Determined, courageous, creative, hardworking and honest are adjectives former colleagues and clients of Rasheed use to describe him. Master degree in Biological sciences, graduate in Education, and certificate of PMD pro, Rasheed has strong leadership skills and manages for results. His expertise & services include program management, monitoring & evaluation, humanitarian accountability, strategic planning, proposal development, project management, institutional development, management of multi donor and multi sartorial program, research, training and facilitation. He is confident in decision-making and is a persuasive communicator. In 18 years of experience in the field of development, Rasheed has designed and managed complex programs with larger budget portfolio management and understand well the compliance of various donors including DFID, EU, ECHO, UNICEF, UNHCR, WFP, Aus-Aid, WVI, CIDA, SIDA, NMFA, and BMZ in growing organizations and multi-cultural teams. Rasheed managed over 50 projects in development & emergency programming in key sectors WASH, FSL, Health, Education, Technical Education, advocacy and humanitarian governance, protection and DRR. Rasheed is an effective negotiator, particularly proficient in dealing with challenging situation and effective in local development contexts. He has sharp analytical and writing skills.
A researcher with a multidimensional professional with over 10 years of experience in Emergency Response Management expertise in Monitoring & Evaluation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Management, and conflict contexts in the continuum from emergency to development in Pakistan, capable of integrating into a multidisciplinary, challenging and highly volatile environment. Mr. Ashfaq Areas of expertise are Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction/Management (CBDRM), Risk Perceptions, Vulnerability and Resilience (V&R), Public Health in Emergencies, Disaster Preparedness, Capacity Building of the Local Disaster Management Institutions, Climate Change adaptation, School-Based Disaster Risk Management (SBDRM), Development Interventions( including Assessments, Planning & Implementation and Coordination) also remained involved in Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Food Security & livelihood programs with multi-donors like ECHO, OFDA SIDA, DFID, MFA, UNHCR, and Telethon.
