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Rode Kruis-VlaanderenCountry Representative/ Project Manager
Mar. 2024 - Mar. 2026Ouagadougou- Responsible for the overseeing of project activities and objectives within the specified time frame and in a qualitative manner;
- Monitoring the quality of the implementation of activities within the framework of your projects (training, awareness-raising, distribution, etc.) and support Belgian Red Cross Flanders in its day-to-day management of the project;
- Ensuring compliance with all the partner's internal procedures (logistics/administration/finance); - Acquiring a good understanding of Belgian Red Cross Flanders strategic priorities and operational capacities;
- Supporting and facilitating Belgian Red Cross Flanders’ expertise missions in Burkina Faso;
- Ensuring the timeliness and quality of all financial reports, both within Belgian Red Cross Flanders and with regard to donors;
- Managing the budget, i.e. ensuring that project activities are carried out within budget or, if necessary, adjust the budget in accordance with the applicable rules;
- Constantly assuring that there is a clear overview of achievements, forecasts and the budget;
- Ensuring the punctuality and quality of quarterly narrative reports on the content and progress of the programme;
- Representing Belgian Red Cross Flanders to external stakeholders such as embassies, government institutions, other NGOs, etc;
- Responsible for the overall management of the delegation (both from a material and financial point of view).
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)Coordonnatrice du domaine de responsabilités VBG
Jun. 2022 - May. 2023Burkina FasoResponsible for the development of services offered by the Sub Cluster on Gender Based Violence (GBV) within the humanitarian system of Burkina Faso, such as: - Updating of the GBV referral circuits in each region of intervention (5 regions) - Updating the mapping for the prevention and management of GBV in each region on a quarterly basis - Updating the IEC (Information, Education and Communication) materials with an emphasis on positive messages and non-violence
- Training on the basic principles of GBV and the 5W matrix for members of the Sub Cluster on GBV Responsible for the internal and external coordination of the Sub Cluster on GBV:
- Organising monthly meetings, produce and share minutes (including extraordinary meetings and meetings of the Strategic Advisory Group)
- Regularly exchanging with the coordinators of the 5 sub-offices in the 5 regions
Implementation of the GBV Sub Cluster activities for the year 2022-2023:
- Overseeing the implementation of the activities of the 2022 annual work plan (action plan) of the members of the Sub Cluster on GBV
- Implementing a budgeted work plan of coordination activities of the Sub Cluster on GBV
- Participating in humanitarian coordination meetings: meetings of the Cluster on Protection led by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency; of the Humanitarian Coordination (OCHA), etc…
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbHConseillere Technique Principale PRO Enfant
Jun. 2018 - Jun. 2022Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoProject manager of the German Development Cooperation's project on child protection in Burkina Faso.
The PRO Enfant project focuses on supporting the governement in its mission to protect children from the worst forms of child labour, trafficking, female genital mutilations, child marriage and unwanted pregnancies.
- Project manager with general competence: project manager of a team of about 30 people, with an office in Ouagadougou and sub-offices in Fada (East) and Gaoua (South West)
- Project value of 4 million Euros, implemented through institutional and programmatic support to the Ministry of Women, National Solidarity, the Family and Humanitarian Action (MFSNFAH) in Burkina Faso. - In charge of the financial management of the project, quarterly and annual reporting to both the supervising state partner (MFSNFAH) of the Burkinabe state and to the supervising ministry in Germany (BMZ, Federal Ministry for Development and Economic Cooperation), and monitoring of the proper implementation of activities
- Responsible also for all issues related to the administration of the project, procurement, provision of services (short-term consultancy contracts etc.), logistics and improvement of working conditions of staff, and also for taking into account the security risk in the way of continuing to implement activities.
- In charge of the role of Lead Partner at the technical level of the Cadre de Concertation Genre (CCG) since July 2019 and until September 2021: Speaking at official ceremonies relating to women's rights (8 March 2020), organisation with the Burkinabe state partner of the General Assembly of the SP CONAP Genre (Permanent Secretariat of the National Council for Gender Promotion) in October 2020, organisation in December 2020 of the High Level Dialogue between the GCC and the Minister for Women (MFSNFAH), monthly organisation of the restricted and enlarged gender consultation frameworks with the 35/40 members of the CCG
Médecins du MondeTechnical and Advocacy Coordinator
May. 2017 - May. 2018Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoCoordinator of Medecins du Monde France’s advocacy work on access to safe and legal abortion in 6 countries in francophone Africa + Haiti, within a program co financed by the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD).
- Technical support provided to the 6 country programmes and teams (Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Haiti, Madagascar, Niger and Democratic Republic of Congo) in the development of these country teams’ national advocacy on SRH and access to safe and legal abortion (aiming at the construction of a regional and program wide advocacy strategy on the issue), support in providing training on advocacy techniques on SRHR and access to safe and legal abortion etc…
- Preparation with teams in the field of technical support visits to run training sessions on advocacy on SRHR and access to safe and legal abortions, visit of country program activities and work meetings with local NGO counterparts (parliamentarians, youth ambassadors on family planning).
- Team writing of responses to calls for proposals to seek additional funding for country programmes: Amplify Change funds for Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire.
- Representation of MdM France in regional fora on sexual and reproductive health rights and access to family planning: annual meeting of the Ouagadougou partnership in Conakry in December 2017, WAHO (West African Health Organization) annual meeting of national programmes on Mother, Child, Newborn and Adolescent health in Freetown, November 2017 in order to give visibility to best practices in country programmes.
UNFPA WCARO | West and Central AfricaInternational Consultant (home-based)
Nov. 2016 - May. 2017Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoCompleted a four-country study on child marriage and adolescent pregnancy for UNFPA WCARO (West and Central Africa Regional Office), Dakar, Senegal. The study focuses on trying to understand some encouraging results that were registered in the 4 countries in question - Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia and Senegal- on advancing the age of marriage and the age at first pregnancy/live birth of young women.
Based on this analysis, the study will detect good practices and formulate recommendations for other countries with similar issues in comparable socio-cultural settings.
UNICEFConsultant Child Protection
May. 2014 - Jun. 2016Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoWorking with the UNICEF team and with a number of government counterparts on strengthening the efforts to abandon the practice of child marriage in the country. - Acted as focal point for UNICEF in the Protection Section of the country office towards governmental partners, and in particular the Ministry of Social Action and National Solidarity (MASSN) as well as with other UN agencies and NGOs working on the issue;
- Supported government partners in organizing a drafting workshop in Koudougou in October 2014 in order to draft a National Strategy and Action Plan on abandonment of child marriage in cooperation with MASSN, UNFPA and Plan International;
- Coordinated the support to MASSN, as lead ministry on the issue, in organizing the launch of the national campaign for the abandonment of child marriage (as part of the campaign of the African Union on abandoning child marriage), which took place on 3rd March in Dori, Sahel Region;
- Prepared the TORs and followed the recruitment of a team of consultants in order to carry out a study on child marriage in the Sahel region, which will start end 2015.
UNFPAProgram Analyst, UNFPA UNICEF Joint Programme on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Jun. 2012 - Mar. 2014New York, NY, USA- Since 1st June 2012, working with the Coordinator of the UNFPA-UNICEF Joint Programme (JP) on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in UNFPA HQ in NYC. - Key functions focus on evidence, knowledge development and dissemination activities, such as the production of reports documenting the results and challenges of the JP for advocacy, evaluation and fundraising purposes, such as the UNFPA-UNICEF JP Annual Report 2011, the report of the International Conference on Research, Health Care and Preventive Measures for FGM/C and the Strengthening of Research in Africa (Nairobi, October 2011).
- Another key area of work are capacity development activities (RBM, comprehensive strategy for M&E).
- Finally, activities related to strategic results support to the FGM/C programme (help developing AWPs and using programme indicators) are another key area of work.
- Took the lead in compiling a case study on mainstreaming of human rights in programming in Senegal for the Human Rights Mainstreaming Mechanism of the United Nations Development Group, using the UNFPA-UNICEF JP on FGM/C as the illustration for the case study, working with UNFPA’s Human Rights Advisor.
UNFPAProgram Officer ICPD Secretariat Beyond 2014
Dec. 2011 - May. 2012New York, NY- Active involvement in the preparation of technical meetings that are part of the Operational Review of the ICPD: interagency technical meeting on Indicators in NYC on 6-8 February 2012, preparation of the meeting with African NGOs on the ICPD OR to be held in Accra, Ghana on 5-9 March 2012, Global Youth Forum to be held in Bali, Indonesia, in December 2012.
- Collected data within UNFPA and other UN agencies (WHO and UNDP) to create a worldwide mapping table of UNFPA presence, in order to detect areas of the world where UNFPA will have to rely on sister agencies (WHO and UNDP) to cover countries where it does not have presence during potential data collection exercises. - Drafted the Coordination Secretariat’s Office Management Plan 2012 and Annual Work Plan 2012.
UNFPAGender and HIV program officer, Female Genital Mutilations Focal Point
Oct. 2009 - Dec. 2011Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoIn charge of improving gender sensitive programming within UNFPA's projects, especially projects related to prevention of HIV/AIDS in certain populations and delivery of sexual and reproductive health services, targeting youth and women in particular. Also working on disaggregating data from the national 2006 census into gender sensitive data, in order to make sure programming of activities relies on reliable statistical data on Burkina Faso's population, which is characterized by high birth rates.
From February 2011 on, served as focal point for the joint UNFPA-UNICEF programme on Female Genital Mutilations, implemented in Burkina Faso in 2009. Contributed on drafting the 2011 workplan, planning and budgeting activities in cooperation with government counterparts, planning missions (Annual review in March 2011 in Senegal, Monitoring and Evaluation Planning Meeting in September 2011 in the Gambia), etc...
UNODCProgram Officer Drug use and HIV, Vientiane, Lao PDR
Jul. 2006 - Jun. 2009Leads the design and monitoring of rural development and poverty alleviation projects aimed at former opium poppy growing communities in Northern Laos in partnership with other UN organizations, bilateral donors and NGOs. Role includes drafting and editing of project documents to deliver improved services in infrastructure and agricultural extensions to impoverished communities and liaising with management in the Country Office and in Headquarters to ensure achievement of project goals.
Permanent Representation of Luxembourg to the UN, New YorkHuman rights expert
Sep. 2003 - Jul. 2005Liaised and informed the human rights desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg of developments in human rights issues at the United Nations’ General Assembly and Third Committee of the General Assembly in New York Headquarters, and of the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council situated in Geneva Headquarters of the United Nations. Represented the member states of the European Union during Luxembourg’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union from January until June 2005 and drafted and negotiated Third Committee resolutions and official statements on behalf of the European Union on matters relating to social issues and human rights.
Grand Ducal Palace, Luxembourg, Cabinet of the Marshall of the CourtAssistant to the Marshall of the Court
Oct. 2002 - Feb. 2003Drafted press reviews, research papers, wrote briefs, speeches and shorts messages for their Royal Highnesses the Grand-Duke and the Grand-Duchess of Luxembourg, on topics including European issues, current Luxembourg issues and gender and children issues in the developing world.
European CommissionIntern
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2000Mapping NGOs targeting international organizations such as World Bank, IMF etc...in their criticism of the modern capitalist system, and study their rhetorics.
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