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Dr. Guilain Mathe is a political scientist with more than 18 years of professional experience in policy-oriented research, as well as in the management of international cooperation programmes. He holds a PhD in Peace and Security Studies and has specific competencies as a Strategic Planning and Result Based Management Expert, having extensively provided his expertise to numerous monitoring and evaluation of peace and security programmes implemented in African countries. Dr Mathe has very solid skills in project monitoring and evaluation aimed at strengthening capabilities of public authorities and security institutions. His areas of expertise relate to: Transnational Organised Crime (illicit trafficking in arms, persons, drugs, falsified medical products, and natural resources); Security Sector Reform (SSR), Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR), Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE), Human Rights, Stabilization & Recovery, and Institutional development & Capacity-building. Additionally, he is used to working on sensitive issues and in politically, economically, and culturally fragmented societies, having conducted missions in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Central and West African countries. He has overseen the monitoring of the project "Enhancing National Institutions for setting-up the indicators system on firearms control » in Niger and Mauritania. Furthermore, Dr. Mathe has developed training modules and provided technical advice to high-level public officials and international donors for improving the efficiency of development cooperation projects, besides being a multilingual expert proficient in English, French, Swahili, and Lingala. For example, he has led numerous Result-Oriented Monitoring missions (ROM review) for assessing large-scale projects funded by the EU in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the EU interventions aimed at strengthening the capacity of the G5 Sahel Joint Force to fight against terrorism and other related forms of transnational organized crime in the Sahel.

Joaquin, director of To the core of things, is a monitoring, evaluation, researcher and programme manager of multimillion regional programmes and projects specialised in human rights, media, gender, community tourism and children/youth.

As the director and principal consultant of To the core of things consultancy firm, I bring over two decades of experience in results-based management, monitoring, and evaluation of international development programs, with a deep familiarity with EU and UNEG norms and standards. Throughout my career, I have developed and refined evaluation systems, policies, and related guidance for various DGs, national authorities, international NGOs and UN agencies. My work spans multiple regions, including Africa, Latin America, and Asia, focusing on human rights, media, gender, and education and youth programs. Notably, I have led strategic consultancies for different EU instruments including EIDHR, the EU social fund and also outside the EU for UNESCO and OHCHR. These consultancies focused on monitoring, evaluation, and reporting functions of international organizations including the assessment of these functions of UN agencies, OECD, the Council of Europe and the European Union.

My methodological expertise includes mixed-methods approaches and quasi-experimental designs that emphasise client and partner ownership, coherence with learning curves, and pragmatic solutions. These tools, developed under the Creative Commons IP from To the Core of Things, include research guidelines, organisational capacity assessment, modular reconstruction and adaptation of theories of change, stakeholder network maps methodologies, case study guidelines and approaches, outcome harvesting through Most Significant Change stories and implementation of machine learning approaches to development cooperation programmes.

The principles I apply in all my works are ownership of the works and the processes by the client and partners (through a strong participatory approach); alignment with latest trends in the field (including ICT4D, statistical techniques and humanistic considerations); coherence with the learning curve of the clients, and; pragmatism, proposing solutions in line with the interests, philosophy and capacities of the clients and its partners.

Key relevant work that reflects this range of skills and passions include ROM reviews for multi-country EU programmes, consultancies for UNESCO (evaluaitons, periodic reporting consultancies or MEAL system TA). Also for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) I have developed as well another strategic consultancy assessing their in-house monitoring and reporting function plus other programme and country evaluations. Other donors, include USAID, with consultancies carried for US Internews setting up the methodologies, managing seven multicultural teams and producing seven research products for their Rooted in Trust programme and leading several programme evaluations. Some other relevant examples of my works are the evaluation of an agriculture cooperative based project in Ethiopia funded by NORAD, the evaluation of a community radios programme in Zambia funded by the Netherlands; the research manager position for ECORYS and also academic publications in the Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation.

For more information visit https://tothecoreofthings.consulting; check our track of projects.

I am Chief of Cabinet at SESRIC, a subsidiary organ of the OIC.

I work in different roles for the UNFCCC, VERRA and GCC, evaluating and designing climate mitigation projects and methodologies. I am a member of the UNFCCC's Article 6.4 roster of experts, the CDM Methodology Panel and the RIT team.  I am a nominated national expert for technical analysis of national communications, biennial updates reports and biennial report from Annex I Parties and NAI Parties under the UNFCCC.  The overlap between Kyoto and the Montreal Protocols is the topic of my last publication. Following 10 years as an energy engineer in technical assistance for GIZ and USAID, I published an ethnographic approach to technical assistance management, 2012 Routledge.  Finally I was assistant director of the LEAD-Europe foundation in Geneva, coaching mid-career leaders in European Ministries of the Environment on sustainability policies. Details on www.thomas-grammig.com
Paris Agreement Art.6 national authorities increasingly struggle to unpack enormous ambitions of resource planning, solidifying NDCs and using markets while intensely seeking ownership.nbsp; Some donors’ process tools have decision factors shaping roles and targets in an exploratory open manner instead of yet another set of “generic guidebooks”.nbsp; Roles-targets-products co-evolve.nbsp; Last time I designed a TA process was a capacity building approach hydropower for national electrification agency ADER, contracted by GIZ-Madagascar.

I made my studies in the international development field, concerned with tropical crop production and international agro-development. I specialized in Microfinance and Rural Economics. I went to Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Ghana, India, Costa Rica, and Lebanon. I am involved in the mental health sector.

Gerald FitzGerald, Ph.D., is affiliated faculty at the Schar School of Policy & Government at George Mason University. His commentary on issues related to cultural diplomacy, politics, and religion has been carried by Associated Press, Religion News Service, and The Conversation, among others. Gerald also works as a consultant for the Religion & Society Program at The Aspen Institute where he convened the Dismantling Hate cohort in spring 2023. Previously, Gerald worked as a consultant to the British Council on the role of religion in cultural relations and cultural diplomacy under the Bridging Voices program.

Currently employed with GIZ. 14+ years of experience in development & corporate sectors; technically engaging with multifarious public & private sector stakeholders.
Skilled in program management; and proficient at conveying communication and analytical skills in stakeholder management. Professional background in TVET, Trade facilitation, Public-Private-Partnerships, Human Resource Development.
Experience in strengthening public relations and possess extensive knowledge of orchestrating program strategies into results.