Selection of Current and Previous Assignments (as of 2025)


Public Sector Reform

2024: Organisational Development Support, Planning and Development Departments of Punjab and KP (Pakistan) (DeGe Consult/GIZ)

2015/16: Organizational Diagnosis and Development of the Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Department, Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (GIZ)

1998: Advisory support
on organisational structure and internal work flows to Minstry of Planning and International Cooperation of the Palestinian Authority  (GTZ)

1997/1997: Advisory support
on institutional reforms to the Ministry of Agriculture (Biro Ortala), Indonesia,  (GTZ)

1993-1996: Policy advice on design, structure and content of civil service training to the National Institute for Public Administration (Lembaga Administrasi Negara/LAN), Indonesia

 

Decentralization and Local Governance

2024/2025:
Decentralization and Institutional Development Specialist (ADB: TA-6943 REG: Creating an Enabling Environment for Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific)

2021 - 2025: Strategy Support to Decentralization in Cambodia (GIZ Cambodia) (e.g., decentralization in the health and education sectors; concept of "metropolitan governance"; role of the provinces in Cambodia's multi-level governance system; analysis of the political system)

2020 - 2024: Policy Advice on Local Governance in KP and Punjab (GIZ Pakistan):

2020 - 2022: Co-Editor and Co-Author of the publication Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing SDGs in Asia and the Pacific (ADB & Routledge)

2018 - 2023: Lead Consultant "Decentralization and Local Governance, Capacity Development and Learning" (ADB TA 9387-REG Strengthening Institutions for Localizing Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development)

2018: Design, Organzation and Moderation of Networking Event on Functional Assignment and the Agenda 2030 (7th ASPAC Congress, Surabaya) (ADB & LOGIN)

2017 - 2019: Teamleader Strengthening Local Governance, Support to Local Governance Programme/LoGo (GIZ Pakistan) (Policy Advice to the Local Government Departments of KP and Punjab, including on 2019 local government legislation)

2017: Policy Advice on Functional Assignment (Mongolia) (LOGIN/SDC)

2016: Support in designing and organising a regional learning event on "Localizing Global Agendas" (Manila, 27-29 Sept. 2016) (ADB)

2016: Design of a Local Governance Assessment Tool (UNDP Bangkok Regional Hub)

2016: Subject Matter Expert on Decentralization (Saudi Arabia) (Roland Berger Middle East)

2015: Policy Advice
on functional assignment in the health sector (Department of Health, Khyber Pahktunkhwa) (Pakistan) (GIZ)

2015: Support in designing and organising a regional learning event on "Decentralization Reforms and Local Goverance Systems in the Asia Pacific" (Manila, 25-27 August 2015) (GIZ, ADB)

2014/2015: Policy advice
on pilot implementation of decentralising functions in the rural water supply sector to the Ministry of Rural Development, Cambodia (ADB)

2014/2015: Policy advice
on assignment of functions in primary and secondary education to Elementary & Secondary Education Department, Khyber Pahktunkhwa (Pakistan) (GIZ)

2011: Policy Advice on the assignment of functions in the health sector in the new federal structure of Nepal to the Ministry of Health, Nepal (GIZ)

2007 – 2010: Policy advice
on functional assignment/activity mapping, decentralization policy, and social audit systems to the State Department of Panchayati Raj (Himachal Pradesh, India) (GTZ)

2006/2007: Policy advice on formulation of a decentralization policy statement to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment (MLGRDE), Ghana (GTZ)
 

2005/2006: Policy advice on government-donor relationships to the Royal Government of Cambodia (IMC Task Force) in the context of the Independent Study on Donor Support to Decentralization and Deconcentration (GTZ)


2000 - 2005: Policy advice
on decentralization and capacity development policies to the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS)  (GTZ)


Capacity Building/Capacity Development

2017 - 2022 Advisory Support to Local Governance Capacity Development Systems, Khyber Pahktunkhwa & Punjab (Pakistan); Support to Local Governance Programme/LoGo (GIZ Pakistan)

2015: Scoping Study on Institutional and Capacity Development of Institutions, Organizations and Individuals for Investments in Mindanao (ADB)


2007 – 2010: Advisory support to State Department of Panchayati Raj (Himachal Pradesh, India) on strengthening the state’s capacity development systems for local representatives and state officials; Formulation of state training plans, modules and curricula (GTZ)

2004: Design and management of a capacity building needs assessment exercise and formulation of capacity building action plans for three local government districts in East Kalimantan (Indonesia) (GTZ)

2003-2005: Design, field-testing and dissemination of guidelines on capacity-building for sub-national governments (Indonesia) (GTZ)

1999/2000: Team Leader of the joint GTZ/USAID/ADB study team conducting the Capacity Building Needs Assessment for Local Governments and Legislatures (CBNA) in Indonesia



Subnational Climate Change Action

2023: Lead of design mission for a Local Climate Adaptive Living (LoCAL) mechanism for tehsil local governments in KP, Pakistan (DeGe Consult/UNCDF/GIZ)

2024: Design of a training package on the UNCDF LoCAL mechanism (KP, Pakistan) (UNCDF/DeGe Consult/GIZ)



Design and Delivery of Training Programmes

2020 - 2024: Lead Moderator of the annual E-Learning Course on Decentralization, Local Governance, and Localizing SDGs in Asia and the Pacific (ADB)

2019 - 2020: Lead Consultant, Design and Coordination of E-Learning Course on Decentralization, Local Governance and Localizing SDGs in Asia and the Pacific (ADB)

2018: Training Event on Functional Assignment (7th ASPAC Congress, Surabaya) (LOGIN)

2015 -2019:
Content Development and Co-Moderation of an E-learning Course on Functional Assignment (Oct 2015 - Jan. 2016; Oct - Dec. 2016; Oct - Dec. 2017, July/August 2018, April - June 2019) (Swiss Development Cooperation/SDC, Local Governance Initiative and Network Asia/LOGIN)

2015: Design and Conduct of Functional Assignment Workshop (Swiss Development Cooperation/SDC, Local Governance Initiative and Network Asia/LOGIN)

1998/1999: Course Director and Resource Person for management training programmes conducted by Ciptanet International for government officials from Indonesia and the Philippines


1997-1999: Lecturer (part time) with the Political Science Institute, FU Berlin (Germany)



Program Design and Evaluation


2023: Member of a design mission for a Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) in KP/ Pakistan (02/2023 – 04/2023) (UNCDF/DeGe/GIZ)

2021-2024: Drafting of Annual and Final Project Reports (GIZ Pakistan: Support to Local Governance/LoGo; FATA Development Programme/FDP; Participatory Local Governance/PLG; GIZ Cambodia: Decentralization and Administration Reform Programme, Improved Service Delivery for Citizens Programme)

2021: Member of Appraisal Mission (Improved Service Delivery) (GIZ Cambodia)


2021: Head of Appraisal Mission (Capacity Development Support to Governance II) (GIZ Nepal)


2020: Preparation of Sector Report Governance (GIZ Pakistan)

2010 – 2013: as Sector Specialist, mission member or team leader of several project appraisal planning or project review missions to Indonesia, Cambodia, Nepal and India (GTZ/GIZ)

2012: Mission member of mid-term evaluation team for a regional decentralization and local governance support project in South Asia (LoGIN) funded by Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)


1999 - 2010: Participation in project appraisal missions and project design work in the context of German development cooperation in Indonesia, Ghana, India and Pakistan (GTZ)

2004: Participation in ADB ex-post evaluation of technical assistance projects in Indonesia (ADB)


1990 - 1992: Assessment of project proposals, formulation of project designs and monitoring of project implementation (UNDP, Nigeria)



Private Sector Cooperation


2013 - 2015: Senior Advisor Sustainable Development (German Asia-Pacific Business Association, Hamburg) (www.oav.de)



 



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