Johanna [user:field_middlename] Pennarz

Johanna Pennarz

Lead Evaluation Officer
IFAD
Italy

I am Lead Evaluation Officer at the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD. I have been leading evaluations of IFAD country strategies and programmes in Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Georgia and Kenya. Ialso led the preparation of synthesis evaluations on gender, partnerships, inclusive rural finance, community-driven development and infrastructure for IFAD. Prior to joining IFAD, I was the GIZ Principal Advisor on evaluation capacity development at the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda. Overall, I have more than 20 years on strategic and institutional evaluations, amongst others for the African Development Bank, United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Human Rights-Office of the High Commissioner, Department for International Development (DFID) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). I trained as social anthropologist, with a Ph.D. from Munich University in Germany.

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