Mr Dagmore Tawonezvi is the Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for CCARDESA. His role entails design and implementation of robust monitoring and evaluation systems, facilitation of organisational learning, reporting, capacity building of staff and stakeholders on monitoring and evaluation, and development of operational plans.
Mr Tawonezvi joined CCARDESA in June 2021. He has more than 30 years of professional experience in agricultural and economic development. Mr Tawonezvi’s profile constitutes the following: Executive Secretary Assistant under SADC Secretariat (January-May 2021); Planning, Budgeting, Monitoring, Reporting and Stakeholder Engagement Expert with IBF International Consultant under the Technical Assistance to the SADC Secretariat on Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Stakeholder Engagement (June – December 2020); Technical Advisor - Planning, Budgeting, and Resource mobilization under German Development Cooperation (January 2019 –May 2020); Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Coordinator for SADC Secretariat (January 2016 – July 2018); Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer for the SADC Secretariat under the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Directorate (October 2010 – December 2015); Migration and Development Officer with International Organization for Migration, Harare (October 2009 – September 2010); Project Manager for Food and Agriculture Organization for the United Nations (May 2007 –June 2009); Country Programme Manager (Zimbabwe) under Coffee Market Development and Trade Promotion in East and Southern Africa (January 2001 – September 2006); Principal Agricultural Economist under the Department of Agricultural Technical and Extension Services, Minister of Agriculture, Zimbabwe (September 1990 – December 2000).
Mr Tawonezvi holds a Masters Degree in Policy Studies, MBA in Agribusiness and BSc in Agricultural Economics. He is currently pursuing Doctorate in Business Administration.
Notably, Dagmore was the Team Leader in the development and implementation of SADC Results Based Monitoring and Evaluation System. The System is being used by the SADC Secretariat and the Member States in the monitoring and evaluation of regional programmes. Dagmore managed to facilitate capacity building of Secretariat staff and Member States to use the system. He also coordinated the engagement of Non State Actors (NSAs), private sector and Civil Society Organization (CSOs) in monitoring implementation of SADC Regional Integration Agenda. Dagmore was also a Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant for the development of the Planning and Monitoring and Evaluation System for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) between 2016 and 2018. The system is being used to plan and monitor ECOWAS across all sectors. His key skills can be summarized as follows:
1. Strategic and operational planning: Strong planning skills having been involved in the development of strategic and operational pans at national and regional levels
2. Monitoring and evaluation and reporting: Highly experienced in the development and implementation of results based monitoring and evaluation systems and generation of progress reports
3. Capacity building: Extensive experience in the development and implementation of capacity programmes on results based management, project cycle management project management and resource mobilisation.
4. Project management: Wide experience in managing agricultural and food security programmes at national and regional levels
