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COME WORK FOR SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND – IT IS A COOL ORGANISATION, DOING GREAT WORK IN SOME OF THE MORE CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS AROUND THE WORLD – COME LEARN AND CONTRIBUTE Search for Common Ground is one of the largest international NGOs working on peacebuilding and conflict transformation. We have 28 offices around the world with over 400 staff. At the HQ in Washington there is approximately 40 full-time staff. There is always a very healthy intern community, with up to 20-25 interns at…See More

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"Greetings from Nigeria, West-Africa Thanks for the adding me to this peaceful network of friends. www.cefng.org"

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Design, Monitoring & Evaluation Internship: Search for Common Ground-Fall

SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: INSTITUTIONAL LEARNING TEAM (ILT) DESIGN MONITORING AND EVALUATION INTERNSHIP – FALL 2011COME WORK FOR SEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND – IT IS A COOL ORGANISATION, DOING GREAT WORK IN SOME OF THE MORE CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENTS AROUND THE WORLD – COME LEARN AND CONTRIBUTE Search for Common Ground Search for Common Ground is one of the largest international NGOs working on peacebuilding and conflict transformation. We have 22 offices around the world with over 400 staff. At the…See More

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Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs): I am a Sr. Research Associate with Search for Common Ground in Wash. DC. focusing on institutional learning within Search and working with their design, monitoring & evaluation projects. During the years working on my dissertation I was a private consultant specializing in conflict resolution, collaborative problem solving, cultural diversity, and participatory evaluation. I provided facilitation in conflict resolution, strategic planning, results-oriented planning and evaluation, and joint problem solving processes. I provided training and curriculum development in the areas of peace education curricula, conflict resolution skills, facilitation and group process skills, monitoring and evaluation skills, and the development of cultural competence among groups. I specialize in the design and implementation of collaborative evaluation models for organizations and businesses wishing to measure the successful results of their work and leading to greater stakeholder involvement and organizational cultural competence. I have provided services at the organizational, local, state, national and international levels.

I graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BS in International Relations from Trinity College, Washington, DC (1988) and a doctorate at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution (ICAR), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA (2008). My dissertation topic was “Identifying the Role of a Theory of Change in Design and Implementation of Three UNICEF Peace Education Programs.”

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise: Albania, Armenia, Aceh (Indonesia), Solomon Islands, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the United States.

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?: U.S.

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?: Learning and MENA Program Support Specialist, Search for Common Ground, Wash. DC - institutional learning within Search and support of design, monitoring & evaluation

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?: Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Democratization, Education, Gender

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?: Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Program Design, Research, Training

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?: Ph.D. dissertation focused on the use of theories of change in identifying criteria for success of peace education programs and subsequent use of the theories in developing evaluation designs for such programs. A core premise of the work is the collaborative/participatory involvement of stakeholders with evaluators to design programs and evaluations.

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications: Community Problem Solving Case Summaries, Vol. I (1988) and Vol. II (1989) and Resource List, Program for Community Problem Solving, Washington, D.C., 1988.

Ashton, Carolyne. “Evaluation: Why It’s Worth the Pain.” NIDR News, May-June, 96, Vol. 3, No. 3, Washington, DC: National Institute for Dispute Resolution.

Ashton, Carolyne, Ed. FORUM: Empowerment Evaluation: A Special Issue on Evaluation Theories and Models that Enhance Collaboration and Conflict Resolution. Washington, DC: National Institute for Dispute Resolution, forthcoming Winter ’96 edition.

Ashton, Carolyne. “Evaluating Collaborative Efforts to Address Domestic Public Policy Disputes Involving Power and Prejudice” in Power and Prejudice in Public Policy Disputes (suggested title). Eds. M. DuPraw & M. Skelton. Chapter in an unpublished manuscript, 1997.

Ashton, Carolyne. “Strategic Considerations in Facilitative Evaluation Approaches.” A paper presented for an on-line, Internet conference on evaluation sponsored by Action Research Initiative Associates, September 1998.

Carstarphen, N., Harris, R., Schoeny, M. Ashton. C. Contributor to Peer Mediation and Conflict Resolution Program Evaluation Manual: A Guide for Program Coordinators, School Administrators and Superintendents. Fairfax, VA: Fairfax County Public Schools under a grant from the Governor’s Office on Safe and Drug Free Schools, 1999.

Shaia, Wendy and Ashton, C. Planning for Success: Evaluation for the Supportive Housing Provider. Columbia MD: The Enterprise Foundation, publication pending January 2000.

Atkinson, A. and Ashton, C. Planning for Results: The Safe and Drug-free Schools and
Communities Program Planning and Evaluation Handbook Richmond, VA:
Virginia Department of Education, May 2002.

Ashton, C. “The Case for Peace Education Evaluation as a Strategy for Supporting Sustainability” presented at ISA annual conference, Montreal, March 2004.

Ashton, C. "Using Theory of Change to Enhance Peace Education Evaluation." Upcoming article in Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Publication date: Nov. 2007.

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At 9:36am on September 8, 2011, Deacon Sunday A. Solanke said…: COMMONGOOD EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION (CEF)

1.       Organizational/Institutional Profile

CEF stands for “Commongood Empowerment Foundation”: is a foremost Non-Government Organization facilitating true development through voluntarism, working for the common good of the Nigerian project and African communities. CEF mission is to promote public health, education, safety and security through research, advocacy, demonstration programmes, and publications, in partnership with government and civil society. Leadership: CEF has well-established organizational structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities of both staff and members. The organizational structure is composed of the general assemble of members which is the apex organ of CEF, Board of Directors (BOD), which is the apex decision making body; the Governing Board, made up of elected members of the Membership Body; and the Project Office. Gender and human rights are reflected in the composition of the Board of Directors, Governing Board, and in the appointment of staff in the Project Office. CEF core values are: Integrity, Networking, Transparency, Effectiveness, Reliability, Friendliness, Accountability, Commitment, and Efficiency. (INTERFACE). CEF WORKING FOR NIGERIA TO ACHIEVE PEACE, UNITY, STABILITY AND UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

Email:                     cef@cefng.org

Website:                  www.cefng.org

At 11:19am on September 2, 2011, Deacon Sunday A. Solanke said…: Greetings from Nigeria, West-Africa

Thanks for the adding me to this peaceful network of friends.

www.cefng.org

At 1:34pm on May 4, 2011, Muhammad Tahir Tabassum said…: Dear Carolyne,

Very Happy to meet and visit your rich profile in popular and useful peace network.

We can be good friend and partner on common issues in near future. Please visit our organization website www.inspad.org.
Peace.

At 2:17pm on November 4, 2010, Craig Zelizer said…: Thanks for your comments. Can I list your comments on the official feedback page with your job title?

At 7:20pm on May 13, 2010, ALAMZEB KHAN said…: Dear Caroline,

My country and people are passing very hard time nowadays.Terrorism and antiterrorism both have become violent and destructive for our peace and survival.We need speedy peace for the prosperity of our people and society,that is reason we are attracted to peace movement.

At 6:04pm on May 12, 2010, ALAMZEB KHAN said…: Dear Carolyne Ashton,

Your rich experience and vesatile profile attracted me to add you my best friend. I really love intellectual and hard working people.
Alamzeb
peshawar[pakistan].

At 11:03am on April 7, 2010, mohamed hirsi said…: Thanks prof. Ashton for Joining us with this small group from the horn of africa, Near to piracy coast.

Hope one day it will be a coast of peace.

by the way I am still doing the research proposal I did in your course at upeace. which was about conflict resolution in somali traditional Mechanisams, only I am facing Financial and time consterains to Impliment and by the time I got those I will produce that artical. it is still my first Dream.

peace
Mohamed abdelkariim hirsi
Director of Institute of Peace and conflict studies
University of Hargeisa
Somaliland

Thanks

At 6:32pm on December 20, 2009, Sohail Mahmood said…: hello carolyne
nice meeting u here
best wishes

At 7:58pm on April 28, 2009, Pastor Samuel Muderhwa M said…: Dear Carolyne

we need your service in my region please

God bless you

Pastor Samuel

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