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PAGE 1 OF 2 CV: LIBERAL SEBURIKOKO CV: LIBERAL SEBURIKOKO 1. PERSONAL DETAILS Nationality: Rwandan Current Base: Kigali, Rwanda Web: www.wasafiriconsulting.com/liberalseburikoko Email: [email protected] Tel: +250(0)78 830 2908 2. PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Process facilitation Development knowledge Policy expertise incl. climate change, investment finance, & agricultural development Negotiation skills Organisational development Change management Programme management Written and oral presentations 3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Director and Principal Consultant, (April 2010 – present) Wasafiri Consulting Founding partner in this alliance of independent consultants generating action to tackle poverty and crises. Diverse assignments involving policy development, strategy facilitation and institutional development, including: Making Finance Work for Africa: Mainstreaming the Kampala Principle in to the CAADP Framework in order to improve access to finance for smallholders. CAADP Partnership Platform: Lead facilitator to engage 300+ participants on Africa’s agricultural transformation agenda Pan-African Parliament: Training for parliamentarians on climate change adaptation Swiss Re: Innovation programme for expanding pro-poor insurance Regional Centre for Quality Health Care: Strategy development for creating autonomous body Fund Design Expert (February 2012-present), Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), University of Wolverhampton Researching, scoping and concluding a design for a national climate and environment fund for Rwanda (FONERWA), which is intended to be the primary (if not only) vehicle through which climate and environment finance is channelled, programmed, disbursed, and monitored in Rwanda. FONERWA will also serve as an instrument to streamline extra- budgetary support and existing funds and revenues. Strategic management expert (August 2010 – June 2012) National institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) Providing strategic management support to the Director General, managing the resources for the implementation of the 5-year strategic plan, fund mobilisation, coordinating the support from Development Partners as well as building capacity with NISR staff on leadership and strategic management issues. Climate Policy Analyst/Resource Person (July 2009-present) for a number of organisations including the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), the European Capacity Building Initiative (ECBI) and DARA, a Spanish-based independent organisation committed to improving the

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CV: LIBERAL SEBURIKOKO 1. PERSONAL DETAILS Nationality: Rwandan Current Base: Kigali, Rwanda Web: www.wasafiriconsulting.com/liberalseburikoko Email: [email protected] Tel: +250(0)78 830 2908

2. PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Process facilitation Development knowledge Policy expertise incl. climate change, investment finance, & agricultural development Negotiation skills

Organisational development Change management Programme management Written and oral presentations

3. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Director and Principal Consultant, (April 2010 – present) Wasafiri Consulting Founding partner in this alliance of independent consultants generating action to tackle poverty and crises. Diverse assignments involving policy development, strategy facilitation and institutional development, including: • Making Finance Work for Africa: Mainstreaming the Kampala Principle in to the CAADP

Framework in order to improve access to finance for smallholders. • CAADP Partnership Platform: Lead facilitator to engage 300+ participants on Africa’s

agricultural transformation agenda • Pan-African Parliament: Training for parliamentarians on climate change adaptation • Swiss Re: Innovation programme for expanding pro-poor insurance • Regional Centre for Quality Health Care: Strategy development for creating autonomous

body Fund Design Expert (February 2012-present), Centre for International Development and Training (CIDT), University of Wolverhampton Researching, scoping and concluding a design for a national climate and environment fund for Rwanda (FONERWA), which is intended to be the primary (if not only) vehicle through which climate and environment finance is channelled, programmed, disbursed, and monitored in Rwanda. FONERWA will also serve as an instrument to streamline extra-budgetary support and existing funds and revenues. Strategic management expert (August 2010 – June 2012) National institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) Providing strategic management support to the Director General, managing the resources for the implementation of the 5-year strategic plan, fund mobilisation, coordinating the support from Development Partners as well as building capacity with NISR staff on leadership and strategic management issues. Climate Policy Analyst/Resource Person (July 2009-present) for a number of organisations including the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD), the European Capacity Building Initiative (ECBI) and DARA, a Spanish-based independent organisation committed to improving the

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quality and effectiveness of aid for vulnerable populations suffering from conflict, disasters and climate change. Associate Consultant, (July 2008 – present) Impact International Facilitation of policy formulation and organisational development. Clients include IFAD, Christian Aid DRC, and the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development. Consultant, (March 2009 – December 2010) Climate Analytics Providing policy support to negotiators from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in multilateral climate change negotiations. UK Department for International Development in Rwanda,(2001 – 2009) • Programme Manager and Climate Change Focal Point (2008-2009) • Change Manager (2007-08) • Deputy Programme Manager (2006-07) • Senior Management Officer (2004-06) • Office and Human Resources Manager (2003-04) • Office Manager (2002-03) • Admin Officer (2001) - Management of personnel, finance and programmes, Strategic

Change, Training and Development, Procurement. Commercial, Press and Public Affairs Officer (1997-2001), British Embassy in Rwanda Preacher and Counsellor, (1996-1997) Botswana Protocol Officer, (1995), Ministry of Industry in Botswana 4. EDUCATION AND TRAINING Academic Qualifications: Diploma in Anti-corruption, (2006), Norway MBA Finance, (2005), Durban, South Africa BSc Computer Science, (1994 – 1996), University of Botswana (2nd year uncompleted due to withdrawal of scholarship) BSc, (1991 – 1993), University of Burundi (3rd year interrupted due to internal war) Languages: Kinyarwanda (mother tongue), French (fluent, written and spoken), English (fluent, written and spoken), Swahili (fair spoken, working comprehension), Kirundi (fluent, written and spoken)