Ashanut P. Okille LLM

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1 Ashanut P. Okille LLM Ashanut is a lawyer, a consultant in socio-development and a skilled facilitator. She has significant experience working on issues related to Governance, Human Rights, and Gender. Currently working with Akijul (Enabling Change) 1, Ashanut is also a trained Organisation Development (OD) practitioner who draws on core OD tools and principles, as well as her skills as an Executive Coach to facilitate various processes. Ashanut s work largely involves facilitating Strategic Thinking, Coaching and OD interventions, as well as conducting Programme Evaluations and Reviews/Assessments. She uses various tools/approaches including the Rights Based Approach to Development (RBA), Conflict Sensitive Approaches, Gender Analysis, Appreciative Inquiry, Results-Based Management, and participatory monitoring and evaluation methods. With sixteen years experience of working at community, national and international level, one of her key strengths lies in her ability to balance her knowledge of human rights and governance and her understanding of how people and organisations work, and to leverage this to facilitate interventions in a way that leads to growing consciousness, challenges perspectives and enables individuals and organizations to draw on the best of themselves for their development. Educated as a lawyer, Ashanut started her career in private legal practice and began pursuing her passion for human rights work by working with ACFODE (Action for Development) as a Programme Officer managing their legal and human rights programmes. Following this, she joined the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) as the Programme Officer for their Peace and Justice programme, eventually becoming responsible for programme as the Deputy director and also taking on the role of Deputy National Coordinator of the NGO Elections Monitoring Group, Uganda. Thereafter, Ashanut took on a position of Ag. Regional Coordinator of, which focused on human rights and conflict issues in the Great Lakes region. She then joined, initially as NGO liaison officer and eventually as head of the Civil and Political Rights programme. Since then, Ashanut has worked at FEECLAHA, the DANIDA HUGGO programme and with various other national CSOs, Faith Based organisations, International development agencies, UN agencies and Government bodies in numerous countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. 1

2 Biographical Details Female Ugandan national Current Position Associate Quilibra Consulting, UK Director Akijul ( Enabling Change), Uganda Overview of Experience From May 04 to date Development Consultant and Director, Akijul (Enabling Change): Clients include DANIDA, the British Council, CARE International (USA, Uganda, Rwanda, East and Central Africa), Action Aid Denmark, Austrian Development Cooperation, Dan Church Aid, Christian Aid, Norwegian Embassy in Kampala, Deepening Democracy Programme- Uganda, Action Aid International, Action Aid Uganda, SIDA, CARE Norway, Isis-WICCE, International Law Institute- Uganda, IFES, Uganda Electoral Commission, Trócaire, CORE Initiative, the Uganda Human Rights Commission, the Uganda Ministry of Health, UNDP Uganda/UNV and UNDP Sudan, UNICEF, Lake Victoria Regional Local Authorities Cooperation, USAID, Nile Basin Initiative, Uganda Amnesty Commission, Irish Aid Uganda, Justice Law and Order Sector Development Partner Group-Uganda, Oxfam GB Sierra Leone, Oxfam GB Somalia, Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, Conciliation Resources UK, CMC-Netherlands, the World Aids Campaign, OHCHR Uganda office, the Feinstien Institute-Tufts University, DanChurch Aid, United Nations Systems Staff College (UNSSC) December April 2004 March Dec April March 2002 Program Coordinator, Democratization, Civil and Political Rights Danida HUGGO (Human Rights and Good Governance Program, Uganda) NGO Liaison Officer, Danida Human Rights and Democratization Program, Uganda Acting Regional Coordinator FECCLAHA (Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa) January - March 2001 Deputy Director, UJCC (Uganda Joint Christian Council), and Deputy National Coordinator NEMGROUP-U (NGO Election Monitoring Group- Uganda) March - December 2000 July Jan 1999 Sept June 1997 Coordinator, Justice and Peace Desk, UJCC, and Deputy National Coordinator Referendum 2000 NGO Monitoring Cluster Legal Officer, ACFODE (Action for Development, a leading Ugandan women s NGO) Legal Assistant M/s Odere, Kabyesiza & Co Advocates, and M/s Ladwar, Oneka & Co. Advocates

3 Areas of Expertise Program Review and Evaluation, Program Development and Design, Gender Mainstreaming, Organizational Development, Leadership Development, Coaching, Mentoring, Facilitation of Small and Large Group Dialogue and Conversations Key Areas of Focus for Consulting & Advisory Work Facilitating strategic thinking, Facilitating OD interventions from diagnosis to implementation of required interventions Conducting program evaluations and reviews/assessments Supporting program development and design Gender mainstreaming Supporting and coaching leaders and teams for effective performance Supporting / advising management and teams implementing organisational change Facilitating dialogue on policy and practice Specific Consulting Experience -> International Experience 2012 Consultant/Facilitator/Team member: United Nations Systems Staff College Developed training curriculum and facilitated at pilot training on Preventing Violence during Elections for the UN Department of Political Affairs and the Election Assistance Division, New York, also facilitated further training for other UN staff from different countries Consultant/Team Leader: MS Action Aid Denmark Team leader for final evaluation of democratic governance programmes in Tanzania, Uganda, S. Sudan, Zimbabwe, and prepared final synthesis report that all also included Zambia, Mozambique and Kenya Consultant/Team member: Danish Embassy, Tanzania Formulation and programme design of a Legal Aid Basket Fund ( programme and institutional framework) for the Tanzania Governance Support Programme ( ). Action Aid International Evaluation of the Africa Governance programme, with specific country case studies in Uganda and Nigeria.

4 Consultant/Team member: The World AIDS Campaign (WAC) Evaluation of programmes and organisational structure/operations of the WAC (a global coalition of international agencies based in the Netherlands). CARE Rwanda Final evaluation of the Literacy and basic rights project(librap) that sought to increase awareness and participation of vulnerable women and highly marginalized communities in human rights, governance and development processes. Rapportuer: Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa (CAPA) Rapportuer for the 2010 All Africa Bishops Conference, that brought together over 300 Anglican Bishops from all over Africa Consultant/Team member: The International Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) Evaluation of the EAA, an organization based in Switzerland that is an international alliance of ecumenical organizations and institutions that are advocating on issues relating to HIV/AIDS and Free Trade Oxfam Somalia Facilitated the development of a National Change Strategy for the Oxfam Somalia program Consultant/ Norwegian People s Aid(NPA) Rwanda Facilitated organizational capacity assessment and follow on organization development interventions for four national NGOs in Rwanda (NPA partners) Consultant/ Oxfam GB Sierra Leone Organizational assessment of the 50/50 Group Sierra Leone, a leading women s organization and facilitation of process to develop a three -year strategic plan for the 50/50 Group. Team member: Danida(Denmark) Part of a team of experts from developing countries i.e. the South Panel, selected by Danida in 2007 to support the development of Danida s civil society strategy Consultant/ East African Support Unit for NGOs Facilitator in EASUN s training course on Organizational Development. Participants to the course came from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia.

5 2006 Oxfam GB Sierra Leone Mid-term evaluation of the PACER Project that aims to increase women s representation and participation in political leadership. CARE International Facilitated a workshop on RBA for OXFAM and CARE International staff from South America, Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa Facilitator/Team member: British Council A key member of a team of nine Pan African Facilitators for the British Councils Interaction Leadership Training program that covered 18 countries in Africa (South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, Botswana, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Sudan, Cameron, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, and Eritrea) CARE Norway Facilitated a CARE Norway regional (Africa) workshop to discuss and plan for the implementation of the CARE Norway Gender and Equity policy. Participants were drawn from CARE International offices in East, West and Central Africa Facilitator/ Christian Aid- Southern Sudan Program Organizational assessment and development of three -year plans, for Bahr el Ghazal Women s Development Centre (BWDC) and Eqautoria Women s Association (EWA), southern Sudan. CARE International Training in the RBA for CARE International staff (Africa and Asia). CARE International East and Central Africa Regional Office Facilitated two CARE International East Africa Regional Strategy Development Steering Committee meetings, during which annual plans for 2004 and 2005 were developed. Consultant/ CARE Rwanda Facilitated CARE Rwanda s program retreat (July, 2004) workshop to develop draft guidelines for RBA application in CARE Rwanda s program.

6 2002 Ag. Regional Coordinator: Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa Planned and implemented program activities aimed at working with churches and church councils in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa to address issues of Conflict and Human rights. -> National (Uganda) Experience 2013 Coalition of Human Rights Defenders Facilitated a Strategic Thinking process to clarify their purpose, structure, activities and streamline coordination mechanisms in different parts of the country. Advisory Coalition on Conflict Sensitivity( Refugee Law Project, International Alert and Saferworld) Facilitated a Strategic Thinking process to review previous interventions, clarify their purpose, structure, activities and streamline coordination mechanisms for future interventions. Consultant/ Wellsprings Advisors Comprehensive Organisational Development and Coaching support ( focusing on institutional and programmatic support) to selected (14) CSO partners in Uganda Consultant/ Ji-Sort Comprehensive Organisational Development support ( focusing on institutional and programmatic support)to selected (6) CSO partners that work with sexual minorities and most at risk populations in Uganda Consultant/ Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) Part of team of National Gender Experts providing support to gender mainstreaming for DGF CSO partners. Support includes gender audit/assessment, gender analysis of programme and organizational documents and capacity building. Key focus on Gender and Governance. Development Network of Indigenous Organisations in Uganda (DENIVA) Conducted a brief study and analysis of implementation of citizen participation and social accountability interventions ( neighborhood assemblies and citizen parliaments). Used findings to compiled Case study for East Africa Community Practitioners in Local Governance Platform Danida Support to the Judiciary Project Developed a Gender Policy and Strategy for the Ugandan Judiciary.

7 Democratic Governance Facility and African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption- Uganda ( APNAC-U) Developed a strategic plan and Monitoring and evaluation framework for Consultant/Team Leader: Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) Review of the Uganda Governance Monitoring Platform (UGMP) Movement for Political Accountability Project Consultant/Facilitator British Council and Uganda Youth Network (UYONET) Development of Mentoring Guidelines under the Ours By Right project, and providing initial training to partner youth and district leaders on how to use the Guidelines. Assessing and developing a coordinated and robust civil society legal response mechanism to violations of civic space rights in Uganda. Community Development Resource Network and CARE International Uganda, Final evaluation of the CSO organizational capacity strengthening project for REPA partners in South Western Uganda. Caritas Fort Portal, Diocesan Social Services Department, Final evaluation of the Diocesan Civic Education Programme Action Aid Denmark and Action Aid Uganda Support to review and development of Baseline Survey Report and M&E framework for specific Governance projects in the Action Aid Uganda country programme. Consultant/ Stromme Foundation Facilitating workshops for staff and CSO partners in the Rights Based Approach to Development. Democratic Governance Facility Facilitated Annual Retreat for Staff, as well as the Annual Retreat for DGF Partners International Alert Facilitated sessions to promote Team building

8 2011 Consultant/Co-Team Member: Danida HUGGO/DDP Final evaluation of the Deepening Democracy Programme in Uganda. Consultant/Team Leader: ICCO Carried out an in-depth assessment of the Conflict Transformation and Democratisation(CT&D) Programme that has over twenty partners operating in Northern and Eastern Uganda. Consultant/ Facilitator/Team Leader: ICCO Facilitated the Development of the Conflict Transformation and Democratisation(CT&D) Programme strategy ( ) AGEH and German Justice and Peace Commission Facilitated a conference in Gulu for representatives of Justice and Peace Commissions in Africa. The theme of the conference was Memories, Truth and Justice. Consultant/ British Council and Uganda Youth Network (UYONET) Providing capacity building support to UYONET and technical support to the Ours by Right Project that is supported by the EU DGAP. Specifically responsible for developing the mentoring component Consultant/ Facilitator/Team Member: EU/NUREP Developed a training manual and facilitators guide, Human Rights and Conflict Sensitive Approaches to Project Cycle Management. Conducted training in Karamoja and Lango region. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights(OHCHR) and the Feinstien Institute, Tufts University Planned and facilitated two workshops(one with JLOS representatives, and the other for Ugandan CSOs), on reparations for the people of the greater northern Uganda who were victims of the LRA armed conflict. Consultant/ Facilitator/Team Leader: The Uganda Police Force, Royal Netherlands Embassy and USAID Planned and facilitated a nation - wide community consultation process that constituted a key component of a review of the operations and performance of the Uganda Police Force. Consultant/Team Leader: Deepening Democracy Programme, Uganda. Action -oriented research to inform programming for the Uganda 2011 elections. Report is titled, Towards the Uganda 2011 elections: An Assessment of Conflict Risks and Mitigating Mechanisms

9 Trócaire Reviewed Trócaire s support to partners in the socio-justice programme in Uganda Consultant/ Facilitator/Team Member: UNICEF Development of the first Child Protection strategy in the context of Recovery for Northern Uganda for the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Child Development. The strategy focuses on child protection in northern Uganda in the post conflict situation. Consultant/ Facilitator/Team Member: The Legal Aid Basket Fund Developed a training manual on Access to Justice and key challenges in the Karamoja region. Also conduced training using the said manual for selected CSOs in Karamoja. Consultant/ Save the Children Final evaluation of project to support Peace building initiatives in northern Uganda. Danida HUGGO Reviewed Danida HUGGO s support to Riamiriam (Network of Civil Society Oragnizations in Moroto and Nakapiripirit). Irish Aid Uganda Co-facilitated workshops to develop Irish Aid Uganda s Country Strategy Paper ( ). Also supported team- building initiatives for staff. Justice, Law and Order Sector Development Partner Group (JLOS DPG) Facilitated end of year annual team building and planning retreat in 2009 and Uganda Human Rights Commission Facilitated a process of streamlining and redefining the roles of the Commissioners and key staff, and developing communication and reporting systems Conciliation Resources. Workshop with key Civil Society Organizations, Local leaders and Traditional leaders to discuss issues related to Gender and Traditional Reconciliation and Justice Mechanisms. Consultant/Team Leader: UNDP Uganda Lead consultant in the final evaluation of the UNV Support to the Promotion of Human Rights in Uganda Project (UGA/02/V01) in Gulu, Soroti and Kabale districts. Austrian Development Cooperation Reviewed the Austrian Development Cooperation s support to

10 various organizations working in Northern Uganda on human rights, reintegration and youth concerns Consultant/ Facilitator/Team Member: Uganda Amnesty Commission and the Government of Uganda delegation to the Juba Peace Talks. Planned, managed and facilitated nation wide consultation processes on behalf of the Government of Uganda delegation to the Juba Peace Talks, on Agenda item 3, on mechanisms for Accountability and Reconciliation. Consultations were carried out with thousands of people (including specific consultations with children) in Northern Uganda, Eastern Uganda, West Nile and other parts of Uganda Trócaire Reviewed Trócaire s support to eleven partners in Uganda, including organizations working in conflict situations in northern Uganda, national human rights and advocacy organizations; organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS support; and some involved in livelihood support. SIDA Reviewed and assessed SIDA s support to ADOL(Action for Development of Local Communities) in Kotido district, north eastern Uganda. SIDA Assessed the viability of SIDA s proposed support to the Anti-Corruption and Legal Aid donor basket funding mechanism in Uganda. Embassy of Norway Conducted a review and reflection process for the DEMGROUP-U 2. Danida HUGGO Reviewed DANIDA HUGGO s support to seven human rights organizations in different parts of Uganda that constitute the Coalition against Torture. CARE Uganda Reflection and planning process for CARE Uganda s INPACT (Initiative for Participatory and Active Collaboration) project to strengthen CSO and Local Government engagement in Arua. Facilitator/Team leader: Core Initiative Lead facilitator for a training and experience sharing workshop in Child protection for partners of the Core Initiative, who were drawn from different parts of Uganda. 2 Democracy Monitoring Group - Uganda

11 2005 Consultant/ Team Member: SIDA Reviewed SIDA s support for three partner organizations in Uganda (Human Rights Network, Foundation for Human Rights am Initiative and the Human Rights Fund). Consultant/ Action Aid International-Uganda Facilitated three training workshops for Action Aid International- Uganda staff on Applying Human Rights to Development CARE Uganda Facilitated workshops to develop CARE Uganda s Annual Operation Plans for 2005/6 and 2006/7 Danida HUGGO Conducted a tracer study for Danida HUGGO, to assess the impact of the course Applying Human Rights to Governance and Development, on previous participants. Report is titled Rights in Practice: Exploring the Possibilities and Opportunities that Applying RBA presents Programme Coordinator, Danida HUGGO: Anchored the development of a training manual and guidebook for CSOs titled Applying Human Rights to Governance and Development on behalf of Danida HRDP. Anchored the development and implementation of a Gender mainstreaming Strategy for Danida HUGGO. 2001/2 UJCC Planned, designed and implemented programs in the areas of Peace building, Conflict Resolution, Human Rights and Civic Education for UJCC, together with other staff. Qualifications Academics 2000 Masters in Law, University of Victoria, Wellington, New Zealand 1997 Diploma in Legal Practice, Law Development Centre, Kampala, Uganda 1996 Bachelor of Laws, Makerere University, Kampala Other Courses 2010 Diploma in Coaching and Mentoring Oxford School of Coaching and Mentoring, UK 2008 Peace Processes: Multi-track Approaches Eastern Mennonite University, Virginia, USA

12 2004 Facilitating Organization Development, EASUN 3, Tanzania 2003 Human Rights and the Global Economy ILI(U) 4, Uganda 2000 Women Power in Politics: Building Grassroots Democracy in Africa, League of Women Voters, USA 1999 African Women Leadership Institute, AMWA 5, Uganda 1997 Gender Training and Development Practice in Africa, University of Essex & Makerere University, Uganda Affiliations Associate of the East African Support Unit for NGOs Alumni, African Women s Leadership Institute Publications (i) Towards the Uganda 2011 Elections: An Assessment of Conflict risks and Mitigating Mechanisms, Published by the Deepening Democracy Programme in Uganda, April 2010 (ii) Rights in Practice: Assessing the Impact of Rights Based Training in Uganda Reinventing Development? Translating Rights-based Approaches from Theory into Practice (P. Gready and J. Ensor (eds), Zed Books, London). (iii) Literacy and Basic rights Project; Results, Promising Practices and Lessons Learned Published by CARE International in Rwanda, January 2010 Languages English Fluent; Luganda Fluent; Swahili Basic Countries Worked In Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Burundi, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somaliland, South Sudan, Nigeria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands 3 The East African Support Unit for NGOS, a centre for institutional and organizational development of CSOs 4 International Law Institute, Kampala, Uganda 5 Akina Mama Wa Afrika