1. Opio Geoffrey Atim | Governance, Transparency & Accountability Practitioner
email: geoffopio@gmail.com tel: +256778610559 Address: Ntinda,Mirembe Close Kampala Uganda
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PROFILE
Governance, Transparency & Accountability Practitioner with the goal to contribute to a society where
resources are used effectively & equitably to meet citizen’s needs, I aim to do this by promoting policy and
practice that contributes to more open – transparent, participatory and accountable – governance. My
Ability to do this has been developed through 10 years experience, working with civil society, engaging
government and participating in various communities of practice.
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
• Technical writing
• Training/workshop design and
facilitation
• Programme design &
Implementation
• Strategic thinking.
• Monitoring Evaluation and Learning
• Research & Policy Analysis
• Advocacy, Engagement & Campaign
• Coaching and Mentorsh
EDUCATION
• MPhil Development Policy & Practice (Course work finalized) Graduate School development policy
and practice University of Cape Town south Africa
• Bachelor of Arts Urban Planning (Hons), Makerere University, Kampala (Uganda) 2004.
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Governance, Transparency & Accountability Specialist Consultant self employed Jan 2016- Current
• Researcher / Country political Economy analyst for International Growth Centre
(www.theigc.org) midterm evaluation August/ September 2016
• Project Advisor (volunteer), Citizen Action Platform (CAP) for Partnership for Transparency
Fund, Global June 2016- current
• Technical support to project consortium (THETA, MARPI and AGHA) implementing a scorecard to
monitor HIV and AIDS service provision among Key Populations in Uganda June/July 2016
• Lead Trainer on Citizens report card approach, accountability and Governance approach. Growth
Health and Governance Programme Mercy corps Uganda April 2016
Senior Accountability Manager, ACT Health (Accountability Can Transform Health)
programme for GOAL Uganda, May 2012- Dec 2015
• Conceptualized, designed and coordinated implementation of the health sector Social
accountability program Implemented by 5 Local civil society organizations.
• Engaged in fundraising to expand the pilot and secured £4 million DFID funding for the scaled up
evidence-based health sector accountability program in 16 Districts.
• Led the roll out of Programme set up, which included Civil society assessments, proposal and
establishment of implementing consortium, recruitment of additional staff, development of
programme management tools
• Developed training and compliance programme materials including 3 procedure Manuals,
programme reporting formats, Citizens Report card (CRC) template, Posters for Displaying CRC in
the field all these to ensure consistent technical quality in implementation
• Coordinated and directly provided technical support, mentorship and training to GOAL and ACT
health consortium implementing partners (directly supervised 4 Regional Mentorship managers)
• Developed my ability to manage and implement all aspects of governance programmes, leading
teams, controlling budgets and liaising with partners
2. Programme Officer for Uganda National Health User’s/Consumers organization (UNHCO),
February 2009 to April 2012
• Helped to put transparency and accountability (T/A) at the center of the UNHCO’s Voices for
Health Rights Campaign’s agenda, and played a key role in securing nearly $3m of funding from the
Sida, Open Society& EU.
• Designed, implemented and managed innovative and funded projects of research, advocacy and
health governance programmes of UNHCO.
• Developed my ability to support and engage in public campaigning and high-level advocacy.
Data Officer for Mulago-Mbarara Teaching Hospitals Joint AIDS Programme (MJAP) June
2004 to January 2009
• Performed day to day data management and analysis in the MJAP HIV Clinics
• Supported various studies in data management
• Prepared various programmatic reports- routine and ad hoc
SELECTED RESEARCH AND WRITTING
• A movement’s perspective on transparency and accountability Contributor. Transparency and
Accountability Initiative,2015
• Mobilizing Accountability: citizens, movements and the state Contributor. Author Transparency and
Accountability initiative 2015
• Accountability Can Transform Health Implementation Procedure Manuals Author. GOAL
2014
• Internal-Discussion-Paper-Social-Accountability-In-Uganda Author. 2011
• Assessment of the extent to which resources allocated to the health sector affect service delivery of
medicines in Bushenyi and Lira District. Study Collaborator Research project UNHCO/HEPS 2010
• Absenteeism of Health Providers in Bushenyi District Uganda. Study Collaborator. Research project
UNHCO 2009.
SELECTED WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
• The Transparency and Accountability Initiative’s third T/A Learn Annual Workshop. Rio de
Janeiro November 11th -14 , 2015
• Mobilizing Accountability: Movements, Knowledge and Partnerships for Pursuing State
Accountability Roundtable September 28-29, 2015, Delhi
• Building people-centred health systems through the social empowerment of marginalized
populations: Moving from theory to practice- Co-author and Presented at Third health
global symposium October 2014 Cape Town
• TALEARN Annual Workshop Jakarta, Indonesia March 12-15, 2014
• Launch and peer Review Workshops for Grantees for the Transparency Accountability
Programme, Results for development in Kampala 2009, Johannesburg 2011, and Dar- el –salaam
2012
OTHER ASSIGNMENTS/RESPONSIBILITIES
• Editorial board committee member- COPASAH communiqué- Community of Practitioners on
Accountability and Social Action in Health-
• Associate – Center for inclusive Governance
• Member TALEARN- Active Member Social Movements and Accountability
