Area of Expertise/Interest
Capacity Strengthening, Civil Society Development, Monitoring and Evaluation, Other, Vocational Training
Countries
Afghanistan, Croatia, Egypt, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Nigeria, Russia, Sweden, Timor-Leste, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Yemen
An experienced consultant specializing in understanding peoples and organizations worldwide. With proven expertise in training and instructional design, coaching and evaluation. Apart from the US he has successfully worked in over 20 countries: in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the Pacific. He has trained hundreds of professionals in management, planning, training of trainers and project management working in the national and local government, higher education, business and the non-profit sector. Adept at working with subject matter experts to ensure effective curriculum design and learning needs are met. With 10+ years international experience, successfully adapting to different cultures, circumstances and subjects. Excellent presenter, organizer and manager.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Work experience has included working in over 15 different countries from developed environments such as the USA to countries recovering from or experiencing conflict such as East Timor and Yemen. I recently returned from Afghanistan where I joined a team designing a USAID program for civil service development.
Experience with United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau of International Affairs (Department of Labor), US Army, EU PHARE, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), US Peace Corps, and the US State Department’s Middle Eastern Partnership Initiative (MEPI). UN Development Program.
EU and US work authorization
- • 10 years carrying out organizational assessments and leading organizational development projects;
- • 20 years experience working as an instructional designer and trainer – designing and delivering programs for a wide range of audiences;
- • Development of training teams through training of trainers, observation and feedback and allocation of mentors
- • Facilitation of conferences and meetings
- • Experience working in a wide variety of sectors such as, non-profits, higher education, local and national government and international development organizations such as UNDP and USAID.
My monitoring and evaluation experience is high and has been enhanced through excellent research skills, evaluating organizational effectiveness and recently earning the Principal Certificate in Evaluation.
Skills also include excellent coaching ability, management and building effective teams.
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Working Groups are a central part of the way InterAction supports and aids its members. Working Groups are first and foremost a place for member agencies to share information that is important to them in several ways:
- by providing a way for member organizations to share information about field-based issues, concerns, and topics;
- by serving as a place for members to receive training and to share best practices with each other; and
- by offering a space for members to develop new products and materials on a given topic.
Working Groups are member driven and supported by InterAction staff (with the exception of a few non-staffed working groups). Members identify an interest, issue area, or need around which they feel their collective voices will clarify or strengthen responses. Depending on the number of member organizations interested, a meeting or consultation is planned to explore the topic and allow members to share their issues and concerns. Such consultations or exploratory meetings may lead to the formation of an on-going Working Group.
InterAction's current working groups are described below. For more information on a specific working group, contact the group's staff contact.
| Group | Description | Staff Contact |
|---|---|---|
| AAAA--Test Group |
This is a test group |
Allen Abtahi |
| Shelter and Settlements Working Group |
InterAction Shelter And Settlements Working Group |
Mohamed Hilmi |
| Allen-test-group |
this is a test group |
Allen Abtahi |
| InterAction Business Council |
Promoting and leveraging corporate and NGO partnerships for sustainable and inclusive international development and economic growth. |
Luisa Córdoba |
| HPPC--Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships Working Group |
HPPC--Humanitarian Policy and Partnerships Working Group |
Abby Bruell |
| SIT--Aid Effectiveness-Members |
SIT--Aid Effectiveness-Members |
Kimberly Darter |
| HPPC--Horn of Africa |
HPPC--Horn of Africa |
Lucy de los Reyes |