Carlos Asenjo

Experience

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  Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

  Jan 1999 - Jul 1999

  Research Assistant

  Responsibilities:- Collect and analyze data. Prepare, maintain, and update website materials. Conduct literature reviews. Prepare research projects for submission to granting agencies and foundations.Achievements:- Produced a concept note for analyzing the impact of the Euro-Mediterranean liberalization in agricultural trade flows. Obtained financial support from the FEMISE Network for the research.

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  Spanish Pacific Studies Association (AEEP)

  Dec 2000 - Sept 2001

  Conference Manager

  Responsibilities:- Provide coordination and technical support for the delivery of research products and events.Achievements:- Managed the IV European Conference on Philippine Studies —attended by 200 participants.

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  Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

  Sept 2001 - Nov 2006

  Associate Professor

  Courses taught: Microeconomics I, Microeconomics II, Macroeconomics II, Principles of Economics.

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  Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Spain

  Oct 2001 - Dec 2002

  Technical Advisor

  Responsibilities:- Provide technical support on planning, monitoring, and evaluation. Attend the meetings of the Development Assistance Committee Working Party on Statistics and monitor its agreements.Achievements:- Produced Spain’s international development assistance monitoring reports 2000 and 2001.- Participated in the Development Assistance Committee’s Peer Review of Spain 1999-2001.

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  Universidad Complutense de Madrid

  Apr 2002 - Apr 2005

  Associate Professor

  Courses taught: Labor Economics, Economic Analysis of Social Regulation.

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  OECD

  Dec 2002 - Feb 2003

  Interim Consultant

  Responsibilities:- Produce a study on the role of foundations in Spain’s international development sector.Achievements:- The study was elaborated and published at The Development Assistance Committee Journal.

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  Anecoop Consultores, SL

  Mar 2003 - Mar 2005

  Co-Founder and Principal Manager

  Responsibilities:- Establish and manage the firm. Meet with clients and supervise the consultants' work.Achievements:- Produced the International Development Plan of Spain 2005.- Produced the international development management plan of the City of Bilbao 2006-2009.Closed business for leading in the newly created Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation the reform of Spain’s international development annual plans.

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  Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Cooperation, Spain

  Mar 2006 - Feb 2009

  Head, ODA Statistics & Monitoring Unit

  Responsibilities:- Lead the monitoring of Spain’s official development aid. Manage five staff to ensure the timely collection, reporting, and dissemination of Spain’s official development aid statistics.- Represent Spain at the Development Assistance Committee’s Working Party on Statistics, and liaise with government, academic, and other interested parties on aid monitoring issues.- Lead the design and production of Spain’s International Development Plan 2006.Achievements:- Designed a tool for improving the monitoring of Spain’s development aid. Led the production of Spain’s development assistance monitoring reports 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.- Participated as a Delegate in the Peer Review of Spain 2001-2006 –a country assistance evaluation conducted among Development Assistance Committee members every 4-6 years.- Designed a goal-based structure for Spain’s international development annual plans which was endorsed unanimously by the International Development Council of Spain. Produced the International Development Plan of Spain 2006.- Contributed to the production of Spain’s International Development Master Plan 2009-2012. Show less

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  Organization for Security & Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

  May 2008 - May 2008

  Short-Term Observer

  Responsibilities:- Collect information through direct observation and interviews, and conduct real-time data analysis and reporting, for ensuring the transparency of the Presidential Elections of Georgia. Achievements:- Monitored the vote counting and produced an incidence report at the Central Election Bureau.

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  The World Bank

  Feb 2009 - Jun 2013

  Responsibilities:- Lead the M&E of the Spanish Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF) –in 2007-2012 the largest evaluation program in the World Bank, totaling $18 M and involving 53 research teams, 7 thematic areas and 37 countries.- Manage consultants, contribute to effective teamwork, and prepare presentations and reports.- Coordinate in the Network the Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) and the Post Conflict Performance Indicators (PCPI) policy monitoring exercises.- Undertake evaluation work, provide training and disseminate results in seminars and other fora.Achievements:- Coordinated the SIEF research pillar. Contributed through active management the effective implementation of the program: 30 impact evaluations completed, of which 68% informed policy changes or program design improvements. - Designed and managed a tool for monitoring progress towards the attainment of SIEF goals.- Evaluated the performance of the Network’s impact evaluation workshop program.- Oversaw the final evaluation of the SIEF program –conducted by an independent consultant.- Evaluated the impact of soft skills training on youth employability and risk behavior. Designed and piloted an instrument for measuring social and personal skills of Dominican youth.- Informed the allocation of IDA resources by successfully conducting the CPIA and the PCPI.- Trained government staff and development experts from Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, East Asia, and Sub-Sahara Africa countries in the design of impact evaluations.- Presented the results of the SIEF program in international conferences –like the Annual Meeting of the Network of Networks of Impact Evaluation, held in Bonn in March 29-30, 2010.- Liaised with Spain and UK officers for strengthening the SIEF partnership. Drafted the logical framework for the new multi donor Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund –launched in 2012 with an initial DFID support of $39 M for continuing and expanding the SIEF program. Show less

  • Consultant

    Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Senior Economist

    Feb 2009 - Jun 2012
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  The World Bank

  Aug 2013 - Oct 2016

  Consultant

  Responsibilities: - Provide advisory services and training on results-based management, impact evaluation, and baseline survey preparation and implementation for the National Volunteer Service Program (NVSP) and the National Poverty Targeting Program (NPTP) –a $214 M scheme aiming to increase the incomes of 350,000 Lebanese poor affected by the Syrian conflict– of Lebanon.Achievements: - Designed the results framework and monitoring & evaluation plan of the NVSP. Designed the impact evaluation of the NVSP. Conducted power calculations and designed the sampling strategy for the baseline survey of the program. Designed and pretested the baseline questionnaire of the impact evaluation. Designed and piloted new psychometric scales for measuring social cohesion and soft skills of Lebanese youth. Designed a tool for monitoring the follow up data collection, and supervised the collection of follow up data by the survey firm. Produced the results framework for the 2nd phase of the program, that focuses on Lebanese communities affected by the Syrian refugee crisis. The project has been approved with an initial $2 M grant.- Designed the impact evaluation of the e-card food voucher of the NPTP–a $214 M scheme aiming to increase the incomes of 350,000 Lebanese poor affected by the Syrian conflict. Produced the baseline report of the e-card food voucher component of the NPTP. - Produced the results framework of the poverty graduation component of the NPTP, based on the successful CGAP-Ford Foundation model. The pilot has been approved and aims at eradicate extreme poverty in Lebanon by delivering a multi-faceted package of services to extreme poor households. Show less

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  UNDP

  Feb 2015 - May 2015

  Consultant

  Responsibilities: - Design a Resource and Results Framework (RRF) form for country programs, and train senior staff and country program managers of the Slovak Agency for International Development Cooperation (SAIDC) in the preparation of contry-level results frameworks.Achievements: - Produced a country-level resource and results framework model for SlovakAid. - Trained 10 SAIDC senior staff and country program managers on results-based country planning and M&E; and assisted the Director of the SAIDC and the Slovak Development Diplomat in Moldova in the preparation of the results framework of the Slovak Aid strategy with Moldova. Show less

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  International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP)

  Mar 2015 - Feb 2016

  Consultant

  Responsibilities: - Lead the elaboration of an evaluation policy manual for EvaluAL –the inter-institutional community of practice on results-based management composed of budget and evaluation officers and managers of the governments of Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Costa Rica and Uruguay.- Provide advisory services and training to the EuroSOCIAL program on the monitoring and evaluation of the Fiscal Support Center (NAF) program –a volunteering program aimed to promote fiscal education and awareness among students, communities, and entrepreneurs.Achievements:- Published an evaluation policy manual that has been adopted by the governments Peru, Ecuador, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Uruguay.- Published a manual for monitoring and evaluating fiscal education programs that has been adopted by Mexico's Fiscal Tax Agency (SAT).- Delivered a 3-day workshop on monitoring and evaluation to the tax agency and university staff coordinating the NAF programs of Mexico and Brazil.- Designed the impact evaluation of the NAF program of Mexico, and supported the SAT in the questionnaire design, fieldwork preparation, and implementation of a survey to NAF beneficiaries.- Supported the Receita Federal do Brasil (RFB) in the design of the impact evaluation and baseline questionnaire of the NAF program of Brazil. Show less

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  UNDP

  Sept 2015 - Oct 2015

  Consultant

  Responsibilities:- Provide monitoring and evaluation training to government staff and managers of development assistance providers of Europe and CIS countries.Achievements:- Trained 25 government staff and managers of the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, the Russian Federation, Turkey, and Romania on results-based country programming, monitoring and evaluation.

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  United Nations Organization on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Independent Evaluation Unit (IEU)

  Oct 2016 - Jan 2018

  Evaluation Officer

  Responsibilities: - Provide substantive support on institution development and capacity building in UNODC by supporting Member States’ efforts to strengthen National Evaluation Capacity (NEC), in line with the mandate of the GA Resolution 69/237 and the 2030 Agenda for achieving the SDGs;- Lead in-depth evaluation teams, and provide guidance and overseeing to independent project evaluations;- Contribute to the development of UNODC’s evaluation standards and tools, in accordance with UNEG’s norms and standards for evaluation;- Contribute to strengthening evaluation capacity in UNODC and provide Results Based Management (RBM) guidance and support.Achievements: - Led IEU’s pilot experience in NEC building in Morocco. Liaised with government officers, academic authorities, and UN stakeholders to explore and develop areas of cooperation; - Led the development of an evaluation module for the new Master's programme in Public Policy Evaluation of the University Mulay Ismail --the first of its kind in Morocco;- Led strategic, in-depth evaluations: cluster evaluation of UNODC’s interventions on law enforcement and border control in Central Asia; evaluation of UNODC’s Global Programme against Money Laundering, Proceeds of Crime, and the Financing of Terrorism;- Delivered a presentation on evaluation capacity development at the Exchanges of Experiences of the United Nations Evaluation Group (UNEG) Week 2017; - Designed an e-Learning course on “Strengthening NEC for achieving the SDGs”, targeted to government officials, public authorities, and policy makers in Member States;- Produced the results-based logical framework of UNODC’s evaluation function;- Presented a case study on mixed methods and developmental evaluation at the 2nd International Francophone Forum on Evaluation (Marrakech, December 12-16, 2016);- Delivered a presentation on evaluative thinking at the European Evaluation Association Conference 2018 in Thessaloniki, Greece. Show less

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  UNODC

  Nov 2018 - now

  Evaluation Officer (Evaluation Capacity Development)

  Responsibilities: - Lead IEU's pillar on evaluation capacity development. Develop, review and manage IEU's approach to building evaluation capacity within UNODC Headquarters and Field Offices, and provide substantive support to Member States’ efforts to strengthen National Evaluation Capacity (NEC), in line with the mandate of the GA Resolution 69/237 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;- Lead in-depth evaluation teams, and provide guidance and overseeing to independent project evaluations, in particular related to Latin America and other field offices;- Develop the UNODC normative standards and evaluation tools, such as the evaluation policy and guidelines, in accordance with UNEG's norms and standards and best international practices;- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders as IEU's focal point in evaluation capacity development;- Provide guidance and support to the Chief of Evaluation on results-based management, planning, and outreach as needed. Show less