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1 CV - Erik Toft Page 1 of 8 FAMILY NAME Toft FIRST NAME Erik YEAR OF BIRTH 1965 NATIONALITY Danish MARITAL STATUS Single CHILDREN Two daughters KEY QUALIFICATIONS Evaluations Humanitarian/Recovery assistance Disaster Risk Reduction/Resilience Water and Sanitation Programme development and management Coordination and networking EMPLOYMENT RECORD Period & duration Organisation Job description Consultants for Senior Consultant. Humanitarian, recovery and development (9 years) Development consultancies, including programme development, evaluations and assessment for donors, NGOs, UN, and WB in conflict and postconflict settings to 2007 (1 year) 2005 to 2006 (1 year) 2005 to 2005 (7 months) 2004 to 2005 (4 months) 2000 to 2003 (3 years) 1997 to 2000 (2.5 years) 1991 to 1997 (5.5 years) Save the Children DACAAR (Danish Refugee Council & ASF) Danish Refugee Council Freelance Consultant Programme Director. Overall responsibility for development and management of the international programme with activities in 21 countries, employing 22 staff in and app. 80 national and international staff abroad with an annual turnover of 20 mill USD Director. Overall programmatic, financial and administrative responsibility. Employing app. 20 expatriate and 950 national staff with an annual turnover of 12 million USD Consultant. Needs assessments and programme/proposal development Consultant. Short-term consultancies UNICEF Eritrea Project Officer in WASH Section. Tasks included proposal development, project implementation, monitoring and reporting; Chairing national Water and Sanitation Emergency Working Group; organisation of donor missions and needs assessments; and development of databases Danish Technological Institute, Int'l Centre Danish Technological Institute, Dept. of Environmental Technology Consultant & Information Officer. Development and management of international capacity development and research project proposals to mainly EU and Danida for Eastern Europe and Africa Environmental Technician. Research and consultancy works, including testing of drinking and waste water as well as removal of volatile organic compounds from ground water. COUNTRIES OF WORK Algeria (2009), Angola (2007), Afghanistan (2005 to 2006, 2010, 2012), Eritrea (2000 to 2003, 2004), Ethiopia (2010, 2014, 2015), Ghana (2012), Jordan (2007, 2012), Lebanon (2004, 2007, 2015), Kenya (2008 to 2014), Nepal (2015), Rwanda (2015), Sierra Leone (2010), Somalia (2008 to 2013), (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 to 2016), Sri Lanka (2014), (2014, 2015, 2016), Uganda (2005, 2013, 2014), Tanzania (1996, 1998, 2013), Vietnam (1995), Zimbabwe (1994).

2 SELECTED EXPERIENCES Location Assignment / / Kenya/ Uganda /Ethio pia / Lebanon / Rwanda CV - Erik Toft Page 2 of 8 Development of tender document for management of Danish Emergency Response Fund (DERF) Description: Development of technical and financial proposal for management of the Danish Emergency Response Fund (DERF) in accordance with the specification in the tender document Position: Humanitarian Expert Period: to Client: Danish Mission Council's Development Department Duration: 2 weeks UK Aid in a conflict affected country - Reducing conflict and fragility in Somalia: A Performance review Description: Contribute to development of Approach Paper: desk review, support the development of methodology, Position: Expert Period: to Client: Integrity (Independent Commission for Aid Impact) Duration: 1 week Evaluation of the ECHO response to the Humanitarian crises in and Description: Team leader for two international experts and three national consultants for the overall evaluation of the ECHO actions in and providing a comprehensive, retrospective assessment of DG ECHO's Strategy in and, covering the evaluation issues of relevance, coherence, EU Added Value, effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability. Position: Team Leader Period: to Client: Particip (ECHO) Duration: 15 weeks Final Evaluation of Building Climate Resilience through Community-Based Resilience Analysis Project Description: Evaluation of the strengthening of the national and regional capacities to aluign their planning and progamme frameworks with local needs for climate resilient sustainable development. Position: Lead Consultant Period: to Client: UNDP - Global Policy Center on Resilience Duration: 3 weeks Review/capacity assessment of the Danish Red Cross Description: Analysis and assessment in the field and at HQ of implementation, results achieved, incorporation of strategies and policies, and level of capacity development and learning with a special focus on resilience Position: Humanitarian Expert Period: to Client: Tana (Danida) Duration: 37 days Review/capacity assessment of ADRA Description: Analysis and assessment in the field and at HQ of implementation, results achieved, incorporation of strategies and policies, and level of capacity development and learning a special focus on LRRD. Position: Humanitarian Expert Period: to Client: HN Consultants (Danida) Duration: 37 days Nepal Review of Danish humanitarian funding to the 2015 Nepal Earthquake Description: Review of the relevance, timeliness and effectiveness of the use of flexible humanitarian Danish funding by seven Danish organisations for the 2015 Earthquake Position: Lead Consultant Period: to Duration: 25 days

3 / Ethiopia CV - Erik Toft Page 3 of 8 Evaluation of MSF s new WATSAN strategy Description: Evaluation of the changes in approach after adoption of a more proactive approach to delivery of WATSAN services during emergencies. Position: Team leader Period: to Client: MSF Duration: 25 days Development of Risk Assessment Tool Description: Development of tool, accompanying users guidelines, and notes on how to incorporate tool into existing formats for projects and programmes implemented by members of the Disabled People s Organisation. Position: Lead Consultant Period: to Client: Disabled People s Organisation Duration: 12 days Evaluation of Solidarites International's Emergency Preparedness and Response Program Description: External evaluation of the ECHO funded Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) Program, a program for quick assessments and initial responses in acute emergencies. Position: Lead Consultant Period: to Client: Solidarites International Duration: 25 days Evaluation NCA s Darfur Humanitarian Program Description: External evaluation of the multi-sector (WASH, Health & Nutrition, Emergency Response, Education, Livelihood, Organisational Development) Darfur Program. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: NCA Duration: 30 days Somalia / / Afghanistan/ Sri Lanka/ Kenya/ Ethiopia/ Evaluation of DFID Somalia s approach to remote management Description: Quality assurance on the research tool and sampling approach and review of the evaluation report to ensure a high quality report. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: Integrity Research (DFID) Duration: 3 days Evaluation of the Strategy for Danish Humanitarian Action Description: The objectives of the evaluation are to inform decision-making and strategic direction when formulating a new strategy and to document results. Case studies were conducted in and Afghanistan. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: Itad (Danida) Duration: 8 weeks Review of the Danish Mission Council s Development Department s (DMCDD) Emergency Relief Fund Description: Assessment of the possibilities for future activities and cooperation between the MFA and DMCDD, including an assessment of DMCDD s administration of the Emergency Relief Fund, and of whether the rationale behind the pool is coherent and meets its objectives. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Duration: 6 weeks End-term Evaluation of the Horn of Africa (HoA) Drought Response Description: Assessment of the relevance and fulfilment of Plan s objectives for the HoA drought interventions (livelihood and WASH). Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: Plan International Duration: 7 weeks

4 CV - Erik Toft Page 4 of 8 Kenya Evaluation of ECHO funded Drought Risk Reduction in the Horn of Africa Description: Advising and validating field data collection methodology, collection of data in Ethiopia, and contribute to development of joint report. Position: Humanitarian evaluation expert Period: to Client: GHK (ECHO) Duration: 4 weeks Kenya/ Final Evaluation of the ECHO support to Building Drought Resilient Dryland Uganda Communities in the Horn of Africa /Ethio Description: Evaluation of the project, which had three main components: i) development of pia conceptual framework and standardised methodology, ii) capacity development of disaster management institutions, and iii) development of policy briefs for advocacy Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: UNDP Duration: 6 weeks Evaluation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) Program Description: Mid-term evaluation of WASH components of regional IWRM program implemented in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Ethiopia. Position: Team member Period: to Client: CRS Duration: 6 weeks Somalia Development of conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms in Puntland Description: Study and mapping of conflict triggers in Karkaar Region, Puntland and round table discussions with traditional leaders on conflict mitigating measures. Position: Team Leader Period: to Client: CESVI (an Italian NGO) Duration: 8 weeks Somalia Results Oriented Monitoring of two EU-funded WASH project Description: Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM) of two EU funded WASH projects in Somaliland and Puntland. One urban and one rural project. Position: Senior Monitor Period: to Client: EU through EPTISA Duration: 2½ weeks Kenya/ Somalia /Ethio pia Kenya/ Uganda /Tanzania / Development of Livelihood pillar/programme Description: Development of operations manual for a livelihood pillar for the Danish Refugee Council's activities in the Horn of Africa. Development of operations manual for implementation. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: Danish Refugee Council Duration: 4 weeks Development of budget for Girls' Education (GESS) Description: Development of detailed budget for a 1.4 million GBP girls education project in funded by DFID. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: IBIS (a Danish NGO) Duration: 1 week Somalia Mid-term evaluation of Caritas EU Water Facility Project Description: Mid-term evaluation aimed at identifying corrective measures for implementation Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: Caritas Swiss Duration: 4 weeks Kenya/ Evaluation of the NGO Safety Program (NSP) Somalia Description: Evaluation of the impact of the NSP on the security of NGOs and the impact of the organisational changes NSP has gone through Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: NSP Duration: 5 weeks

5 CV - Erik Toft Page 5 of 8 / Jordan Development of Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) Description: Develop a ESMF including accompanying procedures and checklists for the World Bank funded Local Government Service Delivery Project and development of ESMF component of operations manual. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: Dege Consult/World Bank Duration: 4 weeks Development of Danish Red Cross Risk Management Tool Description: Develop of a risk management tool for humanitarian and development operations. The risk tool was tested in the Middle East/North Africa region. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: Danish Red Cross Duration: 5 weeks Ghana Evaluation of EU-funded Integrated Approach to Guinea Work Eradication through Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene in the Northern Region. Description: End-of-project evaluation as per the OECD/DAC criteria with focus on impact and lessons learned for follow-up actions. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: UNICEF Duration: 5 weeks Somalia /Kenya Concept note on Community-Driven Development in the education sector Description: Development of a concept note to the EU on options for implementation of the EU programme "Improved management of education delivery". Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: IBIS, a Danish NGO Duration: 1 week Civil Society Funding Mechanism Description: Advice on the key components, sequencing and possible size of a civil society funding mechanism for, including possible fund management arrangements. Position: Funding mechanism strategy lead Period: to Client: Joint Donor Office Duration: 1 week Rapid capacity and needs assessment of communities and local government Description: A rapid assessment of the capacity and needs of communities, and payam and county local structures in Eastern Equatoria as preparation for development of a large-scale community-driven capacity development programme. Position: Recovery Expert Period: to Client: IBIS, a Danish NGO Duration: 1 month Development of Country Strategy Description: Development of 5-year Country Strategy for for development and humanitarian assistance within the education and governance sectors. Position: Senior consultant Period: to Client: IBIS, a Danish NGO Duration: 2 months Risk Management Description: 1) Assessment of the UN Somalia Risk Management Project; 2) Assessment of the Common Humanitarian Fund's risk management procedures; 3) Risk assessment of the Danish contribution to the Common Humanitarian Fund; and 4) Development of a risk barometer for Danish humanitarian assistance Position: Senior consultant Period: to Duration: 2 months

6 Somalia /Kenya Somalia Kenya Ethiopia Sierra Leone CV - Erik Toft Page 6 of 8 Evaluation of humanitarian interventions in and Central Somalia Description: Evaluate effectiveness of aid that has been delivered and the efficiency of its delivery, and identify best practices and key lessons from humanitarian responses. Position: Team Member Period: to Client: Inter Agency Standing Committee (IASC) for Somalia Duration: 2 months Desk appraisals of six Danida applications Description: Appraisal of NGO and other civil society organisations' applications (6) to Danida. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Duration: 4 weeks Identification and Formulation of Danish Assistance to Somalia Description: Identification and formulation of sectoral and geographic priorities for the USD 100 million Danish bilateral, recovery and humanitarian assistance to Somalia. Position: Humanitarian Expert Period: to Duration: 4 months Evaluation of EU Resettlement and Rehabilitation Programme Description: Evaluating the water & sanitation and health infrastructure components of the phase 2 ( ) EU funded Resettlement and Rehabilitation Programme (RRP) Position: Water and Sanitation / Health Expert Period: to Client: European Union Duration: 1 month Kenya Advice on WASH Programme and EU proposal Description: Advice on WASH programme proposal and EU application Position: Senior WASH Consultant Period: Client: Save the Children UK Duration: 1 week Kenya Development of EU proposal Description: Development of 1.2 million EUR concept note and proposal for EU Water Facility global call for proposals Position: Senior WASH Consultant Period: Client: UNICEF Kenya Duration: 1 month Afghanistan Design of Nordic+ Afghanistan Civil Society Foundation Description: Design of USD 60 million multi-donor civil society foundation in support of civil society in Afghanistan in order to ensure Afghan accountability. Outputs included budget, description of funding mechanism, and staffing of foundation secretariat Position: Senior Consultant Period: (+DFID, SIDA, NORAD, FINAID) Duration: 1 month Somalia Evaluation of Danish Refugee Council programme Description: Evaluation of the Danish Refugee Council's Danida funded returnee reintegration and recovery programme in Somaliland and Puntland. Programme activities include income generation, conflict resolution, water and sanitation, and community development plans. Position: Senior Evaluator Period: to Client: Danish Refugee Council Duration: 1.5 months Somalia Development of EU - LRRD proposal (Kenya) Description: Development of proposal for EU - LRRD (Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development) call for proposals. EUR 1 million granted. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: Oxfam GB Duration: 2 weeks

7 CV - Erik Toft Page 7 of 8 Kenya Analysis and documentation of human rights based approach Description: Analysis and documentation of human rights based approach (HRBAP) to WASH programming. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: UNICEF Kenya Duration: 1 month Formulation of the Danish Programme to Support Implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Description: Development of the USD 19 million Danida Region of Origin Initiative Programme Document for. Contributing to the USD 38 million Danida Programme Framework Document for Position: Early Recovery Expert Period: to Duration: 2 months Somalia Development of livelihood programme proposal (Kenya) Description: Development of USD 1 million proposal for Community-Led Peace & Stabilisation Programme in Somalia. Position: Senior Consultant Period: to Client: Oxfam GB Duration: 1 month Algeria Evaluation of ECHO programme Description: Evaluation of ECHO s water and sanitation activities in the Saharawi Refugee Camps, Tindouf, Algeria Position: Watsan Expert Period: to Client: ECHO Duration: 2 months Somalia Cluster Coordinator (consultant) (Kenya) Description: Coordinating Somalia WASH Cluster Position: WASH Cluster Coordinator (temporary) Period: to Client: UNICEF Somalia Duration: 9 months Afghanistan Lebanon Programme Director Description: Overall responsibility for development and management of the international programme with activities in 21 countries, employing 22 staff in and app. 80 national and international staff abroad with an annual turnover of 20 mill USD Position: Programme Director, International Programme Period: to Client: Save the Children Duration: 12 months Director of DACAAR Description: Overall programmatic, financial and administrative responsibility. Employing app. 20 expatriate and 950 national staff with an annual turnover of 12 million USD Position: Director Period: to Client: Danish Refugee Council & ASF Danish People Aid Duration: 12 months Development of Danida Application Description: Development of USD 3 million proposal to Danida Region of Origin Initiative for expansion of Danish Refugee Council's programme in. Position: Consultant Period: to Client: Danish Refugee Council Duration: 3 months ECHO assessment Description: An ECHO funded humanitarian needs assessment of unofficial Palestinian refugee camps/settlements to be used as the basis for future funding. Position: Team leader, Consultant Period: to Client: Danish Refugee Council Duration: 4 months

8 CV - Erik Toft Page 8 of 8 Eritrea UNICEF Project Officer Description: Tasks included proposal development, project implementation, monitoring and reporting; Chairing national Water and Sanitation Emergency Working Group; organisation of donor missions and needs assessments; and development of databases Position: UNICEF Project Officer Period: to Client: UNICEF Eritrea Duration: 36 months COURSES & TRAINING Building a Better Response, Humanitarian Academy at Harvard University, 2015 Hostile Environment Individual Safety Training (HEIST), 2012 Basic Security Training, UNICEF, 2012 First Aid Training,, 2005, 2012 Advanced Security Training, UNICEF, 2008 Cluster Coordination Training, UNICEF, Nairobi, 2008 EDUCATION 1999 Roskilde University Master's in International Development Studies and Technological & Socio-economic Planning. Master's Thesis: "The Importance of Social Capital to Operation and Maintenance of Water Supply Schemes: A Case Study from Tanzania" Bachelor of Science in Technological and Socio-Economic Planning at Department of Environment, Technology and Social Studies Diploma in Natural Science Environmental Technician. LANGUAGE SKILLS Reading Speaking Writing Danish Mother tongue English (1=basic 5=fluent) Kiswahili French German OTHERS Member House of Development ( one of the largest groups of professionals working with international development issues in, representing seven well-grounded and highly professional consultancy firms. Board member from Member of Danish Red Cross Roster of Delegates Member of Danish Ministry of Foreign Affair s international roster Member of Danish Refugee Council s humanitarian roster Elaborate knowledge of computers, including hard- and software installation and setup, Internet use, website design and basic programming. Supervision in computer use Driver's license.