Christopher KONAN

Experience

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  Secrétariat Exécutif Permanent REDD+/CI (Environment and Sustainable Development Ministry)

  Mar 2019 - Jun 2020

  - Writing ToRs for activities, workshops, field visits (mission) ; -Data analysis for M&E missions ;- Reporting ; - Participating to the validation of the FIP (Forest Investment Program, funded by the World Bank) M&E manual in the presence of all the stakeholders ;- Participating to the validation of the CFI (Cocoa Forest Initiative) M&E manual and the definition of the indicators reference sheet ;- Monotoring field activities and analyzing deviation to improve the activities progress ;- Participating to the elaboration of execution manual with the partners (SODEFOR, OIPR) in charge of the FIP impletation, etc.- Project management via the monitoring on "la Ruche" which is a computer-based monitoring and evaluation system Show less Study led on CARBON ASSESSMENT IN COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS CIRCUMSCRIBED IN THE DIASSON VILLAGE" . This study has been held under the co-ordination of the REDD+/CI in the framework of the Projet REDD+ de la Mé.This study aimed to check the share of cocoa-based agroforestry systems in the reduction of greenhouses gaz emission via the REDD+ mecanism.- Collecting dendrometric data on trees- Collecting biodiversity data via trees inventory- Statistical analysis with RStudio (correlation tests with the package Hmisc)- Carbon stock calculation with RStudio (package Biomass)- Biodiversity analysis with Rstudio (package Vegan)- Collecting and analysis of survey data- Leading focus group with farmers organizations Show less

  • Monitoring And Evaluation Assistant

    Sept 2019 - Jun 2020

  • Intern

    Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
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  AgroImpact/IMPACTUM

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  Business Development Assistant

  - Agriculture and forest related business development - Working out budget for the establishment of forest planting materials nurseries - Plants materials delivery - Building partnership

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  World Agroforestry

  Sept 2020 - Aug 2022

  - Supporting CDI country programme (project activities, etc.) : *Scaling up Cocoa-based Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Transformative Innovations in Côte d’Ivoire (SCOLUR-CI), a GCF-funded project in partnership with FAO *Agroforestry for Sustainable cocoa landscape restoration, a Unilever-funded project in partnership with Barry callebaut- Supporting the development of the Adaptation Benefits Mechanism with the African Development Bank- Providing technical expertise in forestry and carbon sequestration methodology in agroforestry- Supporting the CDI leadership team in funding mobilization : *Proposal developement *Partnership development (public, private, donors, etc...) Show less Supporting to plan, design, and deliver project activities of the Adaptation Benefit Mechanism (ABM) pilot in partnership with the African Development Bank.ABM is an innovative mechanism (conceptually developed by the AfDB) for mobilizing new and additional public and private sector finance to enhance climate change adaptation actions. It has the potential to speed up host countries' transformation toward low-carbon, climate-resilient, and sustainable development pathways by verifying the value of resilience in terms of benefits and incremental costs. Show less

  • Junior Scientist

    May 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Junior Scientist in Climate change/Adaptation Benefits Mechanism (ABM) project

    Sept 2020 - May 2022
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  Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

  Sept 2022 - now

  Technical Advisor in Forest Landscape Restoration

  - Building and developping partnerships for FLR activities implementation- Leading FLR activities with partners (NGO, cooperatives, local forest administration)- Supporting partners in implementing FLR activities on the ground *Stakeholders engagement (Administrative body, Local Forest Services, Farmers) *FLR activities identification *FLR activities implementation (cocoa Agroforestry and fallow land restoration) *Capacity building, training on any relevant project related subjects * FLR activities monitoring (grountruthing, drone images)- Builing and supporting local youth group for FLR activities in the intervention zones- Supporting youth and women group in Forest and NTFP value chain developement- Communicating with stakeholders on any relevant project related subjects- Conducting studies with consultants for any subjects related to the project. Show less