{"id":108,"date":"2015-06-16T16:00:26","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/?page_id=108"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:55:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:55:35","slug":"consultancies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/?page_id=108","title":{"rendered":"Consultancies"},"content":{"rendered":"

GIZ (Indonesia)<\/strong> \u00a0 12\/2025 \u2013 10\/2026
\n<\/em>Semi-remote final central project evaluation (CPE) of the BMZ funded project \u201cAdaptive Social Protection, Indonesia” \u2219 evaluation design: theory based approach, contribution analysis, reconstruction of the theory of change (ToC) \u2219 sectors: Adaptive Social Protection, institutional capacity strengthening, livelihood.<\/p>\n

German Federal Foreign Office (global)<\/strong> \u00a0 10\/2025 \u2013 09\/2026
\n<\/em>Team Leader of one ex-post and one fomrative evaluation of the “ToGETHER” programme (2 project phases) on localisation within the framework of German humanitarian aid \u2219 team leader of a team of 5 evaluators \u2219 sectors: localisation, humanitarian coordination, accountability.<\/p>\n

GIZ (South Sudan)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 07\/2025 \u2013 05\/2026
\n<\/em>Semi-remote final central project evaluation (CPE) of the BMZ funded project \u201cImproved living conditions and psychosocial support in the context of forced displacement, South Sudan” \u2219 evaluation design: theory based approach, contribution analysis, reconstruction of the theory of change (ToC) \u2219 sectors: food security, nutrition, agriculture, psycho-social support, displacement.<\/p>\n

GIZ (global)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 05\/2025 \u2013 03\/2026
\n<\/em>Remote final central project evaluation (CPE) of the BMZ funded global project \u201cGreen Innovation Centres in the agriculture and food sector” \u2219 evaluation design: theory based approach, contribution analysis, reconstruction of the ToC \u2219 sectors: agriculture, sustainable food systems, value chains, innovation.<\/p>\n

IOM (Bangladesh, DRC, Ukraine, Somalia)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 09\/2024 \u2013 12\/2024
\n<\/em>Semi-remote Real-Time Evaluation of IOM\u2019s Zite Manager Initiative \u2219 sector: humanitarian aid, refugees & IDPs, migration, Camp Management, digitalisation.<\/p>\n

Caritas Germany (Cambodia, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 09\/2024 \u2013 03\/2025
\n<\/em>Semi-remote final evaluation of Caritas\u2019 Asia Regional Program for Inclusion of Vulnerable Target Groups \u2219 Team Leader of a team of 5 \u2219 sector: Community Based Inclusive Development, social inclusion, human trafficking, labour migration, gender.<\/p>\n

Caritas Germany (Ukraine)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 07\/2024 \u2013 12\/2025
\n<\/em>Support of Caritas Ukraine to elaborate a BMZ project proposal \u2219 sectors: good governance, advocacy, EU candidacy, IDP, psycho-social support, capacity building & organisational development.<\/p>\n

WFP (Libya)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 08\/2024 \u2013 03\/2025
\n<\/em>Semi-remote decentralised evaluation of WFP\u2019s livelihood and school feeding activities in Libya from 2019 to 2023 \u2219 Expert on livelihood in an evaluation team of 4 \u2219 sector: livelihood \/ resilience, school feeding, triple nexus \u2219 view evaluation report<\/a><\/p>\n

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Resources (Cameroun)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 01\/2024 \u2013 05\/2024
\n<\/em>Execution of a project review mission, a review report for a follow-up project and the preparation of the project proposal for BMZ \u2219 sector: soil management, water, climate change adaptation (CCA), Natural Resource Management (NRM).<\/p>\n

GIZ (African Union)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 04\/2023 \u2013 12\/2025
\n<\/em>Senior Expert for the M&E Support of the GIZ Liaison Office to the African Union \u2219 support of six GIZ-AU projects in their M&E tasks, data collection and processing, and preparation of reports to different partners \u2219 General M&E support to projects and GIZ-AU portfolio management.<\/p>\n

Caritas Germany (Germany)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 04\/2023 \u2013 08\/2023
\n<\/em>Interim evaluation of the Caritas Flood Response and Rehabilitation Program in Germany 2021 \u2219 sectors: shelter, WASH, psycho-social support, DRR, organ. development.<\/p>\n

Caritas Germany (Ukraine)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 08\/2022 \u2013 03\/2023
\n<\/em>Support of Caritas Ukraine to elaborate a BMZ project proposal \u2219 sectors: good governance, IDP, psycho-social support, capacity building & organisational development.<\/p>\n

GIZ (India)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 07\/2022 \u2013 10\/2023
\n<\/em>Final evaluation of the BMZ funded project “Conservation of Biodiversity – Mitigating Human-Wildlife-Conflicts, India” \u2219 evaluation design: theory based approach, contribution analysis, reconstruction of the theory of change (ToC) \u2219 sectors: NRM, Biodiversity \u2219 view evaluation report<\/a><\/p>\n

German Federal Foreign Office (Afghanistan)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 01\/2022 \u2013 07\/2023
\n<\/em>Expert on Humanitarian Assistance as part of a multidisciplinary evaluation team under GFA contract to evaluate the FFO-funded component of the German Afghanistan assistance over the past decade \u2219 Together with DEval and DHPol, a working group has been created for the strategic evaluation of the joint strategic evaluation of the FFO, BMZ and BMI engagement in Afghanistan \u2219 view evaluation report<\/a><\/p>\n

GIZ (Sri Lanka)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 01\/2022 \u2013 07\/2023
\n<\/em>Final central project evaluation (CPE) of the BMZ funded project “Management of Wilpattu National Park and its Influence Zones” \u2219 evaluation design: theory based approach, contribution analysis, reconstruction of ToC \u2219 sectors: NRM, Biodiversity, CCA \u2219 view evaluation report<\/a><\/p>\n

German Federal Foreign Office (Philippines)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 04\/2020 \u2013 11\/2020
\n<\/em>Team Leader (team of four) for the ex-post evaluation of the FFO-funded humanitarian DRR assistance in the Philippines \u2219 remote evaluation due to the Covid-19 pandemic \u2219 evaluation design: theory based approach, contribution analysis, reconstruction of theory of change (ToC) at program level, data alalysis with MAXQDA \u2219 sectors: community-based DRR (CBDRR), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA).<\/p>\n

Caritas Germany (Ukraine)<\/strong>\u00a0 02\/2020 \u2013 05\/2020
\n<\/em>Support to Caritas Ukraine in the elaboration of a BMZ project proposal (transitional aid) \u2219 sectors: good governance, Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), psycho-social support, capacity building & organisational development.<\/p>\n

German Federal Foreign Office (Ethiopia \/ DRC)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 10\/2019 \u2013 06\/2020
\n<\/em>Evaluation of the FFO-funded humanitarian health assistance in Africa, in cooperation with madiba consult.\u00a0As expert on methodology, I was mainly responsible for the elaboration of the evaluation design, data collection and analysis methods, the development of the evaluation matrix, and the reconstruction of theory of change <\/span> \u2219 sectors: health, nutrition, WASH, conflict management, IDP & refugees.<\/p>\n

GIZ (Haiti) \u00a0<\/strong> 05\/2019 \u2013 10\/2019<\/em>
\n<\/em>Final central project evaluation (CPE) of the BMZ funded project “Am\u00e9lioration des conditions de vie dans des communes souffrant de p\u00e9nuries d\u2019eau saisonni\u00e8res dans le Sud Est d\u2019Ha\u00efti” \u2219 evaluation design: summative, contribution analysis \u2219 data collection tools: desk study, semi-structured (expert) interviews, focus group discussions, workshops and team meeitngs, observation \u2219 sectors: water infrastructure, WASH, Agriculture, CCA \u2219 view evaluation report<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

GIZ (Algeria) \u00a0<\/strong> 10\/2018 \u2013 05\/2019<\/em>
\n<\/em>Final central project evaluation (CPE) of the project “Supporting the implementation of the National Climate Plan<\/span> in Algeria”<\/span> in cooperation with a local consultant \u2219 evaluation design: summative, contribution analysis \u2219 data collection tools: desk study, semi-structured (expert) interviews<\/span>, focus group discussions, workshops and team meeitngs, observation \u2219 sectors: climate change adaptation, capacity development \u2219 view evaluation report<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Caritas Austria (Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, South-Sudan) \u00a0<\/strong> 10\/2018 \u2013 03\/2019 & 08-12\/2020<\/em>
\n<\/em>Mid-term and final evaluation of the COMPASS (Conjoint multi-actor programme for the advancement of structural solutions to food and nutritional insecurity) – Strategic Partnership Programme, implemented by Caritas Austria through 4 different local implementing partners and funded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) \u2219 Analysis levels span the programme \/strategic level, as well as 4 country interventions \u2219 Team Leader of a team of 5 \u2219 sectors: food security, nutrition, capacity development.<\/span><\/p>\n

BMU \/ GFA Consulting Group (Germany \/ Global) \u00a0<\/strong> 06\/2018 \u2013 03\/2021<\/em>
\n<\/em>Expert for evaluation methods as part of the Evaluation Management of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) implemented by GFA Consulting Group GmbH, on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) \u2219 responsible for quality management of 250 individual evaluations, execution of cluster and strategic evaluations \u2219 data analysis with MAXQDA \u2219 sectors: <\/span>CCA & mitigation, REDD+, forest landscape restauration (FLR), biological diversity.<\/p>\n

German Federal Foreign Office (Germany \/ Tunisia)<\/strong> \u00a0\u00a0 06\/2018 \u2013 11\/2018<\/em>
\n<\/em>Evaluation of the “Ert\u00fcchtigungsinitiative” implemented by the German Federal Foreign Office in Tunisia in cooperation with madiba consult. As expert on methodology, I was mainly responsible for the elaboration of the evaluation design, data collection and analysis methods, the development of incpetion report and the evaluation matrix, the reconstruction of theory of change, and report writing. <\/span><\/p>\n

Vision Hope International (Germany \/ Yemen)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 04\/2018 \u2013 05\/2018<\/em>
\n<\/em>Support of the local project team to elaborate a project proposal for the next OCHA call \u2219 sectors: health, WASH, early recovery.<\/p>\n

HelpAge (Ethiopia)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 02\/2018 \u2013 04\/2018<\/em>
\n<\/em>Feasibility Study for a BMZ funded project to strengthen local government health systems for the prevention and control of HIV, non-communicable diseases and eye problems \u2219 sectors: Basic health, HIV\/AIDS, capacity building & organisational development.<\/p>\n

German Red Cross (Philippines)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 01\/2018 \u2013 02\/2018<\/em>
\n<\/em>Mid-Term Evaluation of the project “Strengthening Disaster Risk Reduction Capacities and Mechanisms in the Province of Capiz, the Philippines\u201d. Due to the formative character of the study, aspects of effectiveness, efficiency, progress and management structures have been prioritised over impact and sustainability critera<\/span> \u2219 data collection tools: desk study, semi-structured (expert) interviews<\/span>, focus group discussions, workshops and team meeitngs, observation \u2219 view evaluation report<\/a><\/p>\n

Caritas Germany (Ukraine)<\/strong>\u00a0 11\/2017 \u2013 12\/2017
\n<\/em>M&E Workshop with the local Caritas project team to improve the monitoring system and components within a BMZ development project, <\/span>providing social services and livelihood support to IDPs and host community in Dnipropetrovsk. Outputs comprised the elaboration of a Monitoring system, including several Monitoring tools and a revised logframe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Swiss Red Cross (Malawi)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 06\/2017 \u2013 07\/2017
\n<\/em>Senior Consultant to conduct a final evaluation of a school feeding programme after the El Nino triggered drought in 2015\/16 \u2219 Design: Ex-post-facto design with reflexive and shadow controls, mixed method approach of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools \u2219 Methodology: Desk Study, Focus Group Discussions, narrative and semi-structured (expert) interviews, workshops, observation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Caritas Germany\/ adelphi (Germany)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 04\/2017 \u2013 07\/2017
\n<\/em>Senior Consultant to conduct the final evaluation of the Caritas intervention induced by the vast inundations in Germany in 2013. The intervention covers the phases of humanitarian aid, rehabilitation, as well as the across-cutting subject of disaster risk reduction and comprised a financial budget of 17 Mio \u20ac donations \u2219 Design: Ex-post-facto design with reflexive and shadow controls, mixed method approach of qualitative and quantitative data collection tools \u2219 Methodology: Desk Study, questionnaires, narrative and semi-structured interviews, workshops, observation.
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Germanwatch e.V. (Germany \/ Senegal)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 07\/2016 \u2013 10\/2016
\n<\/em>Senior Consultant to conduct the final evaluation of the Adaptation Fund NGO Network, funded by the International Climate Initiative<\/em> of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety \u2219 the evaluation seeks to assess the achievement of goals as well as impacts\/contributions of teh AF NGO Network \u2219 Design: Ex-post-facto design with reflexive and shadow controls, CEval approach for impact evaluation \u2219 Methodology: Desk Study, questionnaires, narrative and semi-structured interviews, focus group discussions, observation.<\/p>\n

KfW \/ GOPA \/ adelphi (Tanzania)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 03\/2016 \u2013 05\/2016
\n<\/em>Senior Consultant to conduct a Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment in Tanzania, for preparation of the project “Climate Change Adaptation in the Simiyu Region in Tanzania”, financed by GCF, KfW, German Government and Government of Tanzania \u2219 tasks comprise the collection, review and evaluation of existing climate data and models; the description of climate change development trends and socio-economic vulnerability of rural population; the assessment of mid- and long term impacts on agricultural production and livelihoods for rural people.<\/p>\n

Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe \/ Caritas International \/ adelphi (Guatemala)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10<\/em>\/<\/em>2015 \u2013 09\/2017<\/em>
\n<\/em>Senior Consultant to render technical, methodological and conceptual advice for a two years DRR project in Guatemala, funded by the German Federal Foreign Office \u2219 responsibilities include: facilitation of workshops for three local implementing partners and development of a practical tool box for community risk analysis, community action plans, small-scale mitigation projects \u2219 set-up of a PMER system \u2219 facilitation of coordination, communication and dialogue platforms with local, national and regional actors, government authorities, institutions and other stakeholders \u2219 systematization and documentation of the entire process see \u2219 project report \/ tool box.<\/a><\/p>\n

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (Bangladesh)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 04\/2015<\/em>
\n<\/em>Team Leader to conduct a mid-term evaluation assessing the relief and early recovery phases of the Floods 2014 Emergency Appeal operation, and deriving recommendations for follow up actions \u2219 Joint field assessment \u2219 Sector focus: shelter, WASH, livelihood, capacity building.<\/p>\n

German Red Cross (Bangladesh)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 02\/2014 \u2013 03\/2014<\/em>
\n<\/em>Elaboration of a pilot project proposal for German Federal Foreign Office (AA) on \u201cforecast based financing\u201d \u2219 Sector focus: climate change adaptation (CCA), community based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR), early warning, capacity building \u2219 Lead of a consortium involving various partners, i.a. WHH, WFP, OCHA, Red Cross Climate Center \u2219 strong inter-agency and government coordination \u2219 Submission successful.<\/p>\n

German Red Cross (Bangladesh)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/2014 \u2013 12\/2014<\/em>
\nElaboration of a project proposal under the DIPECHO VIII \/ HIP 2015 \u2219 Needs assessment \u2219 Strong coordination with in-country NGOs, government authorities and previous ECHO partners \u2219 Promoting linkages, advocacy and institutionalization within different Government departments \u2219 Sector focus: CBDRR, CCA, school based disaster preparedness, early warning, capacity building \u2219 Submission successful.<\/p>\n

German Red Cross (Pakistan)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\/2014 \u2013 11\/2014<\/em>
\n<\/em>Consultancy to support the preparatory work for the elaboration of an ECHO proposal under the ECHO HIP 2015 \u2219 Design and facilitation of a training on ECHO guidelines and criteria for the project team (Danish Red Cross, German Red Cross, Pakistan Red Crescent Society) \u2219 Support in defining the project idea \u201cSupport to IDPs and host communities in KP Province\u201d \u2219 Sector focus: basic health care, food security & nutrition, WASH, psycho-social support, capacity building.<\/p>\n

German Red Cross (Philippines)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 08\/2014 \u2013 09\/2014<\/em>
\n<\/em>Elaboration of a detailed program strategy and practical guidelines for the management of integrated livelihood, DRR and CCA activities within the organization\u2019s Haiyan Recovery intervention \u2219 needs assessments \u2219 Outputs: Practical guidelines to mainstream DRR and CCA activities in shelter, livelihood and WASH project activities; Practical guidelines to ensure the integrated nature of the program during all stages of the project-cycle \u2219 Data collection tools: Key Informant Interviews, design and facilitation of a workshop on integrated programming in three different program areas.<\/p>\n

German Red Cross (Pakistan)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 06\/2014 \u2013 07\/2014<\/em>
\n<\/em>Development of various project concepts for the delegation\u2019s portfolio and potential submission to German Government ministries \u2219 Needs assessments \u2219 strong inter-agency coordination with in-country NGOs and government authorities \u2219 Elaborated project ideas: Strengthening of the basic health infrastructure in KP Province; Humanitarian response to the current IDP crisis in KP Province; Improvement of food security and nutrition status of communities in Sindh province.<\/p>\n

German Red Cross (Philippines)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 01\/2014<\/em>
\n<\/em>Elaboration of an overarching recovery program proposal (GRC own funds) including different affected areas in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan \u2219 Integrated approach, covering the sectors of shelter, WASH (incl. rehabilitation of public infrastructure), resilient livelihood practices, DRR as well as organizational & capacity development \u2219 Needs assessment \u2219 Strong inter-agency and government coordination due to the scale of the disaster and the ongoing operations \u2219 Submission successful.<\/p>\n

Secretariat for Climate Farming \/ Welthungerhilfe (Burkina Faso) <\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\/2013 \u2013 11\/2013<\/em>
\nExecution of a real-time evaluation of the on-going pilot project and elaboration of a project document in continuation of the project, promoting the introduction, use and marketing structures of pyrolytic stoves \u2219 Needs assessment \u2219 Sector focus: deforestation, natural resource management, CCA and mitigation, energy, agriculture, market distribution and value chains.<\/p>\n

Provincial Capital of Potsdam (Germany)\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 07\/2013 \u2013 02\/2014<\/em>
\nQualitative mid-term evaluation of an inter-generational social welfare facility, aiming to\u00a0analyze the work of the organization three years after change of sponsorship \u2219 Identification of unused potential regarding content of offer, existing organizational structures and processes and development of improved solutions \u2219 Data collection and analysis tools applied: desk review, questionnaires, focus group discussions, key informant interviews, design and facilitation of workshops (e.g. Evaluation-Caf\u00e9), coding, visual presentation techniques \u2219 Thematic focus: child and youth \u2219 capacity building \u2219 organizational development.<\/p>\n

German Red Cross (Philippines)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 05\/2013<\/em>
\nElaboration of a project proposal for the German Government (BMZ) \u2219 Needs assessment \u2219 Sector focus: community based DRR (including safe schools), CCA, natural resource management, WASH, capacity building for local authorities and communities \u2219 submission successful.<\/p>\n

German Red Cross (Bangladesh)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/2012 \u2013 12\/2012<\/em>
\nTeam leader for the elaboration of an integrated early recovery project proposal for ECHO as a consortium of four Red Cross\/Red Crescent partners \u2219 Strong partnership management: Organization and facilitation of a joint field assessment as well as allocation and coordination of roles among partners \u2219 Sector focus: cyclone resistant shelter, WASH (including infrastructure), livelihood (cash for work), community based DRR, capacity building for local authorities, stakeholders and communities \u2219 submission successful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GIZ (Indonesia) \u00a0 12\/2025 \u2013 10\/2026 Semi-remote final central project evaluation (CPE) of the BMZ funded project \u201cAdaptive Social Protection, Indonesia” \u2219 evaluation design: theory based approach, contribution analysis, reconstruction of the theory of change (ToC) \u2219 sectors: Adaptive Social Protection, institutional capacity strengthening, livelihood. German Federal Foreign Office (global) \u00a0 10\/2025 \u2013 09\/2026 Team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":106,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":890,"href":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108\/revisions\/890"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leonakeyl.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}