Sudan

Concordis est une organisation de consolidation de la paix, sans but lucratif, enregistrée au Royaume-Uni, qui construit les compétences locales pour apporter des changements durables. Au cours des cinq dernières années, nous avons recruté, formé et créé des partenariats avec plus de 1.200 personnes locales en Côte d’Ivoire, en Mauritanie, au Soudan et Soudan du Sud, et au Kenya, qui sont désormais mieux qualifiés pour agir en tant que conciliateurs et aider à résoudre et prévenir les conflits.

Nous sommes attachés à l’indépendance, l’impartialité et l’inclusivité, et nous sommes connus pour notre capacité à garantir la participation de groupes qui seraient autrement exclus des pourparlers de paix, et pour la création de liens entre le dialogue de base et les processus de consolidation de la paix aux plus hauts niveaux. Le financement de Concordis provient de particuliers, des fiducies de subvention et des donateurs institutionnels dont l’UE, DFID, USAID, et USIP, qui ont tous félicité nos précédentes interventions. L’évaluation indépendante du Stockholm Policy Group de notre travail à la frontière entre le Soudan et le Soudan du Sud a révélé que le travail était « sans précèdent » et « très réussi », concluant : « Concordis est un acteur continuellement respecté, apprécié et important pour son soutien à la gestion de conflits transfrontaliers en ciblant les zones de bordure ».

Asif Ali Shah is a seasoned Pakistani diplomat having over 21 years of experience in Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL). His dynamic career has taken him across Georgia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Bangkok and Pakistan, where he has established/led resilient, emergency, and development programming over a portfolio of 170 USD, across United Nations agencies and international organizations focusing on strategic efforts in development programming in MEAL, institutional reform, and results-based evaluation. He has successfully collaborated with a wide array of donors, including EU, USAID, GEF, GCF, FCDO, JICA and Italy, ensuring rigorous standards and cross-sectoral impact.
Currently based in Georgia, Asif contributes to international development platforms with deep expertise in rolling-out MEAL, data systems, accountability frameworks, and stakeholder coordination. Known for his precision, independence, and cross-sectoral leadership, he blends global experience with local insight to advance transparent, impactful solutions. This multidimensional background enables him to adapt swiftly, communicate effectively, and drive strategic innovation in complex development environments.
Beyond his professional work, Asif is a passionate horseman and accomplished polo player. He proudly participated in the legendary Shandur Polo Festival, held at the highest polo ground in the world—often referred to as the “Roof of the World.” His love for the sport reflects a commitment to discipline, heritage, and resilience.

ram Association was created in 1957, at a time when African nations were gaining independence and developing countries were emerging as players on the international stage. Set up to promote rural actors as important players in the construction of these new States, the social engagement that initially inspired and drove Iram was subsequently formalised in a charter, and the organisation now operates as an associative consultancy firm

Johan van Geijn has a unique track record as a specialist in international corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the world of sports, particularly in football and international development cooperation. With more than 25 years of experience – heading the international programs at the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB) since 1998 to build local capacity through football in developing countries and low-income countries. More than 20,000 young volunteer coaches have been able to improve themselves in their local environment through programs developed by Johan.
As founder of the WorldCoaches program, Johan has proven many times how sport can serve as a means for social development. Using football as a catalyst for social cohesion, for the position of girls and women in society, for awareness of communicable diseases, drugs and addictions or clean water.
With the international challenges surrounding migration and refugees, using football as an initiator for programs to tackle youth unemployment in these countries. A range of thematic social challenges where Johan has been able to let football contribute to the approach and often to the solution.

Geraldine is a highly qualified international development professional with a strong commitment to advancing social and gender justice, with more than three decades of experience. She is flexible, efficient, resilient, adaptable and able to work across functional boundaries and within a multi-disciplinary context. She can think clearly, see the bigger picture, values and is able to integrate multiple perspectives within complex environments and is able to understand and articulate complex and/or multidimensional issues to support decision-makers. While she is an experienced team leader, she strongly believes in the need to function as part of a cohesive and dedicated goal-driven team.

Her research, development and change management activities with a focus on the intersectional nature of poverty, exclusion and marginalization take place within complex, multi-disciplinary contexts relating to social empowerment, organisational development, communication, stakeholder participation and institutional and individual change management. She has a depth and breadth of experience in the promotion of integrity, good governance and the advancement of public sector competence and capacity. She has, for many years, actively worked with government to develop change management strategies that address the realities of services delivery within a severely constrained environment, in particular related to urban, peri-urban and rural WASH.

A specific focus of her work through the years has addressed the gender related constraints and challenges to development within the sub-Saharan African urban, peri-urban and rural contexts. Her training and work are grounded in cross-cultural sensitivity, interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills. She has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research and analysis of gender issues and social inclusion, including within the context of international social safeguard policies and conventions.

She has functioned as lead consultant for the onsite assessment of gender and human rights in several countries, including Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and has developed advocacy, outreach, development and mainstreaming guidelines and management plans on gender, women’s rights and social inclusion for international development partners and the private sector. She has promoted a human rights-based approach in development initiatives dealing with gender equality and women's rights.

She is highly skilled in institutional, organisational and individual change management, transition management, communication, consensus building and governance support. She has been trained in the identification of constraints and barriers to the planning and implementation of change management processes, especially in respect of development within an intersectional poverty context. Her work at strategic conceptual level has consistently been supported by her hands-on experience of working at and engaging with issues at grassroots level where the (positive and negative) impacts of policies and strategies are experienced most keenly.