholic advisory service has been founded in 1984 and includes some 25 fully employed consultants.
- In different sectors, they are advising Misereor’s numerous project partners abroad.
- A detailed analysis of the programme as well as a management and operations concept for its future was to be outlined.
- Therefore, an overall assessment including all three different perspectives from Misereor’s staff, advisors and the programme partners abroad had to be done.
Okt. 1999 - Dez. 1999
3 Monaten Haiti
Monitoring expert
EC
- Technical assistance within the EC-financed programme for a restructuring of the educational sector in Haiti.
- The mission’s main objective was the definition of detailed and precise key indicators in order to evaluate and monitor concepts in close co-operation with the staff of the Haitian Ministry of Education and Youth.
Juni 1999 - Aug. 1999
3 Monaten Madagaskar
Team leader
Misereor
- Evaluation of the Self-Help Support Project (P.A.A.P.) in Miarinarivo, Madagascar.
- Since 1993, the project has been applying the pedagogic approach of “animation rurale”.
- The community-based activities of the project’s focus on environmental protection and resource management, agriculture, livestock husbandry, supply systems for drinking water, income generating measures, and small scale credit schemes.
Feb. 1999 - Feb. 1999
1 Monate Deutschland
Coordinator
AGEG
- Programme co-ordination and organization within a study tour for community development experts of Benin.
Jan. 1998 - Jan. 1999
1 Monate Deutschland
Co-moderator
AGEG
- Seminar course Decentralization and Delegation of Responsibility.
- 11 experts of the administrative head staff of Benin, Cameroon, Rwanda and Madagascar participated in this two-week seminar course in Kirchheim.
Mai 1998 - Mai 1998
1 Monate Deutschland
Evaluator
C.-Duisberg Foundation (CDG)
- Comparative evaluation of several professional workshops executed by the Carl-Duisberg Foundation between 1996 and 1998.
März 1998 - März 1998
1 Monate Elfenbeinküste
Co-moderator
C.-Duisberg Foundation (CDG)
- Co-moderator and resource person for the workshop „Consultancy as a professional option for former scholarship holders“.
Feb. 1998 - Feb. 1998
1 Monate Mali
Evaluator
Böll-Foundation (HBS)
- Evaluation of the NGO „Association Ecologie & Population“, with special regard to their approaches in appropriate agriculture, extension methods and “microréalisations”.
Nov. 1997 - Nov. 1997
1 Monate Mali
Consultant
C.-Duisberg Foundation (CDG)
- Preparation and conceptualisation of a professional workshop in co-operation with a local moderator.
Okt. 1997 - Okt. 1997
1 Monate Niger
Evaluator
Böll-Foundation (HBS)
- Evaluation and financial control of the latest projects of the Federal Committee of NGOs and Associations.
März 1997 - Sept. 1997
7 Monaten Bulgarien
Project manager
EC
- Instead of dealing with food aid, the Emergency Social Assistance Programme (ESAP) used the former socialist social welfare structures for transferring aid payments from an international account through the local banking system in cash money to the final beneficiaries.
Juli 1996 - Aug. 1996
2 Monaten Niger
Evaluator
Böll-Foundation (HBS)
- Evaluation of the activities of several NGOs in the sector of informal ecological and political formation.
März 1996 - Mai 1996
3 Monaten Kongo, Demokratische Republik
Evaluator
Protestant Dev. Service (EZE)
- Evaluation of income-generating measures and productive potentials with regard to small hydropower-station projects.
Sept. 1995 - Jan. 2015
19 Jahren 5 Monaten Deutschland
Senior Project Manager
AGEG Consultants eG
- Project co-ordination
- Backstopping
- Tendering
- Market survey
- Staff recruitment, etc.
Apr. 1995 - Juni 1995
3 Monaten Madagaskar
Programming expert
Welthungerhilfe
- Preparation of a technical emergency project: re-equipment with basic agricultural and household materials, support of local handicraft production, community-based food stock etc.
Nov. 1992 - Jan. 1995
2 Jahren 3 Monaten Deutschland
Consultant
Community administrations
- Advisory services for political refugees and asylum seekers with regard to social integration, industrial and social law, health, schooling problems, etc.
März 1992 - Juli 1992
5 Monaten Liberia
Relief administrator
Int. Red Cross (IKRK)
- Relief administration in a technical emergency, and food-aid project and co-ordinator for collaboration with local NGOs.
Jan. 1988 - Okt. 1990
1 Jahr 10 Monaten Togo
Project manager
German Development Service (DED)
- Management of the financial self-help support programme „microréalisations“: Small-scale credit schemes for activities of co-operatives in the fields of agriculture, handicrafts and micro-commerce.
- Co-ordination with activities of other local and international NGOs and donors.
Okt. 1988 - Dez. 1988
3 Monaten Tschad
Trainee
German Development Service (DED)
- Participation in the evaluation of future project-activities of the DED.
Juni 1988 - Okt. 1988
5 Monaten Benin
Trainee
German Development Service (DED)
- Diploma in Community Development / Animation Rurale during a practical course.
Juni 1987 - Aug. 1987
3 Monaten Kamerun
Trainee
German Development Service (DED)
- Practical course with a coffee-producing co-operative in Southern Cameroon.
Juli 1984 - Dez. 1986
1 Jahr 6 Monaten Saudi-Arabien
Truck driver
Private Companies
- International freight transports in Europe and to Saudi Arabia.
Aug. 1982 - Dez. 1983
1 Jahr 5 Monaten Reutlingen, Deutschland
Teacher
G.-Werner Foundation
- Teacher at a school for handicapped children in Reutlingen as a Community Service activity.
Zusammenfassung
Knowledge in tropical and sub-tropical agriculture. Experience as teacher, moderator and trainer. Advanced knowledge in mechanics. Appropriate technologies. Computer literacy: Microsoft Office, Excel, FileMaker pro.
Rural development and food security. Income generating measures and value chains. Self-help support / micro-financing. Community development / “animation rurale”. Capacity building and decentralisation (public sector and NGOs). Reintegration and rehabilitation, LRRD. Support for refugees and returnees, livelihoods, resilience. Social development and education. Employment and decent work. Civil society and non-formal education schemes. Basic education, vocational training and teachers training. Excellent knowledge of strategies, methodological approaches, administrative procedures, tools and instruments of numerous donor agencies: as senior project manager with AGEG (50%) in the fields of backstopping, project management, tendering etc. for almost 20 years and as freelance consultant and evaluator within approximately 150 missions abroad in Africa, Asia and Haiti during the last 25 years.
Sprachen
Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Verhandlungssicher
Französisch
Verhandlungssicher
Spanisch
Verhandlungssicher
Ausbildung
März 1986 - Jan. 1989
Fachhochschule Nürtingen
Diploma, specialisation on development economy and co-operative systems · Internationales Genossenschaftswesen/Entwicklungsökonomie · Nürtingen, Deutschland
Sept. 1976 - März 1982
University of Stuttgart
Master of Arts · Educationalist · Stuttgart, Deutschland
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