Home About / contact us Work with us News Publications Clients Projects People     Monitoring & evaluation Aid effectiveness Poverty & governance Institutional development Water management Communication for development         Robbie Gregorowski   Robbie Gregorowski View all ITAD consultants Robbie Gregorowski is a Senior Consultant at ITAD and experienced Evaluator with considerable expertise in pro-poor focussed monitoring and evaluation (M&E), particularly in the fields of climate and development, policy influence, and organisational assessment. Since joining ITAD he has developed their work on climate change adaptation and mitigation, particularly aspects of climate change and development evaluation. Prior to joining ITAD he worked as a Senior Economist at a leading international economics consultancy based in London undertaking multiple policy research, evaluation, and project cycle management assignments. Robbie has wide ranging consultancy experience in the fields of programme and organisational evaluation, M&E systems design, and research management, working for donors including DFID, Sida, and the World Bank. He holds an MSc Distinction in International Development from SOAS and has recently completed an Individual Professional Course in Project Appraisal and Impact Analysis from CeFiMS, University of London. In 2009 he was a guest lecturer on the FCO Chevening Senior Fellowship Programme, responsible for the Post-Conflict Economic Recovery component of the Conflict Resolution Course. In March 2010 he taught the Evaluation in Fragile States component of the MA in Post-war Recovery Studies Course at the University of York. Climate change and development evaluation - particularly pro-poor aspects (vulnerability and resilience) of CC policy and programming Organisational and institutional evaluation - designing and implementing organisational assessments, appraisals and evaluations involving frameworks such as McKinsey 7-S Evaluation of pro-poor policy-research, policy influence, research communications, and knowledge brokering projects, programmes, and institutions Pro-poor growth and poverty reduction - policy, planning and programming in fragile, disaster-prone, and conflict-affected environments particularly Afghanistan and Bangladesh Particular expertise and experience employing evaluation approaches and tools including Theory of Change, Uptake Pathways, Contribution Analysis, and Most Significant Change technique. Nationality  British Languages Croatian, English, French Country Experience Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, China,  Denmark, France, South Africa, Sweden, Tanzania,  United States Qualifications 2009 - 2009 Individual Professional Qualification - Project Appraisal and Impact Analysis Centre for Financial & Management Studies (CeFiMS), University of London 2002 - 2003 MSc Development Studies Distinction School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London 1998 - 2002 BA Joint Honours Economics and Geography 2.1 University of Exeter Employment September 2009 - Ongoing 2009 Senior Consultant ITAD   ITAD is a UK-based independent management consultancy established in 1984 and one of few companies globally whose long-term core business has been the design and operation of monitoring and evaluation policies, strategies and systems. ITAD have particular strengths in the design of M&E systems and associated MIS, training in M&E, and evaluation of projects and programmes for a range of clients including World Bank, DFID, National Audit Office, EC, various European governments aid agencies, the World Food Programme, UNDP, UNICEF, and a wide range of developing country governments. ITAD's team of consultants have established a reputation for delivering complex evaluation studies on time and within budget. In particular, ITAD has unrivalled expertise and reputation in institutional and programme evaluations and impact assessments. January 2006 - August 2009 Senior Economist/Consultant Maxwell Stamp PLC   Maxwell Stamp is a multi-disciplinary management consultancy specialising in international development. Helped establish and develop the Livelihoods and Rural Development Practice Area into MSPs highest billing and most successful business area in under 2 years. Won and managed several high profile impact evaluation, policy research, and M&E assignments for the WB and DFID including an impact and institutional evaluation of the Social Fund for Development in Yemen and a high profile piece of political economy policy research informing UK Government strategy and programming decisions for involvement in Afghanistan. Also made multiple short term consultancy inputs on large-scale multi-sectoral development programmes including DFIDs Chars Livelihoods Programme in Bangladesh and the WBs National Solidarity Programme in Afghanistan. Contributed to all aspects of Practice Area strategy and technical operations including: -Undertaking discrete policy research, project design, and evaluation consultancy assignments and technical project work - reviewing programme interventions, providing on-going M&E systems review, and supporting knowledge management and communications through the writing, editing and dissemination of products such as annual reports, policy briefs, and success stories; -Leading bid writing teams in the preparation of expressions of interest and proposals with 70%+ conversion rate - researching and writing a wide variety of technical inputs, ensuring successful proposal preparation; -Formulating and implementing the practice areas wider business development and sales strategy - defining new business growth areas (pro-poor growth, climate change adaptation) and developing the consultancys expertise and technical track record; -Managing a portfolio of projects covering project design, programme evaluation, donor policy and programming - building lasting relationships with our key clients (DFID, WB, EC, and ADB). April 2004 - January 2006 Assistant Programme Manager HTSPE / UK Department for International Development   HTSPE (www.htspe.com) is a management and sustainable development consultancy specialising in poverty reduction in developing countries. Worked as Assistant Programme Manager managing DFIDs US$36m natural resource systems research programme (DFID-NRSP). Planned and supervised innovative action-research projects that generated new knowledge to improve livelihoods through partnerships with 50 institutions worldwide. Key responsibilities included: -Research management defining programme strategic direction, managing calls for proposals, and reviewing partner research proposals (logical frameworks, research methods) to ensure analytical rigor; -Training and capacity building producing toolkits and facilitating seminars and conferences to build the research and project management capacity of partner institutions in developing countries; -Project process management and monitoring overseeing all administrative, contractual, financial, and reporting requirements during project life-cycle, including conducting in-country Mid-Term Reviews; -Communications and uptake promotion writing up and disseminating key research products (policy briefs, success stories, case studies), and developing an online project database / website. (http://www.nrsp.org) Training 2010 International Development Evaluation: Foundations & Practice (King's College London - Summer Institute Course) 2009 Chevening Senior Fellowship Programme - Conflict Resolution Course Lecturer (Foreign and Commonwealth Office / Post-Conflict and Reconstruction Development Unit (PRDU), University of York ) 2009 Climate Change and Development (Practical Action) 2008 Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) (DFID / Stabilisation Unit) Project Experience 2010 - 2010 Ongoing GDNet Strategy and M&E Support (GDNet / DFID, UK) M&E Consultant   ITAD is assisting GDNet to clearly map out and strengthen its strategic direction and objectives over the next 5 years - www.gdnet.org/. The strategy will explain how GDNet will work as a research institution in the policy arena, aiming to inform policy in developing countries with knowledge generated by researchers based in those countries. ITAD is assisting GDNet to develop a strong theory of change about how what it does would have an effect. This will then be used to remodel its activities through a redrafted logframe and a more outcome-focused M&E system.   GDNet work at the nexus between research and policy. ITAD is helping them to more rigourously monitor and evaluate their policy influence. Assisted GDNet to clearly map out and strengthen its logframe and establish a robust baseline. The logframe will explain how GDNet will work as a research institution in the policy arena, aiming to inform policy in developing countries with knowledge generated by researchers based in those countries. Assisting GDNet to design and test the internal rigour of its logframe through a process to define indicators, ascertain robust sources of data, and establish reliable baselines for each output. Establishing each baseline involves the design and implementation of a variety of data collection methods including panel-surveys, appreciative inquiry based on the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique, bibliometric sampling exercises, and disaggregated questionnaires of user perceptions. 2010 - 2010 Ongoing Evaluation of the Institutional cooperation between Sida and the Stockholm Environment Institute (Sida, Sweden, Tanzania, Thailand, UK) Evaluator   The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is one of the worlds leading international environment and development research organizations. SEI is largely funded by Sida with whom it works to address key international priorities such as: mitigating and adapting to climate change; and, protecting and transforming vulnerable communities who are the victims of rapid social and environmental change. Based on the company's experience conducting headline organizational evaluations and our track record assessing the impact of research on policy processes, ITAD was tasked with both reflecting on SIDA's past institutional cooperation with SEI and making recommendations on the future direction of collaboration between Sida and SEI.   Devised mixed-method evaluation approach and framework drawing on ITAD�s experience assessing uptake pathways on a range of DFID-funded research programmes. The approach was based on establishing a shared understanding of the Theory of Change (ToC) underlying Sida support to SEI and then assessing the extent to which there was evidence to support that ToC. The organizational evaluation assessed SEI�s institutional capacity according to an internationally recognized organizing framework - the McKinsey 7-S Model. SEI institutional capacity was assessed in a participatory process of stakeholder engagement according to strategy, structure, systems, staff, skills, style, and shared values. Tools engaged during the evaluation included: key stakeholder SWOT analysis; semi-structured face-to-face and telephone interviews; a web survey of target stakeholders; economic and financial analyses; document review; and field visits. 2010 - 2010 Evaluation in Fragile and Conflict Affected States (FCAS) - MA Teaching (Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU), University of York, UK) M&E Expert / Guest Lecturer   ITAD were approached by the Post-War Reconstruction and Development Unit (PRDU) at the University of York to teach a series of three seminars to Masters students taking the MA in Post-war Recovery Studies. The seminar series entitled Evaluation in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States (FCAS) built on ITADs project experience to address some of the key logistical and technical challenges associated with conducting evaluations in FCAS. The seminars introduced key concepts such as the OECD-DAC Evaluation Criteria through group exercises, combined with case study examples to illustrate how tools and methods such as Contribution Analysis and Outcome Mapping have been used in the field to overcome issues such as attribution gaps, incoherent theories of change, and assessing intangibles such as behavioural change.   Expert advice and training on M&E systems in fragile and conflict-affected states involving group exercise facilitation introducing key tools and methods - Contribution Analysis and Outcome Mapping as well as addressing context specific challenges and constraints including security protocols, engaging different stakeholder groups and assessing the impact of ?intangibles? such as behavioral change. 2009 - 2010 Ministry of Justice International Programmes Evaluation (UK Ministry of Justice, UK and China) Evaluator   ITAD was engaged by the UK Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to evaluate 3 MoJ-funded international programmes designed for young professionals identified as future leaders in their respective countries: 1) The John Smith Memorial Trust Fellowship Programme focussing on the South Caucuses; 2) The Training Scheme for Young Chinese Judges delivered by the Great Britain China Centre; and, 3) The Lord Chancellor's Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers delivered by the China Law Council. The aim of the evaluation was to assess outcomes and impact to date in order for MoJ to make decisions about the future of its involvement and funding of the programmes. ITAD designed the evaluation approach and methodology which involved both structured and semi-structured face-to-face and telephone interviews, seperate online questionnaires for the alumni of each programme, and field visits to London and Beijing to engage key programme stakeholders. Impact was assessed through Contribution Analysis, developing and agreeing an ex ante Theory of Change and testing its logic through accumulating evidence to support and question the assumptions on which the theory was based.   Key activities included: - Overall approach and methodology design - Semi-structured face to face and telephone interviews with key stakeholders including a number of senior UK politicians, political journalists, business leaders, and legal professionals - Beijing field visit to engage high ranking government officials in the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China - Online survey / questionnaire design and implementation - Data analysis and application of contribution analysis methodology - Report write up and presentation to MoJ counterparts in London 2008 - 2009 Impact & Institutional Evaluation DFID Yemen Social Fund for Development (DFID, UK and Yemen) Overall Project Manager   SFD aims to contribute to poverty alleviation by improving access of low-income groups to basic social and economic services community-level infrastructure, small and micro-enterprise development, and grassroots training and capacity building.   Managed and coordinated both impact and institutional evaluations of the SFD. Specific activities involved the design of QUAL and QUANT research methodologies to produce sample data on households, communities, and programme activities in order to evaluate efficiency, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability. Also responsible for providing guidance and quality assurance to local survey teams in the field and analysing the data produced on both SFD projects and beneficiary households. Ultimately responsible for successful submission and sign off of all project deliverables with the DFID. 2007 - 2009 Social Development in Conflict-Affected Environments (DFID, Worldwide) Framework Contract Manager   The UK Government is actively involved in peace-building, rehabilitation and development activities in many conflict and disaster prone states, notably Iraq and Afghanistan. These environments are fragile, rapidly changing and unpredictable. The key agencies DFID, MoD, FCO, and the Stabilisation Unit require responsive tailored services to meet rapidly changing objectives. The Reconstruction and Development Consortium (RDC) supports these agencies through the rapid provision of high quality social development skills and expertise in the context of stabilisation and peace building.   Coordinated and delivered social development services (policy research, project appraisal, impact evaluation, M&E systems design) to support peace-building, rehabilitation and development activities in many conflict and disaster prone states, notably Afghanistan and Yemen through the DFID-funded Social Development in Conflict-Affected Environments framework contract. The consortium's technical focus covered basic service delivery, enhanced aid effectiveness, social protection programming, and, economic, social and development policy and planning. HEAT trained by DFID for deployment in conflict-affect countries for this role. 2007 - 2009 Chars Livelihoods Programme (DFID, Bangladesh) Consultant Monitoring and Evaluation & Project Management   The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) is a $100m DFID-funded headline multi-sectoral development programme targeting extreme poor households in Bangladesh. CLP focuses on reducing extreme poverty and vulnerability and strengthening voice through a bottom-up planning process and grant dispersal scheme.   Responsible for multiple in-country and desk-based technical inputs covering improved beneficiary targeting, review of programme-level M&E systems, revised programme design, and enhanced knowledge management and communications. Between November and December 2007 managed an M&E assignment evaluating the quality and usability of the beneficiary monthly monitoring dataset. Assisted CLP M&E team to devise research methodology to clean and analyse the initial dataset and provided recommendations aimed at improving quantitative and qualitative data reliability and usability in the future. 2007 - 2008 Understanding Afghanistan (DFID / Stabilisation Unit, Afghanistan and UK) Project Manager   Coordinated and managed a high profile piece of political economy policy research to serve as a baseline in determining UK Government strategy, priorities and programming decisions for involvement in Afghanistan over the next 5 years. The research combined a literature review, fieldwork, and desk-based studies.   Assembled and managed a team of approximately 25 of the worlds leading experts on Afghanistan to conduct a Political Economy Analysis, a Strategic Conflict Assessment, a Growth Diagnostic, and a Poverty, Gender and Social Exclusion Analysis. Responsible for all aspects of project oversight from policy research coordination to liaison with UK Government Departments (DFID, MoD, FCO), and final editing and approval of deliverables. 2007 - 2007 National Solidarity Programme Phase II (World Bank, Afghanistan) Consultant Coordination and Quality Assurance   Engaged as part of the contract to provide Management Support Services assisting the Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in implementing the headline World Bank-funded $750m rural rehabilitation and grassroots governance programme, the National Solidarity Programme (NSPII).   Supported the handover between the departing team, the client, and incoming team of consultants and was responsible for reviewing existing datasets, co-ordination and quality assurance of various programme reports, and the drafting of terms of reference for short term technical assistance assignments. Developed particular experience in large-scale multi-sectoral programme management, programme-level M&E systems, and dissemination of new knowledge and best practice.

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