Stefano Stirpe

Programme Advisor, Somalia, Horn of Africa

Nairobi County, Kenya

About

Key Competencies: Projects and Programs Coordination and Management, Development Management, Environmental Management. 1. Strong leader, with proven program management skills built during a career as a senior manager of projects, contracts and staff. Highly developed personal and professional judgment, working in complex environments under a variety of circumstances. 2. Proven expertise in program management and coordination namely directing NGOs and managing multi-sector programs both in emergency and development contexts. 3. Experience in project design and planning, time and cost estimation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, budget control, administration and accountancy, financial and narrative reporting, procurement. 4. Experience in capacity building and training namely on Project Cycle Management. 5. Competency working in the humanitarian cluster approach, particularly in food security, WASH, livelihood, resilience building, disaster risk reduction, natural resources management, migration, and refugees sectors.

Experience

  • Programme Advisor at UNIDO
    Sep 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • Programme Coordinator/Team Leader at Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo (AICS) - Somalia
    Jun 2019 - Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 9 mos

  • Country Representative at Vis Volontariato Internazionale per lo Sviluppo
    Sep 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr

  • Country Representative at LVIA altrosviluppo
    Aug 2007 - Aug 2017 · 10 yrs 1 mo

    Leading an NGO working in food security, WASH, renewable energies, resilience building and rural development with 4 branch offices and 80 staff. Main donors: EU DEVCO and ECHO, Italian Cooperation to Development, USAID, OFDA. Also in charge of fund raising, political representation and overall coordination with donor agencies and the Ethiopian Government.

  • Program Manager at GSI ITALIA
    May 2006 - Jun 2007 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Preparation of project proposals for international cooperation. Monitoring and assessment missions in Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo and Benin. Teacher on Project Management (European Social Fund).