Services
Support to organisations/programs funded by donors on Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning and Adaptation (MERLA):
- Advice and support for development of complexity-aware MERLA frameworks, approaches, plans and tools
- Peer review of MERLA products
- Use of AI for translation (to English), analysis and summarisation of qualitative data
- Developmental evaluation
- Participatory, gender-sensitive/inclusive approaches
- Analysis of qualitative data
- Basics & Principles of MERLA
- Taking Stock of your MERLA System
- An Introduction to Program Logic and Theories of Change
- An Introduction to Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting
- An Introduction to Complexity-Aware MERLA
Help Desk:
- Use of ChatGPT as a tool in evaluation
- Literature reviews
- MERLA-related support for project/program design
CV in a Nutshell
I have more than 25 yrs of experience in monitoring, evaluation & impact assessment in the context of international development, and in supporting organisations to extend their capabilities in MERLA. This includes several years serving as an evaluation advisor in the New Zealand Aid Programme and as the Senior M&E Specialist for the Laos Australia Development Learning Facility. Most recently I served as the MERLA adviser for the Australia Indonesia Health Security Partnership (AIHSP). I have experience in a diversity of sectors and themes (agriculture, climate change, gender equality, ending violence against women, natural resource management, rural development, livelihoods, health, microfinance, humanitarian action, law and justice) and have worked in Asia, the Pacific, S and C America, N and E Africa and the Caucasus.
Other relevant experience includes two decades carrying out biological control and integrated pest management research at two CGIAR centres, leading the Participatory Research Methods Program at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, and working as a facilitator and trainer for the CGIAR Systemwide Program on Participatory Research and Gender Analysis. I've also worked with community research groups in SE Asia and Latin America and with organisations supporting these.
I've trained in: Using Dedoose for analysis of data from Participatory Outcome Harvesting, Human-Centred Design, Principles-focused Evaluation, Data Visualisation, Evaluation of Humanitarian Action, Most Significant Change Technique, People-Centered Programme Logic, Performance Stories and Contribution Analysis and Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation Systems. I've completed several courses at the Evaluator's Institute, and actively cultivate deeper levels of attention and awareness. I have a PhD in Ecology from the University of California, fluency in English and Spanish, a working knowledge of Portuguese and basic Bahasa Indonesia. I completed a diploma in Professional Photography in 2019.
I've trained in: Using Dedoose for analysis of data from Participatory Outcome Harvesting, Human-Centred Design, Principles-focused Evaluation, Data Visualisation, Evaluation of Humanitarian Action, Most Significant Change Technique, People-Centered Programme Logic, Performance Stories and Contribution Analysis and Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation Systems. I've completed several courses at the Evaluator's Institute, and actively cultivate deeper levels of attention and awareness. I have a PhD in Ecology from the University of California, fluency in English and Spanish, a working knowledge of Portuguese and basic Bahasa Indonesia. I completed a diploma in Professional Photography in 2019.
