Alessandro Bini Email & Phone Number

Mogadishu, SO

Somalia

Ethiopia

• Responsible for the management and expansion of the Ethiopia Country Programme and for ensuring implementation of organisational strategy and policies and leading the Country Management Team. Managing a team of 600.
• Reduced staff turn over by 20%; increased organisation competitiveness in the recruitment of high calibre staff and improved staff gender ratio by revising the Salary Scale and the overall staff benefit package
• Changed geographical focus of Concern with a more efficient concentration in the poorest and most vulnerable areas of the Country through the new Country Strategic Plan (2018-2021)
• Improved inclusion of gender equality in programmes and increased staff gender ratio
• Increased and diversified funding base through the acquisition of new funding with a range of donors: OFDA, USAID, DFID, World Bank, Irish Aid, Alive and Thrive, GAC, EU Trust Fund / Italian Cooperation Agency (AICS).

Uganda

GOAL Uganda is the lead of a consortium formed by Mercy Corps, VSO and Restless Development implementing a large programme funded by the MasterCard Foundation (DYNAMIC) taking a market systems approach using M4P tools and methodology. DYNAMIC aims to strengthen key agricultural systems enabling the market to create and sustain employment and.

Burundi And Mali

NorCross is a National Society members of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. While based in Burundi, represented the Norwegian Red Cross and supervised the funded programmes and the support provided to Burundi and Mali Red Cross National Societies. Programmes implemented in the area of Organisational Development, Integrated Health and First Aid.

Democractic Republic Of Congo

• Led the development and management of the Concern Country Programme and for ensuring correct implementation of organisational policies and procedures. Liaising and reporting directly to the Board of Concern Worldwide.
• DFID funded WASH Consortium: Concern was the lead of a large consortium of 5 INGOs implementing a 24 Mln GBP WASH programme ensuring sustainable access to water and sanitation services in 5 Provinces of DRC for over.
• Secured funding from ECHO, OFDA and Irish Aid-HPP for a multi-sectoral humanitarian programme in North Kivu and Katanga

Burundi

• Led the Country Strategic Plan (2012-16) elaboration process. Main achievements and innovations introduced in Burundi:
• Led the change process to reorganise Burundi and Rwanda in one Country Programme
• Set up a MEAL system for the Country Programme, including the introduction of Digital Data Gathering technology for surveys
• Led the design and successful implementation of the Social Protection / Graduation Model Programme: supporting extremely poor households to graduate from extreme poverty through a correct sequencing of actions in the.
• Led the design, proposal preparation and implementation of the Maternal and Child Health: USAID funded ‘Mabayi Child Survival Project’

Angola

Led Concern Angola in the process of closure; responsible for developing and implementing Concern’s exit strategy. Developing and implementing a phasing out strategy for programmes; organising and supervising all programmes final evaluations; developing and implementing an HR plan entailing a staff release and measures to facilitate the transition of staff.

Angola

• Led the overall supervision and strategic guidance of Concern programmes in Angola. Concern worked in two of the Provinces most affected by the conflict.
• The Sustainable Livelihoods Programme funded by EU and Irish Aid had a budget of 9.5Mln EURO over 5 years, targeted poorest families and aimed at supporting producers using Farmer Field School methodology and promoting.
• The HIV/AIDS Programme aimed at minimizing participants’ vulnerability to and risk of HIV infections through mainstreaming HIV/AIDS into Concern Angola programmes.

Burundi

• Led the development, planning, implementation of the area programme in the Province of Cibitoke and for ensuring coordination between the different components:
• Primary Education (2008-2011): Irish Aid funded o Supporting the development of a Community Based School Management system o Improving access to primary schools by supporting vulnerable and marginalised children o.
• Maternal and Child Health (2008-2013): USAID funded Mabayi Child Survival Project o The project aimed at developing innovative and sustainable ways of delivering health services in a post-conflict contextAs Focal point.

Burkina Faso

• Iles de Paix is an INGO specialised in the field of food security and rural livelihoods. The objective of the programme was to improve long-term sustainable access to food and income by applying a livelihood security.
• Agro-pastoral activities (improving soil fertility by integrating pastoralism and agriculture and introducing Conservation Farming and Conservation Agriculture)
• Lowlands Management Schemes (LMS) to introduce horticultural irrigated productions for the dry season and water stocks for livestock.
• Saving Groups and technical support for the setting up of small businesses by women
• Capacity building of local associations and Institutions

Burkina Faso

Selected by UNAIS, a British NGO, to work with a Burkinabe CBO in improving their capacity to achieve their objectives of alleviating rural poverty and reducing gender inequality. In particular I was responsible for:Coordinating a programme to reinforce the capacity of the staff of the CBO;Developing project management and Monitoring and Evaluation.

London, United Kingdom

• Maxwell Stamp is an international consultancy specialised in implementing Technical Assistance projects in the areas of trade and economic development.
• Supported the Project Manager of the DfID-funded Africa Trade and Poverty Programme (ATPP) implemented in Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. The project aimed at improving trade analysis and trade and economic policy.
• Responsible for writing technical proposals submitted to the main international donors (WB, DfID, EU, ADB, AfDB, CARICOM, Commonwealth Secretariat)
• Worked on projects in the areas of industrial competitiveness, SME Development, Trade Policy, WTO Accession, NGO participation in trade policy formulation

Ethiopia

Conducted a study in co-operation with UNIDO and the Ethiopian Tanners Association (ETA) benchmarking technological capabilities of leather firms and support institutions, assessing the international competitiveness of the Ethiopian leather sector through a value chain analysis of key leather exports (gloves and sports equipment). Comprehensive analysis of.

Gabon

Participated in Private Sector Development Programme with a focus on micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) development, assessing the efficiency of credit institutions supporting MSMEs and produced suggestions for reforming credit institutions.Research focused on developing tools to foster entrepreneurship among women, youth and the unemployed

Ghana

Conducted a study on SMEs and Business Development Service (BDS) providers in the timber sector, financed by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. The research included extensive data collection and analysis from three SMEs clusters located in Accra, Kumasi and Oda to assess the level of development of the SMEs sector and of the BDS providers.

Digitizing Humanitarian & Social Assistance Training, Cash And Voucher Assistance

Activities and Societies: Digitizing Humanitarian & Social Assistance Training

E-Coaching On Social Protection: Towards Responsive Systems, Social Protection, 84.0

15 June - 6 September 2020 OBJECTIVES Through this training, participants should have acquired the knowledge to: • Understand key.

Mphil, Development Studies

Development Economics Rural Development Rules of Engagement in International Trade and Finance Competing in the Global Economy Technology.

Ba, Economics And Political Science; Development Economics, Honors (110 Cum Laude)

Graduated with Honors in Development Economics with a dissertation on "The potential for job creation of the timber sector in Ghana" 1999.

A Level, Perito Informatico