Habib A.

Habib is a trained professional in Governance and sustainable development. He has 20 years of progressive experience and specific know-how in local governance and decentralization related issue and local authorities’ analysis. Other experiences are in the areas of partnership building with major foundations, philanthropic donors, Civil society organizations, development partners, implementing partners and government ministries and agencies. As a development practitioner, I have strong knowledge of the sub-Saharan African climate and development context in the areas of Local Governance, Decentralization, Water and Sanitation, Public Finance Management (PFM), Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting, Internal Generated Revenue (IGF), SDGs Agenda 2030, Agric, Health and Nutrition, nature of the informal economy and Climate Change interventions. I also have good computer skills such as micro soft word, micro soft excels, micro soft power point and micro soft Team (MS Team)

ENGLISH Excellent speaking, reading, writing and understanding, HAUSA Excellent speaking and understanding, DAGBANI Speaking and understanding, MAMPRULI Understanding, BULI Speaking and understanding, TWI Speaking and understanding

• Alhassan, Ibrahim, Regional Development Planning Officer, 1699ibra@gmail.com, +233 244082287, Upper East Regional Coordinating Council-GIZ-GovID Project Support Office, Bolgatanga, Ghana
• Jeffery K., Baiden, Senior Lecturer, ikbaiden@gmail.com, +233 2084432940, Institute of Development and Technology Management, UCC, Cape Coast, Ghana
• Abdul Lateef, Umar, Regional Manager, alumar0645@gmail.com, +2332443400090, USAID RING System Strengthening Activity- Abt Global, Tamale, Ghana

Habib A. Community Participation in Water and Sanitation Projects Management at New-Takoradi in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, published MA thesis, 2011, Paper presented as part of continuous assessment to semester course work: Governance and Sustainable Development in an African Perspectives (IDS, UCC Ghana), 2009, Paper presented in a community development dialogue forum at New-Takoradi on the topic: Improving Governance and Citizen Participation. Takoradi, 2009, Habib A. ‘The Socio-Economic significance of Festival as a Tourism tool to the development of the Builsa District in the Upper East Region of Ghana. unpublished BSc. dissertation, 2002

• Member, International Humanitarian and Development Professionals, January 2013 to Date
• Member, Society for International Development (SID). January 2013 to Date
• Member, Ghana Muslims Students Association. January 2000 to Date
• Member, the Guardian Development Professional Network (DPN). January 2013 to Date
• Member, Devex, Do Good. Do it well, ordinary membership. January 2013 to Date
• Member, Millennium Development Goals Campaign Team (MDGs), Ghana, Sept 2008 to Date
• Member, “STAND UP Against Poverty”, Ghana, September 2008 to Date

• March 2018: Sub Team Leader: District Performance Assessment Tool Project (DPAT). Was a Sub Team Leader Contracted by the Ministry of Local government/District Performance Assessment Project to monitor and evaluate the 2016 performance of MMDAs in some districts of the Ashanti region, Ghana under the supervision of Innovative Services Consul.
• March 2017: Sub Team Leader: Functional Organizational Assessment Tool Project. Was a Sub Team Leader Contracted by the Ministry of Local government/District Development Fund Project to monitor and evaluate the 2014 performance of MMDAs in some districts of the central region, Ghana under the supervision of Innovative Services Consult.
• May- August 2015: Sub Team Leader: Human Resource Audit of the Ghana Public Service, under the Ghana Human Resource Management Information System (GHRMIS) Project, Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis-Western Region- Ghana. Was a sub team leader tasked to rationalized staff in the public sector in the Western Region. The assignment involved conducting work load assessment to determine optimum staffing levels and developing redeployment strategies.
• November –December 2014: Evaluation and Assessment Expert. Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders | IREX Was a team member in undertaking a one-month assignment to review and assess candidate’s scripts for the 2014/2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, being implemented by IREX International with funding from the U S Department of State
• September – October 2013: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Consultant to Tamale Metropolitan Assembly, under the Ghana Urban Management Pilot Project, funded by Agence Française de Development (AfD). I was a team member tasked by the FAS CONSULT to conduct environmental impact assessment, social impact assessment and prepare environmental management plan, resettlement action plan and public disclosure and consultation plan for the GUMPP affected communities in the Tamale Metropolis.
• March-May 2010: Organization and Management Consultant, Ghana Urban Management Pilot Project: A member of a consulting team providing services for the conduct of a set of audits/assessments in local government financial management, urban planning, organization and management of the Local Administration of Tamale and Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly under Ghana Urban Management Pilot Project (GUMPP), funded by MLGD and Agence Française de Development (AfD)
• May 2010: Institutional Development Expert, SIF/Urban Poverty Reduction Project. Was a team member in undertaking an assignment in establishing a community based preventive maintenance systems for infrastructure constructed with the support of Urban Poverty Reduction Project being implemented by Social Investment Project and MLGRD with funding from AfDB.
• April 2009: Community Mobilization Expert, SIF/Urban Poverty Reduction Project: Was a team member of consultants in an assignment titled “Strengthening of Pro-poor Participatory and Citizen Decision Making Processes in the MMDAs”. This involves capacity building for 12 MMDAs in Pro-poor participatory and citizen decision making procedures and employment-oriented Public-Private Partnership (PPP), and coaching them to apply the principles of PPP to manage municipal facilities and services.
• March 2009: Community Mobilization Expert, GTZ/SFDR: Mainstreaming of maintenance into the local government planning, budgeting and implementation processes of 8 selected MMDAs in Ghana