Claas Beecken Email & Phone Number

Greater London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

• Acting up as Head of Programme Management Sep 2022 and Head of Ukraine Response August and December 2022.

London, United Kingdom

• Led project and contract management for UK funded projects in Yemen and peace building projects• Negotiated a 26 million GBP cost-extension to a humanitarian consortium project in Yemen • Leading on risk and fraud management for portfolio• Overseeing full project cycle, donor compliance, reporting, and MEAL• Led on review analyzing gendered access barriers to accountability and feedback mechanisms

Iraq

• Raised 3.7 million USD for child protection and education in emergencies projects in Iraq• Designed needs and evidence-based projects and high-quality proposals with a focus on Child Protection, Education, and Livelihoods• Provided leadership on donor contracts, compliance, reporting, and financial management of grants. • Donor engagement and cluster-coordination, including building of partnerships and consortia• Capacity building of staff on Project Cycle Management through training, workshops, mentoring and coaching

London, United Kingdom

As part of the regional desk for the Middle East and Asia, I provided the country teams in Jordan, Iraq, Yemen and Afghanistan with project implementation operational support, including through various deployments. • Compiled, reviewed, and supported country teams to produce high quality, impact focused reports to donors (EC, UN, DfID, FCO, and corporate donors) and improved quality and timeliness (by over 200%) of donor reports• Maintained grant management and monitoring of grant expenditure • Led on project adaptation and revisions in view of changed context and continuous learning• Supported Programme Funding Unit in programme design including logframe development and proposal writing (EC, UNICEF, DRA) • Facilitated Operational Plan and Strategic 3-year plan development in Iraq, Jordan, and Yemen

London, United Kingdom

Geneva Area, Switzerland

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

Greater New York City Area

• Represented Liechtenstein at formal and informal meetings on humanitarian affairs and international security; Delegate to - 13th Commission on Sustainable Development (responsible for WASH)- 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (2 May – 27 May) • Acting Personal Assistant to the Ambassador for one month.

Institute Of Asian Studies, Hamburg

Hamburg Area, Germany