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CURRICULUM VITAE SYLVESTER DICKSON BAGUMA Principle Monitoring and Evaluation Officer and MIS Specialist - NARO Council Secretariat P.O. BOX 295, ENTEBBE, UGANDA Tel: +256-414-320325 Mobile +256-772504827 Fax: +256-414-321070 e-mail: [email protected] Skype: sdbaguma Wednesday, 27 August 2008 Page 1 of 18 Table of Contents Content Page A. PERSONAL DATA.............................................................................................. 3 B. ACADEMIC DEGREE/DIPLOMA QUALIFICATIONS......................................... 3 C. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING............................................................................... 3 D. EMPLOYMENT RECORD................................................................................... 5 E. CONSULTANCY EXPERIENCE....................................................................... 12 F. PUBLICATIONS................................................................................................ 13 G. PAPERS PRESENTED..................................................................................... 14 H. TECHNICAL REPORTS.................................................................................... 16 I. MEMBERSHIP TO PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES........................................... 17 J. REFEREES........................................................................................................ 17 Page 2 of 18 CURRICULUM VITAE Sylvester Dickson BAGUMA Principal M&E Officer and MIS Specialist NARO P.O. BOX 295, ENTEBBE, UGANDA Tel: 0414-320325 or 0772504827 Fax: 0414-321070 e.mail: [email protected] A. Personal Data Full Name: Sylvester Dickson BAGUMA Date of Birth: 25th Nov 1964 Place of Birth: Kitoole, Hoima District Citizenship: Ugandan Languages: English and a little bit of French Marital status: Married Number of Children: 8 B. Academic Degree/Diploma qualifications Degree/Diploma Year Institution Specialisation Post Graduate 2001 Cambridge Modern Diploma Tutorial College Management & Administration Msc. Information 1998 Cranfield Management Technology University, Silsoe Information College, UK Systems Msc. Agriculture 1996 Makerere Crop Science University Bsc. Agriculture 1989 Makerere Agricultural University Sciences C. Professional Training Title Year Institution Duration Web 2.0 Tools for Research Sept CTA/RUFORUM - 1 week Support and Networking in 2008 Kampala Africa The Managing for Impact March Wageningen International 2 weeks Approach: From theory to 2007 and IFAD Practice (for Service Providers and IFAD Project Staff) Facilitating On-line Jan. FAO/CTA/ASARECA 5 weeks communities 2006 (on-line) Page 3 of 18 Managing and publishing Jan 2005 RAIN/ASARECA - Kenya 1 week electronic documents Development Evaluation July Carleton University, 4 weeks (IPDET) 2005 Ottawa – Canada Monitoring, Evaluating and Nov. IFFPRI/ISNAR Addis- 2 weeks Impact Assessment of R&D 2004 Ababa, Ethiopia Investments in Agriculture Web-based MIS Dec. ISNAR 2 weeks 2003 Skills Development Course Nov. NARO 1 week for Senior Managers 2003 Technical Workshop on May ASARECA -Uganda 1 week Priority Setting in ASARECA 2003 Training of trainers in April ISNAR-The Hague 2 weeks Management Information 2000 systems for Agricultural Research Training of Trainers in Dec. Gaborone - Botswana 2 weeks Participatory Research with 1999 a farming systems perspective. Training of Trainers in Sept. Informatics Development 2 weeks Installation and 1999 Institute, Dublin, Ireland Management of Low earth orbit satellites for communication Use of Low Earth Orbit Jan. Informatics Development 5 days Satellites for communication 1999 Institute, Dublin, Ireland European Initiatives for an Nov. FAO Rome, Italy 5 days Internet-based Information 1998 system for Agricultural Research and Development Preparedness for the Aug. Conference Centre 3 days Millennium Bug (Y2K) 1998 Uganda Logical Framework in Dec. SAARI, Uganda 2 Week Program planning and 1997 management Page 4 of 18 Senior Management July Uganda Management 3 days Workshop on Corporate 1995 Institute, Uganda Information Systems Management Information Systems For March ISNAR-The Hague, 3 Weeks Agricultural Research 1995 Netherlands Information For Agricultural Nov. NARO (Jinja), Uganda 2 weeks Research Managers 1993 (INFORM) Computer Science, Data Aug. Egerton University Kenya 2 weeks management and analysis 1991 and report writing. Crop Management March Egerton University Kenya 24 weeks Research Training 1991 D: Experience Working with Development Partners Development Project Duration Partner UNDP Millennium Villages – Strategic planning Consultant 1 week Developing capacity development framework for 1 week assessing capacity gaps and developing strategies for Africa CTA Developing a SMART ToolKit for evaluating 2 weeks information products and services IFAD Strengthening Managing for impact in development 8 weeks projects and programs USAID Manpower for Agricultural Development -MFAD: I 3 years was based at Namulonge Agricultural Research Institute REDSO Support to ASARECA – Network, Project and 1 year Program Committee Member EU Outreach initiatives in the Agricultural Research and 2 years Development Centres as an M&E professional DANIDA Livestock Systems Research Project – M&E 4 years professional based at NARO secretariat World Bank Agricultural Research and Training Project (ARTP 1 10 years & 2) – MIS and M&E Specialist E. Consultancy Experience 1. April – June 2008: Managing For Impact Associate, Together with the Regional Programme for the Strengthening Managing for Impact in Eastern and Southern Africa (SMIP) and the Center for Agricultural Management, Policy and Learning for Eastern Africa (CARMPoLEA) develop an effective participatory and learning oriented M&E system to monitor and evaluate progress, performance and impact of the IFAD funded ASSP/ASDP-L Page 5 of 18 programme, including impact to the beneficiaries (Zanzibar). 2. April 14th – 16th 2008; Facilitator to develop a second phase follow-up project of EAPGREN – ASARECA, at Imperial Resort Beach Entebbe 3. February 25th – March 14th 2008 – M&E Expert and Trainer: Train Project staff, M&E and Planners from various NGO’s and Public Sector in Monitoring and Evaluation – MS TCDC Arusha Tanzania. 4. November 23rd – 14th December 2007 – M&E Expert and Trainer: Train Development Workers from Denmark and Germany before they are deployed to developing countries and M&E and Planners from various NGO’s and Public Sector in Monitoring and Evaluation – MS TCDC Arusha Tanzania. 5. October 29th – 31st 2007 – M&E Resource Person: to edit a book “Monitoring and Evaluation of Information products and services” – Bonn Germany. 6. October 1st – 19th 2007 – M&E Expert and Trainer: Train Officers from 11 Districts of Zambia, Ministry of Education in Monitoring and Evaluation – MS TCDC Arusha Tanzania. 7. September 24th – 26th 2007 – Resource Person: PROTA / CTA International Workshop and Investors’ Forum, Nairobi, Kenya to discuss “Effective Dissemination and Utilisation of Knowledge Generated from the Plant Resources of Tropical Africa” 8. May 27th – 29th 2007 – Capacity Development Resource Person: Developing capacity development framework for assessing capacity gaps and developing strategies for Africa; Accra Ghana, funded by UNDP 9. May 21st – 28th 2007 - M&E and Project Management Specialist: Review and realign the Ruhiira Millennium Village Project and facilitate a workshop to discuss improvement in project implementation for the attainment of MDGs at local level – Supported by UNDP, Earth Institute in Colombia and the Millennium Promise in USA. 10.April 1st – May 30th 2007 - MIS Specialist: To develop a user-friendly Research Management Information System for the Parliament of Uganda 11.November 21st – 25th 2006 - Resource Person: Conceptualisation of the Strengthening Managing for Impact Project; funded by IFAD – During a workshop held at Haramaya University in Ethiopia 12.October 2006 - ICT Expert: Task team member to review and refine the proposed postgraduate program in Information Communication and Knowledge Management – Proposed by RAIN 13.October 20th –November 15th 2006 - M&E/MIS Consultant: To develop a user friendly automated M&E system for Environmental Alert (NGO). 14.December 5th – 16th 2005 - Strategic Planning and Priority Setting Consultant: to facilitate the development of Musa Sub-sector priorities and Strategic Plans for Rwanda, Burundi and DR. Congo. Supported by INBAP. Page 6 of 18 15.July 2004 to March 2005 - ICT/ICM Consultant: Assessment of ICT/ICM human resource capacities and related training needs in the context of agricultural research for development in Eastern and Central Africa. July 2004 to March 2005. Regional Agricultural Information Network (RAIN) of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) 16.24th – 27th March 2004 - Information and Communication Consultant to facilitate a workshop on Modern ways of accessing and managing information for development – A component of the Information Resource Centre, DATICs DANIDA, Held at the Global Learning Centre, Uganda Management Institute, 17.3rd – 4th October 2003 - Strategic Planning Consultant to facilitate Strategic Planning Workshop for Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, Held at Kibaale Guest House in Kibaale District 18.10th -17th August 2003 - Priority Setting Expert in Agricultural Research for Rwanda Government – Kigali 19.4th -7th August, 2003 - Priority Setting Expert to facilitate the priority setting exercise for the ASARECA. Regional Biotechnology network