Cossi Houeninvo

Senior Expert in Monitoring, Evaluation Accountability, Learning and Documentation
Twenty one (21) years of experience

Achievements Summary

I have contributed to good governance and accountability through improvement in public expenditure, integration of planning, monitoring and evaluation and reporting practices and standards, data collection and analysis requirements for decision making. I have designed, rolled out several tools in the public and private sectors. I am also a trainer in monitoring and evaluation.
The few points below provide you with some of the key achievements I would like to highlight:

Development, monitoring and reporting on the Millennium Challenge Account Benin Monitoring and Evaluation plan. Funded by the MCC, this is a five year compact with a total of USD 391 million USD focusing on strengthening Benin electricity sector.
I manage a budget of USD 5 million for the M&E activities.

Development of close collaboration with State Institutions and sectoral actors as primary data source for the compact (utility, regulator, ministry, rural electrification Agency, etc.)

Planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation system of Benin Ministry of Microfinance and youth employment : development of Sector performance reports for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and of business promotion center project to support entrepreneurship in Benin. This is a XOF F 600 million project funded by the UNDP.

Development, rollout and monitoring of the national evaluation system for Government funded projects : National Evaluation Plan, standards and guidelines for evaluation and monitoring activities, capacity building requirements. I coordinated three training sessions on the evaluation of public policies for the staff in charge of monitoring of the 77 local government in Benin in order to strengthen the evaluation practice.

Expertise

Project management and evaluation
Design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation system
Econometric analysis
Macroeconomic setting
Sampling, data collection and analysis
Capacity building

Experience

From March 20, 2017 - to date
Economy Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation Director at Benin II Millennium Challenge Account
  • Development of the compact Monitoring and evaluation Plan, and periodic review;
  • Design, roll out and supervision of a monitoring and evaluation system;
  • Coordination and supervision of data quality review analysis process;
  • Facilitation of independent Baseline data collection studies;
  • Design and roll out of an institutional performance report system;
  • Facilitation and Design of independent impact evaluation processes;
  • Coordination of Specific projects evaluations.
October 8, 2014 – July 18, 2016
Director of sectorial planning and budgeting - Ministry of Microfinance
  • Held 8 sectorial review that help design the new National Microfinance Policy plan (2015-2025), assess performance and refine approach, definition and review target;
  • Design and implementation of new monitoring and evaluation system focusing on result based approach.;
  • Fundraising (Identification of donors, project/program design and presentation, negotiations, networking) : Microfinance sector development project co-funded by the Islamic Development Bank and the West African Development Bank for XOF F 10 billions ;
  • Project managment : Building institutional capacity project for nine (09) public entities to provide quality services (Funded by National budget for XOF F100 millions).
May 27 – October 8, 2014
Director of sectoral planning and budgeting at Ministry of Family
  • Held four (04) sectorial review to validate project performance;
  • Design and implementation of monitoring and evaluation system;
  • Fundraising : Women’s empowerment support project (Funded by UNICEF for XOF F 600 millions) ;
  • Project management: Institutional capacity building for 15 public entities to provide quality services (Funded by National budget for XOF F 200 millions).
November 2011 - December 2013
Capacity building Expert for UNDP resident agency for a Capacity building project to achieve millennium goals (“PADC-OMD”) UNDP-Benin)
  • Development of tools and provision of technical assistance to government entities through “Benin evaluation days”, 2012;
  • Design and development of the training manuals (budgeting, work plan and performance report);
  • Organization of capacity building training session : Ten (10) manuals dissemination session for 100 civil servants in charge of expenditure and result chain ;
  • Development of Benin’s evaluation policy and its strategic plan.
March 2008 - October 2011
Project evaluation Expert for an UNDP’s Capacity building project (PDC) in planning
  • Development of tools and provision of technical assistance to government entities through the “Benin evaluation days", 2010;
  • Development and implementation of Benin’s public policy evaluation guideline;
  • Development and implementation of Benin’s institutional framework for public policy evaluation;
  • Staff training: Dissemination session of Benin institutional framework for public evaluation to 50 civil servants in charge of planning and budgeting.
March 2001 - February 2008
Project Manager (March 2001 to December 2005) and Executive Director (January 2006- February 2007) of PlaNet Finance West Africa’s - International NGO promoting microfinance.
  • Project management
    • ✔ “Microfinance and health” project against malaria (Funded by SANOFI for XOF F 600 millions);
    • ✔ “Microfinance Intuition’s credit bureau” project to share negative information on clients (Funded by Development Gateway for 90 000 $US) ;
    • ✔ Support project to Micro-entrepreneur in Parakou (Funded by Mairie d’Orléans for 70 000 Euro);
  • Coordination of five (05) missions of PlaNet rating (microfinance rating agency) in Benin : PADME (2003 and 2005), FINADEV (2004), PAPME (2005) and Vital Finance (2003).

Education

1999

Potsgratuate (BAC+5) in Economic development,

with majoring in Project analysis at International Development Research and Study Center (IDREC).

1997

Master in Economics Development,

with majoring in analysis and economics policies at IDREC/University of Clermont-Ferrand 1

1995

Bachelor degree in Economics Development,

with majoring in analysis and economics policies at IDREC/University of Clermont-Ferrand 1

Reaserch

“Human Security and monitoring indicators”, UNDP-Benin

Project’s physical implementation rate assessment, UNDP

Benin’s Governance and decision-making process

“Saving variables in Africa”, IDREC

“Inflation factors analysis in developing countries”, IDREC

Assessment of Health systems in Africa “Research to obtain a master of economics with majoring in Analysis and economic policies; Social UN Research institute in Geneva

Assessment of Intercommunity Development agreements, Department of “Le Puy du Dome”, France

“Human Security and monitoring indicators”, UNDP-Benin

Project’s physical implementation rate assessment, UNDP

Benin’s Governance and decision-making process

“Saving variables in Africa”, IDREC

“Inflation factors analysis in developing countries”, IDREC

Assessment of Health systems in Africa “Research to obtain a master of economics with majoring in Analysis and economic policies; Social UN Research institute in Geneva

Assessment of Intercommunity Development agreements, Department of “Le Puy du Dome”, France

Computer Literacy

MCC/MIS
In-depth knowledge

SAP System
In-depth knowledge
MEGC
In-depth knowledge
Word
In-depth knowledge
Excel
In-depth knowledge
MS Project
In-depth knowledge
PowerPoint
In-depth knowledge
Outlook
In-depth knowledge
SPSS
In-depth knowledge
Eviews
In-depth knowledge
Stata
In-depth knowledge
StatBox
In-depth knowledge

Certifications

Training Structure From To Documentation type
MCC Anti-fraud and corruption (AFC) Seminar MCC 25/09/2017 28/09/2017 Certificat of completion
SAP System training MCC 25/06/2017 03/07/2017 Certificat of completion
MS Project NOVACT 16/10/2017 27/10/2017
Modèle d’Equilibre Général Calculable (MEGC) MIMAP-Benin 07/11/2016 14/11/2016 Attestation de formation
Evaluation des politiques publiques Bureau d’Evaluation des
Politiques Publiques (BEPP)
24/11/2010 26/11/2010 Certificat de formation
Audit et évaluation des projets Gestion MDS inc. 12/10/2009 23/10/2009 Attestation de formation
Conception et l’évaluation des politiques publiques Institut Forhom 22/09/2008 10/10/2008 Certificat de formation
MS Power BI FormEvo 25/11/2021 15/12/2021 Certificat of completion

Languages

English

Reading
Very Well

Writing
Very Well
Speaking
Very Well

French

Reading
Very Well

Writing
Very Well
Speaking
Very Well

References

Contact Me

Address

BP 2245
Abomey-Calavi, Benin

Phone

(+229) 95 01 01 19
(+229) 97 76 06 70

Email

choueninvo@gmail.com
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