Water and Sanitation (WASH)

• Assessed urban and rural water supply systems and led baseline assessments for USAID’s WASH programs for USAID & UNICEF
• Evaluated UNICEF’s BSRP program for equitable WASH service delivery to refugees and host communities.

Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response

• Led needs assessments and end-line evaluations of emergency response programs, ensuring data accuracy and ethical standards for USAID
• Conducted training and developed land-use standards for Ethiopia’s land governance for GIZ

Internal Evaluation of SRVC & AMS Projects (Client: GIZ SRVC and AMS project):

• We led and conducted a qualitative assessment of GIZ’s Ethiopia projects such as Strengthening Rural Value Chain and Agricultural Mechanization Service by focusing on outcome monitoring applying Qualitative research methodology.
  Our responsibilities include managing FGDs and KIIs, leading facilitated participant engagement, conducted qualitative analysis using ATLAS.TI, managing field level operations, report write-up, conducted final presentation and provided expert recommendations for improving project effectiveness.

Stakeholder Analysis for Dembel-Shalla Sub-Basin Platform (Client: GIZ NatuReS Ethiopia)

• We were commissioned by GIZ NatuRes to lead stakeholder mapping and analysis for GIZ NatuReS Ethiopia to strengthen the multi-stakeholder platform in Zeway/Denbel Shalla Sub-Basin (DSSB)
  Our responsibilities included exhaustive stakeholder identification, categorization, and adherence of GIZ NatuReS NRAF manual to mapping and visualization of stakeholders using onion mapping tool, developing comprehensive excel data-base of all stakeholders for easy retrieval and update. We also conducted qualitative analysis using ATLAS.TI, report write-up and presented findings with strategic recommendations for enhanced collaboration.

Convening, creating and facilitating multi-stakeholder Partnership through a series of assessments, consultation, review and generation of relevant documents pertinent to CLS Partnership formation in selected 3 Critical landscapes (CLS) across Central Ethiopia and Benishangul-Gumuz regions (Client: GIZ LaGo III Ethiopia)

• Our responsibilities include assessing stakeholder dynamics, analyzing socio-economic contexts, identifying risks and opportunities, assess perceptions difference on land related risks, developing value propositions, and recommending sustainable land use and other solutions tailored to each landscape. The assessment followed qualitative research approach involving key and relevant stakeholders across all administrative units starting from regional, zonal, woreda and kebele level. The qualitative data was gathered through KII, FGDs and facilitated group discussion with relevant public, private and CSOs. The transcripts were analyzed using a thematic approach by conducting an ongoing coding and thematic analysis to generate comprehensive report.

Qualitative study on the situation of the current land administration professional standard standard and mix to develop a comprehensive and fit-for-purpose professional standard for land administration sector in Ethiopia (Client GIZ LaGo II)

• Our responsibilities include assessing the current professional mix, identifying global best practices, and proposing strategic recommendations to address identified gaps.
• We were additionally tasked
• to further analyze professional roles at federal, regional, and local levels, benchmarking against international standards, and creating pathways to enhance capacity, efficiency, and equity of the professionals within the land administration sector.
• to prepare comprehensive report, present and validate the reports for relevant stakeholders including MoA and GIZ LaGo II

Social and Economic Research

• Conducted gender-focused studies and evaluated community development projects for CRS & Population Council
• Led Gender Strategy Evaluation and Women’s Empowerment & Migration Studies for CRS & Population Council

Education and Learning Initiatives

• Studied ecosystem challenges, climate resilience, and natural resource protection strategies for GIZ
• Conducted training and developed land-use standards for Ethiopia’s land governance for GIZ

Digital Solutions and Technological Innovations

• Developed and tested digital tools for service optimization and enhanced data collection for IOM

A comprehensive situational and stakeholder analysis of the Abaya-Chamo Sub Basin (ACSB) - Client GIZ NatuRes

• Our responsibilities included exhaustive stakeholder identification, categorization, and adherence GIZ NatuReS NRAF manual to mapping and visualization of stakeholders using onion mapping tool, developed comprehensive excel data-base for all stakeholder for easy retrieval and update
• We conducted qualitative analysis using ATLAS.TI, report write-up for both stakeholder and situational analysis and presenting findings with strategic recommendations for enhanced collaboration

Review and Assessment of the recent development in microfinance sector and its implication on SLLC loan product (Client: GIZ LaGo II):

• We were commissioned by GIZ LaGo II to lead and Conducted assessment on the recent development in Microfinance (MF) sectors affecting the microfinance sector and their implications on SLLC (Secondary level land certificate) loan product users.
• Our responsibilities were literature review including the study by AEMFI (Association of Ethiopia Micro finance institutions), research tool development, stakeholder interviews, field operations management, qualitative data coding in ATLAS.TI, and final reporting with presentation and conducting Seminars.