1. LILIAN ASABA
CELL: +256 776745655/ +256702745655 . EMAIL: lilian.asaba2013@gmail.com & wwlilian@yahoo.com:
Skype: lilian.asaba
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Development professional with extensive program and project management experience
from conceptualization through implementation to close out. Experience include youth
women and programming, developing innovations for economic resilience, grant
management and rights based programming.
SKILLS HIGHLIGHT
EXPERIENCE
Governance Specialist January 2016 – On-going
Inter Religious Council of Uganda -Uganda
 Developing Policy Briefs for Religious leaders spanning across 111 districts in
Uganda.
 Engaged in the effective mobilization of resources through concept notes and
proposal development.
 Providing technical support and advisory on strengthening governance in our Health,
OVC and Livelihood programs.
 Responsible for managing all program editorial content and publication resources and
the overall communication.
 Developing program for youth and women engagement and leadership while
addressing gender issues from a faith based perspective
 Preparing IRCU’s position papers on special events such as Uganda Women’s week
 Representing IRCU in gender related stakeholder meetings and events
 Managing the inter religious dialogue process for eliminating violence and extremism
Program Officer August 2011 – December 2015
ICCO Corporation - Uganda
 Providing programmatic support to about 40 civil society organizations in Kenya,
Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan with key intervention areas such as protection,
livelihood, conflict management, governance and WASH.
 Developing and managing multi stakeholder and multi thematic programs
 Provided advisory services to partners implement food security and access to
markets programs to ensure women access land and markets work for rural women
 Operations management
 Global and strategic
sourcing
 Budgeting and forecasting
 Process improvement
 Policy making and analysis
 Budget management
 Strategic planning
 Concept Writing
 Capacity Building
 Program Management
 Resource Mobilization

2. (example: supported dialogues to ensure women accessed land for agriculture
production in Otuke District in Uganda and women involvement in growing teff and
dairy farming in Ethiopia).
 Provided advisory services to implementing partners to develop innovative project
ideas that attract the youth to create employment opportunities (examples:
developing fecal sludge treatment facilities to develop compost and energy for
cooking in Kitgum and Kole Districts respectively).
 Managed over €2,900,000.00 which was released to the various partners across East
and Horn of Africa to implement projects according to contractual obligations.
 Assigned to oversee the program cycle for access to markets, protection, governance
and human rights and WASH programs (by managing contracting processes, start-
up, implementation, and close-out) across four countries.
 Identified, built and managed collaborative partnerships with communities, local
authorities and other stakeholders in project locations across four countries.
 Ensured compliance through audit and review of technical and financial reports
submitted by respective partners.
 Provided opportunity for economic resilience, skills development and empowerment
to over 500 youth in northern Uganda and South Sudan.
 Established and maintained effective program reporting, accountability monitoring
and evaluation systems (to track, analyze and report on results, milestones and
outcomes) for both internal and external stakeholders' use.
 Ensured successful integration of community approaches, rights based programming,
gender sensitivity and capacity building into all projects as appropriate.
 Managed the project cycle through managing planning processes, guiding partners’
implementation plans, monitoring and supporting learning and evaluation processes
Project Officer – Social Sector March 2005 to July 2011
Icelandic International Development Agency – ICEIDA - Uganda
 Provided technical support to 3 Government agencies and ministries (the Ministry of
Gender Labor and Social Development, the Department of Fisheries Resources and
the lake shore districts around lakes Victoria, Kyoga and Albert) for the
implementation of the Uganda Functional Adult Literacy Program and improvement
of the performance of the fish value chain.
 Liaised between ICEIDA and Mukono and Kalangala Districts, Ministry of Gender
Labor and Social Development and the Department of Fisheries Resources
 Successfully managed a budget of over $1,058,000.00 which was released to the
Mukono District project account to implement project activities
 Developed successful strategies that kick– started economic development
opportunities for women (example: processing the silver fish in Lake Victoria region).
 Managed the process of developing annual and quarterly narrative plans and
budgets.
 Ensured compliance through review of technical and financial reports submitted by
respective Districts.
 Provided executive support for managing the project life cycle of the adult literacy
projects in the Districts of Mukono and Kalangala.
 Represented ICEIDA at various fora such as; the social development sector partners
meetings and Education for All group meetings as well as providing support to CSO’s
partnership.

3. Community Development Coordinator (CDC) – October 2003 to February 2004
Plan International – Uganda;
 Facilitated community planning initiatives by identifying and creating development
opportunities.
 Conducted research and provided advisory about community development
opportunities.
 Provided technical advice and supported the implementation of protection best
practices with regards to OVCs.
 Drafted action plans and led meetings with department executives to review project
status and proposed changes.
 Executed proof of concept implementations to validate product feasibility.
 Managed the project cycle thereby developing project outputs and outcomes, wrote
periodical reports and ensured project payments were on schedule.
Students Partnership (SPW) - February 2002 to September 2003
Assistant Program Coordinator (SPW Uganda – Jinja, Kamuli, Mbale & Sironko);
 Provided oversight for the preparation of training logistics and developed training
programs.
 Conducted trainings
 Conducted support supervision of the volunteers
 Provided fund raising initiatives by identifying potential funders and contributing to
proposal development process.
 Conducted volunteer recruitment through conducting recruitment talks in schools,
scoring volunteer applications, interviewing volunteers and decision making on who
got hired.
 Developed and managed formal communications for behavior change
 Provided supervisory oversight to volunteers
 Supported financial management team by ensuring all financial requests were in line
with approved budgets and prepared accountabilities.
Reproductive Health Uganda (Former Family Planning Association of Uganda) July 2001 –December 2001
Volunteer
 Supported the Youth Counsellor during counselling sessions for youth & mothers
about contraceptives; testing & treatment of STDs
 Supported the Youth Counsellor to conduct sexual reproductive health education
workshops in and out of schools
 Supported the Outreach Midwife conduct community outreaches with discussions on
available options for birth control and the reason why they need birth control
 Facilitated sessions during community outreaches on male involvement in birth
control and child spacing
EDUCATION
Post Graduate Diploma in Organizational Development 2010
Uganda Management Institute Uganda
Bachelor of Adult and Community Education 2001
Makerere University

4. Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education 1998
Christ the King Senior Secondary School
Uganda Certificate of Education 1995
Kyebambe Girls Secondary School
RELATED TRAINING
2013 Facilitating Farmers Access Markets in Africa by International Fertilizer
Development Centre (IFDC)
2013 Full Basic safety & security training by Centre for Safety & Development
2013 Working with the Private Sector by the Base of the Pyramid Innovation Centre
2012 Theory of Change and Designing & implementing multi stakeholder cooperation
by ICCO Cooperation
2012 Rights Based Approach to Program Design and implementation by ICCO
Cooperation
2008 National Trainer of Trainers for the Adult Literacy Programs by Ministry of
Gender Labor & Social Development
2004 Child Centered Community Development by Plan International
2004 Participatory Planning Monitoring & Evaluation by Community Development
Resource Network (CDRN)
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
 English Fluent
 Kiswahili Basic
REFERENCE
Dr. David Marko
Kamukama,
Regional Advisor Business
Development Services,
ICCO Cooperation,
ROCESAF,
P.O Box 33333, Kampala.
Email:
kamukama@bankshire.com
Mob: +256772202037
Arni Herlgi Helgason,
Programme Director,
Icelandic International
Development Agency,
P.O Box 7592, Kampala.
Email: arnih@iceida.is
Mob: +25677 2 752 910
+256312531100
Albert Okolong,
Program Officer,
Democratic Governance
Facility,
East African Development
Bank Building,
Email:
earlberto@yahoo.com
Mob: +256772496062