Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM)

I have in-depth knowledge of international development cooperation and M&E experience of more than 25 years, including through field exposure in fragile, war-affected and transition countries. I have worked in 30 countries outside Europe, for and as part of UN coordination bodies and UN agencies (for some 7 years). As team leader or senior expert, I completed with success more than 20 evaluations and 2 meta evaluations. 19 EU-related M&E tasks, and a total of 101 publications / reports and 66 presentations and lectures, have resulted from UN, EU, bilateral and private sector contracts. My working languages are English, French and German. Demonstrated experience in the conceptualization and implementation of complex strategic and thematic evaluations relates; Focus : Democracy and Rule of Law; Education, learning and capacity-building; fundamental rights; human rights-based and gender-based approaches to programming; gender equality; employment and social protection; public administration reform; migration; crisis prevention, stabilization and post-conflict rehabilitation; civil society and local authorities. Interventions comprise projects, programmes, strategy and policy interventions on behalf of UN (FAO, UNDP, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, UNITAR, UNOCA, UNRWA, UNU-EHS and WHO) bilateral partners (German Federal Foreign Office/FFO, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs/FDFA) as well as capacity building for 17 national and civil society actors.

A governance and M&E expert with a background in financial and sociological economics, I have more than 30 years of experience in programme management, policy development and M&E in a variety of fields including research, review and assessment in the areas of public administration reform, justice & home affairs, finance, regional development, as well as sectoral restructuring.
My professional experience covering 30 years has been gained in developing economies and economies in transition in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, for a large number of international bi- and multilateral organizations, including DfID, Dutch Development Cooperation, EU, FAO, IFC, GIZ, Norwegian Aid and UNDP.
I have more than 15 years of M&E experience encompasses both leading M&E assignments in the field and the development of M&E systems. A specialty concerns the identification and formulation of key performance indicators, including researching baseline data and the framing of benchmarks. I am fully conversant with project cycle management methodology, as well the latest development in M&E, including results-chain and theory-of-change.
I have highly developed interview skills gained in a variety of cultural settings, which combined with outstanding documentation review and statistical skills, are honed to arrive at sophisticated analytical results. I know how to deliver high-quality, user-friendly M&E reports, which effectively collocate and present the contributions and findings of professionals with widely varying backgrounds and fields of expertise. 

Long-term (35+ year) experience in sustainable economic development, climate change, environment in different economic sectors as an institutional development, strategic planning, capacity development, and knowledge management and communication expert in programmes and projects in Asia, Africa and Caribbean. Working in multi-disciplinary teams and for international organisations (ADB, UNICEF, UNDP, FAO, UNESCO, AU-NEPAD, IFAD-BSF, UNESCO-IHE, DFID, EC-DG-DEVCO/DG-INTPA, ACP-CTA, CAREC Institute), government and research institutions, universities, NGOs, private sector and (inter)national networks in Asia, Africa, Caribbean and Pacific.
In last two decades advising government institutions, international organisations and civil society organizations and networks in Asia/Pacific and Africa on institutional development, strategic and business planning, capacity development, knowledge and information management, communication, partnerships, use of ICTs, and innovation in different socio-economic sectors.
I have worked with international networks, NGOs, community-based organizations and local communities in the broader context of sustainable development with a focus on poverty reduction, gender equality, sustainable livelihoods, life-long learning, health and education. Before 2000 specifically focused on research and management of fisheries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

For more information on my projects see: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/ruudcrul

Engineer, agronomist, specialized in agro-enterprise, with an extensive knowledge of agricultural production systems, agricultural value chains, and a 25+ years’ experience in leading changes at enterprise level through the introduction of new productions and new techniques in challenging climatic and technical environments.

Experience providing expertise on agricultural development, agricultural policy, agricultural value chains, on donor-funded projects, and multiple collaborations with private and public stakeholders around agriculture : suppliers, traders, administrations, governments, elected representatives, professional bodies (Chambers of Agriculture, unions), cooperatives, NGOs, international donors and financial institutions (AFD, IFC, IFAD, etc.).

In 2021, Successfully passed the “Data, Economics, and Development Policy” MIT Micromaster Program, a university-level training on the use of statistics, econometrics, experimental and quasi-experimental methods in the building of evidence-based policies. This learning was completed by two university certificates on theory of change and monitoring & evaluation.

Strong expertise in information systems, databases, data analytics, and other IT related domains such as software development, statistical analysis, database conception and management, development and operation of management information systems and enterprise software. Diligent member of the stackoverflow community, a leading website for professional software developers, with an estimated 4.2 M developers reached through my contributions.

Extensive experience in business management and operations, including budgeting and finance, accounting, information systems, procurement, activity monitoring and administration; and leading enterprise start-up and development, including sourcing, installation and starting up of equipment, organization of supply chains, mobilization of finance.

Hands-on and academic knowledge of the socioeconomics of the most vulnerable rural populations and groups: refugees, women, and youth.

Served as a senior change management advisor and Board Member of $180M, 3000 staff company, heading the Finance and Audit Committee.

Built and led teams, from 5 to 100 staff, from line-workers to engineers and managers, while scaling up and running businesses, conducting market research studies, and developing information systems.

Business-savvy, adaptable and trusted partner with demonstrated capacity to take on new challenges.

Works in French (native), English (extended professional use), Arabic (strong knowledge of middle eastern dialect, intermediate learner of Modern Standard Arabic). Learning Indonesian