The World BankShort term consultant (STC), sociologist
Feb. 2020 - Oct. 2022RomaniaQualitative field researcher on Consolidating the Coordination Mechanism to Implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities project. Collecting qualitative data for the Diagnosis of the Situation of People with Disabilities in Romania for the “employment” and ”social protection”, conducting interviews with stakeholders, institutions, entrepreneurs, persons with disabilities, draft detailed interview key points. Qualitative and quantitative field research on Support to Speed Up the Transition of People with Disabilities from Residential Institutions to Community-Based Services project, I carried out external evaluation of community services using external evaluation instruments, interviews and questionnaires with beneficiaries, and external evaluation of residential services using observation forms, interviews with beneficiaries and staff from these institutions. In total, I evaluated 37 community and residential services, conducting more than 250 interviews/questionnaires.
Research activities in the “Progress in ensuring the transition from institutional care to community care” project, I carried out coordination and training activities, supporting local public administration members in their fieldwork necessary to complete the activities set out by the project. I offered detailed training on research instruments and supported local authorities in completing the project database, ensured support for the field operators; trained and coordinated the data entry team responsible for more than 12.000 questionnaires, coordinated data validation team.