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Curriculum Vitae
Abdul Gadir M. A. TURKAWI
turkawi@hotmail.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
Strong analytical and communication skills; high leadership abilities; capable of working under pressure;
decisive; takes initiatives; work effectively with diverse and cross cultural people; team-player and problemsolver; developed negotiation skills, project management and adaptive management capabilities.
Key qualifications
Agricultural Economics, Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation, Food Security, Social Protection and
Safety Net, Beneficiary Assessment studies, Baseline, Impact and Evaluation surveys, (questionnaires design,
analysis and reporting), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Periodic monitoring and evaluation Progress
reporting, Development aspects, Integrated Water Management and Planning,, Logical and Results
Frameworks, Rapid Results Initiatives, Community Score Cards, Capacity Building and Training.
Emerging key performance characteristics are:
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Results and functionality are the focus for management and project impelemntation
Dependability resulting in producing documents of the high quality in record time;
Setting high standards of excellence for self and others and working tirelessly to ensure that standards
are met;
Giving careful attention to details; and
Providing rigorous analytical outputs.
Name
Nationality
Birth
Marital Status
Present Address :
: Abdul Gadir Mohammed Ahmed Turkawi
: Sudanese
: 1954
: Married with four daughters and a son
: Sudan, Omdurman, Alwadi Street, Alwaha q 9, House# 50,
e-mails:
a.turkawi@gmail.com,
turkawi@hotmail.com
turkawi123@yahoo.com
Telephone: (+249)918114077, Mobile (+249)123013006
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
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M.Sc Agricultural Economics from the School of Development Studies, University
of East Anglia UK, 1986. The dissertation was on "Monitoring and Evaluation of the
Jebel Marra Rural Development Project in Sudan - A case Study".
B.Sc (honors) Agriculture (major agricultural economics) from the Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Khartoum, 1977
(Currently Doing PHD in Social Protection and Safety Net
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CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS
May/June 2017
April/May 2017
February-March 2017
FAO
Evaluation for the DFID
Consultant to the
as team member to conduct a Final
funded project: Joint Resilience-Bilding
Project (JRP). The project (2014-2017) is impelemnted in 4
Localities in Kassala State jointly by FAO, WFP and UNCEF,
and through some National NGOs.
Consultant to TANGO International Inc as team member to
conduct a Final Evaluation for the DFID funded: Taadoud
Project in Darfur, Sudan (2014-2017). The project is implemented
in the five Darfur States by Six International NGOs led by Catholic
Relief Services (CRS) and; World Vision (WV), OXFAM America,
Norweigian Charch Aid (NCA), United Methodist Committee on
Relief (UMCOR), and Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
(CAFOD).
July-October 2016
Consultant to the United Nations Environmental Programme
(UNEP ) to Develop and Implement a Monitoring and Evaluation
Framework and Tools for Project Locations for their Promoting
Peace over Natural Resources in Darfur and Kordofan Project
Consultant to the World Bank/MoFEP: Budget Capacity
Strengthening Project to formuate a Monitoring and
Evaluation Framework for the National Assesmbly.
Consultant to the FAO OED as team member for the evaluation
August 2015
of the “Food Security Ploicies and Strategies Capacity
Building Programme” in four State of Sudan
Consultant to FAO Jordan to review and suggest improvementd to
October-Dec 2016
July 2015
June 2015
September 2014
June 2009
the Badia Restoration Programme (BRP) Monitoring and
Evaluation System. The programme is to restore the pasture and
improve the livestock situations in the country.
Consultant to FAO Sudan to Formualte a Monitoring and
Evauation System for the Sudan Agricultural Invetment Programme
(SUNAIP) under the Comprehensive African Agricultural
Development Programme (CAADP)
Consultant to the UNDP (Sudan) to facilitate a National workshop on
Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: GHV, 14-16 June
2015
Consultant to IDS of Sussex University for the Regional office of the
World Food Programme (WFP) in Cariro on Social
Protection and Safetey Net in Sudan
Consultant to the EU, Improving Monitoring
and Reporting
Systems and Practices of EDF and STABEX funded Programmes
and Projects in Sudan
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FAO Rome to assess
Programme for Food Security – Sudan
Consultant to the
01/7 – 29/9/2006
M&E Consultant for the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) to support the M&E systems in three funded
projects in Yemen (Dhamar, Al Dhala and Rural Infrastructure
projects)
M&E consultant for IFAD to conduct a RIMS survey and improve
the M&S system for Al Mahara Rural Development Project in
Yemen.
M&E consultant for the IFAD funded Gash Sustainable Livelihoods
Project in Sudan
M&E Consultant to review and improve the Monitoring and
Evaluation Systems in two IFAD-funded projects in Yemen
(Raymah and Al-Mahara)
Regional Consultant to participate in the Beneficiary Impact
Assessment for the IDA/IFAD Southern Governorates Rural
Development Project in Yemen
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant for the IFAD funded Gash
Sustainable Livelihoods Regeneration Project in Eastern Sudan
Consultant to translate and present (in PowerPoint) a report of the
Mid-Term Evaluation of the Child-Friendly Community Initiative (by
Barbara Parker) for UNICEF Sudan.
03/5 – 18/6 2006
01/4 – 30/4/2006
27/2 – 15/3/2006
14/9- 18/10/2005:
19/6 - 19/8/2005:
15/2 - 1/6/2005:
the
Special
May – Sept 2008
June 1999 - November 2000
04/7 – 04/10/99
06/11 – 28/12/99
02/1 – 15/1/2000
01/2 – 10/4/2000
05/6 – 26/6/2000
27/6 – 31/7/2000
01/8 - 15/9/2000
Consultant, Privatization of Animal Health Services at the OLS/NS,
UNICEF/IBAR/Tufts University. The consultancy was to assess
the feasibility of privatization of the animal health services (provided
by the various international organizations) at the Northern Sector
(Northern Parts of Sudan), and propose plans for implementation
where found feasible.
Consultant to UNOPS for the Supervision Mission to the IFAD
funded project; Southern Roseires Agricultural Development Project,
Sudan.
Participated in filling a questionnaire for the IGAD’s GIIS program.
Translating and editing a feasibility study on Sag El Naam
Agricultural Development Project (195 pages) prepared in Arabic by
a group of experts for the North Darfur State (Western Sudan).
Consultant, Evaluation of the Handpumps Rehabilitation,
Monitoring and Follow up Project of the Fellowship for African
Relief (FAR), (An International NGO working in Sudan)
Consultant, Assessment of the Water Needs in the Dilling and Kadugli
Provinces in South Kordofan State (Nuba Mountains) in Sudan. The
Study was jointly funded by FAR and UNICEF.
Consultant to UNICEF, to conduct a Baseline Survey on the
Situation of Women in Bahr El Jebel State, South Sudan.
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6/10 – 6/11/2000
Abdul Gadir M. A. TURKAWI
turkawi@hotmail.com
International Consultant to Agrisystems Company Ltd of
England to formulate a Monitoring and Evaluation system for the
World Bank Funded Seed and Agricultural Services Project (the
Vegetable Seed Company Component of the Project) in the Republic
of Yemen
CONSULTANCIES DURING EMPLOYMENT (Until June 1999)
July/1998
Follow-up Evaluation of the Child Friendly Village Initiative (CFVI). A
consultancy report to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), July 1998.
The CFVI was an area based programme initiated by UNICEF. The programme was
covering some 289 villages distributed in 8 States of the Sudan. The report was an
assessment for the village organizations, the revolving services, the women activities
and the Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) including Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM), and monitoring and evaluation.
November/1998 UNICEF consultant: An Elucidation on the Floods Assessment Mission, an
account on the Floods Rehabilitation Programme and an Overview of the
UNICEF’s Role for the 1998 Floods in Sudan. I was a mission member
representing UNICEF SCO. The mission comprised representatives from the
International Monitory Fund (IMF), the Work Bank, UNDP, FAO, WFP, WHO,
African Development Bank (ADB), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and
UNICEF.
July/1997
Consultant to UNICEF for the preparation of Work Planning the Reporting
Process for the Convention of the Rights of Child (CRC)- (prepared and accepted,
but not presented)
April/1997
Consultant to IFAD for the Assessment of the IFAD’s Special Programme
for Africa “A case Study of the Northern Province Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
- Sudan”. A consultancy Report to IFAD’s Global Assessment of the Special
Programme for Africa.
November/1997Local consultant for the Assessment of the Production Relations in the
White Nile Schemes, MOA, (with Abel Aziz A. Salama, Khalil) November 1997.
September/1995 Local consultant, Greater Rshad Agricultural Development Project. A
project identification and formulation report conducted on the request of the Ministry of
Agriculture.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
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Short Course on Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Sector Projects and
Programmes, Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia,
Norwich, United Kingdom, 1983.
Short Course on General Management, Know How International (KHI), Nairobi,
Kenya , 1988.
Short Course on Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Organized by
UNOPS and the George Washington University, Kenyata International Conference
Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, January 1996.
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Short Course on Managing Projects in Organizations, Organized by UNOPS and the
George Washington University, Nairobi, Kenya, June 1996
Short Course on Project Procurement, organized by the Work Bank and the Ministry
of Agriculture, Khartoum 1995
Training Workshop on Managing Project Impact and IFAD’s ProMIS Software,
organized by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Aden,
Yemen Republic February-March 2003
Training Workshop on IFAD’s software: ProMIS and ProOFIS, organized by IFAD,
Sana’a, Yemen Republic, December 2004
Training Workshop on “Rapid Results Approach” conducted by the Rapid Results
Institute, Khartoum, Sudan, January 2007.
Training Workshop on “Results Agenda Demystified” organized by the World
Bank, Nairobi, Kenya, March 2007.
Training workshop on Result-Based Monitoring and Evaluation organized by the
World Bank, Khartoum, January 2008
Training Workshop on Development Impact Evaluation – May 31 – June 4, 2010,
Dubai, Dubai
South-South Learning Forum on Building Resilient Safety Net – May 30 – June 3
2011, organized by the World Bank, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
South-South Learning Forum on Social Protection and Labour, 17 – 21 March
2014, Organized by the World Bank Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
National Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System Workshop Ministry of
Finance and Economic Planning in Collaboration with the UNDP - Khartoum 14 -16
June 2015 (WORKSHOP FACILITATOR)
Forum on Graduation, World Bank HQ, Washington DC 7 – 10 December
2015
Arabic (mother tongue) / English (excellent) French (very poor)
EMPLOYMENT RECORDS
1/5/2016 - Freelance Consultant
1/4/2010 – 30/4/2016 Executive Manager for the MDTF funded World Bank
supervised Community Development Fund (CDF) project in Sudan. The
project was covering 5 Sates of the 18 North Sudan States with a total cost of US$ 95
million to provide basic services to the poor communities. The project was rated in
June 2011 as one of the top 12 projects World Bank Supported projects in Africa
with outstanding performance. The project started in 2006 and was closed on 31st
October 2013 but now on preparatory period to use productive safety net under the
social protection umbrella.
1/11/2006 – 31/3/2010 : Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist for
the MDTF funded World Bank supervised Community Development Fund
project (CDF) in Sudan, applying results-based M&E system for the project.
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Responsibilities include producing regular quarterly progress reports, conducting and
collecting baseline data, follow up and impact evaluations, applying innovative tools
for improving the project management and the M&E system (Rapid Results Initiatives,
Community Score Cards, etc), availing data and information for the Donors and
others, and help the executive manager in the general project management and in
streamlining the implementation of the project activities.
January 2005 – October 2006:
December 2000 -
Freelance Consultant (see up)
December 2004
Project Technical Advisor for the Raymah Area Development Project in the
Republic of Yemen. The project (1999-2005) was funded by the International Fund
for Agricultural Development (IFAD). My major roles were to help the project in
improving the planning and management aspects, help in executing an effective
Monitoring and Evaluation and Management Information systems, assist in contract
management and the executing of the various project activities, advice and guide the
preparation of the annual work plans and budgets, progress reports and briefing notes,
training of counterparts, preparing TORS for the long and short term consultants
(included TOR for the Mid Term Review), supervising and managing all consultants
hired by the project. During the period, I was the hub and the internal coordinator for
the implementation of the Mid Term Review for this and the other two IFAD-funded
projects in Yemen (September-October 2003).
June 1999 - November 2000
Free-lance Consultant (see up)
May 1994 – June 1999
General Manager, White Nile Agricultural Services
Project. The project was designed to rehabilitate some of the existing irrigated
schemes at the White Nile State of the Sudan, and was jointly funded by the
Government of Sudan (GOS) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD), and cooperated by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
from its Nairobi Outpost (and from Rome as from 1999). The project duration was
seven years (starting 1994). My major responsibilities included:- Overall management
of the project, consolidating the annual work programmes and budgets and project
reports; bulk procurement; liaison with the GOS and IFAD and act as the contact
person for IFAD; Coordinating and handling technical assistance; Financial
management and disbursement; Drawing up and Executing of Contracts; Overall
Monitoring and Evaluation of the project (Physical Monitoring of project inputs and
outputs, Financial monitoring - expenditures and disbursements, Developmental
monitoring of farmer's groups, Participatory monitoring and evaluation of agricultural
production and delivery of contracted services and inputs, and monitoring and
evaluating of the incremental effects and impact of the project); and managing all
project activities.
January 1993 - May 1994
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General Coordinator and Manager of Khartoum Office
for the
Western Savannah Development Corporation (WSDC). The corporation was
covering almost 135,000 square kilometers of the Southern part of Darfur state. It was
funded by ODA, SDF, IDA and IFAD at the first stages; and by IDA and IFAD at its
final stages. It comprised of about 1,000 employees distributed between four major
departments; Engineering, Agriculture, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation,
Administration and Finance. Khartoum office is a liaison office coordinating all needs
of the corporation concerning local and foreign purchases, staff training, contracts
negotiation and signing, disbursements, and all other matters related to the corporation
in Khartoum. I was also representing the Director General and directors of
departments at meetings and other occasions in Khartoum. In view of the previous
experience, I was also helping the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department.
As the job title shows, I am also in charge of managing the Khartoum office (about 30
persons) and the small clearance office (10 persons) in Port Sudan.
October 1992 - December 1992
Head, Monitoring and Evaluation Department - Jebel Marra Rural Development
Project. This was a temporary assignment to assist the M&E department in analysing
and writing reports on previously collected data, and reviewing its work programmes;
and helping the project staff in using and managing various computer software.
June 1989 - October 1992
Socio-economist for the UNDP/UNDTCD project "Assistant to
the Technical Secretariat of the High Water Council (TS-HWC)
for the Preparation of a Water Master Plan" in the Republic of Yemen. The project
started in 1988 and was terminated in 1992. The main objectives of the project were to
complete detailed national data base in meteorology, hydrology, hydrogeology, socioeconomics, water economics, and legislation; develop the professional capabilities of
the Technical Secretariat's national staff; and assist in the preparation of a Master Plan
for Water Resources Development and Management. The main tasks and
responsibilities that I had performed during my assignment were:
1- The analysis and tentative interpretation of the present and potential socio-economic
and regional structure of the country,
2- Outlining the most significant development aspects at regional level and providing
background information concerning water resources planning and development
priorities,
3- Benefit cost analysis and cost recovery as tools for cooperative review of projects and
development priorities in the light of socio-economic aspects and national targets,
4- Identifying development trends of population numbers and the resulted growing water
demand,
5- Defining the socio-economic regional development factors prevailing in YAR such as:
Agriculture and industrial production, technical infrastructures, social infrastructures
and administrative systems and services,
6- Providing the socio-economic inputs required in the elaboration of the Water Master
Plan,
7- Train national counterparts
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8- Assist in carrying out financial and economic analysis for some water Projects,
estimating water supply and requirement for the country, and other related studies as
water policy model and evaluating alternative irrigation water pricing strategies.
July 1986 - June 1989
Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Department – Jebel
Marra Rural Development Project. In addition to the below mentioned
responsibilities for the Deputy Head, I was also in charge of:
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designing and carrying out surveys:
for the rainfed and irrigated farming systems,
to monitor and follow up the project activities
to assess the project immediate effects and impact
to monitor the general trends in the project area
to collect data and provide information for other departments of the project
when specifically requested by them
Writing and preparing annual reports on the above surveys results,
Preparing and providing any information specifically requested by the donor and
review missions,
Editing and producing the project’s annual reports, work programmes and cost
estimates,
Occasionally acting the responsibilities of the Director General on his absence from the
project.
July 1980- June 1986
Deputy Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Department - Jebel Marra Rural
Development Project. The project was financed by the European Development Fund
(EDF) of the European Economic Community (EEC) and executed by Hunting
Technical Services (HTS) of UK. The first phase of the project started in mid 1980
and ended in 1986, and the second phase started in 1986 and was completed in 1993.
The project area is at the western part of Sudan and its activities had covered an area
of 35,000 sq Km. The project had about 600 employees and comprised of seven
departments: Extension, Adaptive Research, Finance and Administration, Engineering,
Community Development, Credit and Marketing and Monitoring and Evaluation
Departments.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Department was established in mid 1980. I worked
with three Monitoring and Evaluation experts from Hunting Technical Services who
were the heads of the department (all British). My main responsibilities were to assist
in carrying out different farm and socio-economic surveys, supervising and
administering the staff of the department (two graduate supervisors, 18 enumerators, 2
computer operators and 5 drivers), analyzing data and writing reports and occasional
bulletins.
July 1978- June 1980
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Head of the Agricultural Economics Section for the Jebel Marra Development
Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Western Sudan). The
Project was one of the oldest development projects in the country as the investigations
and studies activities on the general potentialities of the area started in early 1958 and
continued to 1974 by the UNDP, Tesco Visiterv and the Hunting Technical Services of
England. From 1974 to 1980, the project dealt mainly with Horticultural Development
in the area and concentrating its activities at 6 main irrigated centers. My main Tasks
were to follow up, collect data and report on the agricultural practices and costs of
production for the main crops in the irrigated centers, and analyze market price data
collected by the division's enumerators (4) for the various crops and livestock types.
During this period, I had also participated in the appraisal and preparatory studies
resulted in the new EEC funded Jebel Marra Rural Development Project (JMRDP).
July 1977- May 1978
Assistant Inspector of Agricultural Economics at the Agricultural Economics and
Statistics Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
(Khartoum - Sudan). Main responsibilities were supervising field surveys and assisting
in data analysis.
SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE
Monitoring and Evaluation of projects and programmes, Project
Management.
Particular Development Competence: Consultant/Expert in Monitoring and Evaluation of
Projects, Beneficiary Impact Assessment, Project Management, and
Rural Development Aspects in General.
Field of Expertise:
FIELD EXPERIENCE:
Sudan
Yemen Republic
Jordan
UN AND OTHER SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE:
- World Bank/IDA
M&E Consultant, CDF M&E specialist, CDF Executive Manager
IDA was the executing agency for the IFAD’s Western Savannah Development
Corporation. +
Consultant for the Beneficiary Assessment for the Southern Governorates Rural
Development Project in Yemen
- UNDP/UNDTCD: Socio-economist in Yemen.
- IFAD :
M&E consultant (M&E systems, RIMS, ProMIS, Survey Design, Data Management)
Project management , Coordinator of activities, Project Manager +
- UNICEF
Consultant in many aspects (CFCI, Water, Flood Recovery, Child Rights, Women
Situation, etc) +
- UNOPS
Consultant: Supervision Missions, Project advising, project management, and other
IFAD related aspects
- EEC
Monitoring and Evaluation
- FAR
Programmes Assessment
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- FAO
- WFP
Abdul Gadir M. A. TURKAWI
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Beneficiary Assessment – Food Security +
Social Protection and Safety Net in Sudan
COMPUTER LITERACY
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Sedulous user of computers since 1983. I had two weeks training on computing within
the Monitoring and Evaluation short course mentioned above. Practiced most of the
known software (All MS Office programs and others) in addition to others as Harvard
Graphic, Analysis packages as Mstat, SL-Micro, Snap, SPSS, other specialized
software as the FAO Crop Water Requirement (Cropwat), IFAD’s ProMIS and
RIMS Data Entering and Analysis Application, MapInfo, EcoZone, and so many
other software packages.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Member of IOCE/ EvalPartners network
Member, African Evaluation Association (AfrEA)
Member, Sudanese Environmental Protection Society
Member of the Sudanese Agricultural Engineers Syndicate,
Was Technical Secretary for the Sudanese Agricultural Economists Association’
Technical Advisor for Projects and Programmes for the NGO: Child and Women Rights
Initiatives for Peace and Development International Organization (CAWRIPD)
Member, Community Development Association, Khartoum
Secretary of the BODs of the Comatex Nilotica Consulting Company, Khartoum, Sudan.
Initiator of the Environmental Protection Society in Bait Al Faqih town in Yemen.
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
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Experienced in professional editing and production of final reports
Highly experienced in translating from English to Arabic and from Arabic to English.
Familiar with operating all office amenities
Chairman, Secretary and member of many professional and civic societies and
associations while student in schools and universities and after (e.g. Member of the
Academic Committee for the School of Development Studies of the University of East
Anglia (1985-1986), Chairman of Zalingei Football Association (87-89), and
Chairman of Zalingei Musical Society (86-89).
Occasionally teach Project Management courses
REFERENCES
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Dr Sayed Ali Zaki: Executive Manager, Mamoon Buhairy Center,
Telephone (+249)912302691 email: alizaki@hotmail.com
Dr.
James
Morton:
Private
Consultant,
Telephone
email:
mail@jfmortom.co.uk
Mr. Elfate Ali Elsiddig: FreeLance Consultant, Khartoum – Sudan telephone
+249 912393464 elfatihsiddig@yahoo.com
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SOME PUBLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
Used to write monthly, quarterly and annual progress and technical reports while in JMRDP, WSDC, WNASP
and until now. I have also written and presented technical papers and reports on various subjects (some are
published and widely distributed) as below (please refer also to the consultancy reports listed above):
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Turkawi, A.G., The Effects of Migration into the JMRDP area: presented at the third annual review
for the Jebel Marra Project 1984.
Turkawi, A.G., Market Prices Trends in the Darfur Region: presented at the third annual review for
the Jebel Marra Project 1984.
Turkawi, A.G. Monitoring and Evaluation of the Jebel Marra Rural Development Project (A case
Study) (Masters Thesis), 1986
Turkawi, A.G. Review of Agricultural Development in the Jebel Marra Project Area: Presented at
the project's Fifth Annual Review, 1987.
Turkawi, A.G. The Impact of Small Scale Irrigation
Turkawi, A.G. Agriculture in the Yemen Arab Republic, a background information paper, October
1989.
Turkawi, A.G. and Said S. Al Nammari, Monographs on the Water Resources in Yemen Arab
Republic. March 1990.
Tejada, Jose Alberto and A.G. Turkawi, An Introduction to the Functions of the High Water Council
and its Technical Secretariat: Presented at the Seminar "From Depletion to a Prudent Use of
Groundwater Workshop” Rada’a, the Republic of Yemen, July 1990,
Chaudhry, M. A. and A.G. Turkawi, Economics of Irrigation Development in the Yemen Republic:
Evaluation of some case Studies, July 1990 (Co-authored).
Chaudhry, M. A., A.G. Turkawi, and Jose Alberto Tejada, Regional Agricultural Water Requirement
in the Yemen Republic, (co-authored) October 1990.
Chaudhry, M. A. and A.G. Turkawi, Industrial Water Requirements in the Yemen Republic: some
preliminary estimates, ( co-authored) March 1991.
Turkawi, A.G. Industrial Sector Growth and Estimated Water Requirements in the Northern Part of
Yemen: Paper presented at the seminar on "Economic and Social Issues in Water Resources
Development and Management in Yemen", May 1991.
Turkawi, A.G. The Effects of Water Consumption on Groundwater Depletion: (May 1991). Paper
presented at the" Environmental Week 1 - 5 June 1991" Organized by the Environmental Protection
Council, Sana’a, Yemen..
Turkawi, A.G. and M. A. Chaudhry, Municipal and Public Water Requirements in the Northern Part
of the Republic of Yemen, (co-authored), June 1991.
Chaudhry, M.A. and A.G. Turkawi, Proceeding of the Seminar on "Economic and Social Issues in
Water Resources Development and Management in Yemen", compiling and editing, October 1991.
Turkawi, A.G. and M. A. Chaudhry, Water Requirements for the Southern Part of the Republic of
Yemen, March 1992
Turkawi, A.G. White Nile Agricultural Services Project, An Approach for Designing and Managing
Small Holder Irrigated Schemes. Paper presented at the workshop on Privatization of Irrigated
Schemes, Khartoum June 1994
Turkawi, A.G. White Nile Agricultural Services Project, An Approach for Designing and Managing
Small Holder Irrigated Schemes. Paper presented at the OPS Annual Training Workshop, Arusha,
Tanzania, September 1994,
Turkawi, A.G. Credit Systems and their role in the Agricultural Production in Sudan, Paper presented
at the UNDP/OPS 1995 Annual Workshop, Port Harcourt, Nigeria October 1995.
Turkawi, AG. Situation of Women in Bahr Eljabel State, UNICEF SCO 2000
Turkawi, A.G. Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for Raymah Area Development
and Almahara Rural Development Project in Yemen, Report for IFAD 2006
Turkawi, A G, Beneficiary Assessment for the Southern Governorates Rural
Development Project, Yemen – for the World Bank and IFAD, 2007
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Turkawi, AG and Bello Abdelrauf: Beneficiary Assessment for the FAO Special
Programme for Food Security, Report for the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations, January 2009
Turkawi AG: Improving Monitoring and Reporting Systems and Practices of the
EDF/STABEX Projects in Sudan, June 2009
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Turkawi, Abdulgadir. Social Protection and Safety Net in Sudan Report for and
published by IDS of Sussex University for the World Food Programme, December
2015
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Turkawi (Facilitator) Proceedings of the National Monitoring and Evaluation
Systems Workshop – July 2015
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"The Importance of Monitoring and Evaluation for Agricultural and Rural
Development Projects", SOCCODEP Start Up Workshop, Awassa, Ethiopia,
1994 and
"Data Collection and SPSS Application", UNOPS Annual Training
Workshop,
Arusha, Tanzania, 1995
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OTHER WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
Participated effectively in many workshops and Seminars of which the most notable ones are:
The National Food Security Workshop, Khartoum Sudan 1988.
Darfur Region Food Security Workshop, Al Fasher Sudan 1989, (representing the
JMRDP).
Darfur Region Security Conference,
Al Fasher Sudan 1988, (representing
JMRDP).
Five Jebel Marra Rural Development Project Annual reviews, Zalingei, Sudan 1982, 83, 84, 85, 87.
Water Resources Symposium Sana'a, Yemen Republic 1989.
Water sector Group Meeting, Sana’a, Yemen Republic 1990.
From Depletion to a Prudent Use of Groundwater, Rada’a Yemen Republic, July
1990, (representing the TS-HWC).
Data Base for Water Resources in the Republic of Yemen, Sana'a, Yemen Republic,
October 1990.
Seminar on Water Legislation in the Republic of Yemen, Sana’a, November 1990.
Land Resources Inventory for Land Use Planning, Dhamar, Yemen Republic,
December 1990, (representing the TS-HWC).
Economic and Social Issues in Water Resources Development and Management in
Yemen, Sana'a, May 1991.
Environmental Week (1 - 5 June 1991), Sana'a, Yemen.
First National Population Conference, Sana'a 26 - 29 October 1991, Yemen.
Water Resources Planning and Management in Yemen, Sana'a 24 - 27 May 1992,
Yemen
Privatization of Irrigated Schemes, Arab Organization for Agricultural
Development, Khartoum 21-22 June 1994, Sudan
Southern Region Credit Cooperative Project Start up Workshop, Awassa, Ethiopia
14-16 September 1994.
1994 OPS Annual Training Workshop for IFAD-funded Projects, Arusha,
Tanzania, 26 September - 2 October 1994. (Session Chairman)
White Nile Agricultural Services Project Start Up Workshop, 6-9 February, Kosti
Sudan
1995 OPS Annual Training Workshop for IFAD Funded Projects, Port Hartcourt,
Nigeria, 24 - 30 September 1995 (Session Chairman)
Fourth IFAD Project Implementation Workshop for the Near East and North Africa
Region, Alexandria, Egypt 9-15 November 1996
More than 10 workshops organized by the White Nile Agricultural Services Project
from
1994 to 1999.
Livestock Coordination Workshop for the OLS N/S sectors. UNICEF/IBAR/Tufts,
Khartoum 21/7 – 24/7/1999.
A Management for Impact workshop organized by IFAD, Aden, Yemen 2003
Development Impact Evaluation Workshop, Dubai May - June, 2010
South- South Social Protection Learning Forum Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
May 29 - June 3, 2011
South- South Learning Forum – Social Ptotection – Rio de Janeiro –
Brazil March 17 – 21 2014
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COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.
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A-G. Turkawi
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Abdul Gadir M. A. TURKAWI
turkawi@hotmail.com
CURRICULUM VITAE
Strong analytical and communication skills; high leadership abilities; capable of working under pressure;
decisive; takes initiatives; work effectively with diverse and cross cultural people; team-player and problemsolver; developed negotiation skills, project management and adaptive management capabilities.
Key qualifications
Agricultural Economics, Results-Based Monitoring and Evaluation, Food Security, Social Protection and
Safety Net, Beneficiary Assessment studies, Baseline, Impact and Evaluation surveys, (questionnaires design,
analysis and reporting), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Periodic monitoring and evaluation Progress
reporting, Development aspects, Integrated Water Management and Planning,, Logical and Results
Frameworks, Rapid Results Initiatives, Community Score Cards, Capacity Building and Training.
Emerging key performance characteristics are:
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Results and functionality are the focus for management and project impelemntation
Dependability resulting in producing documents of the high quality in record time;
Setting high standards of excellence for self and others and working tirelessly to ensure that standards
are met;
Giving careful attention to details; and
Providing rigorous analytical outputs.
Name
Nationality
Birth
Marital Status
Present Address :
: Abdul Gadir Mohammed Ahmed Turkawi
: Sudanese
: 1954
: Married with four daughters and a son
: Sudan, Omdurman, Alwadi Street, Alwaha q 9, House# 50,
e-mails:
a.turkawi@gmail.com,
turkawi@hotmail.com
turkawi123@yahoo.com
Telephone: (+249)918114077, Mobile (+249)123013006
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
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M.Sc Agricultural Economics from the School of Development Studies, University
of East Anglia UK, 1986. The dissertation was on "Monitoring and Evaluation of the
Jebel Marra Rural Development Project in Sudan - A case Study".
B.Sc (honors) Agriculture (major agricultural economics) from the Faculty of
Agriculture, University of Khartoum, 1977
(Currently Doing PHD in Social Protection and Safety Net
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CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS
May/June 2017
April/May 2017
February-March 2017
FAO
Evaluation for the DFID
Consultant to the
as team member to conduct a Final
funded project: Joint Resilience-Bilding
Project (JRP). The project (2014-2017) is impelemnted in 4
Localities in Kassala State jointly by FAO, WFP and UNCEF,
and through some National NGOs.
Consultant to TANGO International Inc as team member to
conduct a Final Evaluation for the DFID funded: Taadoud
Project in Darfur, Sudan (2014-2017). The project is implemented
in the five Darfur States by Six International NGOs led by Catholic
Relief Services (CRS) and; World Vision (WV), OXFAM America,
Norweigian Charch Aid (NCA), United Methodist Committee on
Relief (UMCOR), and Catholic Agency for Overseas Development
(CAFOD).
July-October 2016
Consultant to the United Nations Environmental Programme
(UNEP ) to Develop and Implement a Monitoring and Evaluation
Framework and Tools for Project Locations for their Promoting
Peace over Natural Resources in Darfur and Kordofan Project
Consultant to the World Bank/MoFEP: Budget Capacity
Strengthening Project to formuate a Monitoring and
Evaluation Framework for the National Assesmbly.
Consultant to the FAO OED as team member for the evaluation
August 2015
of the “Food Security Ploicies and Strategies Capacity
Building Programme” in four State of Sudan
Consultant to FAO Jordan to review and suggest improvementd to
October-Dec 2016
July 2015
June 2015
September 2014
June 2009
the Badia Restoration Programme (BRP) Monitoring and
Evaluation System. The programme is to restore the pasture and
improve the livestock situations in the country.
Consultant to FAO Sudan to Formualte a Monitoring and
Evauation System for the Sudan Agricultural Invetment Programme
(SUNAIP) under the Comprehensive African Agricultural
Development Programme (CAADP)
Consultant to the UNDP (Sudan) to facilitate a National workshop on
Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation Systems: GHV, 14-16 June
2015
Consultant to IDS of Sussex University for the Regional office of the
World Food Programme (WFP) in Cariro on Social
Protection and Safetey Net in Sudan
Consultant to the EU, Improving Monitoring
and Reporting
Systems and Practices of EDF and STABEX funded Programmes
and Projects in Sudan
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FAO Rome to assess
Programme for Food Security – Sudan
Consultant to the
01/7 – 29/9/2006
M&E Consultant for the International Fund for Agricultural
Development (IFAD) to support the M&E systems in three funded
projects in Yemen (Dhamar, Al Dhala and Rural Infrastructure
projects)
M&E consultant for IFAD to conduct a RIMS survey and improve
the M&S system for Al Mahara Rural Development Project in
Yemen.
M&E consultant for the IFAD funded Gash Sustainable Livelihoods
Project in Sudan
M&E Consultant to review and improve the Monitoring and
Evaluation Systems in two IFAD-funded projects in Yemen
(Raymah and Al-Mahara)
Regional Consultant to participate in the Beneficiary Impact
Assessment for the IDA/IFAD Southern Governorates Rural
Development Project in Yemen
Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant for the IFAD funded Gash
Sustainable Livelihoods Regeneration Project in Eastern Sudan
Consultant to translate and present (in PowerPoint) a report of the
Mid-Term Evaluation of the Child-Friendly Community Initiative (by
Barbara Parker) for UNICEF Sudan.
03/5 – 18/6 2006
01/4 – 30/4/2006
27/2 – 15/3/2006
14/9- 18/10/2005:
19/6 - 19/8/2005:
15/2 - 1/6/2005:
the
Special
May – Sept 2008
June 1999 - November 2000
04/7 – 04/10/99
06/11 – 28/12/99
02/1 – 15/1/2000
01/2 – 10/4/2000
05/6 – 26/6/2000
27/6 – 31/7/2000
01/8 - 15/9/2000
Consultant, Privatization of Animal Health Services at the OLS/NS,
UNICEF/IBAR/Tufts University. The consultancy was to assess
the feasibility of privatization of the animal health services (provided
by the various international organizations) at the Northern Sector
(Northern Parts of Sudan), and propose plans for implementation
where found feasible.
Consultant to UNOPS for the Supervision Mission to the IFAD
funded project; Southern Roseires Agricultural Development Project,
Sudan.
Participated in filling a questionnaire for the IGAD’s GIIS program.
Translating and editing a feasibility study on Sag El Naam
Agricultural Development Project (195 pages) prepared in Arabic by
a group of experts for the North Darfur State (Western Sudan).
Consultant, Evaluation of the Handpumps Rehabilitation,
Monitoring and Follow up Project of the Fellowship for African
Relief (FAR), (An International NGO working in Sudan)
Consultant, Assessment of the Water Needs in the Dilling and Kadugli
Provinces in South Kordofan State (Nuba Mountains) in Sudan. The
Study was jointly funded by FAR and UNICEF.
Consultant to UNICEF, to conduct a Baseline Survey on the
Situation of Women in Bahr El Jebel State, South Sudan.
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6/10 – 6/11/2000
Abdul Gadir M. A. TURKAWI
turkawi@hotmail.com
International Consultant to Agrisystems Company Ltd of
England to formulate a Monitoring and Evaluation system for the
World Bank Funded Seed and Agricultural Services Project (the
Vegetable Seed Company Component of the Project) in the Republic
of Yemen
CONSULTANCIES DURING EMPLOYMENT (Until June 1999)
July/1998
Follow-up Evaluation of the Child Friendly Village Initiative (CFVI). A
consultancy report to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), July 1998.
The CFVI was an area based programme initiated by UNICEF. The programme was
covering some 289 villages distributed in 8 States of the Sudan. The report was an
assessment for the village organizations, the revolving services, the women activities
and the Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) including Female Genital Mutilation
(FGM), and monitoring and evaluation.
November/1998 UNICEF consultant: An Elucidation on the Floods Assessment Mission, an
account on the Floods Rehabilitation Programme and an Overview of the
UNICEF’s Role for the 1998 Floods in Sudan. I was a mission member
representing UNICEF SCO. The mission comprised representatives from the
International Monitory Fund (IMF), the Work Bank, UNDP, FAO, WFP, WHO,
African Development Bank (ADB), Islamic Development Bank (IDB), and
UNICEF.
July/1997
Consultant to UNICEF for the preparation of Work Planning the Reporting
Process for the Convention of the Rights of Child (CRC)- (prepared and accepted,
but not presented)
April/1997
Consultant to IFAD for the Assessment of the IFAD’s Special Programme
for Africa “A case Study of the Northern Province Irrigation Rehabilitation Project
- Sudan”. A consultancy Report to IFAD’s Global Assessment of the Special
Programme for Africa.
November/1997Local consultant for the Assessment of the Production Relations in the
White Nile Schemes, MOA, (with Abel Aziz A. Salama, Khalil) November 1997.
September/1995 Local consultant, Greater Rshad Agricultural Development Project. A
project identification and formulation report conducted on the request of the Ministry of
Agriculture.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
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Short Course on Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Sector Projects and
Programmes, Overseas Development Group, University of East Anglia,
Norwich, United Kingdom, 1983.
Short Course on General Management, Know How International (KHI), Nairobi,
Kenya , 1988.
Short Course on Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Organized by
UNOPS and the George Washington University, Kenyata International Conference
Centre, Nairobi, Kenya, January 1996.
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Short Course on Managing Projects in Organizations, Organized by UNOPS and the
George Washington University, Nairobi, Kenya, June 1996
Short Course on Project Procurement, organized by the Work Bank and the Ministry
of Agriculture, Khartoum 1995
Training Workshop on Managing Project Impact and IFAD’s ProMIS Software,
organized by International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Aden,
Yemen Republic February-March 2003
Training Workshop on IFAD’s software: ProMIS and ProOFIS, organized by IFAD,
Sana’a, Yemen Republic, December 2004
Training Workshop on “Rapid Results Approach” conducted by the Rapid Results
Institute, Khartoum, Sudan, January 2007.
Training Workshop on “Results Agenda Demystified” organized by the World
Bank, Nairobi, Kenya, March 2007.
Training workshop on Result-Based Monitoring and Evaluation organized by the
World Bank, Khartoum, January 2008
Training Workshop on Development Impact Evaluation – May 31 – June 4, 2010,
Dubai, Dubai
South-South Learning Forum on Building Resilient Safety Net – May 30 – June 3
2011, organized by the World Bank, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
South-South Learning Forum on Social Protection and Labour, 17 – 21 March
2014, Organized by the World Bank Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
National Integrated Monitoring and Evaluation System Workshop Ministry of
Finance and Economic Planning in Collaboration with the UNDP - Khartoum 14 -16
June 2015 (WORKSHOP FACILITATOR)
Forum on Graduation, World Bank HQ, Washington DC 7 – 10 December
2015
Arabic (mother tongue) / English (excellent) French (very poor)
EMPLOYMENT RECORDS
1/5/2016 - Freelance Consultant
1/4/2010 – 30/4/2016 Executive Manager for the MDTF funded World Bank
supervised Community Development Fund (CDF) project in Sudan. The
project was covering 5 Sates of the 18 North Sudan States with a total cost of US$ 95
million to provide basic services to the poor communities. The project was rated in
June 2011 as one of the top 12 projects World Bank Supported projects in Africa
with outstanding performance. The project started in 2006 and was closed on 31st
October 2013 but now on preparatory period to use productive safety net under the
social protection umbrella.
1/11/2006 – 31/3/2010 : Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist for
the MDTF funded World Bank supervised Community Development Fund
project (CDF) in Sudan, applying results-based M&E system for the project.
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Responsibilities include producing regular quarterly progress reports, conducting and
collecting baseline data, follow up and impact evaluations, applying innovative tools
for improving the project management and the M&E system (Rapid Results Initiatives,
Community Score Cards, etc), availing data and information for the Donors and
others, and help the executive manager in the general project management and in
streamlining the implementation of the project activities.
January 2005 – October 2006:
December 2000 -
Freelance Consultant (see up)
December 2004
Project Technical Advisor for the Raymah Area Development Project in the
Republic of Yemen. The project (1999-2005) was funded by the International Fund
for Agricultural Development (IFAD). My major roles were to help the project in
improving the planning and management aspects, help in executing an effective
Monitoring and Evaluation and Management Information systems, assist in contract
management and the executing of the various project activities, advice and guide the
preparation of the annual work plans and budgets, progress reports and briefing notes,
training of counterparts, preparing TORS for the long and short term consultants
(included TOR for the Mid Term Review), supervising and managing all consultants
hired by the project. During the period, I was the hub and the internal coordinator for
the implementation of the Mid Term Review for this and the other two IFAD-funded
projects in Yemen (September-October 2003).
June 1999 - November 2000
Free-lance Consultant (see up)
May 1994 – June 1999
General Manager, White Nile Agricultural Services
Project. The project was designed to rehabilitate some of the existing irrigated
schemes at the White Nile State of the Sudan, and was jointly funded by the
Government of Sudan (GOS) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development
(IFAD), and cooperated by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
from its Nairobi Outpost (and from Rome as from 1999). The project duration was
seven years (starting 1994). My major responsibilities included:- Overall management
of the project, consolidating the annual work programmes and budgets and project
reports; bulk procurement; liaison with the GOS and IFAD and act as the contact
person for IFAD; Coordinating and handling technical assistance; Financial
management and disbursement; Drawing up and Executing of Contracts; Overall
Monitoring and Evaluation of the project (Physical Monitoring of project inputs and
outputs, Financial monitoring - expenditures and disbursements, Developmental
monitoring of farmer's groups, Participatory monitoring and evaluation of agricultural
production and delivery of contracted services and inputs, and monitoring and
evaluating of the incremental effects and impact of the project); and managing all
project activities.
January 1993 - May 1994
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General Coordinator and Manager of Khartoum Office
for the
Western Savannah Development Corporation (WSDC). The corporation was
covering almost 135,000 square kilometers of the Southern part of Darfur state. It was
funded by ODA, SDF, IDA and IFAD at the first stages; and by IDA and IFAD at its
final stages. It comprised of about 1,000 employees distributed between four major
departments; Engineering, Agriculture, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation,
Administration and Finance. Khartoum office is a liaison office coordinating all needs
of the corporation concerning local and foreign purchases, staff training, contracts
negotiation and signing, disbursements, and all other matters related to the corporation
in Khartoum. I was also representing the Director General and directors of
departments at meetings and other occasions in Khartoum. In view of the previous
experience, I was also helping the Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Department.
As the job title shows, I am also in charge of managing the Khartoum office (about 30
persons) and the small clearance office (10 persons) in Port Sudan.
October 1992 - December 1992
Head, Monitoring and Evaluation Department - Jebel Marra Rural Development
Project. This was a temporary assignment to assist the M&E department in analysing
and writing reports on previously collected data, and reviewing its work programmes;
and helping the project staff in using and managing various computer software.
June 1989 - October 1992
Socio-economist for the UNDP/UNDTCD project "Assistant to
the Technical Secretariat of the High Water Council (TS-HWC)
for the Preparation of a Water Master Plan" in the Republic of Yemen. The project
started in 1988 and was terminated in 1992. The main objectives of the project were to
complete detailed national data base in meteorology, hydrology, hydrogeology, socioeconomics, water economics, and legislation; develop the professional capabilities of
the Technical Secretariat's national staff; and assist in the preparation of a Master Plan
for Water Resources Development and Management. The main tasks and
responsibilities that I had performed during my assignment were:
1- The analysis and tentative interpretation of the present and potential socio-economic
and regional structure of the country,
2- Outlining the most significant development aspects at regional level and providing
background information concerning water resources planning and development
priorities,
3- Benefit cost analysis and cost recovery as tools for cooperative review of projects and
development priorities in the light of socio-economic aspects and national targets,
4- Identifying development trends of population numbers and the resulted growing water
demand,
5- Defining the socio-economic regional development factors prevailing in YAR such as:
Agriculture and industrial production, technical infrastructures, social infrastructures
and administrative systems and services,
6- Providing the socio-economic inputs required in the elaboration of the Water Master
Plan,
7- Train national counterparts
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8- Assist in carrying out financial and economic analysis for some water Projects,
estimating water supply and requirement for the country, and other related studies as
water policy model and evaluating alternative irrigation water pricing strategies.
July 1986 - June 1989
Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Department – Jebel
Marra Rural Development Project. In addition to the below mentioned
responsibilities for the Deputy Head, I was also in charge of:
a:
b:
c:
d:
e:
designing and carrying out surveys:
for the rainfed and irrigated farming systems,
to monitor and follow up the project activities
to assess the project immediate effects and impact
to monitor the general trends in the project area
to collect data and provide information for other departments of the project
when specifically requested by them
Writing and preparing annual reports on the above surveys results,
Preparing and providing any information specifically requested by the donor and
review missions,
Editing and producing the project’s annual reports, work programmes and cost
estimates,
Occasionally acting the responsibilities of the Director General on his absence from the
project.
July 1980- June 1986
Deputy Manager, Monitoring and Evaluation Department - Jebel Marra Rural
Development Project. The project was financed by the European Development Fund
(EDF) of the European Economic Community (EEC) and executed by Hunting
Technical Services (HTS) of UK. The first phase of the project started in mid 1980
and ended in 1986, and the second phase started in 1986 and was completed in 1993.
The project area is at the western part of Sudan and its activities had covered an area
of 35,000 sq Km. The project had about 600 employees and comprised of seven
departments: Extension, Adaptive Research, Finance and Administration, Engineering,
Community Development, Credit and Marketing and Monitoring and Evaluation
Departments.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Department was established in mid 1980. I worked
with three Monitoring and Evaluation experts from Hunting Technical Services who
were the heads of the department (all British). My main responsibilities were to assist
in carrying out different farm and socio-economic surveys, supervising and
administering the staff of the department (two graduate supervisors, 18 enumerators, 2
computer operators and 5 drivers), analyzing data and writing reports and occasional
bulletins.
July 1978- June 1980
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Head of the Agricultural Economics Section for the Jebel Marra Development
Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Western Sudan). The
Project was one of the oldest development projects in the country as the investigations
and studies activities on the general potentialities of the area started in early 1958 and
continued to 1974 by the UNDP, Tesco Visiterv and the Hunting Technical Services of
England. From 1974 to 1980, the project dealt mainly with Horticultural Development
in the area and concentrating its activities at 6 main irrigated centers. My main Tasks
were to follow up, collect data and report on the agricultural practices and costs of
production for the main crops in the irrigated centers, and analyze market price data
collected by the division's enumerators (4) for the various crops and livestock types.
During this period, I had also participated in the appraisal and preparatory studies
resulted in the new EEC funded Jebel Marra Rural Development Project (JMRDP).
July 1977- May 1978
Assistant Inspector of Agricultural Economics at the Agricultural Economics and
Statistics Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources
(Khartoum - Sudan). Main responsibilities were supervising field surveys and assisting
in data analysis.
SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE
Monitoring and Evaluation of projects and programmes, Project
Management.
Particular Development Competence: Consultant/Expert in Monitoring and Evaluation of
Projects, Beneficiary Impact Assessment, Project Management, and
Rural Development Aspects in General.
Field of Expertise:
FIELD EXPERIENCE:
Sudan
Yemen Republic
Jordan
UN AND OTHER SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE:
- World Bank/IDA
M&E Consultant, CDF M&E specialist, CDF Executive Manager
IDA was the executing agency for the IFAD’s Western Savannah Development
Corporation. +
Consultant for the Beneficiary Assessment for the Southern Governorates Rural
Development Project in Yemen
- UNDP/UNDTCD: Socio-economist in Yemen.
- IFAD :
M&E consultant (M&E systems, RIMS, ProMIS, Survey Design, Data Management)
Project management , Coordinator of activities, Project Manager +
- UNICEF
Consultant in many aspects (CFCI, Water, Flood Recovery, Child Rights, Women
Situation, etc) +
- UNOPS
Consultant: Supervision Missions, Project advising, project management, and other
IFAD related aspects
- EEC
Monitoring and Evaluation
- FAR
Programmes Assessment
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- FAO
- WFP
Abdul Gadir M. A. TURKAWI
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Beneficiary Assessment – Food Security +
Social Protection and Safety Net in Sudan
COMPUTER LITERACY
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Sedulous user of computers since 1983. I had two weeks training on computing within
the Monitoring and Evaluation short course mentioned above. Practiced most of the
known software (All MS Office programs and others) in addition to others as Harvard
Graphic, Analysis packages as Mstat, SL-Micro, Snap, SPSS, other specialized
software as the FAO Crop Water Requirement (Cropwat), IFAD’s ProMIS and
RIMS Data Entering and Analysis Application, MapInfo, EcoZone, and so many
other software packages.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
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Member of IOCE/ EvalPartners network
Member, African Evaluation Association (AfrEA)
Member, Sudanese Environmental Protection Society
Member of the Sudanese Agricultural Engineers Syndicate,
Was Technical Secretary for the Sudanese Agricultural Economists Association’
Technical Advisor for Projects and Programmes for the NGO: Child and Women Rights
Initiatives for Peace and Development International Organization (CAWRIPD)
Member, Community Development Association, Khartoum
Secretary of the BODs of the Comatex Nilotica Consulting Company, Khartoum, Sudan.
Initiator of the Environmental Protection Society in Bait Al Faqih town in Yemen.
OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE
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Experienced in professional editing and production of final reports
Highly experienced in translating from English to Arabic and from Arabic to English.
Familiar with operating all office amenities
Chairman, Secretary and member of many professional and civic societies and
associations while student in schools and universities and after (e.g. Member of the
Academic Committee for the School of Development Studies of the University of East
Anglia (1985-1986), Chairman of Zalingei Football Association (87-89), and
Chairman of Zalingei Musical Society (86-89).
Occasionally teach Project Management courses
REFERENCES
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Dr Sayed Ali Zaki: Executive Manager, Mamoon Buhairy Center,
Telephone (+249)912302691 email: alizaki@hotmail.com
Dr.
James
Morton:
Private
Consultant,
Telephone
email:
mail@jfmortom.co.uk
Mr. Elfate Ali Elsiddig: FreeLance Consultant, Khartoum – Sudan telephone
+249 912393464 elfatihsiddig@yahoo.com
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SOME PUBLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL REPORTS
Used to write monthly, quarterly and annual progress and technical reports while in JMRDP, WSDC, WNASP
and until now. I have also written and presented technical papers and reports on various subjects (some are
published and widely distributed) as below (please refer also to the consultancy reports listed above):
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Turkawi, A.G., The Effects of Migration into the JMRDP area: presented at the third annual review
for the Jebel Marra Project 1984.
Turkawi, A.G., Market Prices Trends in the Darfur Region: presented at the third annual review for
the Jebel Marra Project 1984.
Turkawi, A.G. Monitoring and Evaluation of the Jebel Marra Rural Development Project (A case
Study) (Masters Thesis), 1986
Turkawi, A.G. Review of Agricultural Development in the Jebel Marra Project Area: Presented at
the project's Fifth Annual Review, 1987.
Turkawi, A.G. The Impact of Small Scale Irrigation
Turkawi, A.G. Agriculture in the Yemen Arab Republic, a background information paper, October
1989.
Turkawi, A.G. and Said S. Al Nammari, Monographs on the Water Resources in Yemen Arab
Republic. March 1990.
Tejada, Jose Alberto and A.G. Turkawi, An Introduction to the Functions of the High Water Council
and its Technical Secretariat: Presented at the Seminar "From Depletion to a Prudent Use of
Groundwater Workshop” Rada’a, the Republic of Yemen, July 1990,
Chaudhry, M. A. and A.G. Turkawi, Economics of Irrigation Development in the Yemen Republic:
Evaluation of some case Studies, July 1990 (Co-authored).
Chaudhry, M. A., A.G. Turkawi, and Jose Alberto Tejada, Regional Agricultural Water Requirement
in the Yemen Republic, (co-authored) October 1990.
Chaudhry, M. A. and A.G. Turkawi, Industrial Water Requirements in the Yemen Republic: some
preliminary estimates, ( co-authored) March 1991.
Turkawi, A.G. Industrial Sector Growth and Estimated Water Requirements in the Northern Part of
Yemen: Paper presented at the seminar on "Economic and Social Issues in Water Resources
Development and Management in Yemen", May 1991.
Turkawi, A.G. The Effects of Water Consumption on Groundwater Depletion: (May 1991). Paper
presented at the" Environmental Week 1 - 5 June 1991" Organized by the Environmental Protection
Council, Sana’a, Yemen..
Turkawi, A.G. and M. A. Chaudhry, Municipal and Public Water Requirements in the Northern Part
of the Republic of Yemen, (co-authored), June 1991.
Chaudhry, M.A. and A.G. Turkawi, Proceeding of the Seminar on "Economic and Social Issues in
Water Resources Development and Management in Yemen", compiling and editing, October 1991.
Turkawi, A.G. and M. A. Chaudhry, Water Requirements for the Southern Part of the Republic of
Yemen, March 1992
Turkawi, A.G. White Nile Agricultural Services Project, An Approach for Designing and Managing
Small Holder Irrigated Schemes. Paper presented at the workshop on Privatization of Irrigated
Schemes, Khartoum June 1994
Turkawi, A.G. White Nile Agricultural Services Project, An Approach for Designing and Managing
Small Holder Irrigated Schemes. Paper presented at the OPS Annual Training Workshop, Arusha,
Tanzania, September 1994,
Turkawi, A.G. Credit Systems and their role in the Agricultural Production in Sudan, Paper presented
at the UNDP/OPS 1995 Annual Workshop, Port Harcourt, Nigeria October 1995.
Turkawi, AG. Situation of Women in Bahr Eljabel State, UNICEF SCO 2000
Turkawi, A.G. Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for Raymah Area Development
and Almahara Rural Development Project in Yemen, Report for IFAD 2006
Turkawi, A G, Beneficiary Assessment for the Southern Governorates Rural
Development Project, Yemen – for the World Bank and IFAD, 2007
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turkawi@hotmail.com
Turkawi, AG and Bello Abdelrauf: Beneficiary Assessment for the FAO Special
Programme for Food Security, Report for the Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations, January 2009
Turkawi AG: Improving Monitoring and Reporting Systems and Practices of the
EDF/STABEX Projects in Sudan, June 2009
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Turkawi, Abdulgadir. Social Protection and Safety Net in Sudan Report for and
published by IDS of Sussex University for the World Food Programme, December
2015
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Turkawi (Facilitator) Proceedings of the National Monitoring and Evaluation
Systems Workshop – July 2015
-: Presented Talks on:
a:
b:
"The Importance of Monitoring and Evaluation for Agricultural and Rural
Development Projects", SOCCODEP Start Up Workshop, Awassa, Ethiopia,
1994 and
"Data Collection and SPSS Application", UNOPS Annual Training
Workshop,
Arusha, Tanzania, 1995
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Abdul Gadir M. A. TURKAWI
turkawi@hotmail.com
OTHER WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS
Participated effectively in many workshops and Seminars of which the most notable ones are:
The National Food Security Workshop, Khartoum Sudan 1988.
Darfur Region Food Security Workshop, Al Fasher Sudan 1989, (representing the
JMRDP).
Darfur Region Security Conference,
Al Fasher Sudan 1988, (representing
JMRDP).
Five Jebel Marra Rural Development Project Annual reviews, Zalingei, Sudan 1982, 83, 84, 85, 87.
Water Resources Symposium Sana'a, Yemen Republic 1989.
Water sector Group Meeting, Sana’a, Yemen Republic 1990.
From Depletion to a Prudent Use of Groundwater, Rada’a Yemen Republic, July
1990, (representing the TS-HWC).
Data Base for Water Resources in the Republic of Yemen, Sana'a, Yemen Republic,
October 1990.
Seminar on Water Legislation in the Republic of Yemen, Sana’a, November 1990.
Land Resources Inventory for Land Use Planning, Dhamar, Yemen Republic,
December 1990, (representing the TS-HWC).
Economic and Social Issues in Water Resources Development and Management in
Yemen, Sana'a, May 1991.
Environmental Week (1 - 5 June 1991), Sana'a, Yemen.
First National Population Conference, Sana'a 26 - 29 October 1991, Yemen.
Water Resources Planning and Management in Yemen, Sana'a 24 - 27 May 1992,
Yemen
Privatization of Irrigated Schemes, Arab Organization for Agricultural
Development, Khartoum 21-22 June 1994, Sudan
Southern Region Credit Cooperative Project Start up Workshop, Awassa, Ethiopia
14-16 September 1994.
1994 OPS Annual Training Workshop for IFAD-funded Projects, Arusha,
Tanzania, 26 September - 2 October 1994. (Session Chairman)
White Nile Agricultural Services Project Start Up Workshop, 6-9 February, Kosti
Sudan
1995 OPS Annual Training Workshop for IFAD Funded Projects, Port Hartcourt,
Nigeria, 24 - 30 September 1995 (Session Chairman)
Fourth IFAD Project Implementation Workshop for the Near East and North Africa
Region, Alexandria, Egypt 9-15 November 1996
More than 10 workshops organized by the White Nile Agricultural Services Project
from
1994 to 1999.
Livestock Coordination Workshop for the OLS N/S sectors. UNICEF/IBAR/Tufts,
Khartoum 21/7 – 24/7/1999.
A Management for Impact workshop organized by IFAD, Aden, Yemen 2003
Development Impact Evaluation Workshop, Dubai May - June, 2010
South- South Social Protection Learning Forum Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
May 29 - June 3, 2011
South- South Learning Forum – Social Ptotection – Rio de Janeiro –
Brazil March 17 – 21 2014
I CERTIFY THAT ALL INFORMATION STATED IN THIS RESUME
COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE.
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turkawi@hotmail.com
A-G. Turkawi
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