References

  • ADB Sri Lanka (2025/2026): Education Specialist in the Design of Sector Program HRDEP in Sri Lanka for 2026-2033. Teachers’ Professional Development, Deployment and Appraisal and National Education Management Information System NEMIS in secondary education.
  • EDUFI Finland (2026): Contractor and Team Leader in the Design of DESTA program. Digital Skills Development for TVET Trainers in Ethiopia.
  • UNDP Bangladesh (2025/2026): International Expert in the Evaluation of government training institutes in Bangladesh. Design and implementation of a robust, evidence-based evaluation framework that assesses institutional performance of Bangladeshi civil service.
  • UNICEF Albania (2024/2025): International Expert in the Assessment and reporting on Permeability of Education System in Albania.
  • ADB Bangladesh (2023/2024): Team Leader and Education Specialist in Supporting Education Sector Projects and Local Education Groups in Situation Analysis on Inclusion and Gender Equality in Special Education for Children with Moderate to Severe Disabilities in Bangladesh.
  • UNDP Albania (2022): International Expert and Team Leader in the Development of Basic Literacy Curricula for adult unemployed jobseekers in Albania.
  • ADB HQ (2021): Team Leader and Education Expert in Innovation development in Education Sector Development in Asia and the Pacific region. Country cases of Nepal, Republic of Kyrgyzstan, Marshall Islands.
  • Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (2023/2024): Key Expert in the Evaluation of Finnish Development Policy and Cooperation in the Education Sector 2018 – 2022.
  • Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (2022): Contractor and Team Leader in the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Project “Learning Together” in Ukraine.
  • UNDP Iraq (2021): Team Leader in the Final evaluation of the project “Access to inclusive quality primary education for IDPs, returnees, remainees and refugees in crisis affected areas of Iraq.
  • UNESCO Iraq (2020): Team Leader in the Final Evaluation of Reforming Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Iraq.
  • UNDP Timor Leste (2019/2020): International Expert in the Final Evaluation of Leveraging ICT to Improve Skills in Timor Leste.
  • UNDP Saudi Arabia (2019): International Expert in the Terminal Evaluation of Capacity Development of Public Education Evaluation Indicators with the implementing Partners Education and Training Evaluation Commission (ETEC).
  • ADB Nepal (2021/2022): Team Leader in the Final Evaluation of the Nepal Education Sector-Wide Program leading a multi-national team.
  • European Commission (2022): Team Leader in the Mid-Term Review of Luxembourg Development Project ESVET PRO on Support to VET, Professional Requalification and Occupation (ESVET) in Kosovo.
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