# Bruno Anthoine — Evidence Consulting & Advisory > Independent Monitoring, Evaluation & Research (MEL) consultancy run by Bruno Anthoine — impact and performance evaluations, MEL systems, third-party monitoring, survey design and data analytics for donors, NGOs and consulting firms. Based in Tiel, Netherlands; works worldwide in English and French. Source: https://evidenceconsulting.org --- ## Profile A French and English-speaking Monitoring & Evaluation specialist with field credibility. Ten years supporting donor-funded development programmes across 15+ countries in Africa, MENA, the Balkans and the Caribbean: 25+ evaluation, third-party monitoring and survey assignments delivered, 10+ programme MEL systems developed and rolled out, and 20,000+ field interviews designed and overseen. Work delivered for and with: World Bank, UNHCR, FAO, IFAD, European Union, GIZ, IDH, Agriterra, Oxfam, Save the Children. ## The evidence cycle, end to end - Design — supporting the design of monitorable and evaluable aid programmes. - Frameworks — designing Theories of Change and results frameworks. - MEL systems — building and rolling out MEL systems. - Evaluation — leading mixed-methods and quasi-experimental evaluations against OECD-DAC criteria. - Field data — managing large-scale field data collection with rigorous quality assurance. - Analysis — performing qualitative and quantitative data analysis and visualisation. - Reporting — preparing evidence-based findings, grounded recommendations and reporting products. ## Services 1. Business Development — concept notes and proposals for aid programmes and M&E consultancy projects, partnerships and business strategy. Proposal writing, donor engagement, partnerships, bid management. 2. MEL Systems & Learning — setting up and strengthening MEL systems: Theories of Change, logframes, indicator frameworks, learning agendas and capacity building. Theory of Change, logframes, RBM, facilitation. 3. Impact, Performance & Programme Evaluations — EU, World Bank and UN-funded evaluations built on theory-based approaches, the OECD-DAC framework and quasi-experimental methods. Baseline/endline, mixed-methods. 4. Survey Design & Field Data Collection — household, firm and beneficiary surveys: sampling, tool development, enumerator training, fieldwork management and data quality assurance. CAPI/ODK, FGD and KII, field observations. 5. Data Analytics & Reporting — quantitative and qualitative analysis, dashboard design and data visualisation. Stata, Power BI, NVivo, triangulation. 6. Reporting, Learning & Coaching — data sense-making, findings preparation, grounded recommendations, reports, and facilitation of learning and dissemination workshops. ## Contact - Email: banthoine@evidenceconsulting.org - Based in: Tiel, Netherlands — works worldwide - Languages: English and French (fluent) - Availability: short- and medium-term consultancy --- ## Projects ### World Bank (12 assignments) Research coordination on large-scale household and firm surveys across Africa, the Balkans and the Caribbean — poverty measurement, disaster resilience and labour markets, often feeding flagship World Bank analytical work. #### RCT baseline — employment services - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Bosnia & Herzegovina - Period: 2020 - Focus: Data collection, Fieldwork, QA, RCT, CAPI Baseline and endline surveys for a randomised pilot on private employment-service provision, capturing socioeconomic status, informal employment, migration intentions and education histories of registered jobseekers. #### Firm-level resilience to natural hazards - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Caribbean - Period: 2019–20 - Focus: Survey design, QA, Analytics Firm-level survey focused on the tourism industry across select Caribbean countries, to better understand the economic impact of natural disasters on one of the region's most important industries. #### Poverty, forest dependence & land degradation - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Tunisia - Period: 2019 - Focus: Survey design, Sampling, Fieldwork Socioeconomic household survey in Tunisia's lagging regions analysing the links between poverty, forest dependence and land degradation — measuring poverty via SWIFT and providing M&E tools to the project team. #### Poverty classification survey, Luanda - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Angola - Period: 2018–19 - Focus: Data collection, CAPI / ODK, Fieldwork, QA Designed and managed a city-wide household survey to classify households by poverty level — combined with satellite imagery and machine learning to build granular poverty maps and better target the water utility's subsidies. #### Disaster risk & poverty, Dar es Salaam - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Tanzania - Period: 2018 - Focus: Survey design, CAPI / ODK, Analytics Follow-up household data collection on the relationship between poverty and flood-risk exposure, using a city-wide representative sample over-sampled in flood-exposed areas to inform policy on disaster risk. #### Firm-level supply chain resilience - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Tanzania - Period: 2018 - Focus: Survey design, CAPI / ODK, Fieldwork Pilot firm-level supply chain resilience survey in Tanzania to understand the economic impact of transport infrastructure disruptions, primarily due to natural disasters, to support infrastructure investment prioritization. #### Household climate-resilience baseline (PPCR) - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Zambia - Period: 2018 - Focus: Baseline, Survey design, Fieldwork Baseline household survey examining whether climate-resilience projects promote income diversification among vulnerable communities in the Barotse sub-basin — supporting later impact evaluation. #### Housing demand survey — three cities - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Ethiopia - Period: 2018 - Focus: Survey design, QA, Training Supervised household-survey implementation in Addis Ababa, Adama and Mekele to inform analyses of housing demand and affordability, with CAPI data-entry controls and field-protocol quality assurance. #### Poverty & disaster research program - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Tanzania - Period: 2017–18 - Focus: Survey design, CAPI / ODK, Fieldwork Designed and implemented a research program to capture the relationship between poverty, disaster risk exposure, and household behavior change over time using brief, cost-effective follow-up surveys. #### ICT impact on household welfare survey - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Tanzania - Period: 2017–18 - Focus: Survey design, CAPI / ODK, Fieldwork Designed and implemented a household survey to establish an empirical basis for how ICT access impacts poverty reduction, household welfare, and the digital divide in Tanzania. #### Fuelwood demand assessment - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Albania - Period: 2017–18 - Focus: Mixed-methods, Survey design, Analytics Mixed-methods study of fuelwood demand and supply chains in Albania — estimating the balance between sustainable supply and demand and identifying efficiency opportunities for rural heating. #### Natural disasters impact on urban slums - Donor: World Bank - Role: Research Coordinator - Location: Ethiopia - Period: 2017 - Focus: Survey design, CAPI / ODK, Fieldwork High frequency household survey using SWIFT methodology to capture poverty and the relationship between vulnerability and natural disaster exposure in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa slums. ### UN Agencies (2 assignments) Monitoring and MEL-systems work for UN agencies — refugee protection monitoring with UNHCR and farmer-organisation business incubation under the FAO Forest & Farm Facility. #### Alternatives to camps post relocation monitoring — Phase 5 - Donor: UNHCR - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2020 - Focus: Survey design, Data collection, CAPI / ODK, Sampling, QA, Monitoring, TPM, Analytics, Reporting Phase 5 of the "Alternatives to Camps" monitoring following temporary accommodation center closures — assessing the effects of relocation grants, protection risks, and access to rights and services for refugees in Turkey. #### Alternatives to camps post relocation monitoring — Phase 4 - Donor: UNHCR - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2019 - Focus: Monitoring, QA, Analytics Phase 4 of the "Alternatives to Camps" monitoring following temporary accommodation center closures — assessing the effects of relocation grants, protection risks, and access to rights and services for refugees in Turkey. ### EU & IFAD (1 assignment) Evaluation and results management for European and IFAD-backed blended-finance vehicles supporting smallholder and rural-SME finance. #### TAF — OECD-DAC final evaluation - Donor: IFAD · ABC Fund - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Africa - Period: 2024 - Focus: Evaluation, OECD-DAC, Mixed-methods, Reporting Managed the theory-based, OECD-DAC end-of-programme evaluation of the Technical Assistance Facility for IFAD's €54.5m Agri-Business Capital (ABC) Fund — including ex-post logframe construction and results visualisation for the final report. ### Bilateral Donors & Foundations (18 assignments) MEL systems, programme design and impact evaluation for Dutch MFA, GIZ and private foundations — concentrated in West & East African agriculture, cooperatives and food systems. #### AgriGRADE — M&E technical support - Donor: Dutch MFA · AgriGRADE - Role: M&E Consultant - Location: Kenya & Tanzania - Period: 2026 - Focus: MEL systems, Logframe, M&E framework, Analytics Technical M&E support for a data-driven, multi-actor partnership operating in Kenya and Tanzania — including M&E framework development, KPI dashboard support, and rapid assessment methodology refinement to strengthen farmer organisations and SMEs. #### “Pepper Plus” horticulture programme - Donor: Dutch MFA · Agriterra - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Ghana - Period: 2025 - Focus: Survey design, Sampling, Impact eval, MEL systems, Theory of Change, Logframe, M&E framework Led the M&E system rollout and co-designed a quasi-experimental (Diff-in-Diff) impact evaluation for a programme professionalising 2,000 habanero-chili farmers — targeting a 40% income increase by 2028. #### “Acting Now” food security & resilience - Donor: Dutch MFA · Agriterra - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: 6 countries - Period: 2023–25 - Focus: Survey design, Impact eval, MEL systems, Theory of Change, Logframe, M&E framework, RBM, Facilitation Designed the programme's farmer-level M&E system — Theory of Change, results framework, tools and databases — and co-designed a quasi-experimental (Diff-in-Diff) impact evaluation. Reaching 89,500 farmers across Burkina Faso, DRC, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Rwanda. #### Women shea cooperatives (GIZ & Bunge) - Donor: GIZ · DeveloPPP - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Ghana - Period: 2024–25 - Focus: Theory of Change, Baseline, M&E framework Supported programme and proposal design, built the Theory of Change, logframe and M&E framework, and designed the baseline evaluation for a programme improving livelihoods of shea-collecting women in northern Ghana. #### CADESA local cocoa processing support - Donor: Dutch MFA · Agriterra - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Côte d'Ivoire - Period: 2024–25 - Focus: Logframe, M&E framework, Reporting Technical assistance focusing on governance improvement, logframe design, and M&E framework construction to establish a sustainable, digitalised cocoa processing unit and enhance traceability for CADESA COOP-CA. #### TA to cashew & shea cooperatives - Donor: Rabo Foundation - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Côte d'Ivoire - Period: 2024–25 - Focus: M&E framework, Value chains, Reporting M&E framework and reporting support for technical assistance mapping cashew and shea value chains and making cooperatives eligible for Rabo Foundation financial services. #### Eau Clé du Développement Durable — GIRE - Donor: Dutch MFA · World Waternet - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Burkina Faso - Period: 2024–25 - Focus: Theory of Change, Logframe, M&E framework, Baseline M&E support for a water resources management program improving local water governance through digitization and capacity-building to increase climate and economic resilience in grassroots communities. #### The Future of Farmer Empowerment — Digital Living Income - Donor: Dutch MFA · Agriterra - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Ghana & Côte d'Ivoire - Period: 2024–25 - Focus: Logframe, M&E framework, Reporting M&E framework and proposal design for a digital premium payments programme to transition 20,000 cocoa farmer members toward financial literacy and mobile banking integration. #### Shea Business Empowerment Programme - Donor: GSA · Mastercard Fdn - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Ghana - Period: 2024 - Focus: Programme audit, Logframe, Reporting Programme-closing audit of processes and results for the Global Shea Alliance's SBEP — ex-post logframe construction, results retrieval and visualisation toward independent, viable women's cooperatives. #### Sustainable Shea Sourcing Programme - Donor: Bunge Loders Croklaan - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Ghana - Period: 2024 - Focus: Programme audit, Logframe, Reporting Programme closing audit, logframe recovery, and results visualization supporting the formal registration and capacity building of the Nasia and Nakpaya women shea-collecting groups in Ghana. #### Building Strong Horticulture Cooperatives in Africa - Donor: Stichting De Eik - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Burkina Faso & Tanzania - Period: 2023–25 - Focus: Logframe, Reporting, M&E framework Built the logframe and reporting tools for a project supporting African tomato and vegetable growers' cooperatives to increase productivity and improve access to finance. #### “HortiPlus” food & nutrition security - Donor: Dutch MFA · Agriterra - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Burkina Faso - Period: 2023–25 - Focus: Logframe, Reporting, M&E framework Built the logframe and reporting tools and provided M&E go/no-go assurance for a four-year horticulture programme supporting 8,000 smallholders and reaching 50,000 rural consumers across two regions. #### Technical Assistance to Ivory Coast Cocoa Cooperatives - Donor: Rabo Foundation - Role: Senior PMEL Specialist - Location: Côte d'Ivoire - Period: 2023 - Focus: Programme audit, Logframe, Reporting Audit and ex-post logframe recovery for a Rabobank Foundation-funded technical assistance programme to equip three cocoa cooperatives (ECAMOM, SOCODD, ECAKOOG) with financial and governance management skills. #### CAPI programming for agricultural census - Donor: Angolan Ministry of Agriculture - Role: Survey Programmer - Location: Angola - Period: 2020 - Focus: CAPI / ODK, Data collection Programmed a Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) system to enable the Angolan Ministry of Agriculture to collect agricultural census data using digital devices. #### Social cohesion for refugees and host communities - Donor: GIZ - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2017 - Focus: Monitoring, Qualitative, KII Supported annual intensive monitoring of ten Multi-Service Centres across seven provinces in Turkey — focusing on qualitative data collection, analysis of focus groups, and reporting to strengthen social cohesion. #### Post-distribution monitoring of Cash for Work - Donor: GIZ - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2017 - Focus: Monitoring, Qualitative, Reporting Conducted post-distribution monitoring (PDM) for GIZ's Cash for Work programmes in Turkey, collecting qualitative and representative data to assess effectiveness and guide adjustments. #### In-depth study on food waste in OIC member states - Donor: COMCEC - Role: Research Assistant - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2016–17 - Focus: Mixed-methods, Desk research, Reporting Analytical study on agricultural food waste in OIC Member Countries, developing policy recommendations and cost-effective innovative solutions to enhance food security. #### Equal access to education for refugees - Donor: Prime Ministry of Turkey - Role: Research Assistant - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2016 - Focus: Desk research, Survey design, Reporting Mapped projects, actions, and literature regarding Syrian refugee children's education in Turkey, Jordan, and Iraq, analyzing family, child, and teacher expectations via surveys. ### International NGOs (10 assignments) Corporate M&E systems and humanitarian evaluations for international NGOs — including IDH, World Vision, Relief International, Save the Children and Oxfam, much of it in refugee and humanitarian contexts. #### Organisation-wide corporate M&E system - Donor: IDH - Role: Corporate M&E Advisor - Location: Netherlands / Global - Period: 2021–23 - Focus: MEL systems, RBM, Capacity building, MIS Co-designed and rolled out a corporate M&E policy for a 50-country, 11-programme-cluster portfolio — procedures, guidelines, tools and templates — plus a Salesforce MIS revamp and leadership of annual planning, reporting and IATI rounds. #### Endline evaluation — refugee protection - Donor: World Vision · ECHO - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2018 - Focus: Evaluation, OECD-DAC, Mixed-methods Summative, OECD-criteria endline of an ECHO-funded multi-sector project providing information and protection assistance to vulnerable refugees — research-tool design, data QA and co-drafting the evaluation report. #### Third-Party Monitoring — health facilities - Donor: Relief Int'l · ECHO - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: North Syria - Period: 2018 - Focus: TPM, QA, Analytics TPM of a health programme supporting 21 static facilities and three mobile clinics in north Syria — verification of activities against targets and beneficiary engagement, with quantitative analysis and data visualisation. #### Refugee protection needs baseline - Donor: Turkish Red Crescent - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2018 - Focus: Baseline, Evaluation, Qualitative Baseline survey and focus group discussions with adults and youth to map protection threats, safety perceptions, and barriers to public services for refugees in Turkey. #### Refugees and migrants feedback data collection - Donor: Ground Truth Solutions - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2017 - Focus: Data collection, QA, Desk research Conducted refugee and migrant feedback data collection in Izmir, Turkey, as part of the Mixed Migration Platform to assess protection risks and service availability. #### Mersin labour market assessment - Donor: ACTED - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2017 - Focus: Mixed-methods, KII, Qualitative Conducted a labor market assessment in Mersin, Turkey, to match vocational training programs with market demand, including survey design, qualitative data collection, and Key Informant Interviews. #### Final evaluation of ECHO multi-sector programme - Donor: GOAL International · ECHO - Role: Evaluation Analyst - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2017 - Focus: Evaluation, OECD-DAC, Mixed-methods Summative final evaluation of GOAL's ECHO-funded multi-sector refugee assistance project in Turkey to assess performance against OECD criteria and document lessons learned. #### National development funds — risk assessment - Donor: Oxfam - Role: Research Assistant - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2016 - Focus: Qualitative, KII, Reporting Qualitative research into national development and investment funds accessible to civil-society organisations — assessing their potential as an income source for a future Oxfam member, to inform board decision-making. #### Humanitarian situation analysis - Donor: Save the Children - Role: Research Assistant - Location: Türkiye - Period: 2016 - Focus: Desk research, KII, Reporting Drafted a humanitarian situation analysis of Syrians under temporary protection — analysing security, policy and socio-economic context, legislation, assistance gaps and stakeholder mapping. #### Medicinal plants value-creation in Taneka-Beri - Donor: Eco-Benin - Role: Project Assistant Intern - Location: Benin - Period: 2014 - Focus: Fieldwork, Data collection Assisted in planning and coordination of project activities focused on the protection and value-creation of medicinal plants in Taneka-Beri, Benin.