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Shayamal Kumar Saha ( PhD)
International Development Consultant

Lot 16, Section 6, Queen Street , Regency Executive Homes , Dasmarinas, Cavite 4114, Philippines
Cell phone: + 63 -927 506818
Land Phone ( Home) (0063) (46) 414725
E-mail: shayamalsaha@gmail.com
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COMPETENCE TO PROVIDE CONSULTANCY AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Community participatory processes

Design and application of participatory assessment planning monitoring evaluation and learning processes in development including participatory rural appraisal , appreciative inquiry , multi-stakeholder participation processes, promotion of self-help, community managed disaster risk reduction , self-mobilized total village sanitation processes, promotion of local innovation, design and applications community process sustainability, Participatry Impact Asessment and Learning

Project/program management

Project cycle management including program strategy development, participatory needs assessment, and feasibility appraisal, project proposal writing including budget preparation, monitoring evaluation, MIS design and participatory project/program evaluation. Design and conduct action research in development of innovative approaches and methodologies in community development.

Organizational development and management

Assessment, design, conduction, evaluation of training (at community, national and international level) and development of innovative training and IEC materials including application of action-learning based training-action-reflection approach to capacity development. Strategic planning for policy advocacy, inter-organizational relationship, and network building Organizational development and management include organizational diagnosis, organizational strategic thinking -planning, leadership development, creating leaning organization and netwroks

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Nationality: Bangladeshi
Marital status: Married
Date of birth : February 10, 1960
Country of residence at present: Philippines



EDUCATION

PhD in Social Science , Tilburg University , Netherlands and The Taos Institute, USA : Obtained PhD in Social Science. The theoretical background of this Ph. D. study includes Postmodern Social Construction Meta Theory, Relational Epistemological Perspectives, Relational Construction Processes of Change Work, and Appreciative Inquiry. Dissertation: Promotion of Self-Help in Development and Social chace: Constructing non- subject -Object processes : experiential Learning Journey Towards Centering Interaction Process as Unit of Analysis and Locus of Development: Problem Solving and Appreciative Inquiry in Local Community Context)

Masters in International and Intercultural Management , School for International Training Brattleboro, VT, USA

With a focus of NGO leadership, management and community management promotion in development. Courses included:
• NGO management: systems an strategies
• NGO management : capacity building
• Financial resource management
• Inter-organizational relations: partnerships. networking , and collaboration
• NGO development and social change
• Policy development and advocacy
• International policies and citizens’ advocacy
• NGO leadership
• Training for transformation
• Intercultural management
• Conflict transformation
• Research methodology for development

Internship on Environmental Education Nehru Foundation for Development Ahamedabad, India


Masters in Accounting and Financial ManagementUniversity of Rajshahi , Bangladesh

AFFILIATIONS

• Adjunct Faculty , School for International Training (SIT), Vermont , USA as for the Academic Courses – (1) NGO Leadership Development and Social Change (2) Policy Advocacy
• Member of the International Support Team: Promoting Local Innovation , ETC- Eco-culture, Netherlands
• TAOS- Institute PhD Alumni
• Member of Alumni Association of Asian Health Institute, Japan

CONSULTANCY AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROFILE

June 2008 – October

• Catholic Relief Services and KARINA-KWI, Indonesia: Technical advice and training to developing a core team of trainers/facilitators in Caritas Family organizations networks through action learning based capacity development approach. Consolidate practice generated lessons into program and training curriculum.
• March 2008- February 2009 : International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) Philippines: Capacity Development of selected IIRR staff in application of Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction accompaniment process to other organizations in Asia.
• August 2007- September 2008 : Caritas Sibolga , Indonesia: Program and capacity development of Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction
• March 2008- December 2008 (On-going ) : Caritas Sibolga , Indonesia: Developing and testing an Innovative framework of Community Managed Livelihood Approach to Disaster Risk Reduction
• May 2009: Design and Conduct eveluaton of Save The Children UK Afghanistan Program on Child Focused Disasater and Emeregency Resposne Management
• Faciliate Trocare Timor Leste to Develop Capacity Development Program on Disaster Risk Reduction
  

2001-2002

• Partnership of Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation , CARE-Bangladesh , International Development Enterprise and DSCOH: Participatory Monitoring, Evaluation and Documentation for the Water and Sanitation Partnership project
• Village Education Resource Center Bangladesh: (A national scale NGO in Bangladesh) Facilitating lead of five years (2001-2005) Participatory Strategic Planning Process (PSP).

1998-2001

• Japan Red cross Society: Establishing community managed health clinics of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society supported by Japan Red Cross Society.
• Partnership of Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation , CARE-Bangladesh , International Development Enterprise and DSCOH: Community Management Promotion in Water and Sanitation Partnership Project (WPP) in Bangladesh implemented by the

2000

• Village Education Resource Center (VERC) supporter by WaterAid-England: Self-mobilized water and sanitation program in Bangladesh: A community Empowerment Approach: jointly with Kamal Kar, Participatory Development Consultant of India,

1999:

• World Bank, Bangladesh: Participatory Urban Appraisal (PUA) on Environmental Sanitation and Waste Management in Khulna City of Bangladesh, (this has now recognized as a successful approach in Bangladesh).

1996-1998:

• German Red Cross Society: Design and application of approach and tools (including PRA, PPP and PME) on Community Based Disaster Preparedness Program of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society which is applauded by the national and international community as a successful approach; received Guggenheim Award
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC): Design and application of PRA and Participatory Program Planning for sustainable Land Use for the Village and Farm Forestry Program (VFFP)
• Plan International-Bangladesh; Participatory Training Needs Assessment (PTNA) for capacity building of its staff in promotion of community managed health in Bangladesh.

1995

• Ministry of Environment, UNDP and ADAB-Bangladesh: Development and application of tools for peoples’ consultative planning process in preparing the “National Environment Management Action Plan” (NEMAP).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 2008 –Continuing ,
Independent Development Consultant

Since March 2008 I am working as independent development consultant and engaged in providing technical consultancy services to ( 1) International Institute of Rural Reconstruction-Philippines (2) Catholic Relief Services – Indonesia (3) KARINA-KWI, Indonesia, (4) Caritas Sibolga Indonesia ( 5) Trocaire- Timor Leste , and ( 6) Nas-Cambodia. For all these organizations, my technical and consultancy services include organizational capacity development in application of innovative approach to development in the field of disaster Risk Reduction and program management development. In all cases I am applying action learning approach to Capacity Development utilizing an effective strategy of Training- Action - Reflection – built in part of a program process.

January 2004-March 2008,
IIRR Philippines
Program Specialist , Organizational Learning, Leadership and Development

Program development related to leadership and organizational development. Project design proposal writing, design conduct and evaluate international training courses. Conduct and coordinate ‘NGO Leadership Development and Social Change’ courses as well as any other activities under Global Partnership (GP) program. Design and conduct action research in the field of participatory planning monitoring evaluation and learning, community managed disaster risk reduction, Appreciative Inquiry. Consultancy and technical assistance to development organizations in the field of strategic planning, sustainability planning, application of appreciative inquiry, design and application of participatory planning monitoring evaluation and learning approach in development projects and program. Documenting, packaging and sharing practice based learning in the forms of training materials.
Additional responsibility: Since January 2007 acting as interim in-charge for the finance and administration of the Regional Center for Asia of IIRR due to absence of the Regional Director. Further, I am performing a lead staff of IIRR for the program management of Global Partnership program on promoting local innovation in sustainable development, Mekong region and Indonesia- Timor Leste program development.


2002-2003 IIRR, Philippines
Training Specialist

Responsible for designing, conducting and coordination all training courses and other relevant activities under Global Partnership for NGO studies Education and Training program. Feasibility study of training program. Technical assistance to marketing training courses. Design, conduct and evaluate international training courses in the field of participatory approaches to development, participatory planning monitoring and evaluation, leadership organizational development and management. Design and conduct customized training courses, study programs, consultancy for other national and international development organizations.

August 1995-2001
DASCOH - Swiss Red Cross Mandated Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Program Officer

Development Association for Self-reliance Communication and Health (DASCOH) is a technical capacity development organization mandated by a Swiss Red Cross. Including obtaining its regal registration as an international organization, program and management development, I played key role in developing this organization. My major responsibilities included, facilitation strategic planning of the organization, detail program strategy development, program proposal development, preparation of projects, programs and organization budget and budgetary control, development of training and consultancy program for the programmatic and organizational capacity development for the partner organizations of Swiss Red Cross, SDC and other international organizations.

1987-July 1995
ADAB, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Program Officer, Training

Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh- a national apex body of NGOs in Bangladesh. As in-charge managing training and capacity building programs of ADAB. Responsibility includes, program planning, budgeting, designing conducting and evaluation training programs for the staff of NGOs. Advocacy for NGO Sector in Bangladesh.

1984-1987
PROVA , Baliakandi, Bangladesh
Community Organizer

Progressive Organization for Voluntary Activities (PROVA) was local NGOs in Bangladesh. My job responsibilities include formation of groups of poor male and female, savings mobilization, organizing and supervising functional literary centers for adult illiterate people, helping target groups in undertaking self-employment and income generation activates, and conducting leadership and group management training.

1984-2001
VORD My native village in Bangladesh
Founder and Chairman of the executive committee/board

Voluntary organization for Rural Development (VORD) is a local NGO which I founded in my own village in the year 1984 with my youth friends. I continued as chairman of the board but more importantly worked as active volunteer for developing this organization. I continued my voluntary activates since before my departure to Philippines in the year 2002. Activities included organizational strategy development, fund raising, program development, strategic direction and staff development.



PROFESIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS & ACCOMPLISHMENT

2008 – Independent Development Consultant

Training and Capacity Development

• Training & education development of a team of skilled facilitators of CMDRR in Caritas Sibolga , Codia Medan , Indonesia and Trocaire Partner Organizations in Timor Leste
• Development of core trainers-facilitators team at Caitas family organizations network at Indonesia and development of training capacity
• Facilitation of Caritas Organizations in Developing Facilitator 's manual s are (1) Training manual on Community Leadership an Organization Development in DRR (2) facilitator manual on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of CMDRR (3) Training manual on Family and community level emergency response preparedness.
• 2008: Designed a new framework ‘ Livelihood approach to Disaster Risk Reduction ; Prepared a facilitator manual and conducted training course for 12 Local partner NGO staff of Trocaire Timor Leste

Research

• Research Action Research on “ Action Learning Approach to Training and Capacity Development“

Program development and management

• Organizational/program development and management establishment of CMDRR program at Caritas Sibolga, Nias Indonesia and Cordia Medan , Indonesia
• Establishment of Community Managed Livelihood Approach to DRR program at Caritas Sibolga, Nias Indonesia

2002 -2007 IIRR-Philippines

Training & Capacity Development

• 2007: Working as a leading team members and contribute to development of a facilitators manual on the implementation of ‘Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction’ program.
• 2007: Participated in a month-long International Leadership Development Course Organized by Asian Health Institute-Japan; established relationship and contact with Japanese governmental, nongovernmental development organization as well as private companies providing development funding support.
• 2005: Design test and development of a manual on participatory impact assessment entitled “community Identified significant change”
• 2004: Contribute to design and conduct international training of trainer’s course on Participatory Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (PPME&L) for Lutheran World Relief (LWR) partner organizations.
• 2002- 2007: Design and conduction of about 12 international training courses participated by senior development managers, CEOs , trainers, researchers from Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and America.
• 2003: Prepare detail facilitators guide on a 3-week training course: NGO Leadership Development and Social Change.
• 2003: Develop facilitator’s guide for process documentation and lessons-learnt from the field operations.
• 2005: Design test and development of a manual on participatory impact assessment entitled “community Identified significant change”

Research

• Research 2004-2005: Conduct a participatory action research on “application of appreciative inquiry approach in promotion of self-help in development through multi-stakeholders participation process’ and package learning.
• 2005: Design and coordinate final project evaluation of USAID supported sustainable food security projects of World Vision Bangladesh
• 2006: Design and conduct first phase project-end evaluation of ‘Total Village Sanitation’ projects in Bangladesh implemented by Village Education Resource Center and Supported by WaterAid-Bangladesh

Program Development and Management

• 2002- 2006: Plan and implement Global Partnership for NGO Studies, Education and Training program at IIRR as new member of the partnership.
• 2007: Became program development lead of IIRR in Mekong River Region Counties ( Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) and Indonesia –Timor Lester as newly included geographic areas of IIRR’s operation
• 2007: Become program lead and management of Global Partnership for Promoting Local innovations for Sustainable Development and established 4 years program in Vietnam and Cambodia.
• 2007: Leading and development of IIRR’s accompaniment programs of learning based capacity development on Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction for 11 Caritas Family organizations in Indonesia and Timor Leste including 4 long-term accompaniment and capacity development projects generating organizational revenue of 1000000 US $ per year.

August 1995 -2001
DASCOH (Swiss Red Cross mandated organization ) Bangladesh

Training and education

• 1998-2001: Designed and test facilitating tool for establishing community managed health clinics of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society supported by Japan and German Red Cross Society.
• 1998-2001: Designed applied training manuals for the Community Management Promotion in Water and Sanitation Partnership Project (WPP) in collaboration with SDC, CARE, IDE and local NGOs.
• 1996: Designing and conducting Training of Facilitators (TOF) on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Participatory Planning Monitoring and Evaluation (PPME), for the NGO partners of Swiss Red Cross that contributed to develop facilitators of Participatory Development process at the grassroots NGOs.
• 1997: Designed and conducted Training of Trainers for the staff of Chakaria Health Care project of ICDDRB supported by Swiss Red Cross

Research

• Design and apply an approach and tool for Participatory Training Needs Assessment (PTNA) for Plan International-Bangladesh.
• 2001: Conducted a research on “Promotion of Self-reliant Community Organizations at the village level: Perceptions of members of SHO and the filed level facilitators.

Organizational/program development and management

• 2001-2002: Preparation of Monitoring, Evaluation and Documentation manuals for the Water and Sanitation Partnership project.
• 2001: Facilitating VERC’s (A national scale NGO in Bangladesh) five years (2001-2005) Participatory Strategic Planning Process (PSP).
• 2001: Acted as core team members to design and organize national scale conference on “Self-help: be part of it “organized in collaboration with DASCOH, Plan International, UNDP, SRC, JRC and ICDDRB.
• 2000: Self-mobilized water and sanitation program in Bangladesh: A community Empowerment Approach: Tool designed jointly with Kamal Kar, Participatory Development Consultant of India, for determining Area Specific Approach for a Greater Community Participation in Water and Sanitation Program for Village Education Resource Center (VERC) supporter by WaterAid-England.
• 1995-2001: Actively worked with SRC delegates (Peter Eppler and Adele Birling) to develop all DASCOH Project Proposals and Budgets during the period of 1995-2001.
• 1999: Designed and applied an effective tool for Participatory Organizational Analysis Process (POAP) through integration of the concept of Learning Organization and PRA tools.
• 1999: Designed a module of Participatory Strategic Planning (PSP) including application of PRA at various steps of PSP process
• 1995-1996: Working with SRC delegate (Peter Eppler) to set DASCOH office in Dhaka, and development of service policy, office management procedures.
• 1999: Conducting Participatory Urban Appraisal (PUA) on Environmental Sanitation and Waste Management in Khulna City of Bangladesh, for the World Bank, this has now recognized as a successful approach in Bangladesh.
• 1997-1998: Design and application of PRA and Participatory Program Planning tools for sustainable Land Use for the Village and Farm Forestry Program (VFFP) of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
• 1996-1998: Design and application of approach and tools (including PRA, PPP and PME) on Community Based Disaster Preparedness Program of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society supported by German Red Cross Society which is applauded by the national and international community as a successful approach.
• 1995: Writing the first proposal of DASCOH to Swiss Red Cross , processing application, obtaining clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs and finally registration of DASCOH from the NGO affairs bureau.
• 1997: Designed and conducted Training of Trainers for the staff of Chakaria Health Care project of ICDDRB supported by Swiss Red Cross

July 1987 :-July 1995
ADAB, Bangladesh

Training & education

• 1995: Contributed to the development and application of tools for peoples’ consultative planning process in preparing the “National Environment Management Action Plan” (NEMAP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, UNDP and ADAB.
• 1987-1994: Facilitated various Training Workshops on Village Based Organization Building, Participatory Needs Assessment and Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Participatory Strategic Planning, Leadership Development, Promotion of Self-help for Development, Training of Trainers, ZOPP, Visualization in Participatory Planning VIPP, Organizational Development and Management, and Project Planning and Management.
• 1993-1994: Design and conduct training on self-help saving and credit management to cluster village project of Bangladesh Red C resent Society funded by Swiss Red Cross.

Research

• 1991: Design and conduct training needs assessment of local NGOs in Bangladesh

Organizational/Program development and management

• 1991-1995: Project planning , budgeting and management of ADAB’s training program on ‚Development of Local NGOs in Bangladesh.

1987- 2001:Voluntary Activities as Chairman of the Executive Board with Voluntary Organization for Rural Development (VORD) in my native village, Bangladesh

While in my own country Bangladesh, I have founded and established an NGO in my own locality; Voluntary Organization for Rural Development. Starting in the year 1987 since 2001 (before coming to Philippines), besides my Job, I founded and provided facilitative leadership for a band of young dedicated people to establish this organization. While developing this organization I have learned and contributed to strategic planning for organizational development, writing grant proposals and mobilizing fund form the donor agencies, tracking grant reporting, organizational and project budgeting and budget control. At present, the organization is established with a number of 100 paid staff. It has a well-equipped training center in my native village. Many NGO leaders, donors form Europe and USA visited this organization. My contributions were:

• 1987- 1995: Designed and conducted several training for the volunteer and staff VORD
• 1989: Development of Functional Health Literacy curriculum/primer and teacher’s guide
• 1988: Formation and development of a folk performance team to apply folk songs and theater in community health and related development education
• 1991-1995: Designed and piloted Village Development Committee Approach as a community organization model in the context of rural Bangladesh for promotion of self-help and community management promotion in development in my own village through VORD. This VDC model is now replicating in a larger scale by international NGOs and bilateral projects in Bangladesh
• 1987-1989: Foundling , initiating and obtaining approval of VORD from the department of social services, and foreign donation registrations of NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh
• 1989- 1992: Facilitate VORD in development of organizational strategic plan, setting organizational structure, human resource and financial management policy guidelines as well as various program management guides
• 1991-1995: Project planning , budgeting and management of ADAB’s training program on ‚Development of Local NGOs in Bangladesh.
• 1989-1995: Facilitated VORD ‘s program and resource growth and obtaining finical support from Asia Partnership for Human Development (APHD), Swiss Red Cross (SRC), Overseas Development Administration (APHD), and partnership programs with BRAC, PROSHIKA, NGO Forum for DWSS.

GRANT MAKING

• 1989 Asia Partnership for Human Development: Wrote project proposal an obtained 5 years funding for our village NGO-VORD to implement project on community organizations building and awareness creation.
• 1991-95 Overseas Development Administration (ODA) (later Bangladesh Population and Health Consortium): Wrote proposal of 2 phases of a project on ‘reproductive health care ‘and obtained funding support for our village NGO-VORD
• 1991-1995 Swiss Red Cross: Wrote proposal of 3 phases of a project on ‘participatory human and health development ‘and obtained funding support for our village NGO-VORD
• 1998 Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation: Designed proposal of community management promotion component of water sanitation partnership project and obtained fund for capacity building of 16 partner NGOs and government department of public Health in Bangladesh to apply project processes
• 2005 New Zealand Aid : Contribute to design watershed development proposals for IIRR and obtained funding support
• 2006 DGIC-Netherlands: A 4-year ( 2007-2010) Proposal design and obtain funding on facilitating National forum in Cambodia and Vietnam to promote local innovations in Sustainable Development
• 2007- Caritas family organizations of Indonesia and Timor Leste : Writing 4 long-term (2 years) bidding technical accompaniment proposals and obtained funding support from Catholic Relief services, and Caritas Italy to develop capacity of Caritas Family organizations working in Disaster Risk Reduction programs in Indonesia and Timor Leste
• 1995-2005: Funding for consultancy and training: Designed many short and long term consultancy and training proposal and obtained funding from several international organizations and funding agencies

INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL EXPOSURE

While working with DASCOH I have worked with many good colleagues from Switzerland, Germany, Japan, and Nepal. I had several opportunities to accompany visits of Swiss Red Cross Head Quarters Staff and Mission. For my second Masters Degree study in USA I had opportunity to stay and work with students from many countries of North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. For IIRR- Philippines I worked with colleagues from Philippines, Canada, America, India, Kenya, Uganda, and Nigeria. International training course I coordinate and conduct are participated by nationalities of Asia, Africa, America ,Europe and Latin America.

Country visited

As part of my professional exposure through implementation of development programs, conducting and participating training , workshop seminars I have visited and stayed in foreign countries include (1) America (2) Cambodia (3) China (4) England (5) Germany (6) India (7) Indonesia (8) Japan ( 9) Kenya (10) Laos (11) Nepal (12) Netherlands (13) Senegal, (14) Thailand and (15) Timor Leste .

Project works in foreign countries

• Philippines- 2002-continuing: Conducting participatory action research program in village communities of Bicol region to promote Participatory Local Governance
• Cambodia- 2005-Continuing: Working with a national multi-stakeholder forum ( NGO, Government agency and research Institutions) to promote local innovations for sustainable natural resource management
• Indonesia-January 2007- Continuing: Long-term accompaniment to program and capacity development of Caritas family organizations in Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR)

PAPERS & PUBLICATIONS

Press printed books

• Functional Health Literacy curriculum for the illiterate adult (1995), published by Voluntary Organization for Rural Development (VORD)
• Co-author of the Facilitators Manuals (a series of 4 volumes) on Community Management Promotion in Development (2000), in Water and Sanitation Partnership Project, published by DASCOH as programme operational and facilitating guidelines for the Local NGOs in Bangladesh.
• Co-author :Training modules on Strengthening Self--Help organizations (2000), published by DASCOH
• Co-author :Training modules on Rural Leadership and Development (1997), published by DASCOH
• Co-author : Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) on health: A report of training of Trainers (1997), published by DASCOH
• Co-author: Building Resilience Community: Training Manual on ‘Community Managed disaster Risk Reduction (2007), Published by IIRR and Cordaid, Netherlands.

Published articles /papers in conference documents and reports

• Article: Participatory Rural Appraisal an Approach to Community Management Promotion in Urban Waste Management: Presented in the Regional Workshop of the World Bank, November 1999, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Article : Co-author: Community Management Promotion in Rural Water and Sanitation through Village Based Self-help Organizations: International Water and Sanitation Conference
• Article: “So you attended an IIRR course, so what? Creating and sustaining value–driven NGO leadership” Published in IIRR annual report 2003
• Article: “Decentralized planning and action in upland community: Garayon made significant increase of contraceptive users” Published in IIRR annual report 2004
• Report: Promoting Local Innovation in Ecologically Oriented Agriculture & Natural Resource Management: Report to the 3rd Program Committee Meeting of Global Forum for Agricultural Research of FAO. International Convention Center, Beijing, China , November 28-29, 2007
• Evaluation research findings: “Moving up the sanitation ladder: A participatory study of the drivers of sustainability and progress in Community Led Total Sanitation” (March 2008) . In JWicken. J.. , Verhagen J. et al . Jointly Publication of International Water and Sanitation center , Netherlands and Wateraid , London
• Promotion of Self-Help in Development and Social Change : Constructing non subject-Object Processes " ( September 2009). PhD Dessertaion published by Tilburg University Netherlands
  

Unpublished practice based cases , stories and tools used in international training and technical support

• Case story: ‘Towards Good Local Governance in Development: Enhancing Participation Through Self-Help Promotion;’ documented in the year 2004 and used in IIRR’s international training course on Participatory Approach to Development Management.
• Case story: Co-constructed Unity and Struggle between Positive and Negative: Appreciative Inquiry in an Economically Poor Rural Community of Philippines. Written in March 2006, selected for forthcoming IIRR Journal
• Case story: “Start With What They Know-Build On What They Have: Appreciative Stories in Community Development” written in January 2006 and used in IIRR’s international training course on Participatory Monitoring an Evaluation
• Case story: “Writeshop a unique approach to document practice based learning links social and organizational learning”- written February 2006, selected for IIRR annual report 2005
• Tool: ‘Community Identified Significant Change (CISE) a guide to conduct participatory project impact identification; developed in the year 2005 and used in IIRR’s international Participatory Monitoring an Evaluation
• Case story: ‘From Relief to Preparedness: Community based Disaster Preparedness (CBDP) at Coastal Belt of Bangladesh- Written in 2004 and presented in Asian Disaster Preparedness Center , Bangkok ,Thailand
• Manual: “Tool for documenting processes and lessons learnt” complete guide developed in the year 2003. Used in IIRR’s newly development International Course on “Managing Learning in Development Organizations
• Case story: ‘Designed Process Approach Centered Training (DPACT) For Capacity Building in Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction In Post Disaster Communities: A Case of Bangladesh.
• Tool kit: “Participatory Capacity and Vulnerability Assessment (PCVA) : A Facilitator guide to assess vulnerabilities and capacities of community to plan disaster risk reduction.; developed in the year 2005 and used in IIRR’s international training Course on facilitating Community Managed Disasters Risk reduction
• Facilitator’s guide: Participatory Appraisal and Feasibility study on the Livelihood Approach to Disaster risk Reduction” for the partner organizations of Trocaire Timor Leste - Prepared in December 2007.
• Traning Curriculm: A total 7 Manuls to facilitate development of " Community Managed Disasater Reduction Program ( 2009) , Catholic Relief Services , Indoensia and National Caritas Indoensia
  

HONOURS, AWARDS, & OFFICE

• 2007: 5 years of Services-Best staff: IIRR Crest
• 2007: Alumni Association: Asian Health Institute, Japan
• 2007: Asian Health Institute Scholarship to Participate International Leadership Development Seminars
• 1987-1995 Chairman of the Board; Voluntary Organization for Rural development
• 1997-2001 Member of the Advisory Board of Caritas Development Institute, Bangladesh
• 2004-2005 Member, South East Asia Disaster Management Practitioners Group
• 1995-Continuing Center for Environmental Education Alumni Association
• 1976 Student of Merit of the Government Edward College, Pabna, Bangladesh – (Full Scholarship for Higher Secondary Education)
• 1982 Provost’s award of good caretaker; Habibur Rahman Hall , Rajshahi University
• 1995 Commonwealth scholarship for environmental study in Nehru foundation - India
• 2001 SIT financial aid for Master’s study
• 2001 Village people’s award: laid a stone in my village by my name as founder of the local NGO (people of my village did it before my departure to Philippines.
• 2007 The Taos Institute (USA) Partial Financial Aid for the PhD study

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

English: Fluent in both writing and speaking

Bengali: Fluent in both writing and speaking

Hindi : listening / understanding meaning and little speaking

Urdu: listening / understanding meaning and little speaking



TRAINING COURSES CONDUCTED

• NGO Leadership Development and Social Change: ( GP course)- International Courses
• Organizational Behavior: -International Courses
• Organizational Development and Management: - National – Bangladesh
• Training of Trainers: National – Bangladesh and International Courses
• Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction: - International Courses
• Participatory Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation : National – Bangladesh and International Courses
• Training of Facilitators on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA): National – Bangladesh
• Goal Oriented Project Planning: National – Bangladesh
• Project Proposal Development and Budgeting : National – Bangladesh and International participants
• Participatory Strategic Planning: National – Bangladesh
• Organizational Learning for Development Action: International Courses