Tangariro, New Zealand 2018
My Portfolio
Below you will find a selection of recent consultancy assignments and research projects that I am working on or have completed. You will find a more comprehensive list when you download my CV on this page.
Fairtrade International - Co-lead on a systematic evidence review
2024-25, Germany, Global Programmes
This research included a systematic review of academic and grey literature that speaks to the effectiveness of the work of Fairtrade International and other Voluntary Sustainability Standards setting organisations. The work included a review of about 150 publications, rating this evidence and mapping the content against Fairtrade’s Theory of Change, which was subsequently validated with staff and stakeholders through a series of interactive online focus group discussions. The final Evidence Map and related research outputs (report and presentation) serve as technical input for the organisation’s upcoming strategy review and update to the Theory of Change. The report is published here.
British Council - M&E Support Services
2023-24, UK, Global programmes
INTRAC provided the British Council’s Evidence, Evaluation and Learning (EEL) team dedicated support services to support the Global Evaluation Lead with a range of monitoring, evaluation and learning activities, feeding into an impact review of its global programmes covering the activity areas of Education, Arts, English and Gender. As INTRAC’s Lead Consultant for this assignment, I functioned as the main point of contact for the EEL team at the British Council leading and coordinating day to day M&E accompaniment, support, and delivery of core M&E activities to support the team. Among other activities this includes a series of M&E case studies on a variety of global programmes funded and/or implemented by British Council with a strong focus on education and arts programmes implemented in East Asia, as well as secondary data analysis of the Going Global Partnership programme.
Agence Française de Développement - Project management and capacity building of grantees of the Ethiopian Civil Society Innovation Fund
2022-25, Ethiopia
The purpose of the Agence Française de Développement’s (AFD) funded Civil Society Innovation Fund (CSIF) has been to diversify the civil society space in Ethiopia, and encourage innovation, through targeted support to three consortia of 15 new and emerging civil society organisations (CSOs), addressing historically underserved thematic areas including Human Rights, Gender and Media. INTRAC together with local Ethiopian partner AGAR has led the Coordination and Management of CSIF, Provision of Grant Management Support to CSOs, and Capacity Development of CSOs. In my role, as INTRAC’s Programme Coordinator, I have been working in close consultation with the Programme Director (UK based) and the Programme Manager (Ethiopia based), additional tasks related to MEL including development of a Theory of Change and Theory of Action, ongoing programme coordination, bi-annual reporting and hosting of strategic meetings. Now, at programme end, I am involved with consolidating learning into a Learning Digest and inputting into the final programme report. The role has involved frequent travel to Ethiopia.
Restless Development - We Lead learning consultancy on powershifting
2023, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda & Mozambique, Guatemala & Honduras, Lebanon & Jordan.
Lead consultant for an independent review to document the We Lead powershifting model and generate learnings and recommendations on how Restless Development and the wider consortium can proactively shift power to young women to fulfil their SRHR. The programme specifically seeks to empower young women living with HIV/AIDS, living with a disability, those identifying as LBTQI+, and those affected by displacement. We Lead has been funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by a consortium of six organisations in nine countries across Africa, Central America, and the Middle East. Outputs included an overall model on powershifting through We Lead, and two spotlight learning briefs, one on youth leadership through the steering committee, and one on local ownership
Newcastle University - MEL advice for the Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub.
2022-23, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia, UK
INTRAC has provided consultancy support to Newcastle University to monitor evaluate and learn on an international and interdisciplinary research project focussing on water security. The Water Security and Sustainable Development Hub was a UKRI-funded project that connected UK universities (Newcastle, Leeds, Oxford) with interdisciplinary ‘collaboratories’ in Malaysia, India, Colombia and Ethiopia. As independent consultant I worked directly with one of INTRAC MEL consultants to be ‘a critical friend’ to the programme by providing an external perspective on the impact of the hub’s work, as well as the hub processes, particularly in developing capacity for collaboration, interdisciplinary working, intersectional research and ensuring a fair and equal partnership between northern and southern institutions. Work included a mixed method partnership assessment based on an online survey and series of FDGs, and an evaluability assessment/data review, as well as a systematic social network analysis of the Water Hub.
Publications
“In a way I know now that I was lucky because my psychosis was picked up so quickly [...] and I got a bed in a Mother and Baby Unit”
Willemijn de Bruin, Ramadan FM on 'The Joys and Struggles of Motherhood', 1 May 2022