Gender: Male

Caste/Ethnicity: Chhetri

Education/ Qualification: Master of Arts (MA) in Sociology

Tel: 011-490744; Cell: 9851189601

Email: BasantKunwar@civicforum.org.np

Areas of Expertise

• Executive Leadership and Organizational Development

Strategic leadership, institutional strengthening, governance, policy formulation, operational oversight, team leadership, organizational growth, and results-driven management of development and humanitarian programmes.

• Programme and Project Design, Management, and Implementation

Programme identification, project design, work planning, budgeting, implementation, resource mobilization, quality assurance, progress monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and achievement of programme results.

• WASH, Public Health, and Humanitarian Response

Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), humanitarian WASH interventions, emergency preparedness and response, recovery and resilience, water safety planning, water quality surveillance, sanitation promotion, and community health programming.

• Climate Resilience, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Environmental Sustainability

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), climate change adaptation, environmental conservation, natural resource management, climate-resilient community development, and sustainable environmental practices.

• Community Development, Social Mobilization, and Local Governance

Participatory planning, community empowerment, social mobilization, local governance strengthening, community institution development, local resource mobilization, and community-led sustainable development.

• Gender Equality, Social Inclusion, and Rights-Based Programming

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI), safeguarding, human rights, child protection, social accountability, and the empowerment of women, children, Dalits, Janajatis, Indigenous Peoples, and vulnerable communities.

• Livelihoods, Economic Empowerment, and Entrepreneurship Development

Household livelihood strengthening, poverty reduction, local economic development, entrepreneurship promotion, skills development, employment generation, market system development, and economic resilience.

• Migration, Protection, and Social Protection Programming

Safer migration, migrant resource centre management, protection programming, psychosocial support, counselling, labour rights promotion, social protection, and reintegration support.

• Capacity Building, Training, and Institutional Strengthening

Training needs assessment, Training of Trainers (ToT), coaching, mentoring, staff development, institutional strengthening, knowledge transfer, and organizational learning.

• Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability, and Learning (MEAL)

Needs assessments, baseline studies, data collection, monitoring systems, performance tracking, outcome measurement, documentation of lessons learned, evidence-based reporting, and adaptive programme management.

• Partnership, Coordination, Advocacy, and Representation

Strategic partnership development, donor relations, government coordination, UN/INGO collaboration, cluster coordination, policy dialogue, advocacy, negotiation, networking, and external representation.

• Grant Management, Compliance, and Risk Management

Donor compliance, grant management, financial oversight, contract management, audit readiness, safeguarding compliance, risk assessment, internal controls, and accountability systems.

• Research, Documentation, and Knowledge Management

Socio-economic assessments, field research, analytical reporting, case studies, documentation of best practices, knowledge management, and dissemination of evidence-based learning.