Selected Past Project Experience of SSD and SSD Director Dr Rod Nixon:
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Solomon Islands Rural Development Project (RDP)
Design and implementation of impact assessment survey for Solomon Islands Rural Development Program II (RDP II). 2020-2021. SSD Project. Right and Resources Institute (RRI) Prepared ‘expert assessment and opinion’ for RRI concerning opportunities for supporting the community land sector in Timor-Leste (pro bono). 2021, 2019, 2018. Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Internally Displaced Monitoring Centre (IDMC) Provision of SSD Associate to conduct research and analysis for the NRC IDMC. 2019. Project Planning & Management and the European Union Participation as Team Leader of ex-post evaluation of the EU-supported land administration project in Bangladesh. 2018-2019. Project Planning & Management and the European Union Participation as Land Management Specialist for EU/PPM/GoK planning program aimed at identifying options for improving resilience and carrying capacity on Kiritimati Island in the Republic of Kiribati. 2018-2019. Papua New Guinea National AIDS Council Secretariat (PNG - NACS) Coordinating, Monitoring and Evaluation of the PNG Companion Product Condom Distribution Trial (2010-2017), including preparation of Final Project Evaluation. 2018. SSD Project. Universalia and the International Land and Forest Tenure Facility (ILFTF) Preparation of Pilot Project Case Study Report for the Indonesian case-study, as part of an evaluation of the ILFTF. 2017. Cardno and the Timor-Leste Civil Service Commission Input into design and preparation of the inaugural Timor-Leste 'Public Perceptions Survey'. 2017. Social Impact (SI) Survey of 1,540 randomly selected respondents from five Timor-Leste municipalities as part of an evaluation of the Ba Distrito governance project being implemented by Counterpart International (with funding from USAID). 2016. SSD Project. Thailand - European Union Policy Dialogue Support Facility Preparation of Legality Definitions and Gaps/Issues Analysis to inform the advancement of a Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) between the EU and Thailand. 2015 - 2016. St John of God Health Care Evaluation of the St John of God Health Care Nursing Development Program in Timor-Leste, 2014 - 2015. SSD Project. Counterpart International Preparation of 'Ba Distrito Baseline Survey 2014: Local Governance and Access to Justice in Timor-Leste'. Baseline study (featuring randomised survey of 958 respondents from three districts) for the Ba Distrito governance project being implemented by Counterpart International (with funding from USAID). SSD Project. Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) Provision of SSD Associate as National Consultant for JCLEC Evaluation, 2014. British Standards Institute (BSI) Participation in Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) audits of Hargy (oil palm) Plantation, Papua New Guinea, 2014, 2015, 2016. Papua New Guinea National AIDS Council Secretariat (PNG - NACS) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Coordinating, Monitoring and Evaluation of the PNG Companion Product Condom Distribution Trial (2012 - 2017), including research and preparation of Pre-Trial Pilot Study and final project evaluation. September 2013. SSD Project. World Food Program (via TANGO International) Research and analysis (evaluation) to inform 'UN World Food Programme Food Assistance and Stability in Transitions' (Timor-Leste component), 2012. AusAID Office of Development Effectiveness Policy analysis concerning overseas development assistance, private sector development, and opportunities for Australian aid, 2011-2012. World Bank (Justice Reform, Legal Vice Presidency) Research into community-investor agribusiness engagements in Timor-Letse, 2009-2011. World Bank (Justice Reform, Legal Vice Presidency) in collaboration with the Timor-Leste Chamber of Commerce and Industry Preparation of 'Guidelines Supporting Win-Win Outcomes', for agribusiness investors working with local communities. 2011. Available in English, Tetum and Indonesian. World Bank (Justice Reform, Legal Vice Presidency) in collaboration with the Timor-Leste Chamber of Commerce and Industry Preparation of 'Guidelines for Communities' working with agribusiness investors. 2011. Available in English, Tetum and Indonesian. New Britain Palm Oil Limited Poliamba Oil Palm Plantation Estate, New Ireland, PNG (via Booyong Forest Science) Social Impact Assessment to prepare for Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification, 2011. Asian Development Bank Analysis of 'Change, Stagnation and Questions of Political Economy' in Timor-Leste as part of the Strengthening Pacific Economic Analysis and Policy Development program, 2010-2011. World Bank (Justice Reform, Legal Vice Presidency) Field research and policy analysis concerning 'Land Leasing on Tanna Island, Vanuatu', 2010-2011 World Bank (Justice Reform, Legal Vice Presidency) Field research and policy analysis concerning the leasing of customary land on 'Epi Island, Vanuatu', 2010. World Bank (Poverty Reduction and Economic Management) Participation in 'Diagnostic Trade Integration Study of Timor-Leste', 2009-2010. World Bank (Justice Reform, Legal Vice Presidency) Research into the nature of agribusiness engagements in Timor-Leste and analysis of 'Contracts, Land Tenure and Rural Development', 2009 Peace Dividend Trust Development of field data collection system in Timor-Leste, featuring electronic data-entry, 2008-2009. New Forests, Pty. Ltd. Teak plantation preliminary feasibility study, Timor-Leste, 2006. USAID (via ARD Inc.) in collaboration with the Timor-Leste Ministries of Justice and Agriculture Coordination of surveys on 'Primary Industry Land', 'Dili Rental' aspects, 'Land Rights' systems, 'Land Dispute Mediation' systems, and 'State Property Administration/Lease of Government and Private Property' Research Paper Research into the 'Political-Economy of Emerging Ethno-Nationalism' in Indonesian West Timor, 2002-2003. United States Institute of Peace Input into research into the interface between '"Traditional" Law and State Judiciary in East Timor' during the period of the United Nations transitional administration, 2002-2003. |
