Ethiopia Energy II Project

Ethiopia, 2003–2005

Sector: Infrastructure and urban development

Partners: Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation, World Bank

Employer: SMEC International (Australia)

Project summary: Management training to support the modernisation, rationalisation and partial privatisation of electricity generation and distribution

Position: Project director and strategic management adviser

Activities

• Managed overall project implementation
• Developed training plans based on organisational audit and assessment
• Delivered training in strategic management, change management and quality assurance to more than 300 senior, middle and frontline managers in the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation
• Built capacity of executive and senior managers in the national electricity utility with regard to strategic planning, decentralisation and disaggregation
• Designed a human resource development program integrated with the national civil service reform agenda
• Established a project evaluation plan and base data for a longitudinal survey
• Designed performance indicators and project targets
• Implemented monitoring and evaluation systems and evaluated project benefits