Instructor

Alaa Shaheen

Alaa is a senior international development specialist with 25+ years of experience in activity monitoring, evaluation, and learning, mixed evaluation methods, business development, proposal development, training and capacity building in Egypt and the MENA region. Alaa has supported the management, sustainability and resilience of profit and non-profit organizations by using knowledge as a key factor for their own revival, survival, and success in competitive and non-competitive environments.

Alaa has participated in the final evaluation, mid-term evaluation and baseline studies of 25 development-aid funded projects across Egypt and the MENA region. During these assignments, he has employed quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods and has placed particular emphasis on the development of context-aware recommendations. Alaa has provided training and technical assistance in theory of change, design and implementation of MEL plans and associated results-based monitoring and data quality assessment tools.