Barbara Nöst

Responsible for the management of multi-donor fund, the Zambian Governance Foundation, including management of the grant application procedure, monitoring and assessment of compliance with grant provisions, contracting of technical assistance, capacity development, grants management

Thematic areas: Governance, Public Service Reform, Local Governance, Decentralisation; Services: Curriculum development and training, programme formuation, assessments, sector studies, programme management;

EU funded Civil Society Capacity Building Programme (9th EDF) in Uganda under the supervision of the Office of the Prime Minster & Ministry of Finance (www.civilsocietyfund.or.ug): Setting up the Programme Management Unit including staff recruitment; Overseeing development of grants management and f

Programme supervision and design of Local Governance support interventions; Monitoring and reporting on decentralisation and local governance reform issues;

Study of the Capacity Building Needs of the Province and Pilot Districts of Inhambane; Drafting a three-year capacity-building programme, including implementation and monitoring arrangements, work plan and budget

Mozambique country programme evaluation: Revisiting relevant project and programme documents, interviews with relevant stakeholders in the international community as well as government, focus group discussions with project staff and target groups and field visits;

EU funded Governance Programme in Equatorial Guinea (EDF): Setting-up Programme Management Unit, directing programme development and recruitment of local personnel;

Consultancy to Formulate an Institutional Strengthening Programme for Regional Secretariats in Tanzania commissiond by the Local Government Reform Programme

Programme in East Africa (with focus on Uganda) Programme responsibilities: Decentralisation and public service reform; Overall justice reform, access to Justice; Strengthening civil society organisations; Electoral process & civic and voter education;

Liaison with NGOs engaged in development education, information and advocacy work; Maintaining media relations; Organisation of press conferences, media events; Developing internal communication strategy;

Evaluation of the Austrian funded Jozani Forest Conservation Project in Zanzibar - Community Development Project (implemented by Care Österreich and Care Tanzania)

Member of a research project on "Communication in development": research on communication in the context of development aid, including field studies in Tanzania (Zanzibar & Tanzania Mainland) and Cape Verde (Ilha de Santiago).