PETER LORRI-CV 2017

CURRICULUM VITAE PETER LORRI

PROFILE

Currently:

Mr. Peter Lorri is currently the M&E Advisor, SNV Netherlands Development Organization. In an integrated programme called SUSTAIN Africa, dealing with integrated sectors of Agriculture, Water security, Energy and Environment in Tanzania. Mr. Lorri supports the developing of collaborative working relationships with the government institutions, agencies and private sectors in determining the scope and priorities of the Information Systems component in collaboration with other stakeholders to harmonize existing parallel information systems through data mapping, rationalizing indicators, convening key stakeholders and promoting streamlined reporting, strengthens supportive supervision systems for ensuring high quality data at the central level, the timely submission of data, and supporting use of data for decision-making. Support high level understanding and working on Information Systems Integration, harmonization and where possible interoperability. Providing technical assistance to SUSTAIN implementing partners in assessing and designing M&E systems, conduction data quality assessment, designing data collection tools and training M&E staff in basic quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Previously: In the course of the over 5 years work experience, Mr. Lorri has made several achievements such provided capacity building to over 20 different projects in Tanzania implemented by sub grantees (CSOs & CBOs) and NGO's with funding from different sources such USAID, DFID, EU and UNDP/GEF in Monitoring & Evaluation and Learning. The focus being on basic M&E concept and skills, developing M&E plans, M&E data collection and reporting forms/templates, how to conduct data quality assessment, develop project work plans, milestone tracking, data collection, analysis and report writing. Developed M&E system for integrated projects in the field of environment, agriculture, water and energy contributed in the development and piloting of an internal and integrated data quality assessment (DQA) tools. Throughout his career he has developed responsible professional experience in project management particularly in providing Monitoring &Evaluation (M&E) technical backstopping to the management, in the development and implementation of monitoring, evaluation and learning systems and processes to support accountability and adaptive management of program through learning.

SUMMARY AREA OF EXPERTISE

M&E System Development

Need Assessment &Capacity Building in M&E tools and manuals

Planning and Budgeting

Facilitation of Learning Multistakeholders Dialogue.

Report writing and success stories documentation

Protected Area assessment (use Global Environmental Facility METT tool).

Program Review & Evaluation

Data Analysis (quantitative and qualitative)

Quantitative and qualitative research

Data Quality Assessment (DQA)

Communication material preparations i.e. Newsletter, Policy briefs, fact sheets, case studies & infographics


1. Personal Details

2. Education and Training

3. Research Projects Undertaken & Consultancies: i. Lead data analyst: Documenting & Communicating Background Information for A Climate

Vulnerability Assessment in the RUMAKI Seascape, Tanzania with funds from WWF UK, 2013.

ii. Team Member: Securing Small Holder Farm Production Against Climate Induced Risks In The Tanzania Breadbasket Area Of The Southern Highlands,2012

Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms Mr.

Surname: LORRI

Forename(s): PETER DAFFI

Home Address: P.O.BOX 31930 DAR ES SALAAM

Telephone No (Home): +255 688 740 413

Telephone No (Mob): +255 687 629 005

Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Dates Obtained Qualifications Gained and Institution 2012 MSc. Degree in Biodiversity Conservation at University of Dar

Es Salaam 2009 BSc. Degree in Forestry from Sokoine University of

Agriculture 2007 Acquired GIS training that was offered by Sokoine University

Collage of Forestry, Wildlife and Tourism, Morogoro November 2014 Acquired Training on Value for Money Assessment Offered

WWF UK Address Rufford House, Brewery Road, Woking Surrey GU214LL

June, 2013 Acquired Training on use of Protected Area (PA) Management Effective Tracking Tool (METT). Conducted by UNDP/GEF in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

30th April – 3rd May 2012 Certificate of Attendance in Result Based Monitoring and Evaluation offered by Centre for Institutional Competitiveness-Dar es Salaam

April 2015 Training on Population, Health and Environment (PHE), Offered by USAID & John Hopkins Bloomberg school of public

health.

September 2014 Certificate of completing training on Application of GIS Technique for M&E in programs/projects. Offered by USAID & Measure Evaluation

2011 Attended training on specimen sorting and identification (Taxonomy), at University of Oslo-Norway.

2014 Empowering Communities on Climate Change, PFM and REDD, Forest Training Institute & MJUMITA

2013 Training on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, WWF UK.

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iii. Lead Data analyst: Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources and Agriculture - and Adaptation Strategies in Tanzania.

iv. Team Member: Dynamic Interactions among People, Livestock and Savanna Ecosystems under Climate Change,2013

v. Team Member: Needs Assessment to Identify Areas that Requires Capacity Building in the District’s Natural Resources Management Institutions in Kibondo District Council, Kigoma. February - April 2007.Funded by Danish Embassy through the Refugee Hosting Area Programme phase II.

vi. M&E Expert and Trainer: Train Project staff, M&E and Planners from various Environmental related NGO’s, local government staffs (natural resources sector) and CSO’s in project Monitoring & Evaluation principles and tools, Kilwa Masoko,2014 .

vii. Researcher: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge in Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Mwanga and Same Districts, Tanzania, 2012

viii. Supervisor for Mid Term Review (Evaluation): Collaborative Fisheries Management Project in Tanzania for EU/WWF Tanzania, 2015.

ix. M&E Expert: Task team member to Develop Data collection customized forms used in smartphone for Fisheries Catch Data collection (CAS) – project funded by DFID through PPA, 2015

4. Employment Experience Employer 1 (Name and Address)

SNV Netherlands Development Organization –Tanzania Country Office.

Duration of Appointment (state dates)

2016-To Date SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES: SAGCOT CLUSTER.

Position Held M&E Advisor-IUCN/SUSTAIN PROGRAME

Description of Duties and Responsibilities

Responsible for developing an effective participatory and

learning oriented M&E system to monitor and evaluate

progress, performance and impact of the Sustainability

and Inclusion Strategy for Growth Corridors in Africa

(SUSTAIN) programme, Tanzania work package in

Sumbawanga SAGCOT Cluster, which includes impact to

the beneficiaries. Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor

of Tanzania (SAGCOT).

Develop comprehensive assessment and M&E framework

at Sumbawanga cluster level, articulated with SUSTAIN

programme-level M&E framework and relevant

indicators, including participatory monitoring, learning

and internal evaluation of programme’s effectiveness and

success.

Supporting the private sectors engaging with SUSTAIN

project (in contract farming with small holder farmers) in

agriculture intervention to establish tracking tools

monitoring their interventions in terms of facts in order


to making sense of their investment and in showcasing

results for wider public learning.

Responsible for capturing of lesson learnt, success stories

through application of several tools/methods such Most

Significant Change Method (MSC), KAP survey, Outcome

mapping.

Lead in periodic M&E mentoring and training activities

which also includes field visits to project partners from

government and institutions, local capacity builders

(CSO’s & CBO’s) and other involved stakeholders,

including monitoring indicators, data collection, analysis

and compilation methods, writing success project

stories, capturing of lesson learnt and best practices

under Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Good

agricultural practices (GAP) interventions and other

landscape level.

Developing Performance monitoring and evaluation

indicators across the programme i.e. for gender, Income

generating activities, community well-being, collaborative

natural resources management and Value for Money

(VFM) practices.

Provide advisory and leading role in the establishment of

a cluster-level Multi Stakeholder Platforms (MSP) and

database information system for use by investors,

stakeholders and partners in Southern Agricultural

Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT).

Train programme staffs a n d l o c a l c a p a c i t y

b u i l d i n g ( L C B ) C S O ’ s t o u s e p r o g r a m

q u a l i t y c h e c k l i s t s e n s u r e consolidation into an

analytical database and regular reporting decision

making. That includes data validity, data reliability, data

timeliness, precision and integrity.

Develop and maintain a repository system for archiving

projects M&E guidelines, tools data files, analysis, reports

and presentation. I.e. use of cloud storage sites, external

hard drives, Google drive.

Carrying out and management of LCB’s/grantees M&E

capacity assessments, direct grants implementation

quarterly monitoring; progress review of PR’s periodic

update reports and on-site data verification (OSDV)


Coordinating M&E activities including support for

development and operationalization of the M&E and

reporting system; the M&E training materials and

guidelines; local capacity building Civil Society

Organizations (CSOs) capacity needs assessment; capacity

building for CSOs implementing various programme

components; monitoring operations research projects;

facilitating the flow of data information and periodic

reporting.

Supervising baseline, midterm and final evaluation

surveys

Employer 2 (Name and Address)

WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) TANZANIA P.O. Box 63117 Dar es Salaam


2013- March 2015

Position Held Programme Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator-WWF Description of Duties and Responsibilities Deliverables Championed

Working with CSOs and CBOs from 5 Coastal Districts of

Rufiji, Mafia, Kilwa, Mtwara rural and Temeke in Tanzania

Mainland. (in Marine context)

CSO’s engagements, ranking and performance appraisal

Lead team of evaluators in conducting assessment

of WWFs Civil Society Organizations (CSOs

including CBOs) benefiting from WWF

conservation and livelihood grants.

Responsible for establishing and reviewing CSOs

assessment tools per respective beneficiary list

from 5 programme working areas. i.e. 200

Beneficiary CSOs.

Overseeing of the strengthening the capacity of

beneficiary CSO’s under conservation programme

in areas of M&E tools, database and systems

management, DQA, reporting that contemplates

the USAID procedures and guidelines.


Capacity building CSOs on promoting Small-scale

Enterprise, Capacity building CSOs on issues of

Natural Resources good governance, legislations,

policies, marketing, networking, entrepreneurship

and income generating activities.

General Practice as M&E for the programme:

Developing Monitoring and evaluation Framework

across WWF Conservation Programme.

¬ Developing Performance monitoring and evaluation

indicators across the programme i.e. for gender, Income

generating activities, community well-being, collaborative

natural resources management and Value for Money

(VFM) practices.

Team member in developing Theory of Change

(TOC) for the WWF Conservation programme as

part of new WWF Tanzania Country Strategic

Plan (CSP for period 2016-2020).

Align WWF Global performance indicators with

contextual indicators which are tracked by

Donors i.e. European Union, DFID (UK AID).

Provide overall M&E oversight, design,

implementation in 5 districts of Rufiji, Kilwa,

Mafia, Mtwara rural and Temeke including

Primary &Secondary Schools.

Data collection and Data management

¬ Developing data collection plan and tools for data

collection including the use of Smart phones under open

data kit (ODK) tool in collecting real time data in the field

and provide training to project partners/enumerators at

district on the same.

Responsible for applying GIS techniques in M&E

work and use mobile technologies through Open

Data Kit to collect data.

Supervising field officers/staffs in data collection


activities.

¬ Developing data collection tools regarding to each

indicators.

¬ Develop and maintain a repository system for archiving

projects M&E guidelines, tools data files, analysis, reports

and presentation. I.e. use of cloud storage sites, external

hard drives, Google drive.

¬ Prepare complete and high quality reports, ensuring

data quality from the field and ensure their effective

tracking.

¬ Ensure effective storage of assessment, research work,

survey and evaluations and/or organization knowledge in

shared folders, and use this knowledge base to promote

learning across organization structures.

Data quality:

¬ Ensure that data collection process obeys data quality

standards and monitor data collection

¬ Providing technical support to WWF Tanzania project

partners in developing performance (PMP)

tracking/Monitoring Plans.

¬ Ensure that relevant data is timely and correctly

computerized and sorted in order to adhere Reporting

timelines.

¬ Conducting data quality assessment (DQA) to WWF

Marine program in collaboration with partners such EU,

USAID, Districts councils, Government ministries.

¬ Work closely with program coordinators and managers

to identify key thematic indicators to monitor and track

from each sector

¬ Ensure that each program has the quality checklist for

the program activities and that they are regularly

implemented, data consolidated, analyzed and acted

upon.

Responsible for oversee the compliance of Value


for Money (VFM) practice(s) in all programme

engagements.

Conducting Program Quality assessment (PQA):

¬ To see the impact of WWF program to beneficiaries

through conducting Focus group discussion

¬ To identify the program needs and what to be changed

or strengthened.

Supporting implementation of Program’s

Performance Monitoring Plan (USAID PMP

document)

Capacity building:

¬ Identify capacity gaps and provide capacity building and

technical support when relevant to the WWF sector.

Conducted M&E training activities and field

visits to project partners and field

stakeholders, including Monitoring indicators,

data collection, analysis and compilation

methods, writing success project stories and

WWF Standards

¬ To provide training for partners in data collection,

quality check and analysis for reporting and programs

improvement with in WWF

¬ Train staffs t o u s e p r o g r a m q u a l i t y

c h e c k l i s t s e n s u r e consolidation into an analytical

database and regular reporting decision making

Baseline Assessment:

¬ In depth needs assessment and gathering baseline data

to organization department including Gender related

works and girls empowerment

Partners:

¬ Working closely with partners including EU, DFID,

GEF/UNDP, WWF-UK, Ministry of Education and Vocation


Training, Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security,

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Development, Ministry

of Natural Resources and Tourism, Ministry of Energy and

Minerals, Rural Energy Agency, NGOs and target

communities on quarterly and annual basis.

Project Planning and Budgeting:

As a responsible person in overseeing all activities are

implemented according workplans,

I lead other programme team staffs in creating

financial year workplans with its associated

budget and means tracking status of

implementation on monthly basis.

Reporting, Dashboards and Reviews:

Undertake the analysis of secondary data sets

baselines and targets for programs activities.

Review EU Result Oriented Monitoring systems

(ROM) on semi-annual and annual basis and

assess whether the team is on right track to

achieve developmental objective and if

developmental hypothesis still holds.

Manage WWF/EU Information system

(Implementing Partners Reporting System web

based database & Annual Plan Monitoring

System)


WORLD WIDE FUND FOR NATURE (WWF) TANZANIA P.O. Box 63117 Dar es Salaam


2012-2013 Project(s) name: (1) UNDP/GEF-Extending the Coastal Forest

Protected Area Subsystem in Tanzania

(2) Dar Charcoal Project

Position Held Project Executant

Description of Duties and Responsibilities

Oversaw implementation and quality control of 3 programs

per year on Community Based Natural Resource


Management (CBNRM), Sustainable Charcoal Project (SCP),

and Climate Change (CC) Mitigation and Adaptation.

Responsible for conducting periodic assessment of

protected area (PA) management of both community based

forest (Village land forest reserves) and government forest

reserves. This was done by using GEF Management

Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT).

Project planning, Budgeting, Implementing, Monitoring,

Evaluation, Retirement and Projection for overall project.

I lead the preparation of Land Use plans to create different

uses including Village Land Forest Reserves (VLFR’s)and

WMAs outside Selous Game Reserve in villages surrounding

Coastal Forests, Rufiji Landscape.

Coordinating with other CSO's in southern coastal districts

to promote awareness on land use rights to local

communities.

Coordinating with other CSO's in Coastal districts to

promote awareness on land use rights and Climate Change

drivers, mitigation and adaptation to local communities.

Provided technical or programme backstopping to the cross-

cutting Governance programme.

Published regularly (online newsletters) the results of work

done in relation to WWF’s & Community initiatives

communication packs.

Prepared policy-related briefs, papers and guidelines

To provide technical training and capacity building of the

agriculture farmers, livestock and poultry rearers so as to

increase income per house hold level.

Capacity building to villagers through trainings and


advocating on sustainable forest management aspects.

To advice better/modern farming techniques to farmers in

order to conserve the environment so as to produce high

yielding crops per acre.

Organizing awareness raising activities with media, hosting

discussion regarding conservation with other NGO’s and

local communities through media, including TBC and TV,

ITV, local radio and newspaper.

Organizing events/ activities with Regional officials, District

Councils, Ward Councilors and Village Leaders to advocate

forest crimes incidences and the related forest management

initiatives to the stakeholders.

Support project implementation of project activities in

accordance to project indicators and goal.

Conduct regular monitoring and evaluation of project

activities to all project implementing partners including

Tanzania Forest Service (TFS), WWF Tanzania, Foundation

for Civil Societies (FCS), Wildlife Conservation Society, Green

Resources, PFP, New Forest Company and local NGOs

ensure attainment of project objectives and goal.

Prepare regular project progress reports on monthly and

quarterly basis and submit to donors


TAF Environmental Conservation Programme , KARATU DISTRICT Council under facilitation by NCAA


2010-2011

Position Held Programme Officer Description of Duties and Responsibilities

Conducted operation research in four environmental projects and independently contributed to the reports, debrief and presentation with management

Land Evaluation Project- conducted interviews with rural farmers to identify land ownership systems and surveyed selected villages to asses


land use and land management techniques.

Agriculture Innovation Project- conducted both individually administered interviews and focus group discussions (FGD) with farmers to assess the pattern, reason and rate of adoption of different agricultural innovations. Investigated the rate of adoption of these agricultural innovations and the impact of innovations to the environment.

Facilitate training on: Environment Management, Conservation and Protection, Climate Change and Alternative Energy in 5 pilot villages surrounding Northern Highland Forest Reserve, Karatu district.

5. Additional Research Skills i) Research Assistant, University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), 2011

I was a team member in joint research project between UDSM and Oslo University, Norway on Biodiversity Research entitled Vascular Plants Diversity and Abundance along altitudinal gradient in Pare mountains.

Assessing the conservation status of Pare Mountains using indicator species. I took part in the assessment of forest condition (status, threats, diversity by using indicator species (Vascular plants) and socio-economic benefits.

ii) Research Assistant, Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2007 Participated in research on poverty-collected data on the welfare of rural

communities in Mvomero district through household’s survey among farmers and pastoralist communities focusing on their access to basic needs such as food, shelter and water.

iii) Research Assistant, Sokoine University of Agriculture & TAFORI 2008

“Socio-Economic Threats and importance of Cedrela odorata tree species”.

Participated in discussions with leaders of Mvomero district on how to incorporate research findings in the development plans of Mvomero villages.

The Impacts of Participatory Forest Management and Local Peoples’ perceptions on its implication to communities surrounding Kimboza Forest Reserve, Morogoro.

Publications/Manuscript Jan-2016: Lorri, P. and Ndangalasi, H.J (2016) Study on the distribution of vascular

plants along altitudinal gradient at Kindoroko Forest Reserve, Eastern Arc Mountains. Research report in press (Masters Dissertation).

5. Personal Skills

Programme Management/Implementation

Monitoring and evaluation

Climate Smart Agriculture interventions.

Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) guidelines, requirements, best practices and principles

Programme Management /Implementation: ¬ Manage the preparation of Implementing Partners proposals, work plans and budgets within

donor guidelines and established procedures


¬ Supervise the design and development of sub agreements with implementing partners and provides on-going monitoring of the agreed activities.

¬ Analyze Implementing Partners submitted budgets and reports according to donor requirements.

¬ Assist Implementing Partners, in designing sub-project activities including the preparation of budgets, implementation schedules and evaluation criteria.

¬ Assists Implementing Partners in annual work plan and budget development and provides leadership in meeting programmatic and financial reporting requirements.

¬ Develops, oversees, coordinates and supervise country specific activities in a WWF Tanzania Conservation program portfolio. Links with field based site coordinators

Monitoring and Evaluation: ¬ Responsible for and oversees the preparation of program reviews, reports (monthly, quarterly

and annual), and other M&E-related documents for review and approval ¬ Developed the overall frame work for program M&E quarterly and annually reviews, impact

assessment, process monitoring, operation monitoring to achieves organization objectives. ¬ Lead the process of identifying and designing key indicators design the format such as

performance report and set out the frame work and procedures for evaluation projects with partners.

¬ Lead study implementation, data collection and data analysis of quantitative and qualitative studies and other data collection processes, ensuring quality and reliability of generated information.

¬ Experienced about the application and use of Smartphone and GIS technology in data collection of projects in REAL TIME hence ensuring accuracy, quality and saving costs to projects/programs.

¬ Support/lead recruitment, training, mentoring and supervision of enumerators during quantitative and qualitative studies undertaken by the M&E unit.

¬ Carry out spot checks of data collection processes as needed and document and share findings during internal meetings.

¬ Lead capacity building of M&E and programme staff in the unit through sharing training materials and providing sessions to share knowledge gained in M&E related trainings.

6. Information Technology Skills

Computer / IT and software skills that I have.

In pursuing my analysis for research or any M&E related data, Computer Application and Forest Management the below software’s have played a role in assisting with analysis and preparation of presentation and reports.

(a) Computer Application Software’s GIS application software

Image analysis software

Database management systems and Programming

ArcGIS 9.x, //ArcView 3.x ERDAS Imagine 9.x MS Access QGIS, SAGA and GRASS ENVI 4.5 R-statistics, Python and C++

(b) Forest Resource Management Forest Resource Assessment Surveying and mapping Silviculture Forest Mensuration GPS surveying Tree seed technology Forest Inventory Chain and compass

surveying Tree nursery

Participatory Forest Resource Assessment

Leveling Planting and tending of trees and forests.

Others include: Microsoft office package, Internet and Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS), M&E log framer 2.0. Use of Excel Pivot Table in the Analysis of Data, Community Analysis Package ver.4.0, Species Diversity and Richness ver.4.0, EpiInfo and Stata and GraphPad InStat software ver.3.1


Referees Referee 1: Referee 2: Name: Ms. Matrida Simfukwe Name: Dr. Noah Makula Pauline Organization: WWF Tanzania Country Office Organization: University of Dar es Salaam Position: M&E Manager Position: Lecturer Address: P.O. Box 63117 Dar Es Salaam Address: P.O. Box 35097 Telephone number:+255 715 114 888 Telephone number: +255 754 817 734 Email address: [email protected] Email address: [email protected]

[email protected] Referee 3: Name: Mr. Novati Kessy Organization: SNV Netherland Development Organization Tanzania Country Office Position: National Programme Manager-SUMBAWANGA SAGCOT Cluster. Address: Regional drive, P.O. Box 375, Rukwa, Tanzania Telephone number: +255 785 838 408 Skype: novati.philipo Email: [email protected] Referee 4: Name: Mr. Francis Ndenje Organization: Airtel Tanzania Position: Senior Manager, Human Resource. Address: P.O Box 9623. Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania Telephone number: +255 784 670 301 Name: Peter Lorri

Signed: Date: 16H February ,2017





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