Amare Melku Adugna

Director — Road Safety, Capacity Building and Enforcement Directorate | Addis Ababa traffic Management Authority

• Led road-safety capacity building, enforcement-support activities, traffic-management coordination and data-informed operational planning.

• Support training, performance improvement and institutional coordination for traffic-control personnel.

• Promote evidence-based identification of pedestrian and traffic-safety hotspots and operational interventions.

• Contribute to digital and geospatial approaches for traffic management, pedestrian safety and public-sector decision support.

Lecturer & Researcher, Department of Geography | Wolkite University, Ethiopia

• Teach and support courses in Geography, GIS, Remote Sensing, Cartography, environmental studies, spatial analysis and research methods.

• Supervise undergraduate/graduate student research, including research design, data management, spatial analysis and academic writing.

• Conduct applied research using GIS, satellite imagery, spatial modelling and geospatial decision-support methods.

• Contribute to curriculum development, academic activities, institutional research and community-oriented knowledge transfer.

• Apply geospatial methods to environmental, urban, agricultural, mobility and development challenges.

• Coordinate preparation of annual, medium- and long-term development plans.
• Collect inputs from departments, projects, and stakeholders.
  Align plans with institutional, regional, or national development priorities.

Program Coordination

• Coordinate implementation of development programs and projects.
• Establish activity schedules, milestones, responsibilities, and implementation mechanisms.
  Facilitate coordination among technical departments, government institutions, development partners, and other stakeholders.
  Monitoring and Evaluation
• Monitor progress against approved plans, targets, indicators, and budgets.
• Prepare recommendations and follow-up actions to improve program performance.
  Data Collection and Analysis
• Collect, organize, validate, and analyze program and development data.
• Prepare evidence-based planning documents, progress reports, dashboards, and analytical summaries.
• Use GIS and spatial information where appropriate to support development planning and decision-making.
  Reporting
• Prepare periodic, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual performance reports.
• Consolidate reports from different units and ensure consistency and completeness.
• Present implementation progress and key findings to management.
  Stakeholder Coordination
• Organize coordination meetings, consultations, workshops, and review sessions.
• Maintain communication between implementing units and relevant stakeholders.
• Support partnerships and information exchange related to development programs.
  Resource and Activity Planning
• Support activity-based budgeting and resource allocation.
  Policy and Strategic Alignment
• Provide technical inputs for policy and strategic planning documents.
  Documentation and Knowledge Management
• Maintain planning, monitoring, reporting, and program documentation.
• Develop databases and information systems for program monitoring.
• Document achievements, challenges, lessons learned, and best practices.