Derese Kochana Gedene

Dynamic project coordinator with a proven track record at Konso Development Association, excelling in community engagement and project management. Successfully led initiatives that resulted in the planting of 7 million trees, showcasing strong leadership and effective communication skills. Adept at proposal development and stakeholder relationship management, driving impactful environmental projects. Resourceful Project Coordinator known for high productivity and efficient completion of tasks. Skilled in project scheduling, resource allocation, and risk management. Excel at communication, teamwork, and adaptability, ensuring seamless coordination across diverse teams to meet project milestones. Forward-thinking project management specialist confident in leading team members, managing schedules and coordinating resources. Keeps projects on-track with decisive supervision and quick problem-solving. Persuasive in communicating and negotiating with internal team members, vendors and other stakeholders.

• Afa Konso, Mother tongue, Good
• Amharic, Very Good, Very Good
• English, Very Good, Excellent
• Oromiffa, Very Good, Beginner

• 11/01/14, Business Plan for Waka 13 Months Sunshine Tour Guides Service Providing Enterprise, It is a business plan that developed to promote culture of Konso in order to conserve environment and heritage, create job opportunity for local community, contribute to eradicate poverty, make market linkage by exploring existing constraints, opportunities and possible business solutions in the district and assure development activities.
• 10/08/15, Business Plan for Waka Waka Organic Moringa Products Export PLC, SNNPRS, It is a business plan that developed to marketing massive production of Moringa product at national and international market by exploring existing constraints, opportunities and possible business solutions in the whole chain for subsequent development activities.
• 01/01/16, Factors Affecting Household Water Demand: In Case of Konso, SNNPRS, A research conducted on investigating determinants of the household water demand in Karat town.

• Kefene Ticharo, General Manager, Trees for the Future, 0913382297, Kefeneticharo@yahoo.com
• Samuel Karafo, Project Coordinator, SOS Sahel Ethiopia, Konso site, 0929115484, Samkarafo@yahoo.com
• Gebrile Buttran, Africa Director, Trees for the Future – KDA Partner, 0912922253, gabe@treesforthefuture.org

• 12/24/01 - 12/27/01, Accounting and Leadership Management, KDA/FARM Africa through Consultant, On how to lead the human, financial and material resources in a given development organization.
• 04/28/01 - 05/02/01, Training in the Sports Administration, International Olympic Committee, The Olympic concept, effect of and controlling of Doping and the general management of Olympic solidarity.
• 08/07/07 - 08/11/07, Basic PC Course, MICRO TECH COMPUTER CENTR, Short term course basically how to use micro office, excel and database.
• 02/03/12 - 02/05/12, Participatory Project Planning and Forestry Management, Greener Ethiopia and Trees for the Future, How to plan with the stakeholders and direct beneficiaries, and using the standard project proposal format, agro-forestry management, participatory watershed management and community mobilization.
• 03/23/14 - 03/24/14, Community Liaison Workshop, Peace Corps Ethiopia, How to help and link peace corps volunteers to participate in community development programs at grassroots level and capacity building programs, promoting world peace and friendship.

• Date of Birth: 09/01/76
• Gender: Male
• Nationality: Ethiopian
• Marital Status: Married

Social Science, Economics and Environmental Science

• Project management and achieving project goals in the stated project lifetime

• Konso Development Association awarded one land curser car in successfully achieving project activities and acknowledged me at KDA meeting in front of staff.