Our Past Projects
Assessment of farmer groups in Ghana and cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire for investment readiness plan (Client: Touton Group)
Final evaluation of Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) Ghana Cocoa Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Partnership with ECOM (Client:Tetra Tech ARD)
Data collection as part of research to diagnose and solve the behavioral barriers and leverage enablers to adoption and active use of Farmer Line’s services amongst farmers in Ghana (Client: Busara Centre for Behavioral Economics)
This section outlines the consulting assignments that Kanko has undertaken in the past. It also includes assignments undertaken by individual members of the core consulting team in the past. Our past assignments have been categorized into:
- Research, Evaluation and Learning
- Vulnerability – Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
- Human and Organisational Development
- Business Management and Project Development/Management and
- Climate Change and Environmental Development
| Activity Title and Brief Description of Work | Period of Assignment | Client |
|---|---|---|
| Final evaluation of Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) Ghana Cocoa Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Partnership with ECOM | June – July, 2023 | Tetra Tech ARD |
| Data collection as part of research to diagnose and solve for the behavioural barriers and leverage enablers to adoption and active use of farmerline’s services amongst farmers in Ghana | June – July, 2023 | Busara Centre |
| Undertook a Country Assessment for the development of a roadmap and operational plan for the Generation Unlimited (GenU) | July 2021 to Nov 2022 | UNICEF |
| Conducted gender assessment of ECOM and selected cocoa communities in two cocoa districts | Dec 2020 – Feb 202 | Tetra Tech ARD |
| Mapping and analysis of the institutional capacity of civil society Organisations (CSOs) in agriculture and natural resources sub-sector. The study was commissioned by CARE International-Canada to identify potential CSO partners and to design partnership arrangements | June 2020 – November, 2020 | CARE International-Canada |
| Conducted a Tracer Study on the Science, Technology, Engineering and mathematics (STEM) Clinic participants for policy advocacy, lesson learning and impact assessment of the STEM component of the HNA project. The STEM clinics were organised to promote girls pursuing STEM-related courses and careers. | May – June 2020 | UNESCO |
| Baseline study of Sabre’s staff understanding of the Gender landscape | February 2020 | Sabre Education |
| Documentary review and collection and analysis of relevant data to produce draft gender strategy, held technical sessions and stakeholder validation workshop to produce final gender strategy | 2020 | MLGRD |
| Reviewing and discussing the Ghana National Beijing +25 Parallel report for CSOs and Women’s Rights organization in the middle belt | November, 2019 | Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana |
| Facilitated the development of a new strategic plan for Norsaac. | September 2019 – January 2020 | Norsaac |
| Conducted a study on “the situation of gender sensitive youth access to education, training and representation in youth and education decision making spaces” | August – November 2019 | Norsaac |
| Final evaluation of DPOD-supported programme interventions (2016-2019): “Integrated Formal Employment Programme for Persons with Disabilities in Ghana” and the Organisational Development component | June – July 2019 | Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD) |
| Review progress and programme reports, and other deliverables of staff and consultants and provide feedback to improve reporting and input into SCORE global M&E system. | March 2019 – March 2020 | International Labour Organisation |
| Conducted Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) on a prospective partner | January, 2019 | Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG) |
| Documentary review and collection and analysis of relevant data to produce draft gender strategy, held technical sessions and stakeholder validation workshop to produce final gender strategy | 2019 | Ghana Police Service |
| Assessment of The Economic and Sexual Exploitation in the Informal Work Spaces of Ghana | Oct. – December 2018 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Midterm Review of the Girls Advocacy Alliance | Oct. – December 2018 | Ghana National Coalition on the Rights of the Child (GNCRC) on behalf of an alliance comprising of Plan Ghana, CRI and GNCRC) |
| Provision of Technical Support towards the implementation of the EU funded CSO-RISE programme | July 2018 – to date | Ecorys |
| Conducted skills gap analysis, facilitation of the development of occupational standards, development of training materials to implement training courses in collaboration with training institutions. | January 2018 – March 2019 | GIZ – Skills Development Initiative (III) |
| Assessment of How DOVVSU Set-Ups Provide Safe Spaces for Survivors and How They Are Operationally Resourced Conducted Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) on a prospective partner | August – Dec. 2017 | ActionAid Ghana |
| End of Project Evaluation of Election call (Programme) | February – April 2017 | Christian Aid, STAR-Ghana |
| Conducted monitoring and evaluation of projects, prepared and shared progress reports with key partners and promoted collaborative learning and adaption. | April – December 2017 | National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) |
| Assessment of GESI small grants applications | January – February 2017 | Christian Aid, STAR-Ghana |
| Conducted Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) on two prospective partners | September, 2016 | Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG) |
| Review of Financial Policy and Procedures manual | April, 2016 | Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG) |
| Baseline and needs Assessment Study: The conduct of needs assessment and baseline survey to aid the design and implementation of the HFIT Women and Girls Education Project. | November – December 2015 | UNESCO |
| Quality assurance of capacity building for civil society organisation | August 2014 and July 2015 | West Africa Institute of Fundraising (WAIF) |
| Conducted a baseline survey for IBIS Ghana’s Danida Business Partnership Project, in the Cocoa Sector in Bibiani and Sefwi Wiawso Districts in the Western Region. | July – August, 2014 | Ibis Ghana |
| Developed M&E Strategies for Plan Ghana’s Girl Power Project (GPP) | July – August, 2014 | Plan Ghana |
| Research on Preventing Violence against Women and Girls in 3 communities in the Atwima Kwanwoma District | May 2014 | WOMANKIND Worldwide UK |
| Assessed the impact of training on the work of Regional and District Extension Officers of the Ministry of Agriculture | August and September, 2013 | Government of Ghana through Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and United States Agency for International Development (MOFA/ GoG/ USAID) Sponsors: and through AAPF |
| Assisted in planning, implementation, coordination, reporting, monitoring and evaluation of projects with development partners such as JICA, EDAIF, REP in the area of production, processing, agribusiness, manufacturing, quality assurance, standards, productivity, marketing, human resource management | April 2013 – September 2016 | National Board for Small Scale Industries |
| Evaluated the Practicality of a REFLECT project in Grand Gedeh County in Liberia | Nov-2012 | IBIS Liberia |
| Monitoring, evaluation and coordination of operations of various departments within OCIC | October, 2012 to date | Organisation Capacity Improvement Consultants |
| Evaluated a short-term National Policy Action Plan Implementation (2009-2011) of the Domestic Violence Act (732) and the developed an exit strategy for the project | August – September 2012 | The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands’ (EKN)/ Ministry of Women and Children (MOWAC) |
| Evaluation of consultancy concept papers for European Union (EU) Social Accountability Programmes | 2012 | European Union (EU) |
| Monitored the development of sixteen standardized manuals for training | June, 2012 | MOFEP- GoG, IFAD, AfDB |
| Identified needs of youth and women; designed interventions (technical skills training, entrepreneurship training, counselling, provision of start-up kits, access to capital and market) to start or improve their businesses. | March – December 2011 | National Board for Small Scale Industries |
| Supervised, monitored, evaluated and supported – a ‘Women in Governance Project’, in three rural communities in Greater Accra | October, 2010 – March 2011 | Canada Funds for Local Initiatives/ Canadian Development Agency (CFLI/CIDA) |
| Monitoring and Evaluation of the Ghana Gender Responsive Skills and Community Development Project (GRSCDP) | June –January 2010 | African Development Bank (AfDB) and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWAC) |
| Conducted baseline studies on factors affecting violence against women in the 2 | March 2010 | WOMANKIND worldwide UK |
| Reviewed Plan Ghana’s Country Strategy Paper | January – February 2010 | Plan Ghana |
| Ghana Monitoring & Evaluation Forum (GMEF) to establish space for sharing experiences and providing support for continuous M&E education, advocacy for M&E in Ghana to promote the cause of evidenced-based decision making in all public and private institutions. | January 2010 to date | Ghana Monitoring & Evaluation Forum |
| Conducted a Household Impact Survey on Mars Partnership for African Cocoa Communities of Tomorrow | 2010 | Project of Gesellschaftfuer Organization (GOPA) |
| Mid-term Evaluation of the Sustainable Rural Livelihoods Project | April-2009 | UNDP/Africa 2000 Network |
| Conducted needs assessments for parents of identified children in 40 communities under the implementation of worst forms of child labour activities in 4 districts | 2009 | National Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour in Ghana |
| Conducted research into the worst forms of child labour in cocoa growing communities in Sekyere East, Afigya Sekyere, Offinso Districts and Obuasi Municipality | 2009 | National Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour in Ghana |
| Conducted an Impact Survey of Feeder Roads on Market Prices. | 2009-2011 | Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Ghana |
| Review and evaluation of a project on development of teaching manuals and pilot teaching of law courses to graduate students | July, 2018 | University of Ghana |
| Evaluated Plan Ghana’s Rights of the Child Programme | January – March 2008 | Plan Ghana |
| Developed a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Urban Poverty Reduction Project (UPRP) | 2008 to date | Social Investment Fund (SIF)/Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) |
| Monitored and evaluated projects of network member organisations and supported them to implement their projects | 2006 – 2012 | Ghana Reflect Network |
| Supported policy review processes and actively facilitated the introduction of the value chain approach to the food and agriculture sector development policy document (FASDEP II) and the medium-term agriculture sector investment plan (METASIP II) | April, 2006 – December, 2011 | GTZ- Market Oriented Agriculture Programme (MOAP) |
| Provided management and supervisory oversight responsibility over the district development officers, agricultural extension agents (AEAs), as well as other administrative and support staff of the department of agriculture | January, 2005 – March 2006 | Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
| Research on “The Value of Time” – undertaken in three countries including Ghana to ascertain how time is valued in relation to transport decision-making. | March and June 2004 | IT Transport, UK |
| A mapping exercise in six districts in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions towards the mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS in the LG-PRSP | December, 2003 | MLGRD/ GTZ Local Governance Poverty Reduction Support Project (LG PRSP) |
| Traditional Authorities and District Institutions Study to identify the conditions necessary for improved co-operation and complementarities of purpose between the traditional authorities and the district and sub-district institutions of the new local government system for effective community governance | June/July 2003 | GTZ Regional AIDS Programme for Africa |
| Research on “Adolescent sexual reproductive health issues in Ghana | June, 2002 | African Youth Alliance (AYA) |
| A study to identify the conditions necessary for improved co-operation and complementarities of purpose between traditional authorities and the district and sub-district institutions of the new local government system for effective community governance | May, 2002 | MLGRD/GTZ Programme for Rural Action |
| Research Survey on the farmer and AEA information need in the Ada District (GTZ Project) | June 2000 | Ministry of Food & Agriculture, Extension Directorate (Information Support Unit) |
| Research study on impact of international trade and world trade organisation (WTO) regulations on activities of agriculture NGO Networks and their members. | June 1999 – June, 2000 | ActionAid International |
| Coordinated participatory research and development project activities with Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Crop Research institute (CRI), Plant Genetic Resources Centre (PGRC) and the Wenchi Agricultural Research Station (WARS) | September, 1995 – March, 2000 | UK Department for International Development- DFID/ NRI: Integrated Food Crop Systems Project- IFCSP |
| Activity Title and Brief Description of Work | Period of Assignment | Client/Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Final evaluation of Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) Ghana Cocoa Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Partnership with ECOM | June – July, 2023 | Tetra Tech ARD |
| Conduct of Organisational Gender Equality and Inclusion Self-Assessment (GEISA) | August 2021 to February 2022 | Plan Ghana |
| Conducted baseline study for “Transforming Gender Social Norms and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in Rural Communities in Ghana” | May 2021 | Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre |
| Conducted gender assessment of ECOM and selected cocoa communities in two cocoa districts | Dec 2020 – Feb 2021 | Tetra Tech |
| Community Dialogue on the Socio-Economic Impact of COVID 19 on Women and Girls in 4 communities in the Ashanti Region | December 2020 | Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana/PLAN Ghana |
| Oxfam in Ghana Political Economy, Social and Gender Analysis | July 2020 | OXFAM |
| Baseline study of Sabre’s staff understanding of the Gender landscape | February 2020 | Sabre Education |
| Gender Analysis study of Sabre Education’s Remote learning program for kindergarten Pupils | January 2020 | Sabre Education |
| Development of Gender Strategy for the MLGRD – It was a participatory process involving documentary review and collection and analysis of relevant data to produce draft gender strategy. Held technical sessions and stakeholder validation workshop to produce final gender strategy | 2020 | Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development |
| Conducted a study on “the situation of gender sensitive youth access to education, training and representation in youth and education decision making spaces” | 2019 | Ghana Police Service |
| Assessment of The Economic and Sexual Exploitation in the Informal Work Spaces of Ghana | Oct. – December 2018 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Finalization of Girls Education Strategy Document for the Girls Education Unit (GEU) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) | Sept – November 2018 | UNESCO |
| Developed Advocacy Strategy Document for Promoting Opportunities for Women Empowerment and Rights (POWER) Project | September 2018 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Provision of Technical Support towards the implementation of the EU funded CSO-RISE programme | July 2018 – to date | Ecorys |
| Conceptualizing social inclusion of women farmers | February 2018 | GIZ – Green Innovation Centre |
| Integration of Gender Equality, Social Inclusion and Advocacy into the West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WABiCC) programme | Sept. 2017 – Date | Palladium Group |
| Assessment of How DOVVSU Set-Ups Provide Safe Spaces for Survivors and How They Are Operationally Resourced Conducted Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) on a prospective partner | August – Dec. 2017 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Assessment of GESI small grants applications | January – February 2017 | Christian Aid, STAR-Ghana |
| Development of Gender Analysis Tool for SOLIDARIDAD’s Network’s MASO Programme | December 2016 | SOLIDARIDAD West Africa |
| Development of Advocacy Strategy for the POWER project | November 2016 | ActionAid International |
| Development of Strategy for the Girls Education in Ghana | October – December 2016 | UNESCO |
| Conducted Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) on two prospective partners | September, 2016 | Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG) |
| Implementation of Ending Child Marriages in selected communities in the Brong Ahafo Region | September 2016 | Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy |
| Gender Analysis Study for SOLIDARIDAD Network’s MASO Programme | September 2016- February, 2017 | SOLIDARIDAD West Africa |
| Development of Gender and Social Inclusion Strategy for West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) | May – Sept. 2016 | Palladium |
| Gender and legal literacy (gender sensitive legislation) training for selected women’s groups and communities in the Ashanti Region | March to May 2016 | Public Affairs Section of the US embassy |
| Implemented child and family Welfare policy in 20 selected districts in Ghana case management for actors. This included: Conduct of reconnaissance visits in 20 districts; Design and conduct of sensitization, reflection and planning workshops on the Child and Family Welfare and Justice for Children Policies in 10 regions of Ghana; Training of Trainers for Child and Family Welfare Actors on Case Management | 2016 – 2018 | Child and Family Welfare Actors |
| Gender policy/strategy For Plan Ghana’s Girls’ Power Project Partners | February – October 2015 | Plan Ghana |
| Desk Review and Preparation of Technical Report on GESI Mainstreaming in STAR-Ghana | Dec-2014 | STAR-Ghana |
| Research on Preventing Violence against Women and Girls in 3 communities in the Atwima Kwanwoma District | May 2014 | WOMANKIND Worldwide UK |
| Developed workplace gender policy for NDPC | March 2014 | National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). |
| Designed and facilitated Training of Trainers on Gender Awareness for Ibis EfE Team & Partners | February 2014 | Ibis West Africa |
| DANIDA Business Partnership Project Training of Trainers on Gender Awareness | Feb-2014 | IBIS Ghana |
| Facilitated a 3-day Personal Development Retreat for ActionAid Ghana Ladies | April 2013 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Provided gender sensitive training on planning and budgeting for 30 district assembly and education officials, and 325 artisans. | March – Sept 2013 | World Universities Service of Canada |
| Undertook a Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Audit of STAR-Ghana organisation and programmes | March – April 2013 | STAR-Ghana |
| Development of a gender sensitive tool-kit for MMDAs | 2013 | District Wide Assistance Project (DWAP) |
| Evaluated gender and elections projects in Liberia | October – December 2012 | UN Gender Office, |
| Facilitated awareness programmes for identifiable women’s groups in the Kumasi Metropolis on women’ rights issues, with special reference to Domestic Violence and the DV ACT. | August – Oct. 2011 | World of Difference program – VODAFONE Ghana |
| Built Capacities of CSOs and CBOs working in collaboration with Defence for Children International on Violence against Women and Girls | July 2012 | Defence for children International |
| Evaluation of consultancy concept papers for Social Accountability Programmes. This involved the review and selection of best concept papers and proposals on social Accountability for the EU | 2012 | European Union (EU) |
| Acted as a Quality Assurance Advisor for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, and reviewed Grant Partners’ working on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion. | November 2011 – April 2012 | STAR-Ghana/Coffey International Development Limited |
| Developed a gender policy for Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre. | June 2011 | Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre. |
| Built capacities of State agency officials in the Atwima Kwanwoma District and Officials from DOVVSU on issues of Gender, Women’s Rights and violence against women and children | November 2010 | WOMANKIND Worldwide UK |
| Supervised, monitored, evaluated and supported – a ‘Women in Governance Project’, in three rural communities in Greater Accra | October, 2010 – March 2011 | Canada Funds for Local Initiatives/ Canadian Development Agency (CFLI/CIDA) |
| Developed and established the Formation of Community Based Anti-Violence teams in 2 communities in the Atwima Kwanwoma Districts | April 2010 | WOMANKIND Worldwide UK |
| Conducted series of Sensitization activities on Gender Based Violence for 2 communities in the Atwima Kwanwoma District | March 2010 to April 2013 | WOMANKIND worldwide UK |
| Conducted baseline studies on factors affecting violence against women in the 2 communities in the Atwima Kwanwoma District | March 2010 | WOMANKIND worldwide UK |
| Development of a gender strategy to enhance the Land Administration Project (LAP) and formulate comprehensive development interventions that would address gender related problems in the implementation of LAP | October 2009 | Land Administration Project |
| Conducted a Gender Audit of the energy sector and developed a Gender Strategy for Ministry of Energy. | June 2009 to 2011 | ENERGIA/GRATIS FOUNDATION/Ministry of Energy (MoEN) |
| Conducted needs assessments for parents of identified children in 40 communities under the implementation of worst forms of child labour activities in 4 districts | 2009 | National Programme for the Elimination of Child Labour in Ghana |
| A mapping exercise in six districts in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions towards the mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS in the LG-PRSP | December 2003 | GTZ Legal Pluralism and Gender Project (Family Law Focal Area) |
| GTZ Legal Pluralism and Gender Project (Family Law Focal Area) | December, 2003 | Participatory Development Associates |
Accordion Content
| Activity Title and Brief Description of Work | Period of Assignment | Client/Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment of farmer groups in Ghana and cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire for investment readiness plan | January – May, 2023 | Touton Group |
| Emotional Intelligence Training for staff of WaterAid Ghana | November 2022 | Water Aid Ghana |
| Endline evaluation of ActionAid Ghana’s Country Strategy Paper (CSP VI) and the Development of CSPVII) | July – October 2022 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Facilitated Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Leadership Training for about 50 of Ecom’s extension agents in Kumasi. | August 2022 | African Water Association (AFWA) |
| Designed and trained representatives of WROs and selected women entrepreneur leaders on evidence-based influencing and advocacy | May 2022 | Plan International Ghana |
| Facilitating conversations on diversity, power, equity, and inclusion, with all staff leading to the development of an action plan for the country programme | February 2022 | Water Aid Ghana |
| Training on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion | December 2021 – January 2022 | Global Mamas |
| Team building for staff of UNESCO Ghana | December 2021 | UNESCO Ghana |
| Conducting staff audit for two of their subsidiary companies, Tobinco Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Atinka Media Village | June 2021 – Dec. 2021 | Tobinco Group of Companies |
| Conducted training for Gender Centre staff and partners on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL); proposal writing and report writing. | December, 2020 | |
| Regional-Level Trainings for identified GES schedule officers and other external participants in the Ashanti and Bobo regions on the dissemination of the Guidelines for Prevention of Pregnancy Among School Girls’ and Facilitation of Re-Entry into School After Childbirth’ | November 2020 | Girls Education Unit/UNICEF |
| Facilitated a Regional Women’s Forum for CSOs, Activists/Advocates and women’s groups on Critical Issues affecting Women and the Marginalized in the Bono region | October 2020 | Network for Women’s Rights In Ghana/AWDF |
| Negotiation Skills – Training Women in Politics Programme | October, 2020 | Frederick Hertzberg Foundation |
| Training Workshop on Gender Based Violence/Inequalities and Vulnerabilities for ActionAid’s Young Urban Women’s Movement | September, 2020 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Content development and capacity building for TVET Facilitators and School Management for Competency Based Training implementation. | June, 2020 – March,2021 | PLANCO/GOPA-Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI IV Project) |
| Facilitated training on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion as well as Advocacy for WCF staff and partners | February 2020 | WABiCC for Wild Chimpazee Foundation (WCF) |
| Designed and trained representatives of WROs and selected women entrepreneur leaders on evidence-based influencing and advocacy | May 2022 | Plan International Ghana |
| Facilitating conversations on diversity, power, equity, and inclusion, with all staff leading to the development of an action plan for the country programme | February 2022 | Water Aid Ghana |
| Training on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion | December 2021 – January 2022 | Global Mamas |
| Team building for staff of UNESCO Ghana | December 2021 | UNESCO Ghana |
| Conducting staff audit for two of their subsidiary companies, Tobinco Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Atinka Media Village | June 2021 – Dec. 2021 | Tobinco Group of Companies |
| Conducted training for Gender Centre staff and partners on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL); proposal writing and report writing. | December 2020 | Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre |
| Regional-Level Trainings for identified GES schedule officers and other external participants in the Ashanti and Bobo regions on the dissemination of the Guidelines for Prevention of Pregnancy Among School Girls’ and Facilitation of Re-Entry into School After Childbirth’ | November 2020 | Girls Education Unit/UNICEF |
| Facilitated a Regional Women’s Forum for CSOs, Activists/Advocates and women’s groups on Critical Issues affecting Women and the Marginalized in the Bono region | October 2020 | Network for Women’s Rights In Ghana/AWDF |
| Negotiation Skills – Training Women in Politics Programme | Oct 2020 | Frederick Hertzberg Foundation |
| Training Workshop on Gender Based Violence/Inequalities and Vulnerabilities for ActionAid’s Young Urban Women’s Movement | September 2020 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Content development and capacity building for TVET Facilitators and School Management for Competency Based Training implementation. | June, 2020 – March,2021 | PLANCO/GOPA-Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI IV Project) |
| Facilitated training on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion as well as Advocacy for WCF staff and partners | February 2020 | WABiCC for Wild Chimpazee Foundation (WCF) |
| Development and facilitation of Apprenticeship Training Management Workshops and Technical Upskilling Programmes for 110 TVET facilitators | October, 2019 – May, 2020 | GFA-Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI III Project) |
| Training on the National Gender Policy and its contents for Regional CSOs in the Ashanti Region | October 2019 | Defence for Children International |
| Consultancy to undertake capacity training of citizens’ groups and anti-corruption champions (ACCs) across Ghana. The training covered 4 modules: Communication; Advocacy and lobbying; Grant proposal writing and resource mobilization as well as Basic financial management (including budgeting) | October – November 2019 | Ghana Integrity International (GII) |
| Facilitated Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Training for local CSOs, working in to promote biodiversity and conservation in the Gola Forest of Liberia and Sierra Leone | September 2019 | Tetra Tech ARD (WABiCC) |
| Training workshop for selected GES Officers/Stakeholders on Gender Based Violence | August 2019 | Girls’ Education Unit (GES) with support from UNICEF |
| Facilitated a Regional Women’s Forum for CSOs, Activists/Advocates and women’s groups on Critical Issues affecting Women and the Marginalized in the Ashanti region | July 2019 | Network for Women’s Rights In Ghana/AWDF |
| Facilitate additional training and technical assistance for consultants in Virtual Learning Tools, Facilitation Skills Digitalisation, Gender Equality, Covid-19 OSH etc. to enhance their competencies and quality of delivery of training to SMEs | March 2019 – March 2020 | International Labour Organisation |
| Training workshop for selected GES Officers/Stakeholders on Guidelines on the Prevention of Pregnancy among School Girls and the Re-entry of Young Mothers to School after Child Birth | November 2018 | Girls’ Education Unit (GES) with support from UNICEF |
| Training workshop for selected GES Officers/Stakeholders on Guidelines on the Prevention of Pregnancy among School Girls and the Re-entry of Young Mothers to School after Child Birth | August 2018 | Girls’ Education Unit (GES) with support from UNICEF |
| Training on Lobbying and Campaigning Women in Politics Programme | August 2018 | Frederick Hertzberg Foundation |
| Facilitation of Evidence Based Advocacy training | July 2018 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Facilitation of the West Africa Women’s Dialogue | July 2018 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Staff capacity building on policy analysis and reporting | April-May, 2018 | Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) |
| Capacity Building | March, 2018 | Fair Trade Africa |
| Supporting private sector actors to participate in Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Training (ATVET). | January 2018 – March 2019 | GIZ – Skills Development Initiative (III) |
| Advice, plan and support implementation of training of Trainers (ToT) based on the developed Cooperative Apprenticeship Training (CAT) model along selected TVET Trades | January, 2018 – September, 2019 | GFA-Ghana Skills Development Initiative |
| Advance Excel Training for Staff | July, 2017 | UT Bank |
| Developed and facilitated “Communicating Results Training” for GII ADISS project consortium members | 20th – 21st April 2017 | Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) Transparency International Ghana |
| Gender and legal literacy (gender sensitive legislation) training for selected women’s groups and communities in the Ashanti Region | March to May 2016 | Public Affairs Section of the US embassy |
| Training on Policy Advocacy, Engagement and Communication for Members of the West Africa Drug Policy Network (WADPN). | February 2016 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Advocacy Training for Non-States Actors (NSAs) working in the agricultural sector in Ghana (Africa Lead Partners) | January 2016 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Gender Training for Plan Ghana GPP partners | December 2015 | GNCRC |
| Financial management system appraisal, system restructuring and capacity building | November 2015 to March 2016 | Business and Financial Times (B&FT) |
| Training in Resource Mobilization | November 2015 | GNCRC |
| Financial management training for staff | September, 2015 | Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) |
| Advocacy Training for Non-States Actors (NSAs) working in the agricultural sector in Ghana. (Chemonics Partners) | September – October 2015 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Development of Gender Strategy and Training for Local NGO Partners | May – September 2015 | Plan Ghana |
| Development of occupational standard, unit specification, learning material, assessment instrument package for Integrated Science curriculum at National Certificate I (level 3) of the National TVET Qualification Framework | March, 2015 – December, 2017 | AfDB Development of Skills for Industry Project |
| Training in Monitoring and Evaluation for Christian Aid Partners | Feb 2015 | Christian Aid |
| Financial management system appraisal, system restructuring and capacity building | October to December 2014 | Northern Sector Action on Awareness Campaign (NORSAAC) |
| Training in Monitoring and Evaluation for Christian Aid Partners | October 2014 | Christian Aid |
| Facilitated Training for Trainee Facilitators for Complementary Basic Education (CBE) Project for Out-of-School Children of ages 8 – 14 years from three districts of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana, in Twi and English, and is still continuing with handholding, monitoring and evaluation of the pilot project for a period of one year. | A one-year project, continues with handholding exercises up to August 2014 | Government of Ghana/Crown Agent UK/ActionAid Ghana |
| Facilitated a 3-day training session on, Networking and Alliance, for civil society actors from across Africa | June, 2014 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Development of occupational standard, unit specification, learning material, assessment instrument package for Fishery Management at National Proficiency I & II (level 1 & 2) of the National TVET Qualification Framework | June, 2014 – September, 2016 | USAID Development of skills for Women in fisheries Project |
| Designed and facilitated Training of Trainers on Gender Awareness for Ibis EfE Team & Partners | February 2014 | Ibis West Africa |
| DANIDA Business Partnership Project Training of Trainers on Gender Awareness | February 2014 | IBIS Ghana |
| Facilitated a Team Building workshop for all ActionAid Ghana staff in three batches in Accra, Sunyani and Tamale to bring about group cohesion and team spirit among the staff towards a common goal | October, 2013 | Action Aid Ghana |
| Facilitated an M&E training for Capacity Building in Monitoring & Evaluation in the ECOWAS region | July – November 2013 | ECOWAS Secretariat |
| Facilitated a 3-day Personal Development Retreat for ActionAid Ghana Ladies | April 2013 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Training on Gender Issues in The Education Sector for IBIS EfE Team & Partners | Feb-2013 | Ibis West Africa |
| Facilitated awareness programmes for identifiable women’s groups in the Kumasi Metropolis on women’ rights issues, with special reference to Domestic Violence and the DV ACT. | August – Oct. 2011 | World of Difference program – VODAFONE Ghana |
| Built Capacities of CSOs and CBOs working in collaboration with Defence for Children International on Violence against Women and Girls | July 2012 | Defence for children International |
| Conducted Training and Capacity building in Modern Strategies and Techniques in Assessing Training Needs and Appraising Staff Performance at MMDAs for Key staff of MMDAs in the Ashanti and Western Regions. | April-May 2012 | The Local Government Service Secretariat |
| Conducted training to strengthen the capacity of Ghanaian Returnees from Libya | December 2011 – April 2012 | International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNDP |
| Conducted training to strengthen the capacity of Ghanaian Returnees from Libya | December 2011 – April 2012 | International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNDP |
| Nov- Dec. 2011 | STAR – Ghana | |
| Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Training for Street Girls Aid staff | October 2011 | Street Girls Aid |
| Conducted Organisational Assessment and Partnership development between ICS and Street Girls Aid | Sept. 2011 | Diakonia, International Child Solidarity (ICS) |
| Facilitated a 10-day REFLECT Trainer of Trainers (ToT) workshop for Education Programme officers of Action Aid Ghana | April, 2011 | Action Aid Ghana |
| Facilitated training and certification of youth and women artisans and apprentices in selected vocations to write NVTI Trade/Proficiency Test and obtained certificates of competency. Organised competency-based assessment (Proficiency Test) for them leading to the award of certificates at proficiency levels I and II. | March – November 2011 | National Board for Small Scale Industries |
| Conducted a Performance Assessment of MMDAs using the Functional and Organizational Assessment Tool (FOAT) | Jan.-April 2011 | District Development Facility (DDF) Secretariat of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) |
| Built capacities of State agency officials in the Atwima Kwanwoma District and Officials from DOVVSU on issues of Gender, Women’s Rights and violence against women and children | November 2010 | WOMANKIND Worldwide UK |
| Training, handholding, monitoring and evaluating Rural Enterprises’ Community Facilitators and supporting them to train their group members in the use of basic literacy and numeracy for business recording purposes | May – March, 2010 | Rural Enterprise Foundation |
| Conducted Training and Capacity building for the Awutu Senya District Assembly in the Central Region | November, 2009 | Awutu Senya District Assembly, Central Region |
| Training on Policy Engagement and Advocacy for selected West African Civil Society members in Liberia and Ghana | Nov. 2009 & Nov. 2010 | West African Civil Society Institute |
| Conducted a Capacity Building and Technical Assistance in Monitoring and Reporting | (September 2009 to June 2010) | Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) |
| Facilitated at a workshop for Commercial Development of Farmer Based Organizations (CBFOs) of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) | October, 2008 | Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) |
| Trained members of the Area/Town/Urban Councils in the preparation of Medium-Term Development Plans and provided technical assistance to the Councils in the preparation of their Medium-Term Development Plans | June –August 2008 | Awutu Senya District Assembly, Central Region |
| Facilitation skills Training Youth Leadership Training Programme | Annually, since 2008 | Frederick Hertzberg Foundation |
| Facilitation of workshops aimed at strengthening all the regional branches of the Agricultural Workers Union | Sept 2005 – May 2006 | Ghana Agricultural Workers Union (GAWU) |
| Activity Title and Brief Description of Work | Period of Assignment | Client/Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Regional component of the west Africa competitiveness programme (WACOMP) to coordinate activities for implementation of the west Africa industrialization strategy | September, 2019 – March, 2020 | EU |
| The Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE) to improve productivity and working conditions in SMEs (funded by SECO and NORAD). The key feature of SCORE is a training and in-factory coaching that demonstrates best international practices in manufacturing and services that help SMEs to participate in global supply chains. | March 2019 – March 2020 | International Labour Organisation |
| Development of Financial Planning and Reporting system using Advance MS Excel Modelling | May, 2018 | Fair Trade Africa |
| Business support services to private sector actors of selected agricultural value chains, through training and advisory services to improve their management practices, records keeping, leadership and governance, to formalize their activities and participation in project activities. | January 2018 – March 2019 | GIZ – Skills Development Initiative (III) |
| Assessment of The Economic and Sexual Exploitation in the Informal Work Spaces of Ghana | October – December 2018 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Strengthened Trade/ Business Associations (e.g. ASSI, AGI, CCI, FBOs) to provide the platform for advocacy, value chain development, business growth and employment creation. | April – December 2017 | National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) |
| Review the internal control systems of Tropo Farms (Second largest fish producing company in Africa producing over 2,000 metric tonnes of fish per annum) | Feb-17 | Deon & Noed International (Audit, Tax and Management Consultants) |
| Assessment of GESI small grants applications | January – February 2017 | Christian Aid, STAR-Ghana |
| Development of Gender Analysis Tool for SOLIDARIDAD’s Network’s MASO Programme | December 2016 | SOLIDARIDAD West Africa |
| Development of Advocacy Strategy for the POWER project | November 2016 | ActionAid International |
| Development of Strategy for the Girls Education in Ghana | October – December 2016 | UNESCO |
| Coordinated partnership projects e.g. Rural Enterprises Programme of AfDB & IFAD, Ghana Institutional Support Projects) in the area of production, value addition, marketing, capacity building, access to finance and economic infrastructure. | September 2016 – April 2017 | National Board for Small Scale Industries |
| Development of Gender and Social Inclusion Strategy for West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) | May – Sept. 2016 | Palladium |
| Review of Financial Policy and Procedures manual | April, 2016 | Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG) |
| Implemented child and family Welfare policy in 20 selected districts in Ghana case management for actors. This included: Conduct of reconnaissance visits in 20 districts; Design and conduct of sensitization, reflection and planning workshops on the Child and Family Welfare and Justice for Children Policies in 10 regions of Ghana; Training of Trainers for Child and Family Welfare Actors on Case Management | 2016 – 2018 | Child and Family Welfare Actors |
| Financial management system appraisal, system restructuring and capacity building | November 2015 to March 2016 | Business and Financial Times (B&FT) |
| Training in Resource Mobilization | November 2015 | GNCRC |
| Financial management training for staff | September, 2015 | Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) |
| Development of grant proposal | August 2015 | LADA Innovative and Creativity |
| Financial performance analysis and system appraisal | June to July 2015 | Fletcher holdings |
| Development of Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development Strategy and Plan | July – October 2015 | Social Impact |
| Provide project management advisory services | April 2015 – ongoing | Office of the President – Cabinet Secretariat |
| Financial management system appraisal, system restructuring and capacity building | October to December 2014 | Northern Sector Action on Awareness Campaign (NORSAAC) |
| Conducting Financial Analysis and Using Cash Flows to Facilitate Agribusiness Finance | September, 2014 | States Agency for International Development – Financing Ghana |
| Risk Management and Agricultural Value Chain Finance | June, 2014 | States Agency for International Development – Financing Ghana Agriculture Project (USAID-FinGAP), Accra |
| Valuation of the Business Energy unit of the enterprise | May 2014 | Business and Financial Times (B&FT) |
| Provided business development services to youth tenants at ‘Kumasi Business Incubator’ under a collaboration between NBSSI and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) with funding from the World Bank. | April 2013 – September 2016 | National Board for Small Scale Industries |
| Led a team of private sector representatives on a business mission to Kenya to exchange experiences with their counterparts in the east African nation and to explore opportunities for inter-regional trade. | August 2012 -October, 2012 | GIZ and Ghana Private Sector in Agriculture |
| Independent management of the value chain development component, inclusive business models (IBMs) and food safety and quality assurance systems with public and private sector organisations | January 2012 to May, 2015 | GTZ- Market Oriented Agriculture Programme (MOAP) |
| Management of youth development projects: planning, implementation, field visits and reporting to partners (Youth Challenge International, CIDA, YMCA of Germany, Greater Toronto YMCA, Minneapolis YMCA etc.) | October 2011 – March 2013 | Young Men’s Christian Association – Ghana, Accra |
| Assisted businesses to access support (finance and equipment) from the Social Investment Fund (SIF), Community Based Rural Development Project (CBRDP), Food and Agriculture Budgetary Support (FABS), Ministry of Women and Children‘s Affairs, Rural Enterprises Programme(REP), European Union (EU) Micro Projects, SPEED Ghana: identified clients, prepared proposals, provided training in credit management, disbursed loans to clients through financial institutions, followed-up and monitored repayment. | March – December 2011 | National Board for Small Scale Industries |
| Conducted an Impact Survey of Feeder Roads on Market Prices. | 2009-2011 | Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Ghana |
| Overall management and coordination of the tri-lateral cooperation project on quality assurance and export enhancement project jointly implemented by USAID -TIPCEE, World Bank –HEII and GTZ-MOAP to promote market competitiveness on the domestic, regional and international markets | April, 2006 – December, 2011 | GTZ- Market Oriented Agriculture Programme (MOAP) |
| Preparing, implementing and monitoring of district development plans within the Jaman district in the Brong Ahafo region and creating incentive for private investment (e.g cashew processing) in agriculture. | January, 2005 – March 2006 | Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
| Identified Small Scale Entrepreneurs (SSEs) in Ashanti region and monitored their business operations under the Rural Financial Services Project of World Bank and the Ministry of Finance | July 2004 – December 2006 | World Bank and the Ministry of Finance |
| Coordinated with the MOAP team and an event organising company, to successfully organise the first ever Agribusiness fair and exhibition | June 1999 – June, 2000 | EU, GIZ, Regional Coordinating Council, Upper West Region of Ghana & Ministry of Food and Agriculture |
| Conducted post-harvest and marketing studies, and coordinated with private sector stake holders to implement research findings and outcomes in a result oriented and environmentally sustainable way. | September, 1995 – March, 2000 | UK Department for International Development- DFID/ NRI: Integrated Food Crop Systems Project- IFCSP |
| Supporting Deforestation-Free Cocoa in Ghana – Land use Planning Diagnostic Research | May – July 2019 | Tetra Tech ARD |
| Facilitated Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Training for local CSOs, working to promote biodiversity and conservation in the Gola Forest of Liberia and Sierra Leone | September 2019 | Tetra Tech ARD (WABiCC) |
| Assessment of the impact of large-scale land acquisition from a gender and social inclusion perspective | March – April 2018 | Colandef Ghana |
| Activity Title and Brief Description of Work | Period of Assignment | Client/Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Supporting Deforestation-Free Cocoa in Ghana – Land use Planning Diagnostic Research | May – July 2019 | Tetra Tech ARD |
| Facilitated Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Training for local CSOs, working to promote biodiversity and conservation in the Gola Forest of Liberia and Sierra Leone | September 2019 | Tetra Tech ARD (WABiCC) |
| Assessment of the impact of large-scale land acquisition from a gender and social inclusion perspective | March – April 2018 | Colandef Ghana |
| Integration of Gender Equality, Social Inclusion and Advocacy into the West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) programme | Sept. 2017 – Date | Palladium Group |
| Conducted a Stakeholder Analysis for Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) of the Natural Resources and Environmental Governance Program | January – May 2008 | Government of Ghana |
| Activity Title and Brief Description of Work | Period of Assignment | Client/Organization |
|---|---|---|
| Facilitated Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Leadership Training for about 50 of Ecom’s extension agents in Kumasi. | August 2022 | Tetra Tech ARD |
| Co-facilitated the Female leadership training for professional women networks in the African Water Association (AFWA). Participants of this training came from 18 African countries. | August 2022 | African Water Association (AFWA) |
| Designed and trained representatives of WROs and selected women entrepreneur leaders on evidence-based influencing and advocacy | May 2022 | Plan International Ghana |
| Facilitating conversations on diversity, power, equity, and inclusion, with all staff leading to the development of an action plan for the country programme | February 2022 | Water Aid Ghana |
| Facilitated a Team building process for staff of UNESCO Ghana | Dec. 2021 | UNESCO |
| Facilitated a Team building process for staff of UNESCO Ghana | Dec. 2021 | UNESCO |
| Facilitating the development of Gender, Youth and Social Inclusion (GYSI) Strategy for the USAID-funded activity designed to promote biodiversity conservation and climate-resilient, low emission development in West Africa (WABiLED). This includes consulting with all key programme stakeholders. | Sept. – Nov 2021 | Tetra Tech ARD |
| Facilitating Gender Equality and Inclusion self-assessment for plan International Ghana team and their key partners in Ghana. The assessment also includes engagements with selected partner communities and strategic partners, using participatory reflective approaches. | August 2021 – Feb 2022 | Plan International Ghana |
| Conducting staff audit for two of their subsidiary companies, Tobinco Pharmaceutical Company Limited and Atinka Media Village | June 2021 – Dec. 2021 | Tobinco Group of Companies |
| Integrated Gender equality and social inclusion into the Integrated Land and Resource Governance (ILRG) task order under the Strengthening Tenure and | Dec. 2019 – Feb 2020 | Tetra Tech ARD |
| Baseline study on transforming Gender Social Norms and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls in Rural Communities in Ghana | April 2021 – June 2021 | Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre |
| Conducted gender assessment of ECOM and selected cocoa communities in two cocoa districts | Dec 2020 – Feb 2021 | Tetra Tech |
| Conducted training for Gender Centre staff and partners on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL); proposal writing and report writing. | Dec 2020 | Gender Studies and Human Rights Documentation Centre |
| Community Dialogue on the Socio-Economic Impact of COVID 19 on Women and Girls in 4 communities in the Ashanti Region | December 2020 | Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana/PLAN Ghana |
| Regional-Level Trainings for identified GES schedule officers and other external participants in the Ashanti and Bobo regions on the dissemination of the Guidelines for Prevention of Pregnancy Among School Girls’ and Facilitation of Re-Entry into School After Childbirth’ | November 2020 | Girls Education Unit/UNICEF |
| Facilitated a Regional Women’s Forum for CSOs, Activists/Advocates and women’s groups on Critical Issues affecting Women and the Marginalized in the Bono region | October 2020 | Network for Women’s Rights In Ghana/AWDF |
| Negotiation Skills – Training Women in Politics Training Programme | Oct 2020 | Frederick Hertzberg Foundation |
| Training Workshop on Gender Based Violence/Inequalities and Vulnerabilities for ActionAid’s Young Urban Women’s Movement | September 2020 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Oxfam in Ghana Political Economy, Social and Gender Analysis. | July 2020 | OXFAM |
| Mapping and analysis of the institutional capacity of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in agriculture and natural resources sub-sector | June 2020 – November, 2020 | Care International Canada |
| Content development and capacity building for TVET Facilitators and School Management for Competency | June, 2020 – March,2021 | PLANCO/GOPA-Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI IV |
| Conducted a Tracer Study on the Science, Technology, Engineering and mathematics (STEM) Clinic participants for policy advocacy, lesson learning and impact assessment of the STEM component of the HNA project. The STEM clinics were organised to promote girls pursuing STEM-related courses and careers. | May – June 2020 | UNESCO |
| Facilitated training on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion as well as Advocacy for WCF staff and partners | February 2020 | WABiCC, for Wild Chimpazee Foundation (WCF) |
| Baseline study of Sabre’s staff understanding of the Gender landscape. | February 2020 | Sabre Education |
| Gender Analysis study of Sabre Education’s Remote learning program for kindergarten Pupils | January 2020 | Sabre Education |
| Documentary review and collection and analysis of relevant data to produce draft gender strategy, held technical sessions and stakeholder validation workshop to produce final gender strategy | 2020 | MLGRD |
| Reviewing and discussing the Ghana National Beijing +25 Parallel report for CSOs and Women’s Rights organization in the middle belt | November, 2019 | Network for Women’s Rights in Ghana |
| Training on the National Gender Policy and its contents for Regional CSOs in the Ashanti Region | October 2019 | Defence for Children International |
| Consultancy to undertake capacity training of citizens’ groups and anti-corruption champions (ACCs) across Ghana. The training covered 4 modules: Communication; Advocacy and lobbying; Grant proposal writing and resource mobilization as well as Basic financial management (including budgeting) | October – November 2019 | Ghana Integrity International (GII) |
| Development and facilitation of Apprenticeship Training Management Workshops and Technical Upskilling Programmes for 110 TVET facilitators. | October, 2019 – May, 2020 | GFA-Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI III Project) |
| Regional component of the west Africa competitiveness programme (WACOMP) to coordinate activities for implementation of the west Africa industrialization strategy | September, 2019 – March, 2020 | EU |
| Facilitated Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Training for local CSOs, working in to promote biodiversity and conservation in the Gola Forest of Liberia and Sierra Leone | September 2019 | Tetra Tech ARD (WABiCC) |
| Facilitated the development of a new strategic plan for Norsaac. | September 2019 – January 2020 | Norsaac |
| Training workshop for selected GES Officers/Stakeholders on Gender Based Violence | August 2019 | Girls’ Education Unit (GES) with support from UNICEF |
| Conducted a study on “the situation of gender sensitive youth access to education, training and representation in youth and education decision making spaces” | August – November 2019 | Norsaac |
| Facilitated a Regional Women’s Forum for CSOs, Activists/Advocates and women’s groups on Critical Issues affecting Women and the Marginalized in the Ashanti region | July 2019 | |
| Final evaluation of DPOD-supported programme interventions (2016-2019): “Integrated Formal Employment Programme for Persons with Disabilities in Ghana” and the Organisational Development component | June – July 2019 | Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD) |
| Supporting Deforestation-Free Cocoa in Ghana – Land use Planning Diagnostic Research | May – July 2019 | Tetra Tech ARD |
| The Sustaining Competitive and Responsible Enterprises (SCORE), is an ILO global programme that seeks to improve productivity and working conditions in SMEs (funded by SECO and NORAD). The key feature of SCORE is a training and in-factory coaching that demonstrates best international practices in manufacturing and services that help SMEs to | March, 2019 – March, 2020 | International Labour Organisation |
| Conducted Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) on a prospective partner | January, 2019 | Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG) |
| Documentary review and collection and analysis of relevant data to produce draft gender strategy, held technical sessions and stakeholder validation workshop to produce final gender strategy | 2019 | Ghana Police Service |
| Training workshop for selected GES Officers/Stakeholders on Guidelines on the Prevention of Pregnancy among School Girls and the Re-entry of Young Mothers to School after Child Birth | November 2018 | Girls’ Education Unit (GES) with support from UNICEF |
| Assessment of The Economic and Sexual Exploitation in the Informal Work Spaces of Ghana | Oct. – December 2018 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Midterm Review of the Girls Advocacy Alliance | Oct. – December 2018 | Ghana National Coalition on the Rights of the Child (GNCRC) on behalf of an alliance comprising of Plan Ghana, CRI and GNCRC) |
| Finalization of Girls Education Strategy Document for the Girls Education Unit (GEU) of the Ghana Education Service (GES) | Sept - November 2018 | UNESCO |
| Developed Advocacy Strategy Document for Promoting Opportunities for Women Empowerment and Rights (POWER) Project | September 2018 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Training workshop for selected GES Officers/Stakeholders on Guidelines on the Prevention of Pregnancy among School Girls and the Re-entry of Young Mothers to School after Child Birth | August 2018 | Girls’ Education Unit (GES) with support from UNICEF |
| Training on Lobbying and Campaigning Women in Politics Programme | August 2018 | Frederick Hertzberg Foundation |
| Provision of Technical Support towards the implementation of the EU funded CSO-RISE programme | July 2018 – to date | Ecorys |
| Facilitation of Evidence Based Advocacy training | July 2018 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Facilitation of the West Africa Women’s Dialogue | July 2018 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Development of Financial Planning and Reporting system using Advance MS Excel Modelling | May, 2018 | Fair Trade Africa |
| Staff capacity building on policy analysis and reporting | April-May, 2018 | Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) |
| Assessment of the impact of large-scale land acquisition from a gender and social inclusion perspective | March – April 2018 | Colandef Ghana |
| Capacity Building | March, 2018 | Fair Trade Africa |
| Moderation of GIC Operational Planning Workshop | February 2018 | GIZ – Green Innovation Centre |
| Conceptualization social inclusion of women farmers | February 2018 | GIZ – Green Innovation Centre |
| Advice, plan and support implementation of training of Trainers (ToT) based on the developed Cooperative Apprenticeship Training (CAT) model along selected TVET Trades. | January, 2018 – September, 2019 | GFA-Ghana Skills Development Initiative |
| Supporting private sector actors to participate in Agriculture Technical Vocational Education and Training (ATVET). | January, 2018 – March, 2019 | GIZ - Skills Development Initiative (III) |
| Integration of Gender Equality, Social Inclusion and Advocacy into the West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) programme | Sept. 2017– Date | Palladium Group |
| Assessment of How DOVVSU Set-Ups Provide Safe Spaces for Survivors and How They Are Operationally Resourced Conducted Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) on a prospective partner | August – Dec. 2017 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Market study on the current market potential for business and industrial sector growth with particular focus on market size and market openness; typical market demand; international flows; channels of distribution; tariffs and customs barriers; market trends and apparent market projections. | July 2017 – Dec 2017 | GP Business Associates |
| Advance Excel Training for Staff | July, 2017 | UT Bank |
| Provision of overall leadership and direction for the operations of NBSSI in the Western Region | April, 2017- December, 2017 | National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI) |
| Developed and facilitated “Communicating Results Training” for GII ADISS project consortium members | 20th – 21st April 2017 | Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) Transparency International Ghana |
| Review the internal control systems of Tropo Farms (Second largest fish producing company in Africa producing over 8,000 metric tons of fish per annum) | February 2017 | Deon Noed International (Audit, Tax and Management Consultants) |
| End of Project Evaluation of Election call (Programme) | February – April 2017 | Christian Aid, STAR-Ghana |
| Review the internal control systems of Tropo Farms (Second largest fish producing company in Africa producing over 2,000 metric tonnes of fish per annum) | Feb-17 | Deon & Noed International (Audit, Tax and Management Consultants) |
| Assessment of GESI small grants applications | January – February 2017 | Christian Aid, STAR-Ghana |
| Development of Gender Analysis Tool for SOLIDARIDAD’s Network’s MASO Programme | December 2016 | SOLIDARIDAD West Africa |
| Development of Advocacy Strategy for the POWER project | November 2016 | ActionAid International |
| Development of Strategy for the Girls Education in Ghana | October – December 2016 | UNESCO |
| Conducted Due Diligence Assessment (DDA) on two prospective partners | September, 2016 | Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG) |
| Gender Analysis Study for SOLIDARIDAD Network’s MASO Programme | September 2016- February, 2017 | SOLIDARIDAD West Africa |
| Development of National Early Childhood Development Standards for 0 – 3 years | August 2016 – February 2017 | Department of Children |
| Development of Gender and Social Inclusion Strategy for West Africa Biodiversity and Climate Change (WA BiCC) | May – Sept. 2016 | Palladium |
| Review of Financial Policy and Procedures manual | April, 2016 | Ghana Oil and Gas for Inclusive Growth (GOGIG) |
| Gender and legal literacy (gender sensitive legislation) training for selected women’s groups and communities in the Ashanti Region | March to May 2016 | Public Affairs Section of the US embassy |
| Training on Policy Advocacy, Engagement and Communication for Members of the West Africa Drug Policy Network (WADPN). | February 2016 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Advocacy Training for Non-States Actors (NSAs) working in the agricultural sector in Ghana (Africa Lead Partners) | January 2016 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Implemented child and family Welfare policy in 20 selected districts in Ghana case management for actors. This included: • Conduct of reconnaissance visits in 20 districts • Design and conduct of sensitization, reflection and planning workshops on the Child and Family Welfare and Justice for Children Policies in 10 regions of Ghana • Training of Trainers for Child and Family Welfare Actors on Case Management | 2016 – 2018 | Child and Family Welfare Actors |
| Gender Training for Plan Ghana GPP partners | December 2015 | GNCRC |
| Baseline and needs Assessment Study: The conduct of needs assessment and baseline survey to aid the design and implementation of the HFIT Women and Girls Education Project. | November – December 2015 | UNESCO |
| Baseline and needs Assessment Study: The conduct of needs assessment and baseline survey to aid the design and implementation of the HFIT Women and Girls Education Project. | November – December 2015 | UNESCO |
| Baseline and needs Assessment Study: The conduct of needs assessment and baseline survey to aid the design and implementation of the HFIT Women and Girls Education Project. | November – December 2015 | |
| Financial management system appraisal, system restructuring and capacity building | November 2015 to March 2016 | Business and Financial Times (B&FT) |
| Senior Training Advisor | November - December 2015 | Social Impact |
| Training in Resource Mobilization | November 2015 | GNCRC |
| Development of Strategic Plan for the Ghana NGOs Coalition for the Rights of the Child (GNCRC) | October – November, 2015 | GNCRC |
| Financial management training for staff | October – November, 2015 | GNCRC |
| Financial management training for staff | September, 2015 | Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) |
| Advocacy Training for Non-States Actors (NSAs) working in the agricultural sector in Ghana. (Chemonics Partners) | September – October 2015 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Development of grant proposal | August 2015 | LADA Innovative and Creativity |
| Development of Policy Advocacy Planning and Implementation Toolkit | August – September 2015 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Development of Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Development Strategy and Plan | July – October 2015 | Social Impact |
| Financial performance analysis and system appraisal | June to July 2015 | Fletcher holdings |
| Part of a team to restructure the PIAC Secretariat, recruit and build capacity of staff | June, 2015 to February, 2016 | Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) |
| Development of Gender Strategy and Training for Local NGO Partners | May - September 2015 | Plan Ghana |
| Development of Gender Strategy and Training for Local NGO Partners | May - September 2015 | Plan Ghana |
| Provide project management advisory services | April 2015 - ongoing | Office of the President – Cabinet Secretariat |
| Development of occupational standard, unit specification, learning material, assessment instrument package for Integrated Science curriculum at National Certificate I (level 3) of the National TVET Qualification Framework | March, 2015 – December, 2017 | AfDB Development of Skills for Industry Project |
| Gender policy/strategy For Plan Ghana’s Girls’ Power Project Partners | February – October 2015 | Plan Ghana |
| Training in Monitoring and Evaluation for Christian Aid Partners | ||
| Training in Monitoring and Evaluation for Christian Aid Partners | Feb 2015 | Christian Aid |
| Desk Review and Preparation of Technical Report on GESI Mainstreaming in STAR-Ghana | Dec-2014 | STAR-Ghana |
| Financial management system appraisal, system restructuring and capacity building | October to December 2014 | Northern Sector Action on Awareness Campaign (NORSAAC) |
| Training in Monitoring and Evaluation for Christian Aid Partners | October 2014 | Christian Aid |
| Quality assurance of capacity building for civil society organisation | August 2014 and July 2015 | West Africa Institute of Fundraising (WAIF) |
| Facilitated Training for Trainee Facilitators for Complementary Basic Education (CBE) Project for Out-of-School Children of ages 8 – 14 years from three districts of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana, in Twi and English, and is still continuing with handholding, monitoring and evaluation of the pilot project for a period of one year. | A one-year project, continues with handholding exercises up to August 2014 | Government of Ghana/Crown Agent UK/ActionAid Ghana |
| Conducted a baseline survey for IBIS Ghana’s Danida Business Partnership Project, in the Cocoa Sector in Bibiani and Sefwi Wiawso Districts in the Western Region. | July – August, 2014 | Ibis Ghana |
| Developed M&E Strategies for Plan Ghana’s Girl Power Project (GPP) | July - August, 2014 | Plan Ghana |
| Development of occupational standard, unit specification, learning material, assessment instrument package for Fishery Management at National Proficiency I & II (level 1 & 2) of the National TVET Qualification Framework. | June, 2014 – September, 2016 | USAID Development of skills for Women in fisheries Project |
| Facilitated a 3-day training session on, Networking and Alliance, for civil society actors from across Africa | June, 2014 | West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) |
| Research on Preventing Violence against Women and Girls in 3 communities in the Atwima Kwanwoma District | May 2014 | WOMANKIND Worldwide UK |
| Valuation of the Business Energy unit of the enterprise | May 2014 | Business and Financial Times (B&FT) |
| Facilitate Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme for its members | March 2014 | The Institute of Chartered Accountants (Ghana) |
| Gender consultant - Developed workplace gender policy for NDPC | March 2014 | National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). |
| Development of Public Financial Management Framework in selected Districts. The study which looked into the adequacy and dynamics of resource allocation including the framework for planning, budgeting and executing in the district, under the present condition of inadequate resources focused on Education, Agriculture and Health and Resource flows to 6 district assemblies, namely Obuasi Municipal, Akwapim North, Awutu Effutu Seya, Adansi South, Bongo and Bolgatanga districts | February 2014 to May 2014 | Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, Ghana |
| Conducted a Quality Assurance for Strategic Opportunity Partners of STAR-Ghana, in the Greater Accra, Central, and Upper West regions. | February – March, 2014 | STAR-Ghana |
| Designed and facilitated Training of Trainers on Gender Awareness for Ibis EfE Team & Partners | February 2014 | Ibis West Africa |
| DANIDA Business Partnership Project Training of Trainers on Gender Awareness | Feb-2014 | IBIS Ghana |
| Development of M&E Strategy and Systems for the GIRLS’ Power Project | Feb 2014 | Plan Ghana |
| Development of M&E Strategy and Systems for the GIRLS’ Power Project | Feb 2014 | Plan Ghana |
| Facilitated a Team Building workshop for all ActionAid Ghana staff in three batches in Accra, Sunyani and Tamale to bring about group cohesion and team spirit among the staff towards a common goal. | October, 2013 | Action Aid Ghana |
| Facilitated a Team Building workshop for all ActionAid Ghana staff in three batches in Accra, Sunyani and Tamale to bring about group cohesion and team spirit among the staff towards a common goal. | October, 2013 | Action Aid Ghana |
| Assessed the impact of training on the work of Regional and District Extension Officers of the Ministry of Agriculture | August and September, 2013 | Government of Ghana through Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and United States Agency for International Development (MOFA/ GoG/ USAID) Sponsors: and through AAPF |
| Planning, implementation, coordination, reporting, monitoring and evaluation of projects with development partners (JICA, EDAIF, REP) in the area of production, processing, agribusiness, manufacturing, quality assurance, standards, productivity, marketing and human resource management | April, 2013 – September, 2016 | National Board for Small Scale Industries |
| Facilitated a 3-day Personal Development Retreat for ActionAid Ghana Ladies | April 2013 | ActionAid Ghana |
| Gender specialist - Provided gender sensitive training on planning and budgeting for 30 district assembly and education officials, and 325 artisans. | March – Sept 2013 | World Universities Service of Canada |
| Undertook a Gender and Social Inclusion (GESI) Audit of STAR-Ghana organisation and programmes | March – April 2013 | STAR-Ghana |
| Training on Gender Issues in The Education Sector for IBIS EfE Team & Partners | Feb-2013 | Ibis West Africa |
| Development of a gender sensitive tool-kit for MMDAs | 2013 | District Wide Assistance Project (DWAP) |
| Evaluated the Practicality of a REFLECT project in Grand Gedeh County in Liberia | Nov-2012 | IBIS Liberia |
| Evaluated the Practicality of a REFLECT project in Grand Gedeh County in Liberia | Nov-2012 | IBIS Liberia |
| Gender M & E Expert - Evaluated gender and elections projects in Liberia | October – December 2012 | UN Gender Office, |
| Continues monitoring, evaluation and coordination of operations of various departments within OCIC | October, 2012 to date | Organisation Capacity Improvement Consultants |
| Development of “Citizen Engagement Training Manual” A guidebook for Training Citizens on how to engage with people in Authority | Sept 2012 – March 2012 | UNDP (Africa 2000) |
| Evaluated a short-term National Policy Action Plan Implementation (2009-2011) of the Domestic Violence Act (732) and the developed an exit strategy for the project | August – September 2012 | The Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands’ (EKN)/ Ministry of Women and Children (MOWAC) |
| Evaluation of consultancy concept papers for European Union (EU) Social Accountability Programmes | 2012 | European Union (EU) |
| Facilitated awareness programmes for identifiable women’s groups in the Kumasi Metropolis on women’ rights issues, with special reference to Domestic Violence and the DV ACT. | August - Oct 2011 | World of Difference program - VODAFONE Ghana |
| Built Capacities of CSOs and CBOs working in collaboration with Defence for Children International on Violence against Women and Girls | July 2012 | Defence for children International |
| Monitored the development of sixteen standardized manuals for training | June 2012 | MOFEP- GoG, IFAD, AfDB |
| Conducted Training and Capacity building in Modern Strategies and Techniques in Assessing Training Needs and Appraising Staff Performance at MMDAs for Key staff of MMDAs in the Ashanti and Western Regions. | April - May 20212 | The Local Government Service Secretariat |
| Conducted training to strengthen the capacity of Ghanaian Returnees from Libya | December 2011 - April 2012 | International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNDP |
| Acted as a Quality Assurance Advisor for Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, and reviewed Grant Partners’ working on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion. | November 2011 – April 2012 | STAR-Ghana/Coffey International Development Limited |
| Capacity Building Support for CSO partners | Nov- Dec. 2011 | STAR – Ghana |
| Management of youth development projects: planning, implementation, field visits and reporting to partners (Youth Challenge International, CIDA, YMCA of Germany, Greater Toronto YMCA, Minneapolis YMCA etc.) | October, 2011 – March, 2013 | Young Men’s Christian Association – Ghana |
| Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Training for Street Girls Aid staff | October 2011 | Street Girls Aid |
| Conducted Organisational Assessment and Partnership development between ICS and Street Girls Aid | September 2011 | Diakonia, International Child Solidarity (ICS) |
| Gender consultant - Developed a gender policy for Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre. | June 2011 | Kofi Annan International Peace Keeping Centre. |
| Facilitated a 10-day REFLECT Trainer of Trainers (ToT) workshop for Education Programme officers of Action Aid Ghana | April 2011 | Action Aid Ghana |
| Conducted a Performance Assessment of MMDAs using the Functional and Organizational Assessment Tool (FOAT) | Jan -Apri 2011 | District Development Facility (DDF) Secretariat of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) |
| Built capacities of State agency officials in the Atwima Kwanwoma District and Officials from DOVVSU on issues of Gender, Women’s Rights and violence against women and children | November 2010 | WOMANKIND Worldwide UK |
| Supervised, monitored, evaluated and supported - a ‘Women in Governance Project’, in three rural communities in Greater Accra | Octoer 2010 - March 2011 | Canada Funds for Local Initiatives/ Canadian Development Agency (CFLI/CIDA) |
| Conducted Action Learning Workshop for Ghana Education Service Heads of Special Schools in Ghana, Organized in two batches in Koforidua for the Southern Sector and in Tamale for the Northern Sector | September 2010 | VSO Ghana /Ghana Education Service |
| Conducted Action Learning Workshop for Ghana Education Service Heads of Special Schools in Ghana, Organized in two batches in Koforidua for the Southern Sector and in Tamale for the Northern Sector | September 2010 | VSO Ghana /Ghana Education Service |
| Monitored and Evaluated the Ghana Gender Responsive Skills and Community Development Project (GRSCDP) | Jan. - Jun. 2010 | African Development Bank (AfDB) and Ministry of Women and Children Affairs (MOWAC) |
| Training, handholding, monitoring and evaluating Rural Enterprises’ Community Facilitators and supporting them to train their group members in the use of basic literacy and numeracy for business recording purposes | May - March 2010 | Rural Enterprise Foundation |
| Developed and established the Formation of Community Based Anti-Violence teams in 2 communities in the Atwima Kwanwoma Districts | April 2010 | WOMANKIND Worldwide UK |
| Conducted series of Sensitization activities on Gender and Gender Based Violence for 2 communities in the Atwima Kwanwoma District | March 2010 - April 2013 | WOMANKIND worldwide UK |
| Conducted baseline studies on factors affecting violence against women in the 2 communities in the Atwima Kwanwoma District | March 2010 | WOMANKIND worldwide UK |
| Reviewed Plan Ghana’s Country Strategy Paper | January - February 2010 | Plan Ghana |
| Coordinated network activities, for the Ghana Monitoring & Evaluation Forum (GMEF), to establish space for sharing experiences and providing support for continuous M&E education, advocacy for M&E in Ghana to promote the cause of evidenced-based decision making in all public and private institutions. | January 2010 - Dtae | Ghana Monitoring & Evaluation Forum |
| Conducted a Household Impact Survey on Mars Partnership for African Cocoa Communities of Tomorrow | 2010 | Project of Gesellschaftfuer Organization (GOPA) |
