Research on Swiss Red Cross experiences in Community Action for Heath projects in Kyrgyzstan, Ecuador, Eritrea and India (SRC, 2007-2008)

Developing guidelines for research, coordination of the work of national researchers, drafting final document for publication.

Health and social care projects planning, review and backstopping in Bulgaria and Belarus (SRC, 2004-08)

Facilitating participatory planning and reviews of various SRC projects related health and social care reforms (organisation of socio-medical home care services at the local level in Bulgaria and Belarus, hospital hygiene management in Bulgaria); assistance in project design with focus on local capacity building and sustainability; developing progress-monitoring systems. Backstopping management, development and delivery of organisational development and management training.

Conceptualisation of joint UNDP/SDC/EU/SIDA local governance program for Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDC, 2007)

Assisting SDC and UNDP in developing a concept for the joint multi-agency program aiming at strengthening socially inclusive and accountable local governance in BIH.

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Social impact assessment of the projects of Municipal Development Fund of Georgia (2007)

Assisting local partners in developing assessment methodology, data analysis and interpretation of results.

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Municipal governance for water and sanitation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SDC, 2006)

Co-facilitating development of the new program phase in Una-Sana Canton with focus on municipal capacity building for better governance and management in water and sanitation, development of a project monitoring system.

Collective forest management in Kyrgyzstan (Int. NGO Intercooperation, 2006)

Participatory project review, facilitating development of a strategy for improving cooperation between forest management agencies and local government authorities for more effective poverty reduction and sustainable management of natural resources.

Assessment of EC Policy and Practises on Good Governance, Democracy and Human Rights in Azerbaijan and Georgia (Int. NGO One World Action, 2005-06)

Conducting a research type of evaluation with focus on assessing the extent to which good governance agenda is targeted/ mainstreamed in various EC programs and projects (TACIS, EIDHR and other), eliciting lessons learned and providing recommendations.

Capacity building of the National Social Investment Fund of Tajikistan (NSIFT, 2005-06)

Organisation of training program for NSIFT specialists on community management and local governance, provision of training during study tour to Switzerland and in Tajikistan.

Advocacy for the Rights of Children in Social Institutions in Bulgaria (SRC 2005- 06)

Facilitation of project participatory planning, assisting the project team and the State Agency of Children Rights Protection in formulating a new project proposal, supporting the Bulgarian Youth Red Cross in elaborating plans for strengthening its organisational potential.

Monitoring of municipal services quality in Tajikistan (UNDP, 2005)

Guiding the process of developing a monitoring tool (using the report cards method) with a special focus on service availability, access, quality, out-of-pocket payments and petty corruption, and services to poor.

Evaluation of Children Tolerance and Education Program in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan (SDC/ USAID/ Save the Children NGO, 2005)

Participating in evaluation, focus on project management and local capacity building sides of the project.

Research on public participation in sub-national budgeting processes in Ukraine and Russia (WB Institute, 2004-05)

Conducting participatory field research, managing a team of local consultants working on different case studies, producing research papers with the analysis of existing experiences, lessons learned and recommendations for supporting municipal participatory budgeting in Ukraine.

SDC Good Governance Concept Paper 2004-2008 for Bosnia-Herzegovina (SDC, 2004)

Facilitating analysis of the SDC project portfolio and design of the SDC Good Governance strategy for BiH, drafting the Strategy document.

Capacity building needs assessment of local governments (jamoats) in Tajikistan (UNDP/ Civil Service Training Institute of Tajikistan, 2004)

Providing guidance to the Civil Service Training Institute in the development of assessment methodology, training for the assessment team; supervision of the assessment, results procession and analysis; preparation of final report and recommendation on the development of training course for local governments.

 

Strengthening relations between local development projects and local governance in Central Asia (SDC, 2004)

Facilitating the SDC Central Asian regional workshop on strengthening the link and sharing experience in supporting local governance through international local development projects in other CIS countries.

Strengthening participation of vulnerable groups in local governance (Ukrainian NGO Integration Corps/ WB, 2003)

Training trainers and supervising local team in designing guidelines for building capacities of Yalta municipal social department in participatory work with poor and engagement of vulnerable in decision making.

Community building and local development in IDP communities in Bosnia- Herzegovina (SRC, 2003)

Backstopping project team and provision of training on community development and local governance.