Michael Miner

Background

About Michael Miner

Thirty-five years-experience working in 118 countries worldwide with most aspects of international development with multiple communities: aboriginal relations, agricultural development, governance, human, land tenure and labour rights, human trafficking, refugee resettlement, human rights, humanitarian aid, peace studies, environment, capacity building, civil society and community and indigenous engagement, rule of law, and cross cultural conflict. Managed and/or carried out monitoring and evaluation with 100+ NGO’s, CSO’s, private sector, and Multilateral agencies + World Bank, 15 UN agencies, 22 Bilateral donors, 24 CSOs and indigenous organizations and FCM (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) in Canada, China and Africa. Key Areas of Expertise-Senior management level skills demonstrated at organizational and programme levels -Evaluation Skills used to deliver 81 Evaluations (including 38 as Evaluation Team Leader)-Regional Director on ASEAN human rights (including Myanmar), human trafficking & cross cutting -ASEAN including Myanmar Roles – Past 10 years to present - M&E, Rule of Law etc. roles -Indonesia Roles – 2012-2014 – Evaluations, Senior Advisor M&E, ASEAN, Mekong, and Gender -Indonesia Roles – 1978–2011 – Project Management, PSD, Governance, Gender, CSOs and M&E -Experience working for Government of Australia through AusAID and DFAT highlighting Myanmar -Cross Cutting Experience with Environmental Sustainability and Gender Equality -Economic Governance and Gender Roles in Multi-sectoral Evaluations (Africa/Asia)-Elected positions leading International Development Research and Training Organizations -Manage Governance Initiatives for Canada Federal Government (including in CIDA)-Design, Manage & Team Leadership of International Development Evaluations - sector example -Project/Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement Systems -Governance and Legal Program Monitoring, Management Systems and Operations -International Development Overseas Selection & Recruitment including Psychometric Testing -Capacity Development related Design, Management, Research and Coaching for CIDA -Cross Cultural Negotiation, Team Building, Cross Cultural Research & Conflict Resolution -Organizational Development large scale interventions for both public and private sectors -Teaching at Universities and Colleges - University Professor and Institute Faculty