About me
I'm an independent consultant driven by a passion for meaningful change. I work at the heart of Design, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (DMEL) and strategy development —always with people, purpose, and participation in mind. Whether it's facilitating an energising training, designing a participatory evaluation, or supporting organisations to sharpen their strategy, I bring a mix of structure, curiosity, and creativity to the table.
For the past 20 years, I’ve worked with NGOs, international networks, and government institutions around the world—helping them make sense of complexity, learn from what’s really happening, and build strategies that are alive, adaptive, and grounded in reality. Along the way, I’ve lived in India and Cameroon, and collaborated with people on almost every continent.
A big part of my journey has been shaped by Outcome Harvesting, an approach I helped develop in its early days. I continue to contribute to its evolution as a powerful method for capturing complex change, including as a facilitator of the Outcome Harvesting Learning Community. I work with Outcome Harvesting alongside a range of participatory, people-centred learning methods to design processes that are both rigorous and grounded in practice.
I have a background in peacebuilding, and previously led DMEL at the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC). Today, my work spans a wide range of fields—from human rights and democracy support to climate change and child protection.
I speak Dutch, English, German, and French, and hold a Master’s in Intercultural Work and Conflict Management, a Master’s in International Studies, and a Bachelor’s in Social Work and Psychology.
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Services
I believe that monitoring and evaluation works best when it is tailor-made to the needs of an organisation. To achieve that, methods may be adapted or combined. I enjoy developing monitoring and evaluation procedures that stimulate learning and innovation. I have a keen interest in applying M&E in complex situations and in exploring how systems theory can help evaluation. In addition, I am used to working in conflict environments.
Although I am working with different M&E methods, I am particularly specialised in Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting. I’ve contributed to developing the Outcome Harvesting approach and am hence working with it since its very beginning. I used Outcome Harvesting first within a network organisation to set up the network wide monitoring system and conduct evaluations. I’m a facilitator of the Outcome Harvesting community and a steward of the Outcome Mapping learning community.
For more information on my work with Outcome Harvesting, click here.
Feel free to contact me to receive more information on how I can support you.
Some of the clients I had the pleasure of working with:
Training
I provide public- as well as in-house trainings adapted to your organisation in Outcome Mapping and Outcome Harvesting.
Some examples of recent trainings include in-house training for UNESCO IIEP, the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), Dignity and the European Partnership for Democracy (EPD). I also provided 3 public trainings for Global Focus, 1 for Partos, 1 for Venro, all networks of the organisations working on international development in their countries.
Public Outcome Harvesting training
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I’m teaming up with Richard Smith to provide public training courses in Outcome Harvesting. You can find more details on the next training and register here: www.outcomeharvesting.training
My work on Outcome Harvesting
More information on Outcome Harvesting
For more information on Outcome Harvesting, have a look at these videos which I helped developing:
The benefits of Outcome Harvesting
How is Outcome Harvesting done?
How is an outcome statement formulated?
Materials on Outcome Harvesting
Below you find materials on Outcome Harvesting that I developed which may be useful for your work
Guidelines on formulating outcomes
Significance and contribution ratings
AI tools for Outcome Harvesting
Types of OH evaluation questions
My publications on Outcome Harvesting
Developmental Evaluation Exemplars
Chapter 10 in this book on Developmental Evaluation is written by myself together with Ricardo Wilson-Grau and Paul Kosterink.
Responding to evaluator and instructor demand, this book presents a diverse set of high-quality developmental evaluation (DE) case studies. Twelve insightful exemplars illustrate how DE is used to evaluate innovative initiatives in complex, dynamic environments, including a range of fields and international settings. Written by leading practitioners, chapters offer a rare window into what it takes to do DE, what roles must be fulfilled, and what results can be expected. Each case opens with an incisive introduction by the editors. The book also addresses frequently asked questions about DE, synthesizes key themes and lessons learned from the exemplars, and identifies eight essential principles of DE.
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