Dharshini Samaranayake Email & Phone Number

Colombo

Strategic development, monitoring and evaluation and research.I was the lead technical adviser for a1. Functional Assessment of the Social Services Workforce in Sri Lanka associated with the Protection of Children, commissioned by UNICEF, Sri Lanka, 2. A study on Social Work Education in Sri Lanka,3. Gender in the SME sector of Sri Lanka4. Education Technical Lead in Final Evaluation of Catalytic Support to Peace building in Sri Lanka- (UN catalytic engagement with resettlement and durable solutions for wider political transition, peace-building and reconciliation efforts in Sri Lanka) (February-April 2019) 5. Member of the Research team and technical expert for a baseline study of the satisfaction of beneficiaries in the Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development Operation, World Bank (2020),6. Education Technical Lead in Education for the Final Evaluation of Promoting Reconciliation in Sri Lanka Project -2021,7. Technical lead in “TRANFORM” Development Programme of Chrysalis, October 2020-March 2021 8.Team leader of Consultation with Children and Youth in Sri Lanka for UNICEF as part of the process of developing UNICEF’s country programme, 2021

Sri Lanka

1. Developed a monitoring system for PEaCE (ECPAT Sri Lanka) to monitor a project on Ending Sexual Abuse of Children Online. March-August 20192. Co technical lead in an evaluation of an Child Centered Education Project in the Puttalam District for VOICE, December 2017-February 2018,3. Co technical lead on a baseline study of violence against children in the Nuwaraeliya District February 2018-June 2018.

Sri Lanka

-Managed the Research, Evaluation and Programme Information Unit,-Led and managed special studies, evaluations and reviews, -led the process of developing Plan Sri Lanka's 3rd and 4th Country Strategic Plans,-Localized corporate programme management and learning systems and trained staff on their application,-Developed monitoring systems for projects and programmes

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

-strongly involved in the development of the Country Strategy and programmes for the period 2000-2005,-led the process of establishing new programme units in areas affected by ongoing conflict through conflict sensitive programming,-Developed the monitoring and evaluation framework for the Country Strategic Plan and led the process including the final evaluation of the CSP,-Support the capacity building of staff on M&E and programme development,-Management of evaluations, reviews and special studies in technical themes of education, livelihood, cascade based rural development, child protection and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

110 Park Road, Colombo 5

-Responsible for managing the Research, monitoring and evaluation unit,-Strongly involved in localizing and implementing corporate MER frameworks and training staff at all levels to implement corporate systems in a local context.-developing and leading participatory monitoring tools and evaluations,-Coordinating consultants and managing evaluations with consultants including quality checks and ensuring recommendations are factored into programming

Sri Lanka

Research and capacity building of communities, CBOs and sector partners in planning, implementation and managing rural water supply and sanitation programmes and hygiene promotion in the Matale and Polonnaruwa Districts.Lead consultant in the final evaluation of the social impact of the project (1991)

Master'S Degree, Sociology And Anthropology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Rural Sociology, Class-Second Lower

Activities and Societies: English literary society Sociology and development studies