Lucho's trip to Sudan, May 2007

This is my blog about the main events, thoughts, anecdotes and insights of my second trip to Sudan. I will be in Khartoum and Kordofan getting an update on what is going on in the field, sharing ideas with the team leader (Shibeika, aka Shibby) and the project managers of the hibiscus and livestock projects (Khalid and Riffat, respectively).

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Going to Um Rwuaba and the training workshop with the POs and the local partner (see 'Days in the field (fast summary)'

On the way from Khartoum to Um Rwuaba... selling ice seems to be a good business. I am not sure though of the display method under these co...

The last day in the office

Yesterday, Wed, we arrived from N. Kordofan after an 8 or so hours trip. We left the local office in Um Rwuaba at 7:30 am and were entering ...

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Days in the field (fast summary)

I am in the Um Ruwaba (N. Kordofan) office; connected to the internet using a mobile phone. I have been trying to access my yahoo mail but i...

Saturday, May 19, 2007

The secret of Chinese 'special tea' in Khartoum

During the free tour (see below) I met a guy from Norway called Frod. We became good friends. I shared with him my desperation for a lager...

Free day: images and sounds from Khartoum

I wanted to use the morning of Friday (free day here) to work. I woke up at 9:30 but I was so tired that I had to go back to bed to recover ...

Day 4 (cont'd): M&E

We went through the basics of M&E for each project. In each case we clarified the differences between activities, outputs, outcomes and ...

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Day 4 (17th May): Contacting allies and M&E

Hi all!!! Thanks for reading this blog. It seems that the response has been very positive. I will tell you what I did today: - I tried to re...

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About Me

Lucho Osorio: I contribute to the quality and effectiveness of Practical Action's Markets and Livelihoods Program. My roles involve building the capacity of the field teams in participatory market systems development, project design and monitoring, knowledge management, and international influencing. Projects that I have or am managing: USAID AMAP Becoming an Effective Learning Organization; and New Partners for Value Chain Development Learning. I facitate the Market Facilitation Initiative (MaFI) which is a working group of the SEEP with the technical support of Practical Action. I moved from Chemical Engineering into appropriate technologies in 1995 and then worked for seven years in Fundacion Social (Colombia) in the field of International Cooperation. During that period I acquired experience in participatory local development and project design and M&E. I was a fellow of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in two programs; I studied International Cooperation and Development Projects and I have an M.Phil. in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies (UK) where I focused on value chains, innovation systems and social networks.

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