Proposals / Publications / Presentations
PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE
Dates |
Country |
Title and sector of proposal |
Type of proposal (APS, RFA, DAP, etc.) |
Donor Role/ $$ successfully funded |
Organization |
| 2009 |
Liberia |
"Multi-Year Assistance Proposal" |
USAID/ Food For
Peace |
External technical reviewer/ editor- proposal pending approval |
Mercy Corps |
| 2009 |
Sierra Leone |
"Multi-Year Assistance Proposal" |
USAID/ Food For
Peace |
Researcher, designed proposal approach based on field-visit
proposal pending approval |
ACDI/VOCA with IMC |
| 2009 |
Haiti |
Emergency food security proposal concept paper |
USAID/ Food For
Peace |
External technical reviewer/ editor - proposal
approved |
CARE |
| 2008 |
Malawi |
"Multi-Year Assistance Proposal" |
USAID/ Food For
Peace |
External technical reviewer/ editor- proposal not approved |
Mercy
Corps and Land O'Lakes |
| 2007 |
Uganda and DRC |
“Multi-Year Assistance Proposal” |
USAID/ Food for Peace |
External technical reviewer/ editor - proposal pending approval |
Mercy Corps/ International Medical Corps |
2006 |
Ethiopia and Ivory Coast |
“New Partner’s Initiative, Technical Proposal” |
U.S. Dept of State/ PEPFAR |
Lead developer - $12 million |
Geneva Global |
2006 |
Kenya |
KUSARD “Women, Families and HIV/AIDS” |
RFP from The Collaborative Fund for HIV/AIDS Treatment, Preparedness |
Lead developer - pending |
KUSARD (Kenyan NGO) |
2005 |
Kenya |
Food Security / food aid |
USAID’s Multi - Year - Assistance - Programs |
Lead Technical Reviewer - approved, praised by USAID but unfunded due to budget cuts |
Catholic Relief Services |
2000
-01 |
Kosovo/FRY |
Various proposals to the ICRC |
Internal Red Cross funding requests |
Lead developer - $20,000-$50,000 |
ARC |
1995
-2002 |
Pan-Africa e.g. Ethiopia, Malawi, Zambia, Rwanda, Gambia, Benin), Balkans (Kosovo, Macedonia), C. Asia, some Central America (Guatemala)/ Caribbean (Haiti) |
Multiple Development Activities Proposals, Emergency Operation Proposals for USAID – FFP and PVC (1995-1999 at CRS and 1999-2002 at ARC) + 2 TAPs (now Development Relief Proposals) for USAID at CRS. Many Food For Progress USDA (1999-2001 at ARC) |
USAID and USDA: Development Activities Proposals (DAP), Transition Activities Proposals, Food for Progress (FFProgress) |
Sectoral Food Security input + parts of problem statement, integration w/other sectors, M&E plan/ indicator, results reporting -- $3-30 million |
Catholic Relief Services, American Red Cross |
2002 and 1998 |
PVO - global |
ISAs at CRS and ARC |
Institutional Support Agreements for USAID |
Sectoral input at CRS and Lead developer at ARC - $500,000 |
CRS, ARC |
2001 |
Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, India |
GAP HIV/AIDS proposal for “Care and Support” – based on RFA from USAID |
Multi-year grant from USAID – collaboration with CDC |
Co-lead - $3 million |
ARC |
PUBLICATIONS
EXTERNAL REPORTS/ PAPERS
Published "A Wealth of Knowledge: Case Studies in Learning From a PVO's Most Precious Assets" article in Monday Developments with G. McAuliffe http://www.scribd.com/doc/17003730/MDDec2008
“Armenia Food Security Assessment”, Food Aid Management Food Forum newsletter, IV Q, 2001. Washington, DC
Field tools: “ARC Food Security Proposal Review Checklists and Tools”, “Food Ration Calculation Exercise”, “White Paper”. 2001 and in http://www.foodaid.org/food3.htm
"Red Cross' Humanitarian Mission to Assist the Most Vulnerable -- Safety Nets Programs and The American Red Cross." Food Aid Management Food Forum Newsletter, II Q, 2000. Washington, DC
“Food security” chapter in CRS PRA/RRA Manual, Spring 1999. Baltimore, MD.
“Food Security Workshop: Developing Best Practices for Design and Implementation of Food Security Programs” 1999.
“Toward a conceptual framework of household ‘coping’ – reflections from rural West Africa” Co-authored with Alayne Adams and Rainer Sauerborn, Harvard’s Center for Population and Development. Africa. Vol 68, No. 2. Fall 1998
“NGO recommendation for U.S. Action Plan on Food Security: Mini-paper #13 – ‘Food aid to promote food security’’’. Food Forum (FAM). With Ellen Levinson and TJ Ryan. Nov/Dec 1997, Washington, DC.
“Monetization – Links to Food Security?’’’ Relief and Rehabilitation Network Series, ODI. With Amy MacNeil and Steve Loeggering. November 1996. London: UK
“Foreign Aid Cuts - Food Security Effects’’ Bread for the World Annual Report. With Kim Miller. 1996. Silver Spring, MD.
“Listening to One’s Clients: A Case Study of Mali’s Famine Early Warning System (SAP) and Rural Producers”. PhD thesis at the Fletcher School 1994.
"Five Malian Villages During the 'Soudure': Counter- Seasonal Coping Strategies Observed" Disasters. March 1992. London: UK.
INTERNAL REPORTS/ PAPERS
American Red Cross Programming Guidance – Food/ Nutrition Discussion Papers: “Food Security and HIV/AIDS” (#3, 2003)
“Rapid Rural Appraisal at the American Red Cross – Lessons Learned from Armenia and Kenya” (#2, 2002)
“American Red Cross: Analysis of the Costs & Benefits of Launching a Micronutrient Program” co-authored with Susan Burger and Edith Cheung (#1, 2002)
CRS Small Enterprise Development Occasional Paper Series for Issues in Program Design:
“Understanding the Link: Poverty Lending and Food Security” (#3);
“Reaching the Poorest: Poverty Lending and Food Security” (#4);
“Targeting Women: Poverty Lending and Food Security” (#5); MD, Catholic Relief Services. September to November 1997
“Survey of Title II General Relief and Other Child Feeding Programs in Ethiopia and Kenya”. With David Payton. Catholic Relief Services. June 1995
“Livelihood Security Assessment” CARE- Mali Agriculture and Natural Resources Projects. CARE International. December 1995
Reviewer:
SPHERE chapters on Food Security (2003) as well as on Food Aid and Nutrition (1998).
Weiss, William, Paul Bolton, Anita Shakar. 2000. “CERTI Crisis and Transition Tool Kit, RAPID ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES (RAP): Addressing the Perceived Needs of Refugees & Internally Displaced Persons through Participatory Learning and Action.” 2nd edition, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.
EXTERNAL PRESENTATIONS
Presentation on Appreciative Inquiry at Society for International Development's Knowledge Management group, 12/09 http://www.microlinks.org/multimedia/SID_AI/player.html
Rice Bowl Dinner for CRS “Hunger in Africa” – Washington, DC April 2006.
Peace Corps. “Women: Building Communities and Dreams”- Washington, DC Mar 2006.
Feinstein International Famine Center, Tufts University. "Food Aid/Food Security at ARC" -- Medford, MA. Nov 2000
Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy- Panelist at Alumni/ New Student events 1999-2001
US Dept of Agriculture, Dairy Producer’s Forum: ‘CRS and food aid’ – DC.Oct 1998
AAAS, PVOs in Development: ‘CRS and Food Security' – Wash, DC. Sept 1998
USDA, Women and Agriculture: ‘Ethics’ – Washington DC. June 1998
Lutheran World Relief/ InterAction, African Food Security Forum – Wash, DC. Mar 1998
InterAction, Global Forum on World Food Summit - Wash, DC. May 1997
UNICEF, Office of Emergency Programs – New York NY. Jan 1995
John F. Kennedy School of Government- Harvard University, International Environmental Institutions Seminar – Cambridge MA. May 1993
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