CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Date of birth: Nationality: Marital Status: Sex: Present Address: EDUCATION: Institution Date Degree

obtained Institution Date Degree obtained Institution Date Degree obtained KEY COMPETENCES Project management Proposal writing/ fundraising Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Environmental Impact Assessment/Audit Quantitative and qualitative research methods Report writing Computer literacy Maseno University 2011 - present Ph. D Climate Change Adaptation in progress Egerton University 2004-2009 Msc. Environmental Science (Thesis on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation) Kenyatta University 1987- 1990: B.Sc. (Hons), Biological Sciences Oduwo Alsen Otieno 14th November 1966 Kenyan Married Male P.O Box 89 Rongo, Kenya Mobile: 0721-333714 Email: alsenot@yahoo.com

Relevant Assignments

Trained Community Rehabilitation and Environmental Conservation Programme (CREP) Staff on Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation 2010: February: Developed M&E Plan for Cassava Project in Western Kenya 2009 January: Reviewed M&E Systems for Pelum Kenya 2009 January: Trained staff of Rise Trust in Monitoring and Evaluation 2009 January: Reviewed M&E systems for Rise Trust 2007: Developed M&E plan for the C-MAD/GAA Biodiversity Project 2006: Developed M&E plan for the C-MAD/Novib Small Holder Agricultural Marketing project 2006: Developed M&E plan for the C-MAD/GAA SRH Project 1

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Research Fellow International Centre for Agriculture in the Tropics (CIAT) at Africa Regional Office at Kawanda Research Centre, Kampala Uganda), attached to the PM&E Project, Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) Programme 2003: Trained C-MAD staff in Result- Based Monitoring, Evaluation & Reporting
EMPLOYMENT: 2009 Present: Executive Director, Community Mobilization Against Desertification 2006 2009: Programmes Manager- Community Mobilization Against Desertification 1995 2003: Information and Training Manager, Community Mobilization Against Desertification. Responsibilities: Monitoring, evaluation, reporting, training staff and clients, designing curriculum, carrying out Training Needs Assessment, developing EIC materials and technical backstopping for project coordinators. July 2005 October 2006: Project Coordinator Small Holder Marketing of Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato in Homabay District 1992-1993: Project Supervisor, Vitamin A Kenya Project" by the International Food Policy Research Institute in South Nyanza district Kenya. Responsibilities: Training enumerators; planning; monitoring; public relations. 1990-1991: Biology Teacher, Miranga Secondary School in Homa Bay District. Responsibilities: Teaching Biology in forms one to four. 1986-1987: Editor International Food Policy Research Institute study on "The Effects of Sugarcane Production on Food Security, Health and Nutrition in Kenya".. SHORT COURSES August 1994: Participant in the PRA Training for Natural Resource Management Organized by the Association for Better Land Husbandry, at Hippo Buck Hotel, Homa Bay Kenya. July 22-25, 1996: Participant in the Fourth East African Fundraising Workshop organized by DENIVA at Makerere University, Kampala Uganda February 2-14, 1997: Participant in Participatory Rapid Appraisal Workshop held at Tororo, Uganda by Winrock International. October 1998: Participant in the Sixth East African Fundraising Workshop held by the Institute of Fundraising and Direct Marketing in Nairobi Kenya May 10-15, 1999: Participant in Gender Analysis Monitoring and Evaluation Workshop held at Egerton University, Kenya by Forest Action Network April 14-19, 1997: Participant in a Technology of Participation-Group Facilitation Methods Course conducted by the Institute of Cultural Affairs in Nairobi March 2-6, 1998: Participant in the Conservation Assessment and Management Planning Workshop for some selected plant species of the East Usambara Mountains Tanzania.

April 5-10, 1999: Participant in a Project Planning and Management Workshop organized by PELUM in Nakuru Kenya August 15-22, 2000: Participant in a training on Statistical Methods and Applications of Computer Assisted Data Analysis/ Statistical Analysis System (SAS) for soil scientists organized by Rockefeller Foundation at KARI, Kisii Regional Research Center October 2000: Participant in a workshop on Training Needs Assessment (TNA) / Curriculum Development organized by Community Based Development Networks (CBDN) and CORDAID -EA in Nairobi. October 22-24, 2002: Participant in Information and Communication Technologies Workshop organized by PACT- Kenya at KCCT- Mbagathi, Nairobi September 11- 22, 2003: Participant in a workshop on Result-Based Monitoring Evaluation and Reporting organized by PACT in Arusha, Tanzania. 27 Oct -1 Nov 2003: Participant in a workshop on Facilitating Community-Based Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Systems organized by CIAT-Africa in Jinja, Uganda LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY Language English Kiswahili Luo COMPUTER SKILLS MS-Word, PowerPoint, Publisher Excel, Access SPSS, EPI-Info, SAS REFEREES: 1. Mr. James Nguo, Regional Coordinator, Arid Lands Information Network P.O Box 10098, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi. Tel 0733-888164 2. Mr. Patrick Nekessa, Project Manager Resource Projects Kenya. P.O. Box 59411 Nairobi, Kenya. Tel. 0722-865742 3. Prof. Rose Mwonya Egerton University P.O Box 536, Njoro. Tel: 0733-836488 Proficiency Spoken good, writing good, understanding good Spoken good, writing fair, understanding good Spoken good, writing good, understanding good