ISID Executive Education - May 2018

Day 1 (May 2, 2018)

Module 1 – Unpacking the SDGs. – Dr. Sonia Laszlo

Module 2 – Implementing the SDGs in Programming. – Elissar Sarrouh

Module 3 - Traditional Monitoring and Evaluation of the SDGs – Marie-Hélène Adrien and Lorenzo Daïeff

Module 4 – Impact Assessment for the SDGs – Dr. Franque Grimard

Morning – Group Work

Afternoon – Presentation of Group Work and Certificates.

Marie-Hélène Adrien is a senior consultant in international development and President of Universalia Management Group. She has 25 years of experience in the evaluation of programs and organizations, and in building/developing evaluation capacity. She has applied her expertise in Canada and in 45 countries, particularly in the Caribbean, Africa, and Central and Latin America. Her client roster includes international financial institutions (World Bank, Caribbean Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank), UN agencies and the Canadian Government. Marie-Hélène has contributed to the field of evaluation through her publications, including Enhancing Organizational Performance: A Toolbox for Self-assessment (IDRC, 1999), Organizational Assessment: A Framework for Improving Performance (IDRC, IDB, 2002) and Guide to Conducting Reviews of Organizations Supplying M&E Training (World Bank, 2002). She is the past President of the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) and a lecturer for the World Bank and Carleton University IPDET program. Marie-Hélène is fluent in French, English, Spanish and Créole.

Lorenzo Daïeff is a Consultant at Universalia Management Group and a member of the Organizations and Partnership Performance Practice. He provides advisory and evaluation services for governments, not-for-profits, foundations and private sector organisations across the world, most recently with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the MasterCard Foundation, Siemens AG, UNICEF, the Global Partnership for Education, Global Affairs Canada, and the Quebec Community Groups Network. An avid supporter of the sustainable development agenda, he is a member of EvalSDGs, and in 2017 contributed to the United Nations Development Programme’s Guidance Note on Country-Led evaluation in the era of the SDGs. Lorenzo has also written and published on matters of social policy, governance, and organizational partnerships. He holds an MA from McGill University, a BA from Oxford University, and works in English, French, German and Portuguese.

Franque Grimard is Associate Professor of Economics and member of the Centre on Population Dynamics. His research interests span a broad range of topics across economic development, health economics and environment economics. His work on economic development has included labor markets, integration of women in labor force, credit markets and bank failures, trade and growth, and tax reform. His work has spanned many countries including Côte d'Ivoire, Pakistan, Argentina, Mexico, Panama, and Peru.

Sonia Laszlo is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Her research expertise covers many aspects of applied microeconomic analysis in economic development.  Specifically, she is currently working in two broad research areas: decision-making under uncertainty (namely concerning technology adoption among subsistence farmers) and the micro-economic effects of social policies and conditions (in the area of education, health and labour markets), with a focus on women. Prof. Laszlo has conducted her research in Peru, Kenya and in the Caribbean, using laboratory experiments, surveys or randomized controlled trials. She is also a member of the Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Organizations (CIRANO) and the Grupo de Analysis para el Desarrollo (GRADE). In 2005 she co‐founded and has since been an executive member of the Canadian Development Economics Study Group (CDESG), which groups both academic and policy development economists in Canada.

Prof Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, FCAHS is a Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at McGill University, Montreal. He is the Director of McGill Global Health Programs, and Associate Director of the McGill International TB Centre.

Madhu Pai did his medical training and community medicine residency in Vellore, India. He completed his PhD in epidemiology at UC Berkeley, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCSF.

Madhu serves as a Consultant to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He serves on the STAG-TB committee of WHO, Geneva; Scientific Advisory Committee of FIND, Geneva; and Access Advisory Committee of TB Alliance, New York. He serves as the Chair of the Public-Private Mix (PPM) Working Group of the Stop TB Partnership. He is on the editorial boards of Lancet Infectious Diseases, PLoS Medicine, eLife, PLoS ONE, International Journal of TB and Lung Disease, among others.

Madhu’s research is mainly focused on improving the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, especially in high-burden countries like India and South Africa. His research is supported by grant funding from the Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He has more than 300 publications. He is recipient of the Union Scientific Prize, Chanchlani Global Health Research Award, Haile T. Debas Prize, and David Johnston Faculty & Staff Award. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Justin Perrettson is a Senior Advisor (Corporate Sustainability & Public Affairs) for Novozymes, the world`s leading bioinnovation company. He is engaged in a number of areas that address the interface between business and public policy. He works on a number of issues related to Sustainability, Climate and the Environment, and is also engaged in the development of innovative Public-Private-Partnership PPP approaches. In addition to his role at Novozymes, Justin is a vice-chair of the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) Environment Committee: He is also a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Environment and Energy Commission as well as the OECD-BIAC Environment and Energy Committee. He has previously acted as B20 Sherpa to Novozymes CEO as part of the ICC G20 CEO Advisory Group. Prior to his current position, Justin held a number of roles in Consulting, Policy and the Financial Services sectors.

Elissar Sarrouh is a former UN Diplomat, a Professor of Practice at ISID/McGill and founding CEO of Expert Consulting on Governance and an experienced Board Director who serve(d) on a wide range of Canadian and International Boards, Committees, Panels and Networks.

In August 2015, Elissar completed a most rewarding and thriving career with the United Nations. She served and represented the United Nations/United Nations Development Program/UN Women in various developed and developing countries, including conflict and stable contexts. She served as Resident and non-Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program, as well as global and regional organizations such as the OECD/DAC, the World Bank and various global funds, as well as regional and national commissions such as UNESCWA, the UN/Spanish MDGs Fund and the UNDP/OECD Partnership for Democratic Governance (DGP). Elissar represented UNIFEM/UN Women at the EU in Brussels and led the UN Country Team in developing the EU gender policy. She is a highly skillful  negotiator with a track record of building consensus around sensitive political reforms and unlocking stagnant processes and decisions. Elissar led UN/UNDP teams, NGOs, think tanks and academic institutions in developing the United Nations Agencies Development Frameworks, UNDP Country Programs and Emergency Response Plans, human development reports, and funding instruments and institutional frameworks.

In September 2015, she was appointed at the Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID) at McGill University, as a Professor of Practice and engages in academic events, as a Guest Lecturer and Speaker in International Development conferences and Executive Educational Programs. Elissar provides consulting services on international and corporate governance, women empowerment, the 2030 Agenda and peace building.

Elissar serves on a number of Boards including the Canadian Association for International Development Professionals, the Women Business Network, and the Canadian Federation University Women (CFUW) Governance Steering Committee.