Abdirahman Ahmed

Veteran Strategy Consultant offering 15 years of expertise in guiding and orchestrating business development tactics. Enterprising in devising sales plans and attractive incentive programs. Enthusiastic to bring interpersonal competency, instrumental talents and diverse skillset to drive success with rewarding company.

Successful environmental governance with demonstrated track record consulting. Exceptional program, team and project manager. Skilled at mentoring staff, integrating ideas and customizing approaches to support specific means and goals.

Determined Deputy Director with success boosting productivity and streamlining procedures for organizations. Focused on smoothly overseeing financial, personnel and operational facets. Expertly balanced targets with resources and optimized long-term success. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

• Led regional Institution promoting Environmental governance and Green business development in the 8 countries of the Horn of Africa region
• Founded oe of the most dynamic Consultancy Group (Al Rassas Consultancy Group) focusing on strategic analysis and training program, designed to provide tools and understanding of equitable trade concept, green investment and other best practices in business respecting the environment.month mandate to audit and rebuilt the financial and administrative procedures for one of the oldest NGO in Djibouti (National Family Planning Association)
• Co-designed and coordinated a sea water desalinisation plant for the coastal area of Djibouti that won the 1st prize at the prestigious Development Marketplace of the World Bank in Washington in 2009 with a $ 200.000 US grant
• Managed and coordinated the Canada funded "Technical and Vocational Training for Palestinians Women" (TVTPW), as project manager and field officer in the Gaza Strip (a CDN$3.8 million project funded by the Canadian International Development Agency CIDA) and implemented by two Canadian NGOs, Alternatives and World University Service Canada (WUSC), along with the Palestinian Ministry of Social Affairs.
• Overall management and coordination of CANEVAS, a community-based organization working on poverty alleviation, popular education and tactical training in Canada
• As executive director, dealt with human and financial resource development and management
• Coordination and overall management of two provincial educational conferences on equitable trade, ecological agriculture, sustainable transportation and energy efficiency
• Training design and coordination of public education campaign on globalized economies
• Trained members of social organizations on becoming trainers of a public education programme, in collaboration with a coalition of NGOs, trade unions and community groups; organized tours in different cities and provided training; helped establish or deepen relations with various Canadian and overseas partners; assisted in writing and follow-up of funding proposals; and participated in NGO-Government consultations
• Set-up training program in international development and globalization for different NGOs Youth Internship Program
• Initiation of Montreal YMCA's international training programs for staff, volunteers and the general public
• Assisted in writing, presenting, budgeting, monitoring, and evaluating the project
• Consolidation and expansion of CSO developmental programs in Montreal and Ottawa
• Implementation, monitoring and evaluation of projects
• Design and coordination of the annual one-week training assembly of the Solidarity Network, a national organization committed to building a stronger, more diverse social justice movement by fostering greater cooperation between social coalitions and organizations
• Capacity-building
• Design and implementation of business oriented projects in line with global important trends such as Green business concept and Climate smart business oriented
• In collaboration with local Government Institutions, Academia, Chambers of Commerce, CSOs and the community, presented at training seminars and workshops; to establish themselves in a changing and competitive environment world and provided training for their staff in management, planning, project design, communications, resource development, democratic functioning, and the provision of social services
• Design and implementation of the institutional strengthening aspects of YMCA-Montreal's project in Haiti with a Youth Centre at Port au Prince, including training their staff in management, planning, project design, communications, resource development, democratic functioning, and the provision of social services
• Education and training
• Design of training sessions on capacity building and democratic functioning for representatives of Iraqi grassroots organizations in Amman, Jordan (June 2004)
• Design and facilitation of training programs on numerous topics (human rights, gender equity, capacity building, democratic functioning) for dozens of national and local Canadian CSOs in Montreal, Ottawa, Moncton, and Toronto, while working with CANEVAS
• Design and facilitation of educational, training sessions, workshops and conferences on youth, democratic development and human rights, World Social Forum (Brazil)
• Writing of educational materials and facilitation of a five-day capacity-building seminar for 170 persons from social groups, organized by the Solidarity Network
• Development and monitoring of Alternatives' youth internship training programs on international relations and cultural diversity
• The programs were funded in part by Industry Canada's NetCorps program and CIDA's youth internship program
• Design, supervision and facilitation of training seminars and workshops for representatives of local CSOs in Quebec, Djibouti, Yemen, and Somalia in the area of capacity building, democratic development and human rights, particularly for women's groups and activists, and the general public
• Design and facilitation of a four-month strategic planning exercise and training sessions for Cap-Monde (a network formed of the nurses union in Quebec, the Quebec Women's Federation, and other provincial organizations) in all aspects of democratic trade unionism, including management, campaign design, and creative campaigning
• Design and facilitation of numerous dev-ed sessions in Canada, Djibouti and Somalia including speaking engagements, workshops, conferences, film presentations, tours and exhibits
• Gender Equity
• Project management and field support for Technical and Vocational Training for Palestinians Women (TVTPW)
• The project aimed to empower women with skills, modest loans and support to start small businesses and lift family incomes
• Design and facilitation of capacity building workshops for women's organizations in Quebec, including: Fédération des Infirmières et Infirmiers du Québec (FIIQ), the Quebec Women's Federation (FFQ), and the Nemesis Women's Collective
• Policy training and logistical support to partner organizations to ensure 40% female participation, on average, in workshops, seminars and educational tours
• Planning and support for training sessions and exchanges between women educators from various Quebec CSOs.

• Co-Founder of PACJA, the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance
• Member of the Board of Advisors of the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation, 2004-2006.
• Co-founder of HumaniTERRE, a student's interest research association working on a more equitable system of international trade through the promotion of fair trade and other consumer alternatives,
• 1999. Member of the Board of Directors, Réseau africain des affaires (RAAF), École des hautes études commerciales 1998-2000, and coordinator of RAAF, 1999-2000.

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