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Della McMillan

Dr. McMillan is a Courtesy Scientist in the Department of Anthropology

Workshop and Conference Design & Facilitation

Workshop and Conference Design and Facilitation Highlights

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Co-organization and facilitation of:

  • Ten national training and policy workshops in Burundi, Burkina Faso,  Guinea, Burkina Faso and Madagascar, Malawi, Iraq, Niger, and Uganda
  • Ten international training and policy workshops in Burkina Faso, South Africa, Mozambique, Niger, Mali, Senegal, Uganda
    • Publications:
      • Other Documents Produced for USAID and USAID-Funded Projects and Programs: 3.7.2.1, 3.7.2.2
      • World Bank: 5.26
  • Six workshops in French
  • Nine bilingual or trilingual workshops (i.e. using simultaneous translation or parallel sessions)
    • Publications:
      • Other Documents Produced for USAID and USAID-Funded Projects and Programs: 3.7.2.1, 3.7.2.2
      • World Bank: 5.26
  • Development of three major training modules being used internationally as well as a number of NGO or country-specific training modules  on M&E, report writing and gender mainstreaming
  • Experience with the use of national and international workshops
    • To document “lessons learned” on international policies
      • Publications:
        • Other Documents Produced for USAID and USAID-Funded Projects and Programs: 3.5.1
        • World Bank: 5.26
    • To develop international and national policy strategies

Workshop and Conference Design and Facilitation

Type of Workshop and Training and Location

Level of Involvement

Trainees

Agency

Countries/Regions of people who attended workshop

Language

Basic Principles Gender and Gender Issues in  M&E and Reporting  
Gender Integration Plan (GIP) validation workshop and sector review workshops (Ouagadougou) (1) Technical Assistance to MCA-BF Gender and Social Manager Irene Kabre
(2) Co-preparation of documents being reviewed		 MCA-BF and contractor staff MCC Burkina Faso French
Two regional gender coordination workshops (Tougan and Banfora) Civil society leaders in the project affected areas MCC Burkina Faso French
Workshop on basic principles of gender and reporting (Ouagadougou) Preparation and animation of module on reporting MCA-BF and contractor staff MCC Burkina Faso French
National workshop on strengthening consideration of gender in natural resource planning and agriculture  (Burkina Faso & Washington, DC) Organized In Burkina Faso: CSO and ministry representatives

In Washington: World Bank staff

 World Bank Burkina Faso and Washington French and English**
National and Regional Workshops on Food Security Management, M&E and Reporting
Madagascar, Malawi, Burundi Co-Design and Execution (with A. Willard and TOPS) For CRS Title II programs TOPS for USAID Madagascar, Malawi, Burundi Two in French and one in English
Burkina Faso Co-design and Execution with TOPS For FFP Emergency Programs TOPS for USAID Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad French
Uganda Co-design and facilitation of two workshops on M&E and Reporting for Food Security Programs CSRL/ISU CSRL/ISU Uganda English
Uganda Contributed to design of small group exercises and co-facilitated some sessions USAID/Uganda employees Mitchell International Consultants for USAID/Uganda Uganda English
South Africa Co-produced curriculum, workshop, and proceedings with Africare Food Security Directors Lee Thompson, Judy Bryson and Harold Tarver and  senior food security staff (and in the case of Mali USAID/FANTA project) Africare HQ and field staff and Country Representatives Africare for USAID All Africa French and English*
Mozambique East and southern Africa French, English and Portuguese**
Niger All Africa French and English*
Mali West Africa French and English*
Senegal Organized & Facilitated Session Africare All Africa English
Involuntary Resettlement Connected with World Bank Infrastructure and Agricultural Projects
Workshop in Settlement and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (Kampala) Co-organized (with Cynthia Cook, Dan Mudoola, and Patrick Mulindwa)* Experts who worked on World Bank funded and affiliated projects World Bank Representatives of 18 African countries French and English**
Settlement Issues in the West Africa River Basins Affected by the 11-Country Onchocerciasis (River Blindness) Control Programme (OCP)
OCP Settlement (Paris) Led and/or helped prepare several sessions and proceedings chapters Ministers of development and agriculture World Bank 10 of the 11 OCP countries and World Bank international staff French and English**
OCP Settlement (Washington, DC ) Co-organized and presented World Bank staff World Bank All staff West African staff including support staff English
OCP Settlement Burkina Faso (11 countries) Co-organized, presented, and helped prepare proposals National staff from the ministries of development and agriculture OCP and World Bank 10 of the 11 countries French and English**
OCP Settlement (Abidjan, Dakar, Conakry, Accra, Ouagadougou, Niamey)

 

 Prepared and presented seven reports examining areas of potential overlap between OCP and USAID country strategies project and USAID USAID mission  and REDSO staff USAID (through VBC Project) Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso English
Regional workshop on semi-arid agriculture in the Horn of Africa (Nairobi) Responsible for specific sessions and a portion of proceedings for workshop with six countries Representatives of the national agricultural centers and ministries of agriculture USAID and IGAD Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti English
Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Development
Six city workshops to document lessons learned from the Community Stabilization Programme (CSP)  (Erbil and Bamako) Co-organized with Jessica Cho and co-produced final report and city reports

 

 IRD for USAID National staff and some international CSP staff Current and former CSP staff (American and Iraqi) English and Arabic**
Relevant University-based Classroom Instruction and Workshops  
Food in Africa faculty graduate seminar Conceptualized and taught course for two years and produced the book “Food in Africa” (with Art Hansen) Graduate students and professors working in international agriculture University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida US-based for Africa English
Workshop: “Curriculum Issues in the Study of African Food Issues” Co-organized workshop and produced proceedings  with Art Hansen US-based for Africa English
Anthropology in Food Policy (graduate seminar) Conceptualized and taught course for two years and produced the book “Anthropology in Food Policy” University of  Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky US-based for Africa and Latin America English

*Included parallel sessions in different languages running simultaneously then regrouping into single-language plenary sessions with translators

**Included translators