Gerald Ahabwe

Background

About Gerald Ahabwe

Experienced Social Development Specialist/ Infrastructural Sociologist with seventeen years of social risk management experience in WATSAN, Energy, Oil & Gas, as well as Road Infrastructure projects. Work experience in Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Germany and Nigeria. Skilled in Designing and Executing: Due Diligence Studies; Feasibility Studies; Environmental and Social Impact Assessments; Environmental and Social Audits; Water Resources & Catchment Management Plans; Resettlement Action Plans; Social and Gender Integration Strategies; Communication Strategies; Stakeholder Engagement Plans; Social Risk Management Frameworks; Livelihood Restoration Plans; Labour Management Plans; Community Development Action Plans; Vulnerable and Marginalized Groups Management Plans; Socio-Economic Surveys; Project Reviews; Evaluations and Performance Improvement Programmes (PIPs). Research interests in the Water-Energy-Food Nexus. Previous 13-year experience in middle management of Uganda's water utility a member of Impact Assessment Association of Uganda and a Certified Environmental Practitioner. Also General Secretary, Uganda Sociological and Anthropological Association (USAA)- https://usaa-ug.org/; International Sociological Association; International Impact Assessment Association; also member of the International Water Association as well as General Secretary of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), Uganda Chapter. Board Chair of the Association of Ugandan-German Alumni (AUGA). Founder and former General Secretary of East African Young Water Professionals, a program of the International Water Association.