Experience

Vi-skogen/Vi Agroforestry

• Sweden
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coach - Support Resource Mobilization

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  As a consultant I am providing support to Vi Agroforestry’s resource mobilization during a transition period, mainly by mentoring the Vi Agroforestry’s resource mobilization officer, including for example drawing lessons learned and best practices from previous resource mobilization initiatives, finalizing the draft / pending resource mobilization rtrategy, etc. I also take part in all ordinary work of the organization related to resource mobilization and in some more general organizational meetings. Show less



UN Women

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Gender expert - Technical Reviewer

  • Dec 2020 - Present

  As a member of the Technical Review Group I am assessing and ranking Concept Notes and Full-Fledged Proposals from non-governmental / civil society women's organizations applying for the UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women, including the following: 2020 Call for Proposals (Cycle 24) in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; the Call for Proposal in 2021 (Cycle 25); and the 26th Call for Proposals (Cycle 26) of 2022 in the context of 'Building Preparedness and Ensuring Organizational Resilience, including in the Context of Protracted Crises.' Working language: French and English. Show less



Diakonia

• Sweden
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consultant - Revision of Diakonia global Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Handbook

  • Jun 2020 - Dec 2020

  Designed, lead and coordinated the global consultation process with Diakonia regional and country offices with the aim of developing proposal for revisions to chapters on common concepts and Project Cycle Management, including related Guidelines and formats (Partnership Assessment format, Partner Application Guidelines, Contract templates, Report Assessment formats, etc.). I developed a new conceptual framework on grant support to Informal Actors / New Change Agents, including a definition, criteria of selection, application guidelines, and assessment formats. I ensured that revised guidelines and formats meet SIDA requirements for civil society funding, with particular focus on the core-funding modality. The PMEL Handbook was submitted to SIDA as part of Diakonia’s global core-funding application for 2021 and onwards. Show less



UN Women

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Reviewer Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund - COVID 19 Emergency Response

  • May 2020 - Jun 2020

  Assessed 300 narrative and financial proposals in French from civil society organisations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, applying to the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund - Emergency Response Window for COVID 19 including comments, scoring and recommendation for funding or not. I analyzed the overall quality and potential impact of each proposal, based on established criteria including results, partnerships, risk, and organizational capacity. Assessed 300 narrative and financial proposals in French from civil society organisations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, applying to the Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund - Emergency Response Window for COVID 19 including comments, scoring and recommendation for funding or not. I analyzed the overall quality and potential impact of each proposal, based on established criteria including results, partnerships, risk, and organizational capacity.



Diakonia

• Sweden
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Country Director

  • Oct 2019 - Apr 2020

  Based in Kinshasa four months. Acted as Diakonia’s official representative for Diakonia Country Office DRC in Kinshasa. Ensured effective implementation of development and gender equality programmes and to ensure continuity of donor support (SIDA, the European Union and the Swedish Embassy). Ensured management of office and supervised ten national staff. Outcomes included amongst others development of new Strategy for Diakonia in the DRC; successful negotiation for a non-cost extension of EU funding agreement; development of annual report of Diakonia DRC, and organization of Forum for Civil Society with participation of partners from 28 provinces. Show less



UN Women

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Reviewer UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women at UN Women

  • Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

  Assessing narrative and financial concept notes and full-fledged proposals in French and English from civil society organisations applying to the Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women’s 21st, 22nd and 23rd Call for Proposals, and the Sub-Saharan Africa Spotlight initiative,including comments, scoring and recommendation for funding or not. Analysis takes into account the overall quality and potential impact of each proposal, based on established criteria including results, partnerships, risk, and organizational capacity. Show less



Diakonia

• Sweden
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Support to the starting up process of Swedish Embassy Grant in the DRC

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2018

  Partly based in Kinshasa. Provided overall support to the start up and implementation of a new grant focusing on democracy and gender equality capacity building of civil society in the DRC 2018-2021 funded by the Swedish Embassy in Kinshasa. Main accomplishments: Assessed and quality assured partner projects and agreements with CSOs working in the area of gender equality, women’s rights and democracy, including recommendations; Quality assured and lead the process of the development of a so called base line study and Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the results of the programme; Developed work plan for implementation of the programme, as well as Risk Analysis and mitigation strategies for each partner project along with organizational capacity development plans together with the local partners. Show less

• Country Representative Palestine

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Acting as Diakonia’s official representative in the country including vis-a-vis donors. Managing and developing operations on the basis of established guidelines, policy, strategy planning, budget, other steering documents and reporting within the country programme. Personnel and managerial responsibility and work environment responsibility for all personnel within the country office (17 local and 3 international) including the overall security responsibility.



Diakonia

• Sweden
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Consultant - Lead writer of mid-term programme report for back donor Sida

  • Feb 2018 - Apr 2018

  Lead writer of the Diakonia mid-term programme report of the Swedish government funded Civil Society support in Mozambique 2014 – 2020 (budget: 22 005 750 USD). The report was instrumental in securing continued funding for Diakonia and the 30 implementing local partners for the next phase. Main responsibilities: Lead the country team in the identification and analysis of programme outputs and outcomes with verified results as per the agreed indicators. Ensured that success stories of most significant change, best practices, lessons learned and recommendations for the future were included in the report. Drafted and quality assured the report and ensured that the language and content was coherent and of high standard. Show less



UN Women

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant - Technical Reviewer UN Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women

  • Dec 2017 - Feb 2018

  Technical reviewer to provide narrative assessments and quantitative scoring of applications in French from civil society organisations, for the Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women’s 21st Call for Proposals. In this assignment, I analyzed the overall quality and potential impact of each proposal, based on the following elements: Project Justification, Results and Partnership Strategy, Evidence and Programmatic Risks, as well as the Organizational Capacity and Budget. Technical reviewer to provide narrative assessments and quantitative scoring of applications in French from civil society organisations, for the Trust Fund to End Violence Against Women’s 21st Call for Proposals. In this assignment, I analyzed the overall quality and potential impact of each proposal, based on the following elements: Project Justification, Results and Partnership Strategy, Evidence and Programmatic Risks, as well as the Organizational Capacity and Budget.



Diakonia

• Sweden
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Regional Manager Middle East & North Africa

  • Nov 2015 - Mar 2017

  As Diakonia's representative in the region, I lead the Regional Management Team in long-term strategy planning for programme and financial sustainability of operations and Offices in Palestine, Lebanon and Egypt. Key programmes included the international humanitarian law resource center; the disability rights programme, and civil society capacity building, with focus on women’s economic empowerment. In Lebanon, support focused on protection of women and children Syrian refugees from SGBV as well as legal aid and advocacy against violence against women. Drove the process of developing a regional Strategy for response to Syria Crisis, including establishment of relationships with potential donors for its implementation. Undertook field assessment in Egypt of ‘shrinking space’ for civil society and human rights defenders, and designed a transitional plan for operations in Egypt 2017. Coordinated and wrote the annual report for MENA for 2015 and 2016. Show less



Diakonia

• Sweden
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Deputy Regional Manger

  • Sep 2012 - Aug 2015

  Lead strategic growth of civil society and human rights portfolio programmes in Burkina Faso, Mali, the DRC and South Sudan, from a total annual budget of $4.5 million in 2011 to $8.2 million in 2014. Led a human resource recruitment and development initiative to match programme portfolio growth. Devised relationship and partnership development with bilateral donors, national and local government officials and civil society organization in Burkina Faso, the DRC, Mali and South Sudan, which resulted in improved donor diversification of the programmes. Devised and steered the implementation of Diakonia Accountability Framework and Complaints and Response Mechanism for programmes in the region including capacity building of 15 managerial staff. Show less

• Programme Manager for francophone countries (Burkina Faso, the DRC and Mali)

  • Sep 2010 - Sep 2012

  Lead the development of new programme strategies for the DRC, Mali and Burkina Faso of 2012 – 2015 including application for back donor Sida which ensured core funds for four years ($3.2 million combined annual operating budget for three countries). Hired new office leadership and mentored Country Managers in Mali, Burkina Faso and the DRC, including strengthening of staff conflict management skills in all offices. Established new systems for internal control and programme quality assurance. Raised awareness of staff on LGBTIQ issues through means such as Sexuality and HIV/STI Health and Awareness trainings, debates and competency development. Show less



UNDP

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Consultant - Evaluation of HIV and AIDS Programmes

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2010

  • Designed and implemented evaluation of the Religious Leaders Advocate and the HIV/AIDS Behavior Change Communication Programme financed by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM). The programme covered all three zones of Somalia during a period of four years. • Designed the evaluation protocol, survey instruments and guide lines for implementation and delivered 5 day training in Somalia for the 10-people survey team operating in all three zones. • Consolidated and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data from the survey team and formulated conclusions and recommendations for the future HIV/AIDS programme of UNDP Somalia as well as for the International Organization for Migration’s Reduction of Stigma Project GFATM Round 8. Show less



UNDP

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Consultant - Lead Author

  • Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

  Lead author of a Best Practices paper demonstrating how local public institutions in South Eastern Europe have applied a rights based approach and managed to improve social inclusion indicators on a local level. Analysis focused on participation of individuals at risk of social exclusion, especially women and Roma. Paper fed into the Regional Human Development Report on Social Inclusion for the Europe Commonwealth of Independent States 2010. Lead author of a Best Practices paper demonstrating how local public institutions in South Eastern Europe have applied a rights based approach and managed to improve social inclusion indicators on a local level. Analysis focused on participation of individuals at risk of social exclusion, especially women and Roma. Paper fed into the Regional Human Development Report on Social Inclusion for the Europe Commonwealth of Independent States 2010.



UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS

• Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• Independent Consultant - Lead Author

  • Oct 2008 - Mar 2009

  • Lead author of a Best Practices paper demonstrating how capacity development of local authorities in the ECIS region has contributed to improved governance and service delivery in line with the targets of the Universal Access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care. • Research was published by the Centre and considered innovative by UNDP in the region since it merged the three disciplines of HIV/AIDS, capacity development and local governance into one analytical framework, local authorities in the Osh Oblast in Kyrgyzstan later used the methodology in their policy design for example. The work included consolidation of inputs from UNDP HIV and AIDS focal points in the region. Show less



UNDP Bratislava Regional Centre for Europe and the CIS

• Bratislava, Slovak Republic

• Independent Consultant

  • Feb 2008 - Aug 2008

  Mainstreamed gender and application of rights based approach in methodologies to assess municipal / local service delivery capacity in the Western Balkans and Turkey focusing especially on social inclusion of women, youth and ethnic minorities. As such I drafted sections of the user guide as well as of the survey questionnaires, which were rolled out and applied by 250 municipalities. Mainstreamed gender and application of rights based approach in methodologies to assess municipal / local service delivery capacity in the Western Balkans and Turkey focusing especially on social inclusion of women, youth and ethnic minorities. As such I drafted sections of the user guide as well as of the survey questionnaires, which were rolled out and applied by 250 municipalities.



United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

• United States
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Advocacy and Policy Dialogue - Programme Officer

  • Aug 2006 - Dec 2007

  • Assisted Programme Manager and technical advisors in drafting of donor proposals in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equality. • Mobilized resources and built partnerships in the UN thematic group on HIV/AIDS, Gender and the IASC cluster on SGBV, protection and Internally Displaced Persons, including a successful one for a joint UNFPA, UNICEF and UNAIDS project to respond to sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in Somalia. • Reviewed content and analysis from a rights based approach the UNFPA Somalia publication ‘Men and Women Against Female Genital Mutilation’. • Organized the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign with UNIFEM and the Ministry of Gender Equality in Somalia. • Presented the Gender Equality and Women’s Rights components of the UN Transition Plan for Somalia to authorities, civil society and donors in the country. • Wrote strategic inputs and briefs to joint UN advocacy documents for Somalia, including for the Secretary General’s report on Somalia. Show less



IOM - UN Migration

• Switzerland
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Programme Assistant - Counter-trafficking

  • Feb 2005 - Jul 2006

  • Supported the Programme Manager in the planning, implementation and evaluation of a regional trafficking prevention programme in the western Balkans. The programme used a rights based approach to trafficking prevention of children and youth and counterparts included Ministries of Education, teacher training institutes, public schools and youth centers. • Authored two chapters on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Young People and Decision Making in Trafficking Prevention Training Module for Teachers. • Assisted the Manager with drafting of donor reports and consolidation of progress reports and of findings of training evaluations and surveys into Best Practices publication. Show less



OSCE

• Austria
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2004 - Aug 2004

  Undertook research for a comparative study of gender equality legislation within the EU under supervision of the Gender Advisor to serve as background document for OSCE’s support in the drafting of gender equality laws in Albania. Undertook research for a comparative study of gender equality legislation within the EU under supervision of the Gender Advisor to serve as background document for OSCE’s support in the drafting of gender equality laws in Albania.



Scandorama

• Leisure, Travel & Tourism
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant to manager

  • May 2002 - Aug 2002

  Developed activity programmes for a travel company for incoming tourists to Sweden as well as coordinating the activities, information and logistics regarding their program. Some budget / financial responsibility. The work involved on-call duty 24/7 for unforeseen incidents. Working languages: German and French. Developed activity programmes for a travel company for incoming tourists to Sweden as well as coordinating the activities, information and logistics regarding their program. Some budget / financial responsibility. The work involved on-call duty 24/7 for unforeseen incidents. Working languages: German and French.