Forest Department (FD), MONREC & Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (GoM) - Climate Vulnerability Assessment - 2019

Project Description:

The objectives of this assignment were to conduct a Vulnerability Assessment (VA) that would inform the planning and implementation for the CCA, to build capacity at FD, ECD and FRI in the design and implementation of VA, including capacities in community consultation and facilitation processes that would be important skill for effective community engagement and institution building for co-management related to sustainable mangrove management.

MKE collected data and information from multiple sources, including existing research, studies and databases, expert consultations, community consultations, transect walks, community mapping, risk ranking, and focus-group discussions (including vulnerable groups such as women, poor, and different ethnic groups and religions).

The VA included community consultations as a key methodological approach. Since community consultations were also important elements of subsequent co-management and resilience-building work related to Engagement Outputs 2, 3 and 4, the VA would support capacity building on community consultation and facilitation as an integrated part of the VA

CORAD & GRET - Promoting Agricultural diversification and Economic integration in Northern Chin State - 2017

Project Description:

The project focused on the capacity building of various Community Based Organizations - CBO (farmer groups, networks of farmer groups, producers’ groups) to enable them to access and/or provide sustainable and relevant services in the technical & economic fields. Various partners and stakeholders contributed to the outcomes & results of the action: GRET as official partner, ICIMOD, CRS/KMSS, Technical Experts, public departments (DoA, DRD, SLRD, SAI, DAR), private sector and local government.

The project implementation would further respond to the cross cutting issues gender empowerment, participatory decision making, nutritive-sensitive agriculture systems, and institutional sustainability.

Belgian Development Agency (BTC Vietnam) - International consultant on human resources development and capacity building strategies - 2017

Project Description:

Facility to Capacity Building (FCB) project was a part of the Vietnam – Belgium 2011-2015 Indicative Cooperation Program that aimed to “Contribute to the socio-economic development of Vietnam through institutional capacity development to support the implementation of the SEDP 2011-2015”. The General objective of FCB was “to contribute to the sustainable development and growth of Vietnam by facilitating Vietnam to become a knowledge-based industrialised country by 2020”.

Egen (funded by ADB) - Technical Assistance to the Second Upper Secondary Education Development Project - 2016

Project Description:

Provided one local consultant which was the expert in Capacity Development for USE Planning and Management Specialist

International Trade Center (ITC) - Consumer survey on preferences for animal and plant products for Traditional Asian Medicine - 2015

Description of the Project:

ITC helped firms in developing countries integrate into the global economy through capacity building and access to trade intelligence. In order to understand more about how to structure markets for sustainability, ITC commissioned MKE to carry out a consumer preferences survey of the use of animal for the market for Traditional Asian Medicine (TAM), including rhino horns. The current project aimed to assess the characteristics and drivers of demand for wildlife for use in traditional medicine in Vietnam.

MKE conducted face-to-face interviews with representatives of companies supplying TAMs and also interviewed 1,000 individuals through Vietnam on the use of TAM and rhino horns (300 rhino horn users and 700 rhino horn non-users but who used at least a kind of TAM were interviewed using structured questionnaires). The project was carried out in close consultation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and supervised by the ITC’s Trade and Environment Program.

ActionAid Myanmar - Final Evaluation – Citizens for Accountability in Public Service Financing (CAPSF) project - 2014

Project Description:

The project investigated and evaluated the Citizens for Accountability in Public Service Financing (CAPSF) project, funded by DANIDA and implemented by ActionAid Myanmar with the aim of improving state accountability through active citizen participation in public service financing with the following specific objectives:

1. To build the capacity of targeted groups to participate in and to analyse the response of, public service financing at different level national, state/regional and local level.

2. To strengthen national media to create the space for, and promote citizen’s participation in, budget processes, and to influence parliamentarians and government officials to be responsive to people’s priorities in public financing.

CADIF/ DDIF/ AFD - Consultancy services for Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Enhancement Project for CADIF & DDIF - 2013

Project Description:

A Credit Facility provided by French Development Agency (AFD) was on-lent to CADIF and DDIF to support environmental, socio-economic projects, and the reinforcement of the local development funds which were local financing agencies for investments of the two cities. An additional grant was given to the two funds to restructure their procedures and strengthen their capacity.

MKE worked with Sofreco – a French company to provide technical assistance on the institutional strengthening and capacity enhancement, including project management skills, standardising institutional development procedures, and sharing professional expertise on certain key projects. A number of training courses would be conducted for the beneficiaries based on their needs, focusing on enhancing capacity and upgrading internal procedures of the two funds, support towards priority operational areas of the two funds, and mobilization of experts for support in the project’s due diligences, appraisal and execution, especially those of important urban and socio-environmental impacts.

DANIDA - Evaluation and Lessons-Learned Assessment of the Legal Framework, Variety Development & Seed Production and Commerce in Vietnam - 2007

Project Description:

An assessment of environmental, sectoral, gender, ethnic minorities development objectives, and the impact and sustainability of institutional capacity building:

• Strengthening of the legal/regulatory framework for seed varieties and technical procedures.

• capacity of Breeding Institutions to manage and supply early generation seed varieties.

• the capacity of seed companies through locally based staff training.

UNOPS (in East Timor) - East Timor Baseline Study - Poverty Profiling & Monitoring for AMCAP and OCAP Projects - 2006

Project Description:

Baseline survey for the Ainaro & Manatuto Community Activation Project and the Oecussi Community Activation Project with poverty profiling and mapping. Established a MDG database, monitoring system and training for AMCAP and OCAP staff plus capacity building for National Statistical Department staff.

DANIDA - Executive Economic Seminar Series - 2005

Project Description:

Designed and developed materials, and conducted the “Executive Seminar Series” consisting of eight 3-hour seminars.