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Oduor Ong’wen

Nairobi,Kenya

Summary

Strategic Executive Director known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Possess strong leadership, financial management, and strategic planning skills crucial for driving organizational success. Excel in communication, problem-solving, and team motivation, ensuring seamless operations and stakeholder satisfaction. Ready to leverage these abilities to contribute to and grow within a forward-thinking organization.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

Executive Director

Orange Democratic Movement Party
03.2015 - Current
  • Strategic Management
  • Providing overall guidance on and overseeing the Party’s programmes and activities nationally
  • Implementing the decisions of the National Delegates Convention, National Governing Council and National Executive Council: facilitating the meetings of the NDC, NGC and NEC; assisting the NEC to prepare the Party’s policy documents; carrying out the managerial functions of the Party on behalf of the NEC – finance, human resource, operations and marketing functions;
  • Strategic Positioning: developing strategic alliances; conducting regular reviews of the Party’s general and operating environments; strategic alliance and partnership building at the national and international levels
  • Member (ex-officio) of the NEC and Central Committee
  • Programme Management
  • Support directors and other staff in programme work: preparation of the annual work plans, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks; conducting regular performance reviews of the progress in all project implementation; prepare semi-annual and annual narrative and financial reports;
  • Carry out staff development programmes: conduct training needs assessments; developing training materials; conducting in-house training for the programme staff in specific areas and issues;
  • Prepare strategic Public Policy papers for intervention at national, county government levels; support reflection forums for the staff; design and participate in relevant strategies at national and county levels.

Prolific writer

WRITING SKILLS
05.2014 - Current
  • Written many seminar/research papers and reports as well as articles for various publications
  • Columnist for the following publications:
  • The Weekend Star: Weekly Column (Saturdays

Country Director

Southern, Africa, Negotiations Institute
, Kenya
02.2004 - 03.2015
  • Programme
  • Strategic Management
  • Providing guidance on and overseeing the Organisation’s activities and programmes in Kenya
  • Implementing the decisions of the Board of Directors (BOD): facilitating the meetings of the Board of Directors; assisting the BOD to prepare the Organisation’s policy documents; carrying out the managerial functions of the Organisation on behalf of the BOD – finance, human resource, operations and marketing functions;
  • Organisational Positioning: developing strategic alliances; conducting regular reviews of the Organisation’s general and operating environments; strategic alliance and partnership building at the regional and international levels.

South Sudan Law Society
07.2014 - 02.2015
  • Research on Tax and Trade nexus in East African Community (EAC) for East African Tax Justice Network

, Kenya
01.2014 - 02.2014
  • Development of the Republic of Kenya’s National Social Protection Policy (Lead Consultant), commissioned by UNICEF/Ministry of Gender and Social Development

12.2011 - 02.2012
  • Capacity Building on advocacy for Dock Workers Union of Kenya, commissioned by FIC/DWU

05.2011 - 08.2011
  • Development of a Training Manual on Human Rights Based Approaches to Development and Governance for the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights

Development of Country
06.2010 - 11.2010

01.2009 - 01.2010
  • Economic Partnership Agreements and Services Trade in Kenya: Exploring the Terrain (2008)
  • The Role of Small Farmers in International Agriculture Trade – Part of the Work of Expert Panel on EcoFair Trade

01.2005 - 01.2007
  • Expert Panel on EcoFair Trade, This is a global initiative supported by Heinrich Boll Foundation and Misereor and moderated by Wupertal Institute
  • Brings together 12 international trade experts drawn from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America and North America.

The Standard, Weekly Column
01.2003 - 01.2007

01.2006 - 06.2006

Undugu Society of Kenya Strategic Plan
01.2006 - 05.2006

University & JICA Research Institute
01.2005 - 01.2006
  • Ethnic Diversity and Economic Instability in Africa: Policies for Harmonious Development (a project of Kobe, Impacts of GATS Agreement on the poor, with special reference to water and Tourism

Christian Aid
London
04.2005 - 05.2005
  • Review of the WTO July 2004 Framework for ActionAid International in Kenya – September/October 2004
  • Training and Capacity Building on Water Sector Reforms for the Association of local Government Authorities of Kenya (ALGAK), commissioned by Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES

07.2003 - 06.2004
  • Training on Fundamentals of Policy Analysis, Lobbying and Advocacy for CARE Kenya (April 2002)
  • Governance and Advocacy: Strategic Planning: Done for the Lutheran World Relief, Eastern Africa Regional Office (October

Executive Director

EcoNews Africa
02.2000 - 01.2004
  • EcoNews Africa is an international non-governmental organisation that works with governments and civil society groups – through policy analysis, advocacy, research and networking - to integrate African perspectives and interests in global policy making on international trade and macro-economic issues; environment and communication policies
  • Strategic Management
  • Providing guidance on and overseeing the Organisation’s Change Process: guiding the conduct of a participatory capacity assessment; facilitating the three- year organisation evaluation; preparing the 2000-2004 strategic plan and strategy document; developing and reviewing the existing Organisational policies, systems and procedures to meet the needs for the next 5-year plan;
  • Implementing the decisions of the Board of Directors (BOD): facilitating the meetings of the Board of Directors; assisting the BOD to prepare the Organisation’s policy documents; carrying out the managerial functions of the Organisation on behalf of the BOD – finance, human resource, operations and marketing functions
  • Organisational Positioning: developing strategic alliances; conducting regular reviews of the Organisation’s general and operating environments; strategic alliance and partnership building at the regional and international levels
  • Consulting with Governments in East Africa on interests of civil society groups in Public Policy issues
  • Preparation of policy papers
  • Programme Management
  • Support programme staff in programme work: preparation of the annual workplans, and monitoring and evaluation frameworks; conducting regular performance reviews of the progress in all project implementation; prepare semi-annual and annual narrative and financial reports;
  • Carry out staff development programmes: conduct training needs assessments; developing training materials; conducting in-house training for the programme staff in specific areas and issues
  • Prepare strategic Public Policy papers for advocacy at national, regional and international levels; support reflection forums for the programme staff; design and participate in relevant advocacy strategies at regional and international levels, on environmental, macro-economic and information policies;
  • Project Management
  • Plan, gather and write articles on the developments in the macro-economic, environmental and information policy arenas, for dissemination to East Africa’s civil society, through the fortnightly newsletter; EcoNews Africa ( visit www.econewsafrica.org)
  • Edit, design, typeset and distribute the fortnightly publication
  • Conduct regular reviews to determine usefulness, relevance and subscribers’ needs
  • Use the materials to influence national, regional and international policy-making on the issues
  • Left at the end of 3-year contract, extended by 1 year at the Board’s request, to join SEATINI.

EcoNews Africa
01.1993 - 01.2004

Udenda Youth, Strategic Plan
01.1994 - 01.2003

Evaluator

Programme
, Kenya
09.2001 - 10.2001
  • External Evaluation of Novib Small Grants

07.2001 - 01.2001
  • External Evaluation of the Paralegal Training Programme (PTP) of the Education Centre for Women in Democracy (March 2001) on behalf of DANIDA and Sida
  • Evaluation and Impact Assessment of Nanyuki-Doldol World Vision Area Development Programme (ADP) for World Vision Kenya, January 2001
  • (Lead evaluator)
  • Review of Local Governance Scenarios in Arid and semi-Arid Districts of Kenya for SNV Kenya

Society
Juba
12.2000 - 01.2001
  • Evaluation of the Low Profile, High Impact (LOPHIM) Peace and Reconciliation Initiative of the Education Centre for Women in Democracy (February 2000) for USAID Kenya Mission
  • Development of South Sudan Model Constitution for Justice Africa/South Sudan Law

Lead Consultant, Lead Evaluator

, Uganda
03.2003 - 11.2000
  • External Evaluation of Uganda Debt Network (, Lobby and Advocacy Training for MS-Kenya Staff and Partners

Programme Coordinator

EcoNews
07.1996 - 01.2000
  • Programme Management
  • Conduct research, prepare and present policy papers on topical trade and investment issues, particularly with regard to World Trade organisation (WTO), African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries partnership with the European Union (EU) in the context of Lome Conventions/ Cotonou Agreement
  • Disseminate research findings through the organisation’s and other publications;
  • Promote networking activities and collaboration between citizens groups and organisations in the African region working on macroeconomic and development issues;
  • Initiate and facilitate advocacy and campaigns on International financial institutions (IFI) reforms, Debt cancellation, International trade and investment regime and Global Financial Architecture
  • Develop structures to promote greater networking with relevant government and inter-governmental bodies and NGOs/community groups; develop effective communication structures for NGOs and CBOs in the Eastern African sub-Region;
  • Prepare and implement a medium-term work plan to enable effective exchange of information between the local and global levels and mobilise human and financial resources for its implementation
  • Develop the programme into a sub-regional non-governmental organisation
  • Promote the use of electronic communications in the Eastern African Sub-region
  • Explore Design viable approaches to develop the communications capacity of local communities for advocacy
  • Market the organisation and build partnerships with strategic organisations
  • Project Management
  • Publish the quarterly newsletter, Development Watch;
  • Simplify technical documents on structural adjustment, global financial architecture, external management, trade and investment and macro-economic processes for field development agents, government extension officers and NGO and CBO workers ; Bridging the information gap between policy makers at the international level and field governmental and non-governmental officers
  • Supporting NGO activities in advocacy work at the Global and Local levels relating to Africa’s sustainable development

Action Aid Kenya
, India
04.1998 - 02.1999
  • Institute for Development Research (US) and Participatory Research Institute for Asia (, ) Joint Programme
  • Organisation Development (OD)
  • Facilitating Change processes in non-profit making organisations
  • OD concepts
  • Skills of an OD facilitator;
  • Participatory introduction and entry
  • Participatory diagnosis;
  • Action planning and follow-up

Development Watch

01.1996 - 01.1999
  • Impact of Global Intellectual Property Regime on Human Rights in Kenya

Action Aid Kenya
02.1998 - 06.1998
  • Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Baseline surveys: design and methodology – sampling methods, data collection tools and methods, data compilation; data analysis and interpretation; Report writing
  • Participatory methods: PRA, transect walks, Calendar methods
  • Participatory design of monitoring indicators
  • Developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks

08.1997 - 01.1998
  • August 1998, and January 1999)
  • Lobby and Advocacy Training for MS-Training Centre for Development Co-operation (TCDC), Arusha, Tanzania, November 1998
  • Research on Sources of Stress, Sites of Intervention and Coping Mechanisms for Community Groups and NGOs in Water Supply systems, September - October 1994 for IDRC (presented at a Conference in Cairo, December 1994)
  • Socio-Economic Survey on Refugee Income Generation

Sunday Nation
01.1992 - 01.1998

Coordinator

05.1993 - 06.1996
  • Unit
  • This was an initiative of EcoNews Africa and Africa Water Network to monitor the social, environmental and economic impacts of projects funded by the Multilateral Development Banks
  • Responsibilities included:
  • Researching, preparing, publishing and disseminating information on MDB funded projects and programmes
  • Establishing strategic alliances with relevant non-governmental organisations in developed countries and in East Africa to influence policy-making on the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development
  • Providing guidance to the deliberations of the Advisory Committee of the Project
  • Planning and supporting the growth of the project into an advocacy programme

Droplets
01.1993 - 01.1996

05.1994 - 06.1994
  • For Afrrican Refugee Education Programme AREP) Foundation
  • Rational Energy Supply Conservation Utilization and Education (RESCUE), Baseline Survey for GTZ and UNHCR

09.1993 - 01.1994
  • General Election Report for NECEP released on Feb
  • 20, 1993
  • Africa Watch Reports on Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Malawi
  • Institutional Development Plan for the National Ecumenical Civil Education Programme (NECEP) 1992 TO 1996 submitted to NOVIB, CEBEMO and ICCO.

03.1993 - 05.1993
  • Profit versus Survival: Management of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs)" : A Survey for Africa Water Network

Programme Officer

National Ecumenical Civic Education
08.1992 - 04.1993
  • NECEP)
  • NECEP was initiative of the national council of churches, the kenya episcopal conference (Catholic Church) and the Anglican church to sensitise people on transition from one party system to pluralism
  • Responsibilities included:
  • Developing Civic Education Material
  • Dissemination of material for Civic Education
  • Coordinating the work of 13 District Coordinators and 71 Constituency Coordinators
  • Preparing Election Monitors and Poll Certifiers
  • Planning and preparing meetings at the local and national levels
  • Left to head the Bank Monitoring Unit at Africa Water Network.

Atandi Women Group, Plan
01.1991 - 01.1993

Kanjira
01.1991 - 01.1993
  • Water and Community Improvement Programme
  • An Appraisal and project proposal (, ) submitted for funding to Kenya Water for Health Organization (KWAHO) and UNICEF
  • Elaboration of Institutional development Plan for the Institute for Civic Education and Development in Africa (ICEDA), May

Udenda Jisaidie Vijana Group
01.1991 - 01.1993

Research associate

12.1990 - 07.1992

The East African
01.1989 - 01.1990
  • Banking and Business Review (1989

Southern Sudan
12.2004

Consultants

TAABCO
10.2003
  • Review of the Eastern African Sub-Regional Initiative for the Advancement of Women (EASSI) for EASSI

Sustainability Challenge Foundation
, The Netherlands
06.1996
  • Third International Programme on the Management of Sustainability
  • Management of Sustainability: key issues and principles – negotiation and multistakeholder dialogues
  • Negotiating: Political versus technical priorities – use of environmental impact assessment, use of risk assessment, use of cost-benefit analysis

The Informal
12.1989
  • Jua Kali") Sector in Kenya: An Exploratory Study - done in four Kenyan Provinces between, and June 1990 (unpublished).

Education

Master of Science - Global Management

University of Salford
01.2025

National Diploma - Business Management

Kenya Institute of Management
07.1999

Master of Arts - Economics (International and Emerging Markets)

American University
06.1994

Bachelor of Science - Statistics And Chemistry

University of Nairobi
06.1984

Publicpositions

  • Member, Police Reforms Implementation Committee, 01/01/10, 01/01/12
  • Member, International Expert Panel on EcoFair Trade, 01/01/05, 01/01/06
  • Member, International Committee of the World Social Forum, 01/01/05, Present

References

  • Prof. Edward Oyugi, Executive Director, SODNET, PO Box 63125, Nairobi, Nairobi, 00619, Kenya, 0722510405, edwardoyugi@gmail.com
  • Dr. Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo, P.O. Box 5043, Nairobi, Nairobi, 00100, Kenya, +254-20-387 3385, +254-722-850 401, +254-733-366 229, mnyamongo@aihdint.org, manyamongo@yahoo.com
  • Amb. Nathan Irumba, Executive Director, SEATINI, 20 Victoria Drive, New Lands, Harare, Zimbabwe, nathanirumba@yahoo.com

Languages

English, Kiswahili, French

Shorttermtrainingcourses

  • EED (German Christian Development Organization), Managing Development Projects, 08/01/05
  • The Resource Alliance, Ufadhili Centre and The Resource Mobilization Centre, Fundraising, 11/01/02
  • Action Aid Kenya, Institute for Development Research (US) and Participatory Research Institute for Asia (India), Organisation Development (OD), 04/01/98

Formaltraining

  • University of Salford, Master of Science in Global Management, 06/01/23, Present
  • Kenya Institute of Management, National Diploma in Business Management, 06/01/98, 07/01/99
  • American University, Master of Arts in Economics (International and Emerging Markets), 10/01/90, 06/01/94
  • University of Nairobi, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), 10/01/80, 06/01/84

Languages

English, Swahili
First Language
French
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Timeline

Executive Director

Orange Democratic Movement Party
03.2015 - Current

South Sudan Law Society
07.2014 - 02.2015

Prolific writer

WRITING SKILLS
05.2014 - Current

01.2014 - 02.2014

12.2011 - 02.2012

05.2011 - 08.2011

Development of Country
06.2010 - 11.2010

01.2009 - 01.2010

01.2006 - 06.2006

Undugu Society of Kenya Strategic Plan
01.2006 - 05.2006

Christian Aid
04.2005 - 05.2005

01.2005 - 01.2007

University & JICA Research Institute
01.2005 - 01.2006

Southern Sudan
12.2004

Country Director

Southern, Africa, Negotiations Institute
02.2004 - 03.2015

Consultants

TAABCO
10.2003

07.2003 - 06.2004

Lead Consultant, Lead Evaluator

03.2003 - 11.2000

The Standard, Weekly Column
01.2003 - 01.2007

Evaluator

Programme
09.2001 - 10.2001

07.2001 - 01.2001

Society
12.2000 - 01.2001

Executive Director

EcoNews Africa
02.2000 - 01.2004

Action Aid Kenya
04.1998 - 02.1999

Action Aid Kenya
02.1998 - 06.1998

08.1997 - 01.1998

Programme Coordinator

EcoNews
07.1996 - 01.2000

Sustainability Challenge Foundation
06.1996

Development Watch

01.1996 - 01.1999

05.1994 - 06.1994

Udenda Youth, Strategic Plan
01.1994 - 01.2003

09.1993 - 01.1994

Coordinator

05.1993 - 06.1996

03.1993 - 05.1993

EcoNews Africa
01.1993 - 01.2004

Droplets
01.1993 - 01.1996

Programme Officer

National Ecumenical Civic Education
08.1992 - 04.1993

Sunday Nation
01.1992 - 01.1998

Atandi Women Group, Plan
01.1991 - 01.1993

Kanjira
01.1991 - 01.1993

Udenda Jisaidie Vijana Group
01.1991 - 01.1993

Research associate

12.1990 - 07.1992

The Informal
12.1989

The East African
01.1989 - 01.1990

Master of Science - Global Management

University of Salford

National Diploma - Business Management

Kenya Institute of Management

Master of Arts - Economics (International and Emerging Markets)

American University

Bachelor of Science - Statistics And Chemistry

University of Nairobi

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