We have extensive experience supporting a wide range of organizations,
institutions, businesses, and government agencies in more than 45 countries across five continents.
Our full portfolio of assignments is shown below (by year).
Or you can view our experience by our key sectors of focus:
Supporting the ATSEA-2 project consortium to develop a new EAFM framework for red snapper fisheries in the Arafura-Timor Sea. Contributing expertise to the design of the EAFM framework, and development of rights-based fisheries management approaches.
ATSEA-2 project – PEMSEA / Fishwell Consulting / Starling Resources
Supporting the design, planning and implementation of an eight-part series of Lessons Learned virtual symposia as part of the final year of the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project.
Tetra Tech
Providing editing services to USAID LGP and W-GDP Initiative PWEEP to edit / re-write technical documents in English (quarterly reports, annual work plan reports, training reports, standard operating procedures, factsheets, flyers, write-ups, good practices, success stories and other communication materials).
Cardno International Development USA
Developing a new national framework for protected area financing, and creating business plans for two protected areas that will act as pilot sites for the framework.
Conservation International / Starling Resource
Providing technical support to the Ministry of Sea, Internal Waters and Fisheries (MIMAIP) Mozambique on fisheries co-management development under the South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance And Shared Growth Program (SWIOFish) project, Mozambique (2015-21).
World Bank / Food & Agriculture Organization
Designing and executing a process for the establishment of a learning network to strengthen learning, collaboration and synergies among community of organizations working on sustainable fisheries in Indonesia.
Walton Family Foundation with co-funding from the Organizational Effectiveness program of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Advising the Conservation Ecology Centre in the development of a new social enterprise ‘Wildlife Wonders’ that will raise new conservation funds for the Otways region of southern Australia.
Conservation Ecology Centre
Supporting ‘Women in Engineering: Timor-Leste’ to create a better future through activities including: outreach to high schools and universities, mentoring integrated with Engineering Without Borders (EWB) Timor-Leste; networking with NGOs in Timor-Leste in supporting activities in technical and gender equality.
Engineering Without Borders (Supporting Organization)
Providing senior advisory support to the Packard Foundation Indonesian Marine Program, including supporting the Blue Swimming Crab, Snapper and Grouper fisheries management workstreams, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning and engagement with the Packard Oceans team, Tuna, Markets and Science.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
Developing project documents for a REDD project on peatlands under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), including design and implementation of a peat depth assessment, and calculation and analysis of emission reduction from the project.
Forest Carbon
Providing support to the USAID Sustainable Ecosystem Advanced (SEA) Project to ensure efficient and targeted report writing, and to fulfill the Project’s regular reporting contract requirements. Assignment involves assisting with providing facilitation services, writing, editing, and overseeing quarterly and annual report production, as well as production of the projects’ bi-annual newsletter.
Tetra Tech
Ensuring the smooth implementation of projects being funded and implemented around Asia until a new person is found to fill this position.
Elephant Family
Providing technical support to World Bank and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries, Tanzania through participation in six-monthly supervision missions to evaluate progress and recommend improvements. Technical areas include national governance framework & legislation; priority fisheries research; establishing fisheries information system (FIS); fisheries management planning; fisheries co-management; monitoring control & surveillance; blast-fishing; value addition; fisheries sector infrastructure. (US$36 M program)
World Bank
Providing technical support to World Bank and Ministry of Fisheries Development, Kenya on project oversight and implementation; strategic & annual planning; monitoring & evaluation; quality control of documentation including consultant ToRs, technical reports, workplans etc. Participation in 6-monthly supervision missions to evaluate progress and recommend improvements. Technical areas include fisheries co-management; mariculture livelihoods; national governance framework & legislation; monitoring, control & surveillance; stock assessment and fisheries management planning. (US$ 40M program).
World Bank/ Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Supporting the design and training processes to develop research questions, sample tools and ethical research mechanisms (using a Do-No-Harm approach) for collecting preliminary data on Covid-19 impacts on intra-households (funded by Government for Development [G4D]). Leading interviews with select households in two Municipalities, supervising research assistants and documenting daily debriefs during data collection as well as participating in coding processes and presenting to the Ministry of Social Solidarity.
TAF
Supporting targeted Sucos (villages) in Bobonaro Municipality that have historically suffered from flooding. The project’s objective was: ‘Communities are prepared for and better assisted during natural disasters, particularly flooding and high wind events.’ The evaluation used quantitative and qualitative tools to evaluate the performance and document learnings from the project’s two core components: 1) improving the resilience of communities to natural disasters, and 2) establishment and testing of an efficient digital cash distribution system.
World Vision
The YIAC project aimed to help youth cope with the effects of armed conflict. The project consisted of components that directly targeted youth, including psychosocial support services and livelihood development, and activities to create an enabling and protective environment for youth development. The latter benefit the whole community and include disaster risk reduction and environmental restoration. The evaluation included quantitative and qualitative data gathering. Interviews and focus groups were facilitated remotely due to Covid19 travel restrictions.
NETHERLANDS RED CROSS
Undertaking a series of consultations and facilitating key stakeholders from communities, government agencies and associated NGO’s, to identify priority targets and activities to promote sustainable development and marine conservation in Atauro Island. Reviewing both primary and secondary information available, and producing a final Sustainable Management Plan (SMP).
CHEMONICS
Coordinating, facilitating and producing the 10-year vision for Marine Protected Area (MPA) expansion and effective management in Indonesia. The MPA VISION 2030 is a joint product of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) together with the Ministries of National Development Planning (Bappenas), Home Affairs (KemenDagri) and Finance (KemenKeu), and conservation partners WWF, CTC, WCS, YKAN-TNC, Rare and CI. As joint lead consultant (in partnership with the University of Agriculture in Bogor), support was provided from conception and design through to full production and legal formalization.
WWF
Supporting the Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) and Snapper Fisheries Coalitions for Indonesia, through BGA UK Ltd, for the design of fishery baseline reports and customized iconography for metrics and indicators. Transforming raw data and draft reports to improve audience experience and accessibility to the content by utilizing visual references to convey key components of the summaries, in the context of the respective fishery Theory of Change. Produced primarily for online distribution to donors, NGO and government partners and industry stakeholders. Coordinating the translation of executive summaries for an Indonesian audience through to production of print-ready documents.
BGA UK LTD
Supporting the design, planning and implementation of an eight-part series of Lessons Learned virtual symposia as part of the final year of the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project.
TETRA TECH
Engaging with new international NGOs and private sector stakeholders to agree on an approach for the separation and collection of office paper waste for recycling and mechanisms for participation in pilot sites. Providing support to the administration and coordination of behavior change efforts for pilot adoption, working closely with the women’s groups, other consultants and youth group partners.
The Asia Foundation (TAF)
The Highlanders Accessing Rural Value- chains for Equitable Sustainability (HARVEST) program is implemented through six partners, including private enterprises and Community Based Organizations, to help increase the income and well-being of rural farming families in the country’s highlands, particularly in Eastern Highlands, Simbu and Jiwaka Provinces. The focus commodities of HARVEST are Bulb Onion, Honey and Vegetables. The final evaluation included quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis to identify progress, and generate lessons and recommendations for future programming.
Oxfam in Papua New Guinea
Evaluating the long-running Water and Sanitation Project of the Nusa Tenggara Association (NTA), which aims to improve living standards in rural areas of eastern Indonesia by providing access to adequate water and sanitary facilities and training people in relevant skills, leading to better health and hygiene. The outcomes of the evaluation will inform the NTA’s future Water and Sanitation activities, government relations and investment modalities.
Nusa Tenggara Association
Conducting an endline evaluation of the Crops Program aimed to increase food self-sufficiency through access to post-harvest grain and rainwater storage systems and the promotion of climate-smart farming production systems. Evaluation includes an assessment of the overall program performance against indicator targets, aggregate program successes and lessons learned, and providing recommendations for future programs.
Mercy Corps
Providing technical advice, research support and assistance to ISF-UTS and WaterAid Timor-Leste team in conducting climate change vulnerability and capacity assessments for gender and socially inclusive WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) program in Likisa Municipality, Timor-Leste. Assisting in facilitating community-based learning activities, recording findings and learnings, interpreting and translating results. Supporting the reflection of learning activities and developing guidance for WaterAid Timor-Leste team on how to better integrate considerations of climate change into their gender and socially inclusive WASH programming.
University of Technology, Sydney
Providing Design Specialist support and leading the team for the project formulation of the GEF-led project ‘Reducing Climate Vulnerability of Coastal Communities of Myanmar through an Ecosystem-based Approach’ in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. For this project, a broad ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) approach will be adopted to restore and strengthen ecosystem functionality focused on the rehabilitation, management and protection of the mangrove ecosystems as an integral element of climate adaptation and disaster resilience of the Rakhine coast.
UNDP Myanmar
Reviewing the achievements of the previous strategic plan (2015-2019); interviewing strategic partners, associated consultants, clients and board members; undertaking a series of all-team workshops and senior management team meetings; and producing a final full strategic plan for the organization, with associated key performance indicators and balance scorecard.
Coral Triangle Center
Undertaking a series of consultations and facilitating key stakeholders from communities, government agencies and associated NGO’s, to identify priority targets and activities to promote sustainable development and marine conservation in Atauro Island. Reviewing both primary and secondary information available, and producing a final management plan to be agreed by all stakeholders.
Chemonics
Undertaking national-level analyses of seafood supply chains and assessing current demand for sustainable product to support MDPI’s sustainable domestic seafood sourcing project. Initiative aims to link responsible small-scale fishers with high-end domestic seafood buyers in a bid to improve sustainability and profitability. Assignment included developing design options for new sustainable domestic sourcing, and developing industry networks with stakeholders demonstrating clear commitments to sustainability.
Masyarakat dan Perikanan Indonesia
Supporting the design and training processes to develop research questions, sample tools and ethical research mechanisms (using a Do-No-Harm approach) for collecting preliminary data on Covid-19 impacts on intra-households (funded by Government for Development [G4D]). Leading interviews with select households in two Municipalities, supervising research assistants and documenting daily debriefs during data collection as well as participating in coding processes and presenting to the Ministry of Social Solidarity.
The Asia Foundation (TAF)
Supporting targeted Sucos (villages) in Bobonaro Municipality that have historically suffered from flooding. The project’s objective was: ‘Communities are prepared for and better assisted during natural disasters, particularly flooding and high wind events.’ The evaluation used quantitative and qualitative tools to evaluate the performance and document learnings from the project’s two core components: 1) improving the resilience of communities to natural disasters, and 2) establishment and testing of an efficient digital cash distribution system.
World Vision Timor-Leste
Supporting the Blue Swimming Crab (BSC) and Snapper Fisheries Coalitions for Indonesia, through BGA UK Ltd, for the design of fishery baseline reports and customized iconography for metrics and indicators. Transforming raw data and draft reports to improve audience experience and accessibility to the content by utilizing visual references to convey key components of the summaries, in the context of the respective fishery Theory of Change. Produced primarily for online distribution to donors, NGO and government partners and industry stakeholders. Coordinating the translation of executive summaries for an Indonesian audience through to production of print-ready documents.
Blue Green Advisors (BGA UK Ltd)
The YIAC project aimed to help youth cope with the effects of armed conflict. The project consisted of components that directly targeted youth, including psychosocial support services and livelihood development, and activities to create an enabling and protective environment for youth development. The latter benefit the whole community and include disaster risk reduction and environmental restoration. The evaluation included quantitative and qualitative data gathering. Interviews and focus groups were facilitated remotely due to Covid19 travel restrictions.
Netherlands Red Cross
Coordinating, facilitating and producing the 10-year vision for Marine Protected Area (MPA) expansion and effective management in Indonesia. The MPA VISION 2030 is a joint product of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) together with the Ministries of National Development Planning (Bappenas), Home Affairs (KemenDagri) and Finance (KemenKeu), and conservation partners WWF, CTC, WCS, YKAN-TNC, Rare and CI. As joint lead consultant (in partnership with the University of Agriculture in Bogor), support was provided from conception and design through to full production and legal formalization.
World Wildlife Fund
Supporting the Rural Women’s Development Program (RWDP) to develop and prepare for a three-year transition plan development through reflection workshops (mentoring and training of facilitation) for groups supported by the Covalima Community Centre (CCC) in Timor-Leste.
International Women’s Development Agency
Facilitating a multi-stakeholder review of a draft conservation priority assessment for Sumatra. Drafting a synopsis of the assessment, designing, developing and delivering a participatory workshop with international and local institutional representatives. Producing a prioritization report with recommendations for adaptations to the assessment.
Sumatran Orangutan Society
Developing an understanding of the concepts surrounding the Theory of Change and facilitating a review and planning process for the Community Policing Support Program.
The Asia Foundation
Resiliensia Di’ak operates aims to ensure food security for poor and vulnerable rural farming households in Timor-Leste through increased resiliency to, and less exposure from, recurring natural disasters. The assignment established baseline values for the program’s indicators.
Mercy Corps
The STAND UP project is implemented by The Border Consortium under LIFT’s Uplands Programme. The project aims to improve natural resource management, nutrition and sanitation, and to build local capacities. Interventions target displaced and conflict affected communities as well as returnees who are subsistence or smallholder farmers in areas where ethnic armed organizations exert at least some degree of authority. LIFT Fund evaluations assess the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and perspectives of sustainability of the project.
United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) – Livelihoods and Food Security Fund (LIFTS) Management Office
Supporting the Victoria State Government to design and run a process of ‘co-design’ to develop the new marine spatial planning (MSP) framework for Victorian waters, in support of 2019 marine and coastal legislative reforms.
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria, Australia)
The Highlanders Accessing Rural Value- chains for Equitable Sustainability (HARVEST) program is implemented by Oxfam in Papua New Guinea. The program is implemented through six Implementing Partners including private enterprises and Community Based Organizations to help increase the income and well-being for rural farming families in the country’s highlands, particularly in Eastern Highlands, Simbu and Jiwaka Provinces. The Mid-term review was implemented to assess progress towards the project objectives and outcomes.
Oxfam in Papua New Guinea
Supporting the Victoria State Government to update the program strategy for Coastcare Victoria, a statewide coastal stewardship program that supports 10,000 coastal conservation volunteers.
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (Victoria, Australia)
Supporting clients of the Green Infrastructure Center, Inc. (GIC) to identify strategies to protect and enhance natural assets and recommending land plans and policies to conserve the most critical resources. GIC was formed in 2006 to help local governments, communities, and regional planning organizations, land trusts and developers evaluate their green infrastructure assets and make plans to conserve them. Support includes provision of a suite of tools – economic analysis, mapping, land use planning and asset assessment – needed by communities to protect and restore their natural assets. Staff teams help localities inventory their assets and create strategies for their conservation or restoration, at the regional and local scale, in rural, suburban and urban environments.
The Green Infrastructure Center
Monitoring donor interests and funding availability, compiling baseline and situational analysis, and resource mobilization needs in preparing and updating the UNDP Recovery Resource Mobilisation strategy package for the Central Sulawesi Earthquake and Tsunami disaster. Writing concept notes and proposals for UNDP short, medium and long-term recovery interventions.
UNDP Indonesia/Crisis Response Team Operations Indonesia
Implementing the Avansa Annual Agribusiness and Household Survey at the end of the fourth year of project implementation. Surveying 385 households for agricultural information and 281 for nutritional information, the survey covers five districts. Providing comprehensive training program for all staff involved, and delivering ongoing in-field support and analysis.
Avansa Agricultural Project, managed by CARDNO EMERGING MARKETS USA, Ltd. and funded by USAID
Piloting an innovative 12-month program to support staff of Timor-Leste’s only legal aid organization that supports women and child survivors of violence. The program involves over 25 staff members and combines self-care, monthly programs and plans for ongoing mentoring for staff involved. This is supported by International Women’s Development Agency who recognize the need to provide care and support to those involve in front-line service provision.
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and ALFeLa (Asisténsia Legal ba Feto e Labarik)
Supporting the ‘Womens Action for Voice and Empowerment’ (WAVE) Mid-Term Reflection for the International Women’s Development Agency, focusing on Timor-Leste’s partners utilizing feminist participatory approaches.
International Women’s Development Agency
Facilitating production of a management plan for the foremost tourism destination and sacred site of Mt. Ramelau. Assignment involves liaising with national and local stakeholders to ensure the various consultations underway contribute to future management plans being socially inclusive and addressing community concerns and needs.
The Asia Foundation
Undertaking a landscape assessment of climate change-related funding and partnership opportunities relevant to sexual health and reproductive rights in the Asia Pacific region. This involved assessing all major bilateral, multilateral and philanthropic donors known to be investing in climate change adaptation and examining their strategies in relation to public health, community development and gender responsiveness. Assignment resulted in the development of new strategies to engage partners working in CC adaptation in East Timor and Papua New Guinea, and investment in pilots to demonstrate the potential for enhanced family planning as an adaptation response.
Marie Stopes International
Providing consultancy support to Oxfam and the START Consortium partners for developing preparation and response activities and mechanisms for the prolonged El Nino-induced drought in Timor-Leste. Supporting INGO advocacy around the development of appropriate and practical Early Warning Systems (EWS) for slow-onset disasters such as drought. Developing recommendations for the START Fund Network members (Oxfam, World Vision, CARE International, Plan International, Mercy Corps, CRS and Caritas) on data collection approaches and indicators to inform START Fund Consortium activities.
Oxfam Australia
Designing pedagogical curricula and implementing interactive grant writing training workshops in collaboration with the Coral Triangle Center (CTC). Workshops aimed to support Asia-based candidates for the National Geographic Society grant schemes to improve their grant writing skills and enhance their competitive potential to successfully acquire grants.
National Geographic Society
Supporting the City of Greater Geelong in its development of new partnerships and funding arrangements Working with Council staff to develop program strategies and budgets, engage donors and develop funding bids and partnership packages. As a result of the work, two new funding arrangements are now in place to support cultural heritage management, and the innovative ‘Mountain to Mouth’ environmental arts trail.
City of Greater Geelong
Undertaking an evaluation of the ‘Building the Resiliency of Indigenous Communities on Climate Change Adaptation’ (BRICCCA) project, which aims to strengthen the capacities of indigenous communities and their organizations in the face of climate change and enhance their resilience. Assignment included assessing the project’s achievements, identifying gaps, strengths and weaknesses in the project implementation and providing recommendations for future programming. The project was implemented by three of AIPP’s network members: NGO-FONIN in Nepal, NIPT/IMPECT in Thailand and CorDisRDS in the Philippines.
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact
Evaluating the MILDAS project, implemented by the International Organization for Migration, which aimed to encourage people to position migration in their strategic livelihood planning while recognizing the negative consequences to migrants and their families. In addition, the project also aimed to strengthen LIFT’s stakeholders’ understanding on migration and development. The final evaluation assessed the progress of the project towards its expected outcomes, particularly in terms of the project’s relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability, as well as reviewed its overall approach and specific methodologies.
United Nations Office for Project Services
Undertaking a mid-term review of the ELDP project, which is funded by LIFT under its Uplands Programme and focuses on vocational training and social protection in conflict affected area. The project is awarded to the Karen Development Network, with Karen communities and individuals as primary target beneficiaries. The project duration is from 4 July 2016 – 30 June 2019 and the Mid-term Review was conducted to capture the achievements to date, identify gaps and provide recommendations for the implementation of the remaining project period and potential extension.
UNOPS Myanmar - LIFT Uplands Programme
Undertaking a mid-term review of Oxfam’s livelihoods program in Timor Leste. Known as ‘HAFORSA’ this program is being implemented from July 2015 to June 2020 through a partnership approach. Local partners implement the program, while Oxfam provides supervision and capacity building support. The mid-term review conducted a survey to collect data on quantifiable indicators to measure progress since its baseline, assessed the overall program implementation and its modalities, and provided recommendations for the remaining period.
Oxfam Australia
Undertaking an external evaluation of ASB’s program in the Central Philippines to: (1) determine if it has met its identified objectives and results (in particular the inclusion of persons with disabilities in disaster risk reduction and management); (2) provide insight and feedback on ASB programming and partnerships; (3) document the program’s engagement model; (4) provide recommendations to support future programming and partnerships.
Arbeiter Samariter Bund Indonesia and the Philippines
Developing program strategies and funding proposals to support the marine program of WCS-Indonesia. Developing fisheries and marine protected area (MPA) strategies and field activities; MEL approaches for, and direct engagement with donors to finalise funding applications. Assignment resulted in WCS’s program attracting new funding agreements from two philanthropic donors and one bilateral partner.
Wildlife Conservation Society
Providing training to all East DRC staff in how to increase the impact of their previous education work by incorporating behavior change science and thinking into their strategies. Identifying key target audiences, messaging, and removing barriers to support behavior change strategies to reduce bushmeat hunting and consumption in the East DRC. Prioritizing strategies and developing the monitoring and evaluation needed to determine if they are effective.
Jane Goodall Institute
Supporting the re-design and implementation of training for Wildlife Conservation Network Partners in core areas such as fundraising, budgeting, team management, team-building, and communication. Providing WCN trainers with refresh training in adult learning, designing effective meetings, and identifying learning objectives.
Wildlife Conservation Network
Designing an Open Standards-oriented monitoring and evaluation framework for all projects and strategies in the Institutions Africa Program. Identifying meaningful indicators of success, and providing training for staff in developing strategic project plans, proposals, data collection, and adaptive management.
Jane Goodall Institute
Assisting in the setting of up a charitable organization that will establish a sanctuary for captive elephants in Europe.
Pangea Trust
Designing, developing and implementing event planning training for staff and associates of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) Regional Secretariat in Manado, Indonesia. Training focused particularly on the wide-ranging planning tasks required to successfully implement large-scale inter-governmental events hosted under the six nation CTI-CFF framework.
US Department of Interior, International Technical Assistance Program (DOI-ITAP) and the CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat
Facilitating innovative permaculture trial operations that promote both climate resilience of coral reef systems and seaweed aquaculture opportunities for local communities.
Climate Foundation
Lead authoring and providing full suite production of The State of the Sea publication. Implemented by a seven-person SSIC team, roles included research, writing, editing, translation, all graphics production and map production, right through to design and layout for print-ready publication. The State of the Sea publication is in three volumes, and ‘tells the story’ of the current status of marine and coastal management in Indonesia: from the National to Local level. It is an output of the USAID Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project that supports the Government of Indonesia (GOI) to improve the governance of fisheries and marine resources and to conserve biological diversity at local, district, provincial, and national levels. [Launch scheduled for end of October 2018 at the Our Ocean Conference. Link to e-books will be provided soon]
Tetra Tech
Designing a customized Open Standards adult-learning designed training in the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation for Center Directors to support the design and implementation of a more comprehensive monitoring and evaluation system for the WildCare Institute of the St. Louis Zoo.
WildCare Insitute of the St. Louis Zoo
Undertaking a midterm review to explore progress made towards the programs objectives, and providing recommendations for the implementation of two projects supported by the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund and to be implemented by local partners in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta, Myanmar: (1) setting up sustainable livelihood funding mechanisms at community level in Phinsalu Sub-Township; (2) the improvement of smallholder farmer access to certified rice seeds in Bogale and Mawlamyinegyun Townships.
United Nations Office for Project Services
Team Lead – providing a framework, guidelines, and advice for all team members of the project; developing methodology for data collection and analysis; coordinating the collection of data; reviewing and improving inputs; reviewing team members reports; and responsible for final report production.
USAID Climate Economic Analysis for Development, Investment and Resilience (CEDAIR)
Devising a digital survey and developing an automated report generation tool for the Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA) as part of the RSPO certification process for oil palm smallholders.
AidEnvironment
Conducting data analysis and supporting technical report writing for an REDD+ project PD on peatlands in Sumatra.
Forest Carbon
Assessing the status of candlenut plantations in Covalima in order to explore the potential for commercializing this traditional product in order to promote increased incomes for farmers in the medium and long-term. Identifying and providing recommendations to address the challenges in terms of accessing profitable markets and limited knowledge of appropriate management practices to increase productivity.
Oxfam Australia
Examining the processes of strengthening the Raja Ampat MPA network management unit through the lens of support organization Starling Resources. This assignment reviewed all steps undertaken in supporting this ‘first of its kind’ quasi-governmental organization in Indonesia, in terms of legal and regulatory establishment, staffing, capacity building, budgeting and financial management and administrative implementation. Assessment explored the potential for replication of the approach and captured lessons learned for wider practitioners.
Starling Resources
Establishing civil law services for socio-economically disadvantaged communities across the Mid-North Coast of NSW, Australia. Tasks include establishing legal outreach clinics, providing a program of community legal education and engagement, fostering stakeholder relationships, and implementing, expanding and managing a team of 2-3 civil law solicitors. Simultaneously providing a legal representation service across a range of legal areas, including human rights, discrimination, government decision-making, consumer contracts, employment, social security, housing, mental health, guardianship, civil liberties, etc.
Legal Aid New South Wales
As part of a series of case studies related to WWF supported marine initiatives across the Coral Triangle region, this case study development involved a thorough review of support activities implemented to date, and assessment of challenges, achievements and lessons learned.
World Wildlife Fund – Indonesia
The Indonesia Sustainable Ecosystems Advanced (SEA) Project is a five-year program that supports the Government of Indonesia to conserve biological diversity and improve the governance of marine resources at local, district, provincial and national levels. The communications plan will support this multi-partner initiative through the development of (i) an internal communications strategy (to ensure systematic coordination and communication processes within and between SEA project staff and primary sub-contractors); and (ii) an external communications framework to promote behavior change and adoption of sustainable management measures through the use of best practice approaches for identifying key target audiences, developing messaging utilizing baseline knowledge, skills, attitude and behavior assessments and strategic development of tailored communication techniques.
Tetra Tech
Designing and implementing a more rigorous impact assessment process across key programmatic areas. Providing training and evaluation support for key skills needed to implement and evaluate programs, utilizing the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation. Providing behavior change expertise and support in the development of new programming. Evaluating the impact of wildlife crime enforcement training and undertaking modifications to training provided. Designing and implementing a Global Youth Forum for Wildlife and People at CITES. (on-going)
International Fund for Animal Welfare
Training national forest inventory staff of the Lao PDR national forest and providing assistance with data analysis.
Forest Carbon
Conducting the data analysis for a REDD+ a feasibility study project on peatlands in Sumatra.
Forest Carbon
Producing a toolkit chapter on the use of applications on carbon for the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA) toolkit 2.0.
Forest Carbon/ HCSA steering Group
Programming an R script to automate the data analysis of the Lao PDR national forest inventory and training of nation forest inventory staff.
Forest Carbon
Providing support to a Systematic Conservation Planning exercise by developing decision support tools and undertaking associated MARXAN analysis. Resulted in production of a manual to be used by local government authorities. Carried out follow-up data revision, analysis and capacity building.
World Wide Fund for Nature Malaysia
Providing strategic planning guidance, program development and implementation support to Borneo Nature Foundation, working to protect some of the most important areas of tropical rainforest in Borneo. Technical support provided in research areas related to monitoring the distribution, population status, behaviour and ecology of the Sabangau Forest’s flagship ape species, and supporting biodiversity and forestry research initiatives in support of the Rungan River Orangutan Conservation Programme (RROCP).
Borneo Nature Foundation
As part of Forest Inform Pty Ltd provided GIS technical support and analysis for development of Taninthayi region’s 10 Year Forest Management Plan.
Fauna and Flora International
Supporting the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Thailand and the Thai Royal Irrigation Department (RID) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC) jointly in developing the initiative ‘Enhancing climate resilience in Thailand through effective water management and sustainable agriculture’– aimed to improve water management and climate resilience in parts of Thailand. This assignment formulated and supported the full design and feasibility development.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Thailand
Developing an interpretative program for visitors to a newly established wildlife sanctuary at Charnley River-Artesian Range in the northern Kimberley, including research and development of interpretative materials about wildlife conservation, Australian savanna ecology and AWC’s conservation approach. Fundraising program preparation for AWC’s north-west region and training of interpretative staff.
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Supporting the design, development and implementation of the 2016 Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Regional Exchange (REX) under the CCA Technical Working Group (TWG) of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI), focused on the development of a ‘Center of Excellence’ in the Coral Triangle (inter-governmental meeting for: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste). Assignment under the CTI-CFF Regional Secretariat.
CTI Regional Secretariat
Providing overall management and technical co-ordination for implementation of climate vulnerability assessments and pilot adaptation projects in partnership with WWF coastal & marine programmes in 3 countries. Included: baseline studies; community vulnerability assessments; downscale climate modeling (in association with University of Cape Town); stakeholder-based vulnerability assessment and implementation of pilot adaptation projects.
WWF Coastal East Africa Programme
Analyzing the socio economic condition of communities in the Arafura and Timor Sea, including demographics of gender and vulnerable group assessments. Assignment under the USAID Asia Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Project Preparation Facility (ADAPT Asia-Pacific) – AECOM
ADAPT Asia-Pacific - AECOM
Participating in SESYNC proposal review, and “matching” with team(s) where additional external facilitation assistance was beneficial, particularly around project inception by supporting the team science process, meeting planning and facilitation. Working in conjunction with SESYNC staff, interacting with that team’s leaders to further familiarize with the project, develop a facilitation plan, facilitate one meeting and conduct follow up conversations to assess outcomes and further needs.
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center
Producing a ‘Professional Development Curriculum’ to guide training for over 200 practitioners working in community engagement, promoting gender and social inclusion approaches and facilitation skills. The assignment included active field-based participatory research, staff training and the implementation of a social inclusion organizational policy, and resulted in a rise in the percentage of registered rural women farmers from 7% to 49%. This represents a significant shift in attitudes, opportunities for women and all farmers, as well advancing the potential for more equitable economic benefits in this sector.
Cooperative Café Timor
Designing survey tools and training enumerators in the conduct of electronic data collection; data analysis, qualitative data gathering with key stakeholders including community and government officials. Data analysis and report writing.
CARE Australia
Planning, implementation and monitoring of the WASH initiative in Schools (WinS) component of the on-going WASH program. Working with partners to implement hygiene promotion via the CHILD to child methodology and with contractors for the construction of new WASH facilities.
Plan International in Timor-Leste
Designing survey tools and training enumerators in the conduct of electronic data collection; data analysis, qualitative data gathering with key stakeholders including community and government officials. Data analysis and report writing.
Oxfam Australia
Developing a strategy and action plan for resource mobilization for biodiversity; covering terrestrial and marine biodiversity, and reviewing policy and institutional frameworks for biodiversity management.
United Nations Development Programme
Providing research support, case study preparation and report production support assessing the benefits to households of sustainable fishery management, the roles of women, and opportunities for improving livelihoods.
Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods (RIEL), Charles Darwin University & Murdoch University, Australia.
Analyzing Indonesia’s enabling environment and management systems for fisheries and aquaculture set against reference to best practices identified by the OECD
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Desk-based research of latest theories and best practice approaches to undertaking MEL for programmatic capacity building related activities, and institutional resilience; and development of an associated organizational MEL framework.
Coral Triangle Center
Assessment conducted through desk-based research, partner interviews and online surveys with government agencies, universities and NGO technical partners throughout the region. Review tailored for the 12th Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the inter-governmental Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF). Largest capacity assessment conducted to date in the region to support the implementation of the CTI-CFF Regional Plan of Action (RPoA), Goal #3, ‘Marine Protected Areas established and effectively managed’.
Coral Triangle Center in support of CTI Regional Secretariat
Drafting, developing and gathering wide stakeholder input into the design of a six-nation Task Force to promote Sustainable Tourism in the Coral Triangle (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste), as per the directive of the 11th Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) under the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI).
Coral Triangle Center in support of the National Coordinating Committee (NCC) Indonesia, and the CTI Regional Secretariat
Led facilitation, agenda design support and associated materials development for the first Southeast Asia Fisheries Improvement Project (FIP) Workshop, exploring the outcomes of the 2016 ‘Global Landscape Review of FIPs’ and promoting cross-nation sharing of lessons learned and collaboration.
Coral Triangle Center in support of Scaling Blue LLC
Project management and coordination support to the Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries (MMAF) in Indonesia for the Blue Swimming Crab Sustainable Fishery Initiative (BSC-SFI); pilot site development.
Trust for Conservation Innovation (T4CI), Conservation & Community Investment Forum (CCIF) and Starling Resources.
Stakeholder engagement, collaborative strategic planning and production of a ten year management plan (2016-2026) for the Chumbe Marine Protected Area.
Chumbe Island Coral Park
Design and development of website content for local Indonesian conservation organization working in capacity building and training-of-trainers for marine and coastal management.
Coral Triangle Center (CTC) for Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands & Timor-Leste.
Preparation of funding proposal for mobile handset-based monitoring of blast-fishing and facilitating community enforcement initiatives in 10 coastal communities in Tanzania.
WWF Tanzania Country Office
Preparation of a project proposal on behalf of Hotels Association of Tanzania (HAT) for submission to BEST AC for a private sector-led multi-stakeholder advocacy campaign with a goal of reducing the threat that dynamite fishing poses to the coastal tourism industry in mainland Tanzania. Involved desk research; consultations with donor and various stakeholders; proposal writing.
Hotels Association of Tanzania
Participation in 2-person mid-term evaluation team to assess progress of Chumbe Island Coral Sanctuary, Zanzibar against Global Ecosphere Retreat standards. Included visit to Chumbe Island to make physical inspections and interview staff and stakeholders; provision of expert input on conservation and community elements of the standards; report preparation.
The Long Run (Zeitz Foundation, Nairobi)
Led development and writing of marine report “Marine Conservation Priorities in the Coral Triangle,” to guide the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation (DEVCO)’s strategic approach to wildlife conservation in Asia. Document review and consultations and formal interviews with a variety of experts. Supervised subcontractors. Organized and facilitated consultation workshop, for ~25 participants from government, academia, NGOs, etc., prior to the International Coral Reef Symposium (for WCS).
WCS, on behalf of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Development and Cooperation (DEVCO)
Coordinating communication strategy and product development, including infographic and website update, for the initiative “Solving the Mystery of Marine Protected Area Performance”. Delivering key messages to decision-makers and key audiences at the World Conservation Congress, in support of implementing policies that promote the long-term sustainability of marine resources. The initiative has several approaches, including 1) a global synthesis (SESYNC/LHI) and 2) the evaluation of social and ecological impacts of MPAs in Indonesia (a multi-NGO collaboration led by WWF-US).
Luc Hoffmann Institute, WWF-International
Conducting the data analysis for a REDD+ a feasibility study project on peatlands in Kalimantan.
Forest Carbon
Developing an interpretation program about wildlife conservation challenges and approaches in Australia’s northern savanna ecosystems for dissemination to visiting scientists, donors and the general public at AWC wildlife sanctuaries. Training interpretation and wilderness camp staff in wildlife and savanna ecology, designing interpretative materials (print and digital media), fitting out the interpretative centre, fundraising event planning, preparation and coordination, eco-tour and guiding program development.
Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Assisting Sabah Forestry Department’s (SFD’s) efforts to better conserve and sustainably manage the rainforests of Sabah, Malaysia. Working alongside the team leader, the forestry planning specialist and SFD counterparts to determine the availability of appropriately formatted spatial data for analysis of all relevant issues associated with recommended strategies.
The Nature Conservancy for Sabah Forest Department
Undertaking a review of policy and institutional aspects of Biodiversity Financing in Indonesia.
United Nations Development Programme
Supporting the Government of Timor-Leste in building resilience to climate change. Project and programming in developing projects of over US$22 million in (GEF, GCF, LDCF) funding. Proposing, developing and implementing projects that include: ‘Building shoreline resilience of Timor-Leste to protect local communities and their livelihoods’; the Initial and Second National Communications to the UNFCCC for Timor-Leste; ‘Developing capacities for an iterative National Adaptation Planning process for climate resilient development’; ‘Promoting sustainable bio-energy production from Biomass’, and ‘Building ecosystem-based resilience of Timor-Leste through protected areas’; supporting the development of the National Centre of Climate Change and Biodiversity and various climate resilience working groups.
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Timor-Leste
Leading grant writing for World Bank grants over three-year term.
Publish What You Pay
Scoping study to identify and characterize investments in agriculture, energy and infrastructure sectors in priority conservation areas in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique (desk study).
Strategic Business Advisors (Africa)
Designing and conducting a market assessment and identification of partners for a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy for one of Mercy Corps’ corporate partners. Market assessment conducted for the rice sector, in particular smallholder farmers in Ubon Ratchatani province; consultations held with key stakeholders and recommendations made to the corporate partner.
Mercy Corps Indonesia
Evaluating the country strategy to date, predominantly for learning, but with elements of accountability, which can be used both internally, and externally. Providing training and accompaniment to country team to co-facilitate the research, the evaluation focused on how much progress has been made towards achieving the strategic ambitions; providing findings, conclusions and recommendations in order to draw learning from the last five years that needs to be retained and used to influence the next five-year strategy.
The Leprosy Mission
Facilitation, design and development of a five year strategic plan for addressing diverse learners’ needs in schools in Indonesia, in collaboration with the University Gajah Mada, Jogjakarta. The five year plan facilitates skills building for diverse learners and implements the AJT-Cognitive assessment testing system to support the identification of and learning plan development for schoolchildren with diverse needs in eleven pilot and beta school trial sites across the country.
Yayasan Dharma Bermakna (YDB), Indonesia.
Facilitating and training a team of collaborative researches from three different organizations – Patria, Plan International and Women’s Action for Change – to conduct a baseline study into the barriers and enablers to women’s political and economic participation at the local governance level. Participatory research with leaders and community members on political participation and attitudes and responses to family violence and violence against women. Intended to inform approaches to creating more opportunities for women to participate in local governance and leadership.
Fundação Pátria with support from Plan International
This Community-led Rural Development Program (CLRDP) worked in partnership with district-based civil society organizations across four districts in Timor-Leste; DAC criteria were applied to document achievements and learning of CLRDP’s integrated and community-led approach to strengthen civil society and improve the livelihood security and voice of rural men and women in Timor-Leste. A household survey and qualitative data gathering was conducted among stakeholders.
Oxfam Australia
Providing advisory and implementation support for a number of civil society grants for community legal education, mobile courts throughout the country, formulation of a pilot for establishing legal aid clinics, as well as providing general advice to justice issues affecting the direction of the UNDP Justice System Program.
United Nations Development Programme, Timor-Leste Country Office
HAK is a Timorese civil society organization focused on human rights advocacy, activism and education. Assignment supported senior management to implement management structures, monitoring and evaluation systems, secure ongoing donor funding, establish human rights monitoring and reporting system, and improve advocacy on a range of transitional justice issues. Most significant project was the re-establishment of working partnership with regional partner to enable successful implementation of project to reunifying children disappeared during Indonesian occupation.
HAK Association
Providing support to the Timor-Leste Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment’s National Directorate for International Environmental Issues and Climate Change, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment, in preparedness and access to the Green Climate Fund; and facilitating Cross-cutting Capacity Building (CCCB) for the Directorate.
National Directorate for the International Environmental Issues and Climate Change, Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Environment, Government of Timor-Leste
Providing technical support to World Bank and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock & Fisheries, Tanzania on project preparation, oversight and implementation; strategic planning; monitoring & evaluation; quality control of documentation including consultant ToRs, technical reports, workplans etc. Technical areas include national governance framework & legislation; priority fisheries research; establishing fisheries information system (FIS); fisheries management planning; fisheries co-management; monitoring control & surveillance; blast-fishing; value addition; fisheries sector infrastructure.
World Bank
Analysis of thematic messaging, learning objectives and exhibit design for Bali based marine conservation exhibition center under development.
Coral Triangle Center
Support to the design, development and production of a five year strategic plan for sustainable fisheries management in Indonesia. Plan focused on the target fisheries of snapper & grouper, sea cucumber, blue swimming crab and sharks & rays, across four provinces in Indonesia (West Nusa Tenggara, North Maluku, Central Java and Aceh)
Wildlife Conservation Society
Event design, development, planning and implementation for the 2015 Regional Business Forum on Sustainable Marine Tourism for Coral Triangle nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands). This event brought together senior government officials, leading private sector tourism representatives and a range of support NGOs and institutions to (i) identify and promote best practices for responsible marine and coastal tourism; (ii) identify and promote the enabling conditions required to support private sector leadership and engagement in sustainable and responsible marine and coastal tourism in the Coral Triangle, and (iii) explore the branding and marketing of the Coral Triangle as a global sustainable tourism destination. The event included: , an investment forum; a buyer-sellers market; a Coral Triangle Marine Tourism Expo; three high level Roundtables; a Womens Leaders Forum Roundtable; a two-day six-nation conference; and a CTI Maritime Local Government Network (LGN) Executive Committee Meeting.
United States Department of Interior, International Technical Assistance Program (US-DOI-ITAP) and the Coral Triangle Center (CTC), Indonesia.
Supporting a multi-NGO (WWF-US, CI, WCS, and Rare) contract from MACargill Foundation, Collaborative Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Approaches to Community-Based Natural Resource Management. Provided advice and facilitation support for team calls and working group meetings. Contributed to development and writing of strategy and implementation plan, in particular researching organizational structures and collaboration mechanisms needed to support collaborative MEL (e.g., leadership structure, decision-making arrangements, participation criteria). Evaluated the relative merits of each approach and developed scenarios and recommendations, in collaboration with key partners.
WWF-US, on behalf of the Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
The evaluation of this Community Based Climate Change Adaptation program explored the progress of pilot community planning processes and implementation of preparedness and mitigation activities implemented by partner communities. The evaluation made use of quantitative and qualitative tools designed by the consultant to assess Development Assistance Criteria (DAC) of Relevance, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Impact and Sustainability of the interventions.
OXFAM AUSTRALIA
Design, development and collation of visitor exhibits, interactive learning tools and information materials for the Coral Triangle Regional learning hub for marine & coastal management
Coral Triangle Center
In response to Typhoon Haiyan Mercy Corps launched in January 2014 ‘TabangKO’ in partnership with BPI Globe BanKO and MICRA. Assignment analyzed collected data and undertook participatory research with stakeholders to generate evidence on how humanitarian response, in this case mobile cash transfers and financial products and services, can be delivered in a way that enhances economic recovery and builds resilience to future disasters beyond the immediate impacts of delivering conventional cash transfers.
Mercy Corps Philippines
Assessing the socio economic, livelihoods and gender aspects for program planning for a large-scale Marine Ecosystem management initiative in Indonesia and Timor Leste, funded by GEF.
UN-Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Regional Bangkok
Evaluation of CTCs strategic plan to date (2011-2014) through partner & stakeholder consultation; facilitation and development of new Five year Strategy (2015-2019): For Indonesia, Malaysia, Timor-Leste, Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (CTC)
Coral Triangle Center
Assessing the marine-life culture (seaweed, mud crab and sea cucumber farming) practices and other feasible marine related commodities to be developed under this project in Rotendao. Preparing a strategy and action plan for implementing the most feasible commodity market approaches, and provide recommendations for other sustainable uses of marine resources in Rotendao.
The Nature Conservancy
Proposal & fundraising development capacity building and support, Indonesia
Coral Triangle Center
Designing and implementing field research to determine strategies to improve profit and sustainability of aquarium fishing through use of grow-out cages, underwater and floating mariculture techniques.
Trust for Conservation
Facilitating the development of a five-year strategic plan in association with six programmatic teams from WWF Tanzania Country Office. Included: country situation analysis; preparation of strategic objectives, conceptual models, theories of change and implementation strategies for six programs; preparation of detailed monitoring & evaluation plan; partnership strategy and business plan.
WWF Tanzania Country Office
Working with Thailand’s Department of National Parks and Wildlife (DNP) and Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS-Thailand), provided equipment and training for protected area personnel to adopt a smart system of patrolling in Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary and, later, the adjoining national park (Chalerm Rattanakosin) and forest reserve (Srisawat). Supported patrols, data analysis, and system improvement. Assignment resulted in many more poachers caught and prosecuted, prey species numbers (notably deer and wild boar) increased and tigers recolonized Salakpra from Huai Kha Khaeng (around 150kms due north).
Elephant Conservation Network with Dept. National Parks & Wildlife (DNP)
Preparation and provision of GIS data to facilitate program activities focusing on the designation of Taninthayi National Park, Lenya Wildlife Sanctuary, and the identification and designation of forest corridors connecting the two sites. Established a complete GIS database for Fauna and Flora International Myanmar program.
Fauna and Flora International
Conducted a series of activities for collating GIS data, mapping landuse, and holding stakeholder consultations to identify potential forest classifications in support of the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Forestry’s (MoECaF) commitment to realigning actual land uses with national landuse policies.
World Wide Fund for Nature Myanmar
Provided GIS/mapping support to the Solomon Islands program for the development of a GIS database. Spatially documented (using maps and tables) areas of biodiversity significance and conservation concern through analysis of existing and newly collected spatial data, satellite imagery and stakeholder involved data collection.
World Wide Fund for Nature Solomon Islands
World Wide Fund for Nature Solomon Islands
Undertaking systematic desk-based review of ~13,000 publications to extract information related to environmental impact of property rights in forests, fisheries and rangelands.
Center for International Forest Research
CRS was one of the first INGOs on the ground after Typhoon Haiyan hitting the Philippines on November 8, 2013. To complement and follow up humanitarian relief programs this assignment looked at the challenges and needs of the affected communities to recover and sustainably develop their livelihoods. To inform medium and long-term programs situational and market assessments were conducted in the heavily affected fisheries/aquaculture and coconut based sectors. As Team Lead the consultant integrated findings in proposals and a livelihoods development strategy.
Catholic Relief Services - Philippines
Working together with three key local partners to design and implement participatory evaluation methodologies to evaluate programs in four districts. Using innovative techniques to discuss outcomes for communities and collectively analyzing the results with local organizations to enable better program design that addresses community needs.
APHEDA (Australian Union Aid Abroad)
Collaborative research with a local partner following training in participatory methodologies and accompanying them with on the job capacity development in research skills including analysis, interviewing techniques, designing methodology and conducting primary and secondary data analysis. The study forms the basis of a multi-year community based approach to preventing and responding to violence against women and children at the community level.
UN Women, Association of Men Against Violence
Assisting and advising on the ongoing implementation and the completion of Cruz Vermelha De Timor-Leste (CVTL – Red Cross Timor-Leste) HIV/AIDS Program. Contributing knowledge and capacity building assistance for project staff in key areas identified for technical assistance / capacity building, including production of guidelines, agreements and procedures for partners, strengthening and integration of HIV and AIDS interventions and development of appropriate tools for staff for effective project implementation. Providing technical support for the inaugural youth camp with over 300 participants from Red Cross International branches and all districts of Timor-Leste.
Cruz Vermelha De Timor-Leste
USAID Indonesia’s technical assistance supports the development and implementation of environmental policies, laws, and regulations for natural resource protection and sustainable management. USAID Indonesia works with the Government of Indonesia (GoI) to assist vulnerable areas of Indonesia to become more resilient to the effects of climate change. This assignment assessed climate change vulnerability assessment (VA) processes’ effectiveness in leading to local investments in risk management and identifying key lessons learned, best practices and opportunities to inform future climate change adaptation programming for Indonesia.
USAID Indonesia
Overall design & coordination support to the development & implementation of the 2014 Marine Protected Area International Training Event, for Indonesia and Timor-Leste focused on MPA Governance. With ~ 100 participants the event focused on: promoting the Blue Economy in MPAs; MPA capacity building needs, and effective governance structures for MPAs.
Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries, Indonesia; Coral Triangle Center; International Union for the Conservation of Nature Blue Solutions Program
Created and compiled spatial database from various sources and using a range of collection methods. Performed spatial accounting exercise on habitat for specific species.
Papua New Guinea National Fisheries Authority
Strategic assessment of existing curricula, design of new training curricula and associated course prospectus production for MPA training school in Indonesia
Coral Triangle Center
Collation of all MPA related training information from government agencies and NGO technical partners throughout Indonesia. Evaluation of capacity provisions again competency needs identified by the human resource department of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (BBPSDM, MMAF) of Indonesia. Two-part assessment produced: Part 1 – analysis of existing competency needs and providers, gaps to address and recommendations for strengthening MPA related capacity in-country; Part 2 – compendium (catalogue) of all available training related courses currently available in-country.
Ministry of Marine Affairs & Fisheries, Indonesia; Coral Triangle Center; International Union for the Conservation of Nature Blue Solutions Program
Provided marine representation for the Second Asian Judges Symposium on Environment (Natural Capital, the Rule of Law, and Environmental Justice), Manila, Philippines. Focused at Supreme Court Judges from across Asia, this initiative provided training and guidance for legal consideration for incorporating considerations of natural capital loss and the externalities of ecosystem services when undertaking legal rule processes with regards to exploitative and extractive industries
Asian Development Bank
Assessment of MPA design, development and implementation stages (2008-2014) and production of a ‘Lessons Learned’ document. Nusa Penida is one of the highest ranked MPAs in the country for effective management.Assessment involved extensive interviews and communications with MPA management and associated stakeholders, and the report was designed for dissemination amongst wider district managed MPAs across the country experiencing similar challenges. Included clear and practicable solutions-based experiential testimonies
Coral Triangle Center
Reviewed and full copy-edited the results of the Marine Rapid Assessment conducted in the Banda Islands, Maluku province, Indonesia. Findings provided the basis for a network of MPAs to be established (in progress) and included considerable data analysis, both bio-physical and socio-economic
Coral Triangle Center
Impact assessment covered the period of 2001 – 2014 and reviewed all coastal resource management projects supported by LWR in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur implemented through this period. The assessment included a household survey and qualitative data gathering to document achievements and lessons learned in the areas of: women empowerment, enterprise development, coastal resource management, disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and to a lesser extent emergency responses.
Lutheran World Relief - Philippines
Undertook research into existing legal and social mechanisms that both support and challenge privileged access / user rights in fisheries in Indonesia.
RARE
Compiling and collating all relevant information for national fisheries platform consideration as part of the development of a PPG to be submitted to GEF. Drafting the project document at the national level and conducting meetings with all relevant stakeholders.
United Nations Development Programme
Developing the framework for an action plan for development of the seaweed sector in the region, and delivering value chain assessment training to key stakeholders in Nusa Tenggara Timur.
UN- (International Labour Organization) ILO
Delivering government focused training on a range of issues surrounding Marine Protected Area management, and maintaining effective learning networks for continued distance learning.
Coral Triangle Center
Reviewing the status of MPA effectiveness using standardized management rating system.
World Wild Fund Indonesia
Desk-based review to update Tanzania marine protected area information in the UNEP-WCMC database and preparation of two governance case studies contrasting private sector MPA management with central government model.
International Union for the Conservation of Nature
This community forest risked encroachment/degradation because there was no collective ownership and villagers did not realize its ecological and economic value. Assignment involved managing the initiative, raising funds and overseeing project planning, reporting, recruitment, awareness workshops, training villagers to map forest resources/use zones, assess productivity; agreeing a management system for harvesting and conservation plus identifying the rights, responsibilities and regulations of a sustainable forest use system. Outcome: the community forest was legally secured and managed sustainably by the village committee.
Elephant Conservation Network & Tha Kradaan Community Organization
Establishing and under-taking an ongoing review of Indonesia’s National Moratorium on logging licenses for purposes of developing scenarios that more efficiently capture carbon stocks around existing land-use practices. Additionally developing GIS methods to link areas of deforestation to peat extraction specifically, with companies, their concessions and mills.
Union of Concerned Scientists
Developing “rapid” GIS-based methods for assessment of the distribution of Myanmar’s least disturbed and highest biomass forests. Preparing government partners for implementation of efficient GIS processes to identify priority areas for forest management
Union of Concerned Scientists
Supported partner organization in facilitating expert workshop and performing data analysis using MARXAN Systematic Portfolio Assembly tool.
World Wide Fund for Nature Sabah, Malaysia
Reviewing program and developing a strategy for project data management based around USAID standards for geospatial technologies.
Development Alternatives Inc
Documenting lessons learned and good practices of CAFOD’s work in East Timor to be used by CAFOD as well as partners and East Timorese civil society in general. Demonstrating the lessons and good practices, and presenting written materials detailing the inputs of CAFOD from 1999 to 2013. Working with partners and holding workshops to identify the key inputs and successes of partnership.
Cafod
Designing and supervising the end-line survey and conducting qualitative data gathering for evaluation. The LEAFS project, implemented with local partner CEDAC, was designed to empower women to improve food security and nutrition. The evaluation documented achievements and lessons learned on the introduction of savings and internal lending communities (SILC), and improved climate resistant agricultural techniques.
Catholic Relief Services - Cambodia
The SECURE program was a 45-month initiative funded by the European Commission (EC), and implemented by Mercy Corps with two local NGO partners.The program aimed to improve agricultural production and storage and develop market linkages for food insecure communities while increasing household resource management skills for more stability against shocks. The evaluation reviewed monitoring data, surveys and conducted quantitative data gathering through Focus Group Discussions and Key Informant Interviews to evaluate the SECURE program achievements.
Mercy Corps – Timor-Leste
Improving monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) skills and capacity of key staff of CRS’ partner, Social Services (KYSS) – Myanmar. Support provided through training and hands on development of an MEL manual and tools, KYSS’ monitoring systems were elevated from output based monitoring to the ability to track changes in the application of newly learned agricultural techniques by project beneficiaries, and resulting changes in productivity.
Catholic Relief Services - Myanmar
The evaluation of the Aid to Uprooted People Program included the conducted of quantitative research and review of collected data to evaluate the program’s achievements in the sectors of Food Security, Nutrition, Enterprise Development and WASH.Field sites in the Maluku Islands were visited and discussions conducted with beneficiaries to verify the quantitative data gathered by the program team.
Mercy Corps - Indonesia
Supporting an assessment of accountability and documenting of lessons learned with partner consultant (FH Design) of Plans’ Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programs in Aileu and Lautem, Timor-Leste which operated between 2005 and 2012 and was supported by Plan’s Australian National Office (ANO).
Plan International in Timor-Leste
Research and coordination for the Regional Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge Platform for Asia (AKP)/Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) – supporting research and facilitating climate change adaptation (CCA), disaster risk reduction/management and resilience policy and interventions at the local, national and regional levels, by strengthening adaptive capacity in the region, as well as developing research projects, publishing policy documents and research publications and proposals, workshops/conferences on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. Research and coordination work for the Sustainable Mekong Research Network (SUMERNET), which informs and influences policy on sustainable development issues in the Mekong region.
Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia
Designing and implementing education training packages for Indonesian university students within the framework of a manta ray conservation science internship program. Intern management and mentoring in data collection and collation and science communications. Documentation of training processes, report preparation.
MantaWatch
Desk-based study of the value chain Analysis of seaweed commodities in Sumba Timur and Kupang Districts, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia.
UN-International Labour Organization (ILO)
Assessing and documenting the lesson learned in building the management systems of Laut Sawu Marine National Park (largest park in Indonesia)
The Nature Conservancy
Drafting and implementing guidelines for assessing the social and economic indicators in marine conservation areas in Indonesia.
Conservation International-Indonesia
Facilitating a national workshop on “Building community right-based fisheries: challenges and opportunities for more sustainable and fair management of marine and coastal resources”.
World Wild Fund (WWF) Indonesia
Supporting the development of a regional strategic action plan and national action plans for Indonesia and Timor Leste for marine coastal livelihoods in ATSEA area. Developing a demonstration project for livelihood initiatives, and developing the project scheme and associated monitoring and evaluation mechanisms.
ATSEA project (Arafura-Timor Seas project)
Designing and conducting social research to determine the perceptions, attitudes and causal factors of resistence of fishers groups in Karangasem towards the development of the MPA network
Conservation International (CI) Indonesia
A 2007 socio-economic survey revealed the dependency of villagers on forest products. Assignment involved initiating this project, overseeing recruitment, identification of local skills / enterprise ideas; planning workshops, study trips, creation of community groups, training in business planning / accounting / skills development, business plan preparation / grant application, legal registration, seed funding, monitoring and evaluation. Outcome: 12-groups , 5-villages, enterprises in mushroom growing, fruit drying, contract sewing, bamboo plantations, medicinal plants, organic vegetables, fish / frog ponds, chicken farming, jewellery making. The school also opened an income – generating recycling centre that is run by students to raise funds for a school shop.
Elephant Conservation Network (ECN) with Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
Assignment involved overseeing preparation of elephant crop-raiding forms; training teams of village monitors to plot/measure all crop-raiding year-round; mapping land-use within 2kms of sanctuary; annual data analysis; socio-economic survey of Human Elephant Conflict (HEC)-affected/non-affected farmers/communities; local feedback meetings to present findings/discuss follow-up actions; eight crop-protection trials to identify the most cost-effective measure; monitoring electric fencing erected by government at our recommendation; testing the deployment of smart cameras to warn community guarding teams of elephants approaching crops; and overseeing three community HEC perception surveys. Outcome: HEC greatly reduced.
Elephant Conservation Network (ECN) with Zoological Society of London (ZSL)
Employing participatory processes to facilitate the development of a landscape level management framework and programme of work within rural project sites in eastern Indonesia. Incorporating stakeholder engagement strategies development and implementation, collaborative environmental context review, setting of productive landscape principles and strategic direction, and project proposal development.
Burung Indonesia (BirdLife Indonesia)
Performing analysis to spatially account for the impact “Special Agriculture Business Leases” (SABLs) are having on the nation’s forests. Analysis considered different landuse practices and accounted for carbon stocks based on Above Ground Biomass data.
Greenpeace Papua New Guinea
Performing spatial analysis of Indonesia’s National Moratorium on logging licenses and developing methods for selecting areas to be included in plan based on carbon stocks. This project was implemented in support of, and in co-operation with, the Indonesia Ministry of Forestry and UKP4 (Office of the President of Indonesia). Results of the project were presented at COP 17, Durban, South Africa by a leading climate change scientist.
World Resources Institute
Girls Not Brides is a global partnership to end child marriage created by The Elders in late 2011. Support provided to the Africa Regional Office to successfully deliver the partnership’s first Regional Strategic Planning Meeting for Sub-Saharan Africa, held in Johannesburg, South Africa; bringing together more than 110 grassroots activists, regional partners and international experts.
Girls Not Brides
Providing short-term policy and research support for two delegations of Elders to Sudan (President Jimmy Carter and Mr Lakhdar Brahimi) and South Sudan (Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mrs Mary Robinson and Mr Martti Ahtisaari) at height of 2012 tensions.
The Elders Foundation
Supporting Hivos Timor-Leste through the development of a participatory process for the conduct of sub-sector and value chain analysis for cattle and agricultural commodities in the districts of Baucau, Lautem and Viqueque. Collaboratively designing the tools for the assessment with Hivos’ local partner staff, with the results documented to inform future food security and market development initiatives.
Hivos Timor-Leste
Following participatory methods with rural communities in western Flores to determine ecotourism sites for development, potential benefits and risks of ecotourism development, prioritization of sites for development, and production of action plans at organizational and community level.
Burung Indonesia (BirdLife Indonesia)
Conducting a gender impact assessment of the Regional Fisheries Livelihood Programme (RFLP) in Indonesia, and providing on-the job-training and guidance to wider regional staff (National Project Manager, M&E officer, also RFLP gender focal point) and national consultants, to develop capacity for use of gender analytic tools and gender analysis and to ensure the implementation of RFLP gender mainstreaming strategy during project implementation.
Regional Fisheries Livelihood Programme- Food and Agriculture Organization
SURVEYING ELEPHANT HABITATS AND CORRIDORS. WEST THAILAND. Elephant Conservation Network with Elephant Family & Salakpra Wildlife Sanctuary
FOREST RESTORATION RESEARCH. WEST THAILAND. Forest Restoration Research Unit, Chiang Mai University (CMU)
MARXAN ANALYSIS TRAINING AND FACILITATION, KIKORI BASIN. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. World Wide Fund for Nature Papua New Guinea
PARTICIPATORY MONITORING & EVALUATION OF BIODIVERSITY & FOREST HEALTH: SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, MBELILING, FLORES. INDONESIA. Burung Indonesia (BirdLife Indonesia)
BASELINE LIVELIHOODS SURVEY SUPPORT. TIMOR-LESTE. Trócaire Timor-Leste
INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE CONSIDERATIONS INTO SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT, MBELILING, FLORES. INDONESIA. Burung Indonesia (BirdLife Indonesia)
SAVU SEA MARXAN ANALYSIS AND CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT. INDONESIA. The Nature Conservancy, Indonesia Marine Program
FIELD GUIDE DEVELOPMENT, KOMODO NATIONAL PARK. INDONESIA. Putri Naga Komodo
MAPPING OF SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION FACILITIES. SOUTH SUDAN. Academy for Educational Development, Juba, South Sudan
CAMPAIGN COORDINATION: GREEN AND FAIR PRODUCTS CAMPAIGN. INDONESIA. World Wild Fund (WWF) Indonesia
ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN BINTAN ISLAND. INDONESIA. Bintan Resorts
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT: SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT PROJECT IN MBELILING, EASTERN FLORES. INDONESIA. Burung Indonesia (BirdLife Indonesia)
REVIEW OF NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANS (NBSAPS). SAMOA, SOLOMON ISLANDS, COOK ISLANDS, FIJI, FSM, KIRIBATI, MARSHALL ISLANDS, NAURU, NIUE, PALAU, PNG, TONGA, TUVALU & VANUATU. Commonwealth Secretariat (COMSEC), Secretariat for the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP), Samoa
AN EVALUATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED NAM CHOAN HYDRO-ELECTRIC DAM. WEST THAILAND. Foundation for Ecological Recovery (TERRA)
REVIEW THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE LAW GOVERNING WILDLIFE PROTECTION FOR TWO FEATURE ARTICLES. THAILAND. The Nation Newspaper
FACILITATE A FISH SURVEY IN HUAI KHA KHAENG WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. THAILAND. Seub Nakhasathien Foundation (SNF)
FACILITATE AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION STUDY TRIP. SOUTH AFRICA. Seub Nakhasathien Foundation (SNF)
RE-VISIONING THE FUTURE OF DISCOVERY INITIATIVES (DI). MONGOLIA. Discovery Initiatives
SURVEY ELEPHANTS AND ATTITUDES TO ELEPHANTS AND THEIR CONSERVATION IN/AROUND THE WESTERN FOREST CONSERVATION COMPLEX. WEST THAILAND. Seub Nakhasathien Foundation (SNF)
SURVEY OF SALAKPRA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY & CHALERM RATTANAKOSIN NATIONAL PARK TO MAP THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELEPHANTS AND HEC. THAILAND. National Park, Wildlife and Plan Conservation Department
FEASIBILITY INVESTIGATION FOR A COMMUNITY-BASED ECOTOURISM VENTURE IN THE TRANSMARA DISTRICT. KENYA. Durrell Institute of Conservation & Ecology
FACILITATING A MAASAI STUDY TRIP. KENYA. Durrell Institute of Conservation & Ecology
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FOR NATIONAL SYSTEMS OF PROTECTED AREAS. THAILAND. Environment & Development Group, Oxford
ECOTOURISM FEASIBILITY STUDY TO CONSERVE WILD ELEPHANTS. WEST THAILAND. Elephant Conservation Network
MARINE PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT PLAN PRODUCTION. TANZANIA. International Coral Reef Action Network
EVALUATION OF FISHERIES PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS (FPAS) BETWEEN EU & ACP STATES. UNITED KINGDOM. Friends of the Earth
TECHNICAL ADVISORY SUPPORT TO THE INDIGENOUS COASTAL FOREST PROGRAMME IN PEMBA, UNDER THE CRITICAL ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIP FUND (CEPF) INITIATIVE. ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA. Fauna & Flora International
THAILAND’S NOMINATION FOR THE THUNG YAI-HUAI KHA KHAENG (TY-HKK) WILDLIFE SANCTUARY TO BE A UNESCO NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE. THAILAND. Royal Forest Department (RFD) and Ministry of Education
FACILITATE A BAT SURVEY IN THE THUNG YAI AND HUAI KHA KHAENG (TY-HKK) WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES, WEST THAILAND. Seub Nakhasathien Foundation (SNF)
COORDINATE THE UMBRELLA PROJECT FOR THUNG YAI-HUAI KHA KAENG. THAILAND. Royal Forest Department (RFD)
ACTION PLAN & STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT: ALBERTINE RIFT CONSERVATION SOCIETY. UGANDA. Albertine Rift Conservation Society
FOREST LAW ENFORCEMENT, GOVERNANCE & TRADE, FLEG(T) COASTAL STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT. GERMANY. Friends of the Earth
TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT (T4CD) PROJECT & CO-FINANCING STRATEGY EVALUATION & REVIEW, PRETORIA. SOUTH AFRICA. Fauna & Flora International & Resource Africa
TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT (T4CD) TRAINING COURSE DESIGN, SOUTH AFRICAN WILDLIFE COLLEGE. SOUTH AFRICA. Fauna & Flora International & Resource Africa
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN FOR ECO-VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION. TANZANIA. Manor House Developers
MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT. UNITED KINGDOM. Fauna & Flora International & Resource Africa
ASSESSMENT OF PRIVATE PROTECTED AREAS, SCALE, SCOPE & POLITICAL SUSTAINABILITY. KENYA, TANZANIA & UGANDA. Fauna & Flora International & Resource Africa
TECHNICAL ADVISOR: ECOTOURISM IN BEDOUIN COMMUNITIES. EGYPT. Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
MARINE PROTECTED AREAS LEARNING SUPPORT. PAPUA NEW GUINEA, INDONESIA, PHILIPPINES. The Nature Conservancy, Honolulu
ESTABLISHING REEFCHECK IN SE ASIA. PHILIPPINES, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA. Reefcheck International
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR USAID COASTAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROJECT. PHILIPPINES. Tetra Tech Em. Inc
MARINE SCIENTIFIC FILM ADVISORY SUPPORT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. TANZANIA. Tigress Productions
FACILITATE A RESEARCH PLANNING WORKSHOP FOR THE THUNG YAI-HUAI KHA KHAENG (TY-HKK) WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. WEST THAILAND. Seub Nakhasathien Foundation (SNF)
MARINE AND COASTAL CONSERVATION TEACHER TRAINING COURSE DEVELOPMENT. ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA. Ministry of Education, Zanzibar, Tanzania