Theodora is an Agulhas manager, assisting in research and analysis across Agulhas’ wide variety of projects, and is also a core part of the review team supporting the Independent Commission for Aid Impact, the UK aid watchdog, on evaluations such as Assessing UK aid’s results in Education, UK’s approaches to Peacebuilding, Youth Employment in the MENA region as well as an information note on UK’s aid engagement with China. Theodora assists in technical delivery as well as project management within the assignments.
Apart from ICAI, Theodora’s key client is the United Nations. She has also supported Agulhas in building a portfolio in the MENA region, notably the EU Jordan and Lebanon Compact Monitoring and Assessment, the UN Jordan Common Country Analysis as well as the UN Jordan Sustainable Development Framework Evaluation (including case studies on three selected UN agencies: WFP, UNICEF and UNIDO). Her latest assignment includes reviewing the literature in terms of the labour market and the refugee nexus in Jordan.
Theodora’s other notable assignment include the Multilateral Organisation for Performance Assessment (MOPAN) for the World Health Organisation and Realist Review on Just Transition Towards Low Emission, Climate Resilient and More Inclusive Societies in Developing Countries commissioned by the Green Climate Fund and ILO.
In Agulhas, Theodora is also a member of the Agulhas Conflict, Crises and Global Challenges (CRUNCH) Hub and Wellbeing working group.