M&E Specialist

Oscar Damen is an M&E Specialist and trainer/facilitator with over 30 years of experience in design of rural development projects, as well as implementation support, project supervision, monitoring and evaluation. He has worked in over 15 countries in Africa, with an emphasis on results management, M&E systems, capacity building and participatory methods. After several years of working with smallholder farmers and irrigation schemes in Western Kenya, he increasingly became involved with IFAD-financed projects, which have featured prominently in his work since 1992. He was based in Kenya until 2017 and currently lives in England.

For IFAD, he participated in numerous design, supervision and review missions; conducted a studyAssessment of Planning and Monitoring Capacity/Performance in IFAD-assisted Projects, IFAD, Report No. 1495, December 2003 on planning and monitoring in the Eastern and Southern Africa region; wrote divisional guidelinesGuidelines for Preparation of Annual Work Plans & Budgets and Progress Reports, IFAD East and Southern Africa Division, April 2005 for the preparation of annual work plans and progress reports; facilitated the Regional Consultation Workshop for East and Southern Africa in preparation for IFAD’s Rural Poverty ReportRural Poverty Report 2011 - New realities, new challenges: new opportunities for tomorrow's generation, IFAD 2010; carried out an analysis Improving Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation in IFAD-financed projects, June 2020 of M&E performance issues in IFAD-financed projects and ways to improve project-level M&E; and prepared a series of training videosSix training videos on: (i) Project-level M&E and IFAD corporate reporting; (ii) M&E in project designs; (iii) Theory of Change and Logical Framework; (iv) M&E Plan; (v) Management Information System; (vi) PM&E during implementation. aimed at strengthening project-level M&E.

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Projects assisted

The projects listed below have been provided with M&E support and systemsGenerally referred to as Management Information Systems in projects, ranging from simple Excel-based systems to more elaborate systems built around an M&E databaseThe Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation System (PlaMES): this MS-Access database (desktop application) was designed for annual planning and budgeting; for monitoring at activity and output level; and for recording results at outcome and impact level of the logical framework. The system was installed for and used by various projects during 2010-2020, but is no longer available for new projects..

• Rural Enterprise Finance Project (REFP), Mozambique (2020)
• Ghana Agricultural Sector Investment Programme (GASIP), Ghana (2020)
• Livestock Marketing and Resilience Programme (LMRP), Sudan (2018)
• Wool and Mohair Promotion Project (WAMPP), Lesotho (2018)
• Enhanced Smallholder Livestock Investment Programme (E-SLIP), Zambia (2018)
• Smallholder Productivity Promotion Programme (S3P), Zambia (2017)
• The Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Programme (CASP), Nigeria (2017)
• Rural Finance Expansion Programme (RUFEP), Zambia (2017)
• Project for the Restoration of Livelihoods in the Northern Region (PRELNOR), Uganda (2017)
• Marketing Infrastructure, Value Addition and Rural Finance Support Programme (MIVARF),
  Tanzania (2016)
• Value Chain Development Programme (VCDP), Nigeria (2016)
• Projecto de Desenvolvimento da Cadeia de Valor nos Corredores de Maputo e Limpopo (PROSUL), Mozambique (2013-14)
• Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme (SAPP), Zambia (2012)
• Artisanal Fisheries Support Project (ProPesca), Mozambique (2011-12)
• Rural Livelihoods and Economic Enhancement Programme (RLEEP), Malawi (2010)
• Rural Markets Promotion Programme (PROMER), Mozambique (2009-10)
• Rural Finance Programme (RFP), Zambia (2009)
• Empowerment Programme, Mauritius (2008)
• Central Kenya Dry Areas Project (CKDAP), Kenya (2004-2006)
• South Nyanza Community Development Project (SNCDP), Kenya (2004-2006)
• Mount Kenya East Pilot Project (MKEPP), Kenya (2004-2006)
• Projecto de Pesca Artesanal no Banco de Sofala (PPABAS), Mozambique (2002-03)
• Smallholder Flood Plains Development Programme (SFPDP), Malawi (2000)