Malaysia

Independent Consultant on Environment, Climate Change, Natural Resources since 1983. Worked mainly for EU in Central Europe, Middle East, SS Africa, SE Asia
I am an experienced consultant, manager, and government advisor with a career spanning over 30 years on donor funded projects and cooperation: EU-ACP and EU-Budget, World Bank, bilateral cooperation, UNDP, FAO and UNOPS. I am a a source of information on programmes, procedures in development cooperation projects funded by the EU in relation to climate change mitigation and resilience building of communities, climate-smart agriculture, nutrition and food security, environmental issues, biodiversity conservation. He is experienced in setting up qualitative/qualitative, gender sensitive monitoring and management information systems for the natural resources sector and in setting up methods for assessing and payment for ecosystem services.
Vast parts of his career have been spent working in South-East Asia, Africa and is well-versed in the status of ODA issues in these regions. He has over 15 years’ experience in institutional strengthening and in team leadership for long and short-term Technical Assistance assignments.

Zainabe Dadá is a HIS specialist and Projects Coordinator at Jembi Health Systems since 2016. Although she started with the Mozambican program, where she currently supports other Jembi projects in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. Her great management skills and expertise in the HIV business led her to successfully managed and supported long term projects funded by CDC, under the HIS portfolio, such as Implementation of the Mozambican Electronic Patient Tracking System, GBV electronic quality Assurance system, VMMC patients tracking system, Zimbabwe OVC Management Information System, Mozambique HIV Data visualizations Dashboards, Ethiopia Central Data Repository, Ethiopia National Health Data Warehouse and many more. Zainabe is also responsible for the internship program in Mozambique, receiving and guiding dozens of interns from diverse universities across the globe.
Zainabe has a degree in Clinical Psychology and Counselling and a MA in Health Psychology, both by the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Técnologias in Lisbon, Portugal.
Before joined Jembi she worked for over 9 years, during the life-time of the projects as a National Program Manager of HIV and Gender Based Violence Prevention programs for soldiers in collaboration with FADM (Mozambican Armed Forces), MoD and MoH under the funds of DoD/DHAPP/PEPFAR. Zainabe is a bright, committed, multi-talented individual, who is able to very effectively manage large and complex programs and successfully lead multi-disciplinary teams. Her exceptional capabilities as a program manager, supervisor, and educator/trainer is a greater value that has been increasing consistently and engaging in more challenging programs over the years and participating in many conferences, webinars and workshops such as DHIS2, OpenMRS, BA Summit, HIV specific forums, and many more.

I am currently employed at Helvetas Myanmar, working on the SCORE Project, which is funded by the European Union. In my role, I serve as the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Communication Officer, responsible for overseeing and managing these critical aspects of the project.

I would like to know the requirement of EU in their project funded- financial regulations, procurement rules, Monitoring and Evaluation, compliance with EU Policies, visibility and communication.

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Jonas Nitschke is currently working as a Programme Manager for Democracy and Governance at the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Brussels where he works on youth engagement in political decision-making, the challenges for democratic actors as well as on the fight against dangerous trends such as misinformation, disinformation and fake news in the Indo-Pacific, South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Previous work experiences led him to Vietnam, Tanzania, Qatar, India and Singapore. In addition, Jonas is involved as a board member at the grassroots think tank Polis180. He was an EU delegate for the Y20 Summit on Youth in Democracy and Governance in India 2023 and volunteers, as a youth ambassador for the campaign organization ONE, Furthermore, he acts as Deputy Director of the Programmes Team at Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP) and participates in the European Academy of Diplomacy as a scholarship holder by the Casimir Pulaski Foundation.

I support leaders and organisations to achieve meaningful change with expertise in the following areas:

Leadership and organisational development: I help leaders and teams navigate complex challenges, enhance decision-making, and build capacity for sustainable growth. My approach is rooted in understanding both the formal and informal aspects of organisations, including power dynamics and the quality of relationships.

Influencing policy and practice: I work with organisations to develop and deliver effective influencing strategies and advocacy campaigns. This includes undertaking policy analysis and advising on outputs and activities, promoting the use of knowledge, as well as internal governance, and evaluating the impact of interventions.

Strengthening innovation systems: I analyse and advise on knowledge and decision making systems, including the production and use of knowledge, stakeholder consultation processes and partnerships between various actors (including how equitable they are).

I've worked on a diverse range of issues (climate change, social affairs, amongst others); with a diverse range of clients, including foundations, government agencies, universities, think tanks, NGOs, and international organisations; and with clients located across the world.