Catherine Flew Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Independent Consultant and Deployable Civilian Expert for the UK Government’s Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation. Areas of expertise include rule of law, security and justice, peacebuilding, conflict prevention, technical assistance, conflict-sensitivity, community security and arms control. Specialising in monitoring and evaluation, programme design, theories of change, conflict analysis, political economy analysis, training and facilitation, organisational learning and strategic planning. Work undertaken to date includes:Lead Evaluator for a thematic evaluation for HMG's Global Serious and Organised Crime (SOC) Portfolio.Technical adviser and MEL Systems Lead within the Global MEL Partnership providing support to the UK Government's Conflict, Stability and Security Fund (CSSF). Supported HMG officials to develop the CSSF's fund-level outcomes and result areas.Leading the development of a planning, learning and results framework for a large multinational law firm's initiative to improve wellbeing within poor communities in East Africa through a partnership approach.Leading a mid-term review of Saferworld's peacebuilding programmes in Sudan and Somalia. I provided guidance and oversight to country-level evaluation teams, and led a review of how learning and evidence is generated, applied and disseminated within and beyond the two programmes.An evaluation of the John Smith Trust’s FCO-funded programme, which promotes good governance, rule of law and social justice in Central Asia and Wider Europe. Authoring a paper on 'Judicial Peer-to-Peer Learning to Strengthen the Rule of Law', for Advocates for International Development.A case study evaluation of ROLE UK’s support to a partnership between the Nigerian Bar Association and the Bar Human Rights Committee. Authoring guidance and delivering training on ‘Maximising the Relevance and Effectiveness of Technical Assistance in Support of the Rule of Law’, for ROLE UK.

Advising and training government, NGO and private sector organisations on programme design, monitoring and evaluation. Work undertaken to date has included:A literature review on lessons learned from the West Africa Ebola epidemic and their relevance to conflict- and stabilisation-related programming during the COVID 19 pandemic.Delivering technical advice as part of the CSSF West Africa Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Contract. I provided technical advice on the design, delivery and MEL of the UK Government’s Niger Delta Stability Programme, which includes alternative livelihood projects, criminal justice capacity-building, and advocacyDeveloping an evaluation framework for the British Council's work across the UK.Developing a theory of change for the FCO’s Russia International Programme and advising on programme monitoring forms and procedures.Providing technical and research support to the development of theories of change for the HMG’s CSSF-funded Countering Disinformation and Media Development (CDMD) Programmes in Ukraine, Georgia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.Developing M&E Guidance and theories of change at the organisational- and progamme-level, for Christian Aid’s ‘From Violence to Peace’ portfolio.M&E training for the Risks Advisory Group.

London

I developed the theory of change and results framework for a £22.8 million Technical Assistance Facility which supports programming in Libya, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. This work entailed working across UK Government departments and locations, and with the private sector implementing partner. The resulting theory of change was shared with other DFID and FCO departments as an example of a strong, evidence-based theory of change to draw upon in developing theories of change for other similar programmes.

In the field of conflict prevention: developing organisational planning, monitoring and evaluation systems; co-ordinating strategic planning; promoting and facilitating lessons-learning.

Based in Kampala, co-ordinating projects on small arms control, security and justice sector reform, and conflict-sensitive approaches to development

Msc With Distinction, International Politics

First Class Ba, International History And Politics