خلاصہ

More than twenty years of sound professional experience as NRM/forestry/Livelihoods and Gender expert with different inter/national organizations. My dominant work experience has been in managing Natural Resource Management (NRM), Livelihoods and Agribusiness projects through civil society and private sector engagement, developing strategies for NRM development thru enterprise orientation developing monitoring systems and database for all value chains managing monitoring, evaluation reports, donor reports and research papers and NRM/DRM Plans coordinating and facilitating inter/national and provincial workshops for government, civil society and private partners on rural development, agribusiness and DRM formation of business associations in tourism, livestock, agriculture and forestry sectors formation of village level community and womens organizations around specified common interests and capacity building of staff and partner organizations in NRM, Agribusiness, Organizational Management, Leadership, Planning, budgeting, implementation and monitoring and evaluation of Social and enterprise Development Programs/projects.

پراجیکٹس

Terminal Evaluation of “The Horticulture Advancement Activity”
Market Study and Stakeholder Engagement for Agribusiness
Disaster Risk Management in Agriculture and Food Security Natural Resource
Women in Agriculture in Pakistan
REDD+ Gender Action Plan for Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K)
REDD+ Gender Action Plan Balochistan, Pakistan
REDD+ Gender Action Plan Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Mid Term Project Evaluation
مزید دیکھیے

تجربہ

کمپنی کا لوگو
Sr. Program Manager, Livelihood and Social Protection
Hashoo Foundation
نومبر ۲۰۱٦ - دسمبر ۲۰۱۷ | ICT, Pakistan

·         Provided technical and managerial oversight and capacity building of the LSP team
·         Technical lead to input on sector strategy, program development, identification and design of technical assistance to LSP and Nutrition projects and regional program teams

Provided and supported capacity building of project and program teams to build the technical and management skills and competencies required to lead and develop effective programs.
Ensure the documentation of performance, develop appropriate performance improvements/ work plans and take appropriate performance management actions in line with Core Office HR policy.
Ensure project learning informs nutrition and social protection program implementation and contributes to advocacy actions and initiatives and support the regional team in the development of key documents in line with the integrated programmatic framework of HF
Ensure implementation of high quality programs through integration, expansion and growth of existing projects and strengthening links with other sectors. 
Develop high quality proposals and timely project reports and publications in collaboration with other program teams  
Coordination, communication and liaison with key stakeholders including: relevant line Ministries, UN agencies, international and national NGOs and other relevant civil society organizations
Represented HF at national and international events and forums and proactively explore opportunities to engage in advocacy work in Nutrition and Social Protection to change policies and practices for wider and lasting impact on the lives of HF beneficiaries
Maintain program budgets in line with donor requirements.

کمپنی کا لوگو
. National Agriculture Specialist/DRM
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
مئی ۲۰۱۰ - جولائی ۲۰۱۲ | Islamabad, Pakistan

·         Managed Disaster Risk Management component of FAO as One-UN program and being implemented through government concerned departments and civil society organizations in Pakistan
·         Co-facilitated National workshop on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Agriculture and Food Security and developed the workshop report
·         Conducted five Provincial (FATA, KPK, and Sindh, Punjab, and Balochistan) workshops on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) in Agriculture as a lead person
·         Maintained continuous coordination with the national and provincial government and non-government partners for timely delivery of information, services, and goods to disaster-hit rural communities
·         Engaged with the technical experts on the development of programs related to risk identification, capacity development, climate risk management, and gender

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Deputy Local Economic Development Manager
Citizen’s Network for Foreign Affairs -Improving Livelihoods & Enterprise Development (CNFA-I-LED)
جنوری ۲۰۰۹ - اپریل ۲۰۱۰ | Islamabad, Pakistan

·         Strengthened the capacity of enterprises by organizing producers into clusters and associations
·         Helped create 32 formal business associations in the tourism, dairy, poultry, vegetable, fruits, and potato sectors in KP and AJ&K with funding provided by USAID
·         Developed MoUs and formal contracts with project partners/key stakeholders
·         Promoted market and business development around agriculture, livestock, forestry, and off-farm enterprise development
·         Prepared guidelines for the formation of business associations and facilitated field staff in business Associations formations and association management training
·         Developed mechanisms and financial records for Business Associations
·         Developed Monitoring and Evaluation Database System for Agribusiness Enterprises of CNFA-ILED

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Manager Natural Resource Management/Livelihoods
AKDN-MERP
اپریل ۲۰۰٦ - اگست ۲۰۰۸ | Muzaffarabad, Pakistan

·         The assisted earthquake-affected communities in establishing processes, institutions, capacities, infrastructures, and services that facilitate their rehabilitation in the Chakhama Valley of AJ&K
·         Designed, developed, and implemented NRM /livelihoods recreation Strategy and annual work plans for AJ&K
·         Initiated and managed new interventions including management including budgeting, planning, grants management, PCM, and monitoring of all three components (Forestry, Agriculture, and Livestock) and prepared all programmatic donor reports
·         Developed partnerships with NGOs, research institutions, government departments

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Regional Coordinator/Forestry Expert
Farm Forestry Support Project
مئی ۲۰۰۲ - ستمبر ۲۰۰۵ | Hari Pur, Pakistan

·         Provided leadership and strategic direction to NRM/Livelihoods and forestry project components
·         Promote market and business development around forestry, agriculture, and livestock, and off-farm enterprises
·         Conducted regular training of associations and project staff and monitored the progress of activities of concerned organizations
·         Coordinate with actors of relevance (rain-fed forestry, entrepreneurship development)

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Forestry Specialist/Social Organizer/Training Coordinator
Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP)
اگست ۱۹۹۴ - مئی ۲۰۰۱ | Gilgit, Pakistan

·         Overall supervision of forestry  activities in Gilgit Baltistan and formation of village-level community and women’s organizations (105 village-based and women organizations formed) around specified common interests
·         Worked as a team member in designing “Women in Greenery Project of AKRSP”.
·         Introduced social and financial incentives among community organizations for promoting social forestry  
·         Promoted Social Forestry with the involvement of community-based organizations and concerned forest departments
·         Promoted youth environmental clubs at school and college level
·         Promoted environment-friendly and sustainable solid waste management systems at the community level in GB
·         Helped communities in promoting and adopting environment-friendly stoves to reduce household pollution
·         Rehabilitation of wasteland by the establishment of large-scale plantations under social forestry program, Block plantations, dry-land, and water harvesting techniques                                                                                                         
·         Co-facilitated National Consultation on “Strategies for Grassroots’ Women’s Empowerment in Natural Resource Management in the Northern Areas of Pakistan” AKRSP & ICIMOD, Gilgit.
·         Providing capacity-building support to VO/WOs and other development stakeholders in Social Forestry, Organizational Management, Accounts and book-keeping, Gender, Conflict Resolution, and Leadership,

کمپنی کا لوگو
Consultant-Pakistan Market Study and Stakeholder Engagement for Agribusines
Environmental Resource Management (ERM)
ستمبر ۲۰۲۱ - جنوری ۲۰۲۵ | Hunza Nagar, Pakistan

Review and analysis of existing and planned policies and legislation in Pakistan for Agribusiness subsector Storage+Logistics and Processing.  2, Research/ literature review on sectors practices and case studies from 3 companies active in Pakistan in the agribusiness sub-sector. 3. Assessment of environmental and social risks related to specific sub-sector and up to 2 case studies/examples in Pakistan. 4. Stakeholder interviews and summary notes 5. Support to regional ERM team with the gaps assessment, recommendations to the client, and deliverables review to address the client’s comments.

تعلیم

University of Peshawar
ماسٹرز, ماسٹرز ان سائنس, M.Sc. Forest Management‎
Entomology.
درجہ B
1995
University of Aberdeen
ماسٹرز, ماسٹرز ان سائنس, M.Sc Forest Management‎
التطؤير الإداري
درجہ B
1995

پیشہ ورانہ مہارتیں

ماہر Coordination and Communication
ماہر Executive Presentation Skills
ماہر Monitoring and Evaluation
ماہر NRM Program Management
ماہر Program/Project Design & Implementation
ماہر Student Handeling Skills

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Muhammad Adnan
Universal Gas Distribution company (Pvt.) Ltd