Prospera is a boutique consulting firm specialized in strengthening employment promotion interventions across the globe. Our mission is to enhance the effectiveness of the public and social sector in facilitating people’s successful integration into the labor market, especially for disadvantaged groups such as youth, women and refugees. Our services cover all steps of the policy and project cycle, including diagnostics, program design, implementation support, monitoring and evaluation, as well as capacity building.In my role as Managing Director, I act as focal point to our clients, I sparehead major assignments, oversee project teams and ensure quality standards in our work, steer the strategic development and operational management of the firm, and mentor junior colleagues. Learn more at www.prospera-consulting.com

Selected Clients: The World Bank, African Development Bank, International Labour Organization, European Commission, GIZ, DANIDA, Save the Children, International Rescue Committee, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), Making Cents International• Project Design: Developed $9 million program component on demand-driven training and youth entrepreneurship for the Egypt Emergency Employment Investment Project implemented by the Social Fund for Development; Designed $5 million youth entrepreneurship project in Morocco led by the Ministry of Youth and Sports; Designed $3 million pilot project on community-based livelihood development for women and youth in Djibouti.• Monitoring & Evaluation: Evaluator of Livelihood Centers for refugees and host communities in Lebanon; Lead-evaluator of the Souk At-Tanmia entrepreneurship program in Tunisia; Co-evaluator of ActionAid Denmark's engagement in the MENA region; Provided technical assistance on M&E design for several employment programs; Co-authored report on findings from youth employment evaluations in Africa and the Middle East; Synthesized global experience with M&E of youth livelihood programs; Peer-reviewed and enhanced the quality of impact evaluation plans, survey instruments, and related reports for School-to-Work transition project • Capacity building: Frequent speaker and facilitator in capacity building workshops on M&E and impact evaluation; Trainer for government officials in Togo on local labor market assessments.

• Project & partnership management: Co-managed the $8 million Global Partnership for Youth Employment that supports research, innovative projects and regional policy dialogue in Africa and the Middle East; Coordinated WB dialogue on youth with the UN system and civil society; Team Leader of a youth violence prevention project in Guatemala (WB Innovation Fund winner)• Analytical work: Lead-authored a Practical Guide for Monitoring & Evaluation of youth livelihood programs; Co-authored book chapter on policies to protect young people from the effects of financial crises; Co-authored a brief on the economic case for investing in children and youth• Technical assistance on M&E: Supported the design and implementation of a M&E framework for the WB Youth Employment and Skills Project in Liberia; Served as technical expert for Youth Employment Network’s Taqeem evaluation initiative providing capacity building to youth-serving organizations in Jordan, Egypt, Yemen and Somalia • Knowledge management: Co-chaired a donor community of practice on youth livelihood development; Co-managed the Bank’s community of practice on youth development; Managed the Bank’s participation in major youth related conferences and learning events; Supported the design and setup of the WB Jobs Knowledge Platform

Carlo Schmid Fellow