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Tesfay Alemseged Tesfay

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Date of Birth: 09 December 1965, Nationality: Ethiopian, Cell phone: +1-310-***-****, Skype: te5fay SUMMARY OF SKILLS

Education: Interdisciplinary academic training on Water Resources Engineering and Management; Water-Energy-Land/Food- Livelihood Nexus, Farm optimization, Environmental Systems Analysis & Management, Water Diplomacy, Integrated Water Resources Management/ IWRM; Water Service, Water Governance & Partnership, Hydrologic remote sensing, Chemistry. PhD (research) in the improvement of energy and economic efficiency of smallholder farming & post-tertiary level specialized in partnerships & cross-scale institutional linkages for ensuring sustainable water resources, post-graduate training in water resources & environmental management, institutions and organizations; civil society and environmental sustainability.; Uncertainty analysis; Water resource management and governance

Program and Project Management: systemic management and pioneering experience; proven innovative and leadership skills in formulation, design, planning, leading; implementing, monitoring and evaluation of innovative and impactful programs which put the farmers first. Lead the design and operation of impactful programs to excellent execution and efficiently and effectively implemented Agricultural; food and livelihood, and Water Resources & Environmental Management programs and prepared on-the-job training manuals at regional, national and international levels; prepared Water Resources & Environmental sector knowledge mapping, designed cross level and cross scale database model and prepared various strategic documents including sectorial review of knowledge and information management; prepared successful knowledge management (KM) policy brief and strategic plan documents supported by the World Bank; effectively communicated new concepts and policy brief documents through multi-level networking, advocacy and policy dialogue, carried out diagnostic review and scenario analysis and prepared strategic documents in collaboration with international partners, served as a member of the national water sector advisory team, providing consultancy, managerial, networking & technical support to participatory research, advocacy and stakeholder engagements focused on Water and livelihoods, Water sector KM, development and formalization of WASH model technologies; such as the design of a new fluoride removal, menstrual health and school latrine models, leveraged indigenous environmental management knowledge through blending with actionable scientific approaches; initiating innovative multi-partner & multi-disciplinary projects & programs with special attention on peri-urban & disadvantaged communities, pioneered and managed low-input agricultural systems; Cactus/Prickly Pear Cactus “Beles” based sustainable utilization of natural resource program, Water Resources & Environmental Management outreach & community engagement programs, involved in water and WASH sub-sector platforms, internationally recognized, proven bridging leader impacting local environmental management and livelihoods through generating original strategic ideas, designing innovative projects as well as effectively managing model programs in support of equitable services; successfully promoted various WASH, agronomic, farming, watershed management, value addition, marketing and wealth creation interventions using Beles and household water storage programs. Experience in strategic planning, impact-oriented monitoring & evaluation, financial management & oversight of budgets, preparation of funding proposals to donors; and human resource supervision under difficult conditions. Teamwork and Networking: Drive for results, and proven experience working in & managing multi-partner & inter-disciplinary teams from different backgrounds, track record of initiating & maintaining diverse partnerships, promoting extensive networking with multi-partner platforms, civil society organizations, private sector and government bureaus, proven skills in creating problem-focused outreach partnerships, proven & impactful services as a secretariat of a multi-partner, regional networking platforms, evolving multiple needs and opportunities, facilitated partnerships; increasing concerted and synergetic engagements with other donors and effectively linking with national policy level efforts, enjoy & prefer working in teams. Analytical Skills: Passionate in systems thinking, mission-driven and analyzing cross-scale and cross level interconnectivity of complex Environmental; Water-Energy-Land/Food resource and Livelihood interactions, formulating and advocating new concepts, proven wisdom and adaptive leadership skills in crafting strategic actions, networking, co-managing and supervising projects and effectively translating plans in to action.

Communication: Confident vision communicator and professional moderation skills; facilitated big events; strategic planning, operational and research workshops at federal and regional levels, and made numerous public presentations to varied audiences around the world.

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I. EDUCATION

October 12, 2014 – 2017 (withdrawal), PhD Candidate; Water Resource Engineering & Management program Researcher, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Resources- CA-USA in collaboration with the Ethiopian Institute of Water Resources (EIWR), AAU Research papers (under review): integrated landscape management; quantification of farm (seed, fertilizer, manure, labor, power, chemical, water etc.) input and bioenergy outputs of smallholder managed plots as well as understanding uncertainties associated with cross scale and cross-level interaction of natural resources; managing nexus opportunities, tradeoffs and risks

June 25-29, 2012. Harvard, MIT and Tufts University’s Joint Program; International Certificate of Water Diplomacy, Member-Global Knowledge Management Network 2012-present Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA, USA.

International train-the-trainer course, evolved in to a global network of water professionals engaged in teaching key ideas and methods of water diplomacy; knowledge management and negotiated approaches towards managing the complexities of science, policy, and politics of water supply and Water Resources & Environmental Management networks;

Concentration: production of interdisciplinary water and WASH professionals who think across boundaries, emphasize integration of explicit and tacit knowledge, link knowledge and action from multiple perspectives to help resolve water supply, Water Resources & Environmental Management and natural resources management issues through mutual gain negotiations.

August 2007- January 2009, BERN UNIVERSITY, Advanced Studies (CAS), a post-tertiary degree; multi- disciplinary program, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Bern, Switzerland Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM); International advanced study & thesis work, focused on promoting community-based coordinated development and management of water, land & related resources in order to maximize the resultant economic & social welfare. Concentration: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the context of developing &transition countries,

(International Advanced Study designed for practitioners with degree at the tertiary level or equivalent) Honors Thesis: Water Governance and Livelihood Security Challenges in Semi-Arid Environment. A case study conducted in the mountainous Upper Nile Basin; Analysis of performance challenges of the regional water sector and its contribution towards livelihood security and environmental sustainability; Benchmarking partnerships, cross-sectoral linkages

&implementation processes of community-based water project vis-à-vis IWRM principles and the local water policy. Fellowship focus: Tailor made courses and thesis work designed for improving the management and monitoring skills of multi-partner water supply and Water Resources & Environmental Management projects, systems thinking approaches, understanding of complex issues, practice and application-oriented case studies, specific inputs and exercises and methodological inputs of applying theoretical knowledge in to practical situations. August 2000-March 2002, UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR GEO- INFORMATION SCIENCES & EARTH OBSERVATION (ITC), Netherlands Master of Science (M.Sc.), Water Resources & Environmental Management (WREM), Enschede, Netherlands

Major: Environmental Systems Analysis and Management (ESAM for Water Resources Management Water Resources, Environment and Food Production)

Minor: RS, GIS (Geographic Information Systems), Earth Observation and Modeling Program: Water Resources and Environmental Management (WREM) Aimed at the use of RS &GIS, earth observation and modeling for water resources and environmental management, develop skills in applying such technologies to integrated watershed hydrology, groundwater, surface water, environmental hydrology and food production. Honors Thesis: Explaining Satellite Derived Actual Evapo-transpiration Patterns in a Homogeneously Cropped Large Fields. Crop performance variations analyzed as a function of 14 variables: soil chemical, soil physical and topographic parameters, combining ground meteorological, soil physical, soil chemical and topographic databased on low- and high- resolution imagery in determining actual evapo-transpiration & latent heat fluxes, applications in crop monitoring, such as crop performance, water productivity, crop classification, yield forecasting, soil salinity and environmental impact assessment.

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Major courses: Environmental Systems Modeling, Water & Health, EIA using GIS and Multiple Criteria Evaluation

(MCE), Application of Geo Information and Remote Sensing science and technologies in land and water resources management, Advanced GIS and RS Applications for Water Resource and Environmental Management, Environmental Hydrology, Advanced GIS and Geo-statistics, Modeling Water Erosion, Sediment and Chemical Transports, Satellite Hydrology for Water Resources and Database Management Systems;

Supervisor: Prof. Allard Meijerink

May 2003-August 2003, KOCHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Kochi-Japan Graduate Certificate, Water Resources and Environmental Management (WREM) in arid regions Fellowship focus: Water Resources & Environmental Management Strategic Planning Master &Plan Preparation June 2003-Septeber 2003, JICA-ITERNATIONAL TRAINING CENTER (Osaka-Japan International Cooperation Agency)

Graduate Certificate, Wastewater Management & Rainwater Harvesting Fellowship focus: Waste water Treatment and rain Water Harvesting Technologies September 1984-July 1987, Addis Ababa UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Faculty of Natural Science Major: Chemistry Minor: Physics

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Completed complementary courses-added qualifications

Certificate in adaptive water resources management, 2014, DEFID, ODI and EIWR/ AAU

One Year-Civil Engineering (2003) Mekelle University

One Year-Law (1993) Mekelle University

Water Resources & Environmental Management (1997) 45 days, Nanchang University, China

Certificate in Disaster Prevention &Preparedness; Institute for Management Studies - Debre-Zeit, Ethiopia.

Certificate in event facilitation /moderation (July 2007, Addis Ababa) II. EMPLOYMENT RECORDS/WORK EXPERIENCE

April 25, 2023 – September 24, 2023, Research Engineer, Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CA-USA

January 10, 2018 – April 24, 2023, Water, Environmental and GIS consultant April 1, 2017 – January 5, 2018, Research scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CA-USA (Researcher and PhD candidate, since July 2015) May 2015-March, 2017, Consultancy employments

WORLD BANK, Water & Sanitation Program (WSP), Addis Ababa Consultant, WASH Sector Knowledge Management (Knowledge Mapping, Database Design, Systems and Institutional Development)

ODI: Adaptive Water Resource Management focused on the Ethiopian rift-valley Open University-UNICEF: Preparation of WASH outreach & community engagement training manual UNOPS & UNIDO: on urban planning and sustainability of agro-industries respectively May 1, 2011 – July 15, 2015

ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES (EIWR), AAU/Addis Ababa University Manager, Outreach and Community Engagement Program, HED-USAID, UConn, and AAU EIWR, water resources center of excellence established under the US-Africa Partnership for capacity building Higher Education Initiative, focused on sustainable institution capacity building in the water sector.

Co-founder, national multi-partner stakeholder platform for water and land. Tesfay A.: CV Page 4

Lead person; national multi-partner task forces focused on strategic document, systematic link policy, research and action in the water sector.

Primary Duties

Coordinate outreach and community engagement operations in the water sector

Coordinate, supervise and follow-up & expedite implementation of the initiative’s strategic priorities; develop and implement outreach and community engagement strategic plan

Explore potential partnerships &facilitate resource development, and initiate synergetic interventions together

Catalyze the link among policy makers, academia, industry and community

Play a secretarial role in sustainably bridging partner universities using systemic approaches

Facilitate and strengthen multi-stakeholder engagements of water sector, NGOs, local and international partner universities, US based institutions etc.

Initiate and coordinate need based short term training packages for professionals, policy makers, community leaders and extension agents.

Facilitate knowledge sharing and dissemination and faculty exchange programs.

Facilitate outreach program development: bridging academic-community, develop, deliver, manage and expand a portfolio of innovative programs to achieve the EIWR outreach mission.

Provide partnering universities, faculty, stakeholders and staff with innovative systems that maximize resources, improve community services and achieve EIWR outreach mission.

Facilitate institutional and community engagement in the water sector: strategically connect partnering universities to community purpose in a respectful, reciprocal, and meaningful way.

Play networking and advocacy roles with the relevant partners in the promotion of the initiative;

Provide strategic advice & advocacy roles to establish cross-sectoral coordination bridging stakeholders on EIWR direction & priorities;

Work with network partners, the water sector, and its sub-groups, coordinate and expedite the priority projects identified in the exchange network quarterly work plan;

Facilitate the study and/or implementation of special sub-projects, including information collections, research, or convening of ad-hoc partner groups;

Work with the multi-stakeholder water steering committee to ensure critical engagement of the initiative in issues related to network implementation and use at regular stakeholder’s meetings. Overall achievements

i. Designed and implemented 16 concerted Community Outreach Projects, among which: 1. Improvement of Water Productivity and Environmental Sustainability Projects:

Designed and Implemented 5 projects, focused on Innovative and Systemic Water Management, WASH, Irrigation Efficiency, and Technology Benchmarking.

Assessed contextual application of IWRM frameworks, USAID project; evaluated the impact of IWRM approaches, processes and institutional arrangements in the context of the National Water Act and the Constitutional requirements.

Initiated and reviewed systemic; institutional, managerial and policy constraints associated with irrigation water productivity challenges associated with community managed irrigation schemes in northern Ethiopia; contributed towards capacity building and livelihood enhancement of Poor Water Users. 2. Initiated and Implemented Innovative Community Engagements focused on Water and Public health.

Studied and implemented an innovative fluoride removal (using an activated Alumina adsorption system), and water supply, sanitation and hygiene /WASH project in the Ethiopian Rift Valley; envisaged to benefit 4,500 households in Kori Wedera center, Afar Regional State, Ethiopia.

Lead, innovative program; studied and implemented innovative smart latrines in rural villages and primary schools which served as models.

Carried out community sensitization and hand washing sessions which raised public awareness.

Engaged in study and implement of innovative water supply technology that will serve as a model. Tesfay A.: CV Page 5

Plan and implement summer undergraduate student projects focusing on water supply, sanitation, hygiene and health.

Initiated adaptive research and outreach on clay pot based/ ceramic water filtration system.

Designed a concerted multi-disciplinary technology development project aimed at the development of sustainable hand pump model, technology formalization and promotion of SME based supply chain in the context of Ethiopia.

ii. Identified and Engaged in Focus Watersheds and Focus Communities

Established 5 focus watersheds and focus communities; facilitated research, education through bridging an academia-community and optimal utilization of available resources.

Created an enabling environment to intentionally connect Partner Universities (PUs) to public purpose in a respectful, reciprocal, and meaningful way

Engaged watershed community in water management and research process

Trained community leaders in the watersheds in water management

Disseminated reports and lessons learned to stakeholders iii. Prepared and Implemented Strategic Documents, Manuals 1. Developed and Implemented, EIWR Outreach Strategic Plan Document, carried out Stakeholder Analysis, Identified& Mapped Strategic Partners, Carried Out Community Consultations 2. Designed new model school latrine, adapted to integrate/accommodate special sanitary (menstrual rooms) within the existing prototype design of girl’s latrine (implemented in two model schools around Hawassa) 3. Designed a new model community-based fluoride removal vessels using activated alumina, adapted for use in the context of water limited and nomadic communities in arid and hot regions, (implemented in Kori wereda town of Afar National Regional State)

4. Prepared and distributed training manuals and guidelines focused on irrigation scheme management and improving irrigation water productivity.

5. Prepared and Implemented; Guidelines, Concept Papers, Case Studies, promotional boards, stickers and designed promotional posters.

6. Developed operational protocol; explored partnerships to work with NGOs and other stakeholders for community outreach programs

7. Developed a framework, training modules and materials for innovative water management for the watershed iv. Advised MSc students, projects focused on urban WASH; engaged in exploring the impact of the growing urbanization and industrialization of Addis Ababa Zuria/ Oromia Special Zone on the existing planned water supply dams.

v. Prepared and disseminated policy briefs, strategy documents and technical manuals.

Identified areas in which policy briefs, strategy documents and technical manuals need to be developed.

Developed and disseminated 6 policy briefs; 12 improved policy briefs, strategy materials and best practices on water resources developed and disseminated to the community, focused on addressing systemic water security, water productivity and water supply challenges.

Monitored and analyzed program/project development and implementation;

Prepared and reviewed relevant documents and reports; identified and tracked follow-up actions.

Performed consulting assignments, in collaboration with Partner Universities/ Pus, and stakeholders.

Researched, analyzed and presented information gathered from partner universities, industries, communities and diverse sources. .

Provided substantive support to consultative and other meetings, conferences. Organized various outreach activities; conducted training workshops, seminars on assigned topics/activities

Coordinated activities related to budget and funding and prepares related documents/reports. vi. Initiated and Facilitated Multi-Stakeholder Platforms Tesfay A.: CV Page 6

Catalyzed Cross-Sectoral Platforms and Networks for Development of Water Partnership, and the establishment of multi-stakeholder water platforms; aimed the creation of more space for “Exploring Water Future Together”.

Initiated and catalyzed informal monthly water stakeholder discussion forum known as: “Talk Water Ahead”.

Facilitated brainstorming of water concerns and trust building among stakeholders, and served as ideal opportunity for ensuring an organic partnership growth towards the realization of the national land and water platform.

Co-organized various water stakeholder forums, symposiums &established a national water stakeholder’s platform.

Prepared Guideline documents and facilitate exchange of knowledge focused on major water concerns. vii. Planned and implemented Need based Short-term Training and Extension Systems

Trained 40 water managers, irrigation agronomists and development agents on the use of improved managerial and institutional strategies aimed at improving irrigation water productivity

Trained 20 professionals; green growth and sustainable water resources management training for water professionals-provided by the Korean Ministry of Environmental (2011)

Trained 20 Policy Makers; Green growth and sustainable water resources management training for water policy makers-provided by the Korean Ministry of Environmental (2011)

Trained 32 professional/ water managers; Project Management Training- provided by a private consultancy firm for the US (2011)

Trained 39 development agents; Irrigation water management training for irrigation water managers/ development agents-provided by a pool of multidisciplinary team organized by EIWR (2012) viii. Catalyzed Stakeholder Engagement

Convened various meeting with partners and stakeholders, and played a key role in bridging and networking with various strategic stakeholders

Catalyzed cross-sectorial, multi-disciplinary and multi-level partnership engagements in the water sector. Engaged 7GOs, 32 NGOs, 5 IOs, 12 CBOs and 9 private sector firms.

Created problem-focused outreach partnerships with 5 local and three international universities, 5 research centers, 7 governmental and 32 NGOs, 5 international agencies, 7 CBOs as well as 9 private sectors;

Identified and engaged 5 additional funding sources to build institutional capacity; Prepared 7 grant proposals to be submitted for funding

ix. Planned Implemented Undergraduate Summer Outreach Engagements; projects focusing on irrigation, water supply, sanitation, hygiene and health.

Years, 2011 and 2012, implemented two rounds of community engagements in collaboration with five partner universities.

Engaged 238 undergraduate students in assessing and identifying key community problems as well as developing local projects for two months

Documented considerable lessons and community experiences, and designed 16 projects in 19 villages; based on local community problems.

x. Planned and Implemented High School Summer Science Camp/ Engagements

Engaged high school students in science summer camp in collaboration with 24 selected high schools from eight regional states and Addis Ababa City administration (year 2012).

Successfully exposed and inspired 99 youth and bright students to water related applications/science; to potentially proceed in water related career. Addis Ababa University has appreciated this original initiative as a model, and expanded it in various colleges.

xi. Facilitated International University Engagements Tesfay A.: CV Page 7

Co-designed project documents in collaboration with the University of Connecticut/ UConn and engineers without border, focused on engaging US student interns in community outreach to be hosted by the institute. March2004 – December 2010

HELVETAS - SWISS INTERCOOPERATION

Project Manager, HCDP; Integrated Program; Low Input Agricultural Systems; Sustainable Natural Resources Management and Rural Livelihood Project

Manager, community-based non-governmental project, focused on knowledge management, networking and communication;

Secretariat, regional multi-partner and multi-disciplinary Steering Committee of a multi-stakeholder platform, the CPPI (Beles based Production and Processing Initiative);

Focal person; regional multi-partner task forces on knowledge management and networking platform. Primary Duties

i. Lead household horticultural and water supply schemes integrated with the watershed management program. ii. Coordinate, supervise and follow-up& expedite implementation of the initiative’s strategic priorities; iii. Play networking and advocacy roles with the relevant partners in the promotion of multi-purpose initiatives; promotion of household water storage; concrete cisterns, horticulture and livelihood projects. iv. Provide strategic advice & advocacy roles to the steering committee& partners on direction & priorities; v. Collaborate with the steering committee to prepare an exchange network strategic plan consistent with the steering committee’s planning cycles, strategic direction, and priorities; vi. Support the initiative in preparing an exchange network annual work plan consistent with the CPPI’s strategic direction and priorities;

vii. Work with network partners, the CPPI, and its sub-groups, coordinate and expedite the priority projects identified in the exchange network annual work plan;

viii. Manage and/or implement special sub-projects, including information collections, research, or convening of ad- hoc partner groups;

ix. Monitor the broader natural resources /environmental regulatory community, identify opinion leaders and emerging opportunities for network engagement;

x. Facilitate allocation of resources to project partners and opportunities endorsed by the CPPI; xi. Work with the steering board and steering committee to monitor, assess, and report on the status of network implementation and use, ensure critical engagement of the initiative in issues related to network implementation and use at regular stakeholder’s meetings;

xii. Prepare monthly, quarterly and whenever required annual reports on the CPPI and technical assistance project. Achievements

Coordinated and produced (pioneer & author) of a comprehensive survey document and proposal on community based environmental restoration, food security and wealth creation program focused in empowering drought affected and disadvantaged communities in semi-arid regions; Successfully initiated, planned, formulated and implemented more than 82 Sustainable Natural Resources Management, multi-partner sub-projects. Met budget guidelines, consent order and decree schedules, maintained excellent community relations while promoting innovative ideas based on inclusive and multi-partner institutional systems, received various annual awards from the regional and federal authorities for designing innovative and impactful interventions.

Prepared a highly successful first systematic survey and initiative of a popular innovative water-energy-land/food security nexus project in highly degraded, dry & marginalized hillsides; focused on the strategic and multipurpose use of prickly pear /Beles as an entry point soil conservation and health; community-based watershed management approaches

Contributed a founding idea & mother document for the national semi-arid research & development initiative, promoted the potentials of water efficient and low input livelihood systems; became a popular approach in the region;

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Developed a new conceptual approach; low input agricultural systems a wider acceptance as visible achievement towards the regional wealth creation, food security and environmental rehabilitation in moisture limited farming communities;

Managed to change the perception about Prickly pear cactus (Beles) from being a simple weed to multi-purpose and strategic crop; included in the regional list of industrial crops;

Delivered cutting-edge communication and partnerships program that supports Helvetas’s Beles based natural resources management works and institutional mandate;

Trained 17,450 farmers in Beles farming, rainwater harvesting and storage, watershed development, production, processing, marketing, institutional and ecological restoration;

Developed a conceptual paper on constructing hillside based rural livelihoods and overall programmatic strategy and vision of ‘Beles based Sustainable Utilization of Natural Resources’ rural development program;

Developed numerous resources such as training materials, concept papers, case studies and strategic briefs

(produced 7 technical manuals 3 posters and quarterly issues);

Promoted farm optimization and rainwater storage facilities; initiative horticultural products, marketing chain development (trained 150 opinion leaders and 744 women and youth entrepreneurs, organized demonstration sites, seminars and public programs and reached 242,300 people, 3,468 elementary school students and teachers during various religious, market days and public holidays; advised and supported 2,865 micro and small scale entrepreneurs, potential investors, students and researchers, provided reference materials and project profiles; supported partners and facilitated the establishment of 6 manufacturing units and expand their marketing outlets);

Pioneered Low-

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