Peter Mackenzie Email & Phone Number

Metro Manila

Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines

• Developed, implemented, monitored, and evaluated rule of law programs for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) in the Philippines, including a 5-year, $9.5 million USAID project to support legal aid, legal education, and efficient justice provision.• Oversaw a grants program providing funding support to 19 Philippine civil society organizations. • Maintained and strengthened partnerships with the Supreme Court of the Philippines, Philippine Judicial Academy, Legal Education Board, and Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP).• Spearheaded the development of the Pro Bono Portal, an online platform enabling the matching of indigent clients seeking legal representation with IBP pro bono attorneys.• Planned and conducted more than 20 legal aid caravans across the Philippines at which IBP pro bono attorneys provided legal services to indigenous people and prison inmates and detainees.• Managed, mentored, and motivated a field office of 15 full-time employees and 2 consultants. • Identified and pursued new funding opportunities from USG and non-USG donors; drafted proposals responsive to the unique legal and political climate of the Philippines.• Led the recruitment of field office staff, workshop facilitators, and short-and long-term experts. • Approved all field office expenditures and oversaw financial controls.• Planned and initiated the closeout of the office at the conclusion of its 5-year USAID project.

• Provided editorial support for the Heritage Institute for Policy Studies (HIPS) in Mogadishu; led the review and editing of a 300+-page human capital development strategy completed for the Somali Federal Government as a requirement of its National Development Plan (2020-2024). • Wrote, revised and edited project proposals for Interpeace, the HIPS, Laasfort Consulting Group and KasmoDev on education, election security and peacebuilding in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia.• Edited research papers on gender, justice, migration and international relations in Somalia, Somaliland, Tunisia and Sudan for the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI), Saferworld and the Mixed Migration Centre.

Kampala, Uganda

- Designed, managed development, launched and served as executive editor for somhub.org, an online knowledge management platform for practitioners working on security and justice in Somalia- Organized and chaired meetings of the Police Accountability Working Group, a community of practice for international and domestic NGOs and donors supporting police reform and accountability in Somalia- Completed a comprehensive implementation strategy review for DDG's Somalia Security and Justice Programme- Designed, contracted and oversaw work by consultant organizations to analyze the impact of and compile lessons learnt from DDG's work to support inclusive councils of elders and community-police dialogue and cooperation in Somalia- Oversaw editing and quality control for publications and reports of the Somalia Security and Justice Programme- Redesigned DDG's internal document management system for the Somalia Security and Justice Programme.

Nairobi, Kenya And Kampala, Uganda With Frequent Travel To Somalia/Somaliland

• Oversaw Saferworld’s programs in Somalia and Somaliland, on community security, conflict transformation, democratization and civil society advocacy on governance and peacebuilding.• Managed a 25-person team, with members in London, Nairobi, Hargeisa, Mogadishu, Kismayo and Baidoa; chaired recruitment processes to expand from 8 members since joining Saferworld.• Led partnerships with a range of Somali institutions, including six civil society organizations in five Somali cities, 3 electoral management bodies and 3 Somaliland political parties.• Directed fundraising and grant reporting for the Somalia program and maintained strong relationships with donors, including the European Union, Danida, the Netherlands and Sweden.• Led program development and the drafting of successful funding proposals worth $12 million.• Managed strategic planning processes to identify and address significant issues facing Somali communities, institutions and governments, as well as monitoring and evaluation for all projects.• Took responsibility for the provision of safety and security for the team, including the recruitment of security personnel, drafting, review and compliance with safety and security plans.

Nairobi, Kenya With Frequent Travel To Somalia/Somaliland

• Oversaw technical support for the Somaliland National Electoral Commission (NEC) and served as chief point of contact for all local partner organizations working on democratization. • Managed the contracting of service and supplies tenders for the 2016 voter registration process in Somaliland, and chaired the tender award committee for voter registration supplies.• Drafted successful proposals and periodic reporting to donors for grants worth US$24 million.• Served as the main resource person for the Democratization Program Steering Committee, a coordination body for donor agencies supporting democratic processes in the Somali region.• Edited book-length reports on the 2012 election in Somaliland and the suspended 2013 elections in Puntland, as well as numerous reports and opinion polls by Somaliland’s Academy for Peace and Development (APD) and the Puntland Development Research Center (PDRC).• Recruited and hired international consultants, and served on the recruiting panel for NEC secretariat staff members, to support the 2015 voter registration in Somaliland.• Co-organized and served as facilitator for a conference series with the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Elections Committee in Mogadishu to explore potential federal elections systems in Somalia.

Nairobi, Kenya

• Directed a project to evaluate election systems used in the Somali region and internationally, to develop options and explore challenges for the 2016 Somalia federal elections.• Surveyed international electoral systems, considering their potential to alleviate or increase conflict; applied research to Somalia’s socio-political context, explaining risks and advantages.• Wrote a final report that was used in workshops with the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Electoral Commission of Somalia, aimed at exploring options for Somalia’s 2016 elections.

Alexandria, Virginia

• Directed research projects on behalf of U.S. government and military clients on topics including China-Africa relations, Chinese military culture, Chinese naval leadership, foreign space programs, security implications for China of climate change, Chinese military medical diplomacy, and Chinese media perceptions of U.S. military activities. • Wrote and co-wrote multiple book-length studies and research papers.• Briefed high-level military, defense, and intelligence officials from the United States, Asia, Africa, and Europe on my research.

New York, Ny

• Completed a survey of U.S. academic and non-profit institutions conducting programs on U.S.-China security issues; wrote an evaluative report on these programs that will be distributed among the U.S.-China policy community by the Ford Foundation.• Designed and conducted a survey of Chinese think tanks and academic institutes dealing with Asian regional security issues; constructed a database of these programs and wrote an evaluative report for the MacArthur Foundation.

Nairobi, Kenya With Frequent Travel Within East Africa

• Designed and implemented democratic governance programs in Kenya and Somaliland.• Provided capacity building and strategic advice to the four largest Kenyan political parties and all three registered parties in Somaliland.• Designed and managed nationwide public opinion and election exit polls in Kenya.• Organized an international delegation to observe Somaliland’s 2005 parliamentary election; drafted a comprehensive report for policy-makers in the U.S. and Africa.• Provided grants and capacity building to a youth non-violence network in Kenya and numerous Muslim women’s advocacy groups in Somaliland and Sudan. • Oversaw a network-building program for young NGO leaders in Kenya, Somaliland, Sudan and Uganda.• Developed successful proposals and negotiated funding agreements with donors; oversaw the completion of democracy and governance projects totaling nearly $2 million.• Managed an office of eight Kenyans and three expatriates.

Washington, Dc With Frequent Travel To China

• Conducted missions to observe village elections in China; wrote observation reports.• Organized training conferences for Chinese election officials, local leaders, legislators and high court judges.• Led Chinese delegations to several cities in the U.S. to study election systems, employee ownership plans, and rural land use in the United States; led delegation of Chinese judicial officials to South Africa to study legal aid. • Wrote successful proposals and quarterly reports for grants totaling over $1 million.• Co-wrote a guide for student democracy activists, used in training courses in Cambodia. • Translated China’s national election law and electoral codes of five Chinese provinces.

Washington, Dc

• Managed a visiting fellows program in which scholars, government officials and military leaders from numerous countries conducted research on key foreign policy issues.• Assisted the Asia Program director in research, fundraising, and conference planning.

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Taught English for one year to doctors and graduate students at Sun Yat-sen Medical University, Guangzhou, China.

Master Of Public Policy And Administration, International Affairs Policy/ Economic And Political Development

Ba, Asian Studies

Certificate, Mandarin Chinese, Chinese History

Certificate, Mandarin Chinese