Heike Friedhoff

Senior Consultant for International Development Cooperation

Nairobi County, Kenya

About

Experience

  • Senior Consultant at Independant Consultant
    May 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 2 mos

    Anthropologist and educationalist (Focus on adult education) with expertise and 25 years of experience in international development cooperation with focus on good governance, conservation and gender/women´s rights and indigenous rights: - Strengthening civil and public organizations as well as networks - Promoting Human Rights (especially Women´s Rights/Gender and Indigenous people´s Rights), gender mainstreaming and feminism - Improving good Governance within environmental and climate change processes including gender focus - Methods / Instruments – Equity-Focused and Gender-Responsive Evaluation, Result Based Management (RBM) with feminist approach, Gender analysis, Gender transformative approaches (GAL – Gender Action Learning, Gender matrix, Gender continuum, systemic and feminist coaching and mentoring), Participative facilitation of workshops and processes, Participative organizational development (DOP), Promoting small enterprises (CEFE), Capacity Works (Management), Feedback to managers (Aufwärtsfeedback), Conflict mediation Program and Project Management: - Implementing participative and impact-oriented planning, monitoring and evaluation (Result based management, Theory of Change) - Supporting quality and knowledge management, as well as communication processes - Managing human resources and collaborating in budget management Personal qualities: - Possess an analytical-conceptual, process and solution orientated approach - Demonstrate self-initiative, responsibility; dedicated team worker and high intercultural sensitivity

  • Senior Consultant at International Development Cooperation
    Mar 2014 - Sep 2020 · 6 yrs 7 mos

    Elaborating, implementing and evaluating projects, organizational development, teambuilding, gender/women's rights, gender and climate change, moderation/facilitation of workshops and processes for GIZ, Ambero Consulting, Misereor, SNV, Bread for the world, FIAN International, Government of Flanders and others

  • Formation as mediator at Radius IKK
    Nov 2013 - Dec 2013 · 2 mos

  • Independent technical advisor at Independent technical advisor
    Jan 2013 - Mar 2013 · 3 mos

    Advised the indigenous government agency FUNAI on international mechanisms to protect indigenous people (FPIC, ILO Convention 169); Responsible for planning of development measures, knowledge management

  • Technical advisor in the “Demarcation and protection of indigenous lands” Program at GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation)
    Jan 2012 - Dec 2012 · 1 yr

    Advised the indigenous government agency FUNAI on international mechanisms to protect indigenous people (FPIC, ILO Convention 169); Responsible for planning of development measures, knowledge management, organizational development and gender