MD Shajalal Mohon

 Professional Profile Experienced fundraiser and grant writer with proven track of success of securing three million USD from European Union, US Government, Asian Development Bank, Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF), GIZ, Dutch Government, Swedish RFSU and Bangladesh Government. Have successful experience in developing concept notes and project proposals for large projects along with logical frame work, budget, budget narrative, organizational past experience, resume for key personnel and other administrative parts. Led organization in project inception phase including communication with donors, contract negotiation, developing and maintaining partnership for proposal submission, preparing necessary documents for approval from Bangladesh Government, developing different donor reporting formats and providing strategic guidance to the project implementation team regularly. Developed three research and evaluation proposals and took part in implementation of four social research projects. Besides, developed two communication materials and resource mobilization strategy. Education International Masters in Public Health, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, July 2016, CGPA 3.21. Fundraising and How to Write a Grant Proposal (equivalent to 10 Academic Credit at Masters level), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, February 24 to March 7, 2014, passed with Merit. Masters in Disaster Management, Institute of Disaster Management and Vulnerability Studies (IDMVS), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2013, CGPA 3.47 M.Sc in Economics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 2011, CGPA 3.39 B.Sc in Economics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 2010, CGPA 3.48 Journal Publication China's Engagement with Development Assistance for Health in Africa. Shajalal et al. Global Health Research and Policy (2017) 2:24. DOI 10.1186/s- Dissertation and Research Work A Cross-Sectional Study on Effect of Climate Change on Agriculture in Bangladesh (Master’s Thesis at University of Dhaka), June 2013 Water Governance and Community Based Water Management, February 2012 to July 2012, funded by IWMI and CGIAR Coherence Between Customary Practices of Selected Marginal Ethnicities and Formal Governance System in Chittagong Hill Tracts and North-West Bangladesh, December 2011 to February 2012, funded by VSO Bangladesh. Assessment of Supplementary Materials of BRAC Education for Ethnic Children (EEC) Program, August to September 2011 End Line Survey of “Amader School Project”, Concern Worldwide, October -November 2011 News Paper Articles University Philanthropic Fundraising: What Bangladeshi Universities can learn from western universities, The Daily Observer, July 30, 2016 Reproductive health initiative for industrial workers, The Daily Observer, August 19, 2016 Professional Training Four days training on Resource Mobilization from EU Donors organized by DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbeveolkerung) and Swasti Health Resource Center, July 22 to July 25, 2014, India Two days training on “De-Mystifying USAID and Creating New Business Opportunities”, arranged by IPPF, Facilitated by Steve Kroll and Associates; April 27 to April 28, 2014, Colombo, Sri-Lanka. Professional Experience May 2018 to August: Programme Development and Funding Officer, Christian Aid: Responsible for developing designing, implementing and reporting high quality programmes and managing restricted institutional income and promoting positive engagement with donors to support development and humanitarian works in Bangladesh, especially in the Rohingya response. Contribute to the development of the organization policy and strategy in Bangladesh. October 2017 to April 2018: Fundraising Professional, BRAC International: Responsible researching funding opportunities; planning and developing concept notes, project proposals in coordination with country and affiliate teams; review and provide input into the budgets; maintain registration into different donor portals such as pador, sam.gov, FPA, and grantsolution etc; and developing project specific communication materials. 16 July 2012 to October 16, 2017: Senior Program Officer (Resource Mobilization), Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB), a Member Association of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF): Researched funding opportunities and developed project proposals, concept notes and financial proposals with budget, logframe and other parts that made me successful to raise about 2.75 million USD. Responsible for developing partnership with government and non-government entities for proposal submission, maintain liaison with IPPF Regional Office and different department for proposal development, conducting need assessment and situation analysis, prepare and implementation of resource mobilization strategy, identification and synthesis of best practices and support project implementation team in project inception phase and provide strategic direction for proper and timely project implementation. Successfully developed the following projects: Recently worked on a 12.82 million-dollar project with the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs (MoWCA). After approval from MoWCA, the project is now at Planning Commission waiting for approval. A full proposal along with budget for United States Department of States on “Maternal Health Literacy Project” (award value is USD 74,000), developed budget, budget narrative, monitoring and evaluation framework, US Government Standard Family Forms, coordinated partnership with local partners, and supported developing different donor reporting templates. Concept note and full proposal for European Commission on “Actions for child protection - Violence against children” with budget and justification (award value 1,483,518.00 Euro) with logframe, budget, budget justification, organizational past performance and coordinated partnership with national and international partners. Led organization in contract negotiation process, and project inception, recruitment, preparation of different donors and government forms (FD-6) and regularly supported project team in meeting donor requirements. Concept note for European Commission on “EU Support to health and Nutrition of the Poor in Urban Bangladesh” and submitted the full proposal (estimated award value 3 million Euro, waiting for the result), with logframe, budget, budget justification, and organizational past performance and partnership development with local government entities. Concept note and full proposal along with budget funded by Swedish RFSU on Sexuality Education (award value- SEK) Concept note and full proposal along with budget for Safe Abortion Action Fund (160,000 USD) Concept note and full proposal for Bangladesh Community Climate Change Project implemented by PKSF and supervised by World Bank on Reducing Adverse Effect of Climate Change on Human Health (award value BDT 11,500,000) Inclusive business project funded by SNV Netherlands on Working with Women Project for female garments workers; award value (58,550 USD) One proposal for GIZ titled “Addressing Bangladesh’s Demographic Challenges (ABDC)” project (award value USD 100,000) Concept note and full proposal for Japan Trust Fund (JTF) on “Japan Trust Fund for HIV/AIDS” on maternal and child health which stood first both in concept note and full proposal stage in the world (within IPPF MAs, although contract was not signed due to some unexpected reason) October 22, 2016 to October 22, 2017: Project Development Officer, Mhair Educational and Human Rights Organization (MEHRO), Kabul, Afghanistan (Online, internet based freelancing job done remotely from home, Dhaka during weekend and free time with permission from current employer): At MEHRO, I developed seven project proposals and concept notes for seven projects among which one project has been selected for funding (award value 23,800 USD) and travelled to Kabul to deliver presentation on a project proposal submitted to Creative Associates International under Afghan Children Read Program after the project was shortlisted. Here I was responsible for identification of funding opportunity, developing concept note and project proposal, developing budget, and contribute in organizational policy development. 1st February 2012 to 15 July 2012: Assistant Research and Fundraising Officer, Shushilan Dhaka, Bangladesh: At Shushilan I have successfully raised about 0.24 million USD. Was responsible for researching funding opportunities, preparing Expression of Interests (EOIs), concept notes and proposals, designing and implementing research, networking with donors and different partners and implementation of fundraising plan. Successfully developed the following projects: ­­ Project proposal for Asian Development Bank on local government (award value 189,752.00 USD) Took part in research project on Water Governance funded by International Water Management Institute (IWMI), took part in field data collection, translating filed report and drafting reports. Besides these successfully developed three EOIs; was part of two USAID project proposals development team and several other projects funded by different donors. July 1, 2011 to January 28, 2012; Research and Development Collective (RDC), Coordinator (Research), Bangladesh: Successfully raised about $15,000. Was responsible for implementation of and developing qualitative and quantitative research proposals, maintain liaison with donors and different other partners. Successfully accomplished the following tasks: Developed project proposal for End Line Evaluation of Amader School Project of Concern World Wide (award value BDT 800,000). I was also responsible for developing field data collection tools, piloting them, organizing field data collection team, transcribing, translating and report writing Developed project proposal and implemented a research project funded by Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) on local governance titled “Coherence between Customary Practices of Selected Marginal Ethnicities and Formal Governance System in Chittagong Hill Tracts and North-West of Bangladesh” (award value BDT 400,000) Developed a research proposal for Bangladesh Nari Pragati Sangha (BNPS) on Maternal Health and Girls Education (award value BDT 268,00) Implemented a research proposal on “Assessment of Supplementary Materials of Brac Education for Ethnic Children (EEC) Program”. Arranged four Advocacy Programs funded by ILO, RDC, BRAC etc. January 1, 2011to 30th June 2011: Assistant Accountant, FPTTRP Project of DGHS & UNFPA: Was responsible for updating and maintain cash book and ledger book; updating and maintaining Cash Book and Ledger Book; planning and updating financial system and budgeting; and financial transactions, petty cash, bill, vouchers, bill payments etc. Experience as Independent Grant Writer Top ten per cent scorers of Upwork Grant Writing test; odesk.com/users/~-ce2c17a3e1f). So far successfully (a) Developed project proposal for Bangladesh National Nutrition Services (NNS) named “Promoting the nutritional knowledge among school boys and girls” (award value $5194.00) for Shushilan, (b) Developed article on “How to develop Concept Note for Development Innovation Venture of USAID” for Funds for NGOs, (c) Developed an article on “How to Develop Proposal on the Global Fund for Women” for Funds for NGOs, (d) Completed two contracts at upwork on researching grants opportunities. Language Computer Skill Bengali- Mother Tongue English- IELTS 7.0 SPSS, Eviews MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, References Pankaj Anand Director (Program & Advocacy) OXFAM, India -;-A F M Matiur Rahman, PhD Executive Director, Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB) -;- Mustafa Bakuluzzaman Head Research, Development and Public Relation Shushilan -;- January 2, 2019 Journal, Thesis and Newspaper Publication Summary (1) China's Engagement with Development Assistance for Health in Africa. Shajalal et al. Global Health Research and Policy (2017) 2:24. DOI 10.1186/s- Summary: As an emerging donor in health related development across the world, particularly towards Africa, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been increasing its influence within the field of global public health over the past few decades. Yet between the period of 2000 and 2013, little is known about the scope, scale and priority of China’s grant-making programs. Based on data sourced from the China Aid Database (version-1.2), descriptive analyses were applied to analyze the features of 531 health related projects that were undertaken between 2000 and 2013. Spearmen correlation was also performed to assess the relationship between China’s export and aid to recipient countries. The total value of China’s grant-making programs in the health related sector between 2000 and 2013 was 5.67 billion USD, with 531 projects undertaken. During the five year period between 2004 and 2008, China had a contribution of 1.54 billion USD, which increased to 3.8 billion USD during the five year period between 2009 and 2013 – an 146.26 percent increase. In terms of specific diseases, China is most concerned with building an African public health system through donations targeted towards general health (313 projects), combating Malaria (115 projects) and maternal, neonatal and child health (MNCH), (12 projects). When it comes to recipient countries, if counted in total value, Zimbabwe received the most financial assistance from China, totaling 1.08 billion USD and 19 projects, while Angola and Tanzania received more projects - 30 and 29 projects respectively. In terms of the channeling of aid funding, most projects were targeted towards infrastructure, equipment and medicine (304 projects in total), followed by medical teams (189 projects). Moreover, there is a statistically significant relationship between aid to Africa and Chinese exports to Africa. During the past decade, Chinese aid projects played an important role in the African public health system through providing funding for infrastructure, equipment and medicine, training health professionals, as well as disease treatment. However, very limited attention was paid towards disease prevention, health promotion and awareness initiatives, and health education. Furthermore, serious questions were raised regarding the long-term financial sustainability and actual impact these projects have on health development. (2) A Cross-Sectional Study on Effect of Climate Change on Agriculture in Bangladesh; dissertation for Masters in Disaster Management at University of Dhaka, June 2013. Summary: Although there were several attempts by researchers to investigate impact of climate change on rice production using laboratory based agronomic approach, very little attempts were taken to predict future scenario of rice production using Ricardian approach which capture effects adaptation strategies taken by farmers. The main goal of this study is to estimate the economic impact of climate change on net farm revenue from rice production in Bangladesh, including a simulation of the economic effect of climatic variability. Ricardian hedonic approach of net farm revenue were applied using harvest season data from Bangladesh Agricultural Statistical Year Book 2011 for the period of- to predict impact of rice production under projected climatic scenarios developed by Ministry of Environment. In 2030 and 2070, Net Farm Revenue (NFR) will reduce fir Aush, while in 2050 there is almost no change in NFR. Likewise, Boro will also experience a reduction in NFR for the year of 2030, 2050 and 2070. On the other hand, NFR for Aman rice will increase during the threes three periods. There are variations of impact of climate change on rice production, so it is necessary to consider regional and seasonal variation in change in climatic variables while designing policy and program for climate change mitigation and adaptation. (3) Reproductive health initiative for industrial workers; Rahman Matiur, Mohon Shajalal, Aug 19, 2016; The Daily Star; available at http://www.eobserverbd.com/2016/08/19/13/details/13_r2_c1.jpg?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base%3BiVmTxELtShO0tv5Ym0dEtg%3D%3D Summary: Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB), the oldest organization in the field of sexual and reproductive health in Bangladesh, working with private sector to wellbeing of the workers. This research conducted in April 2015, shows that there is significance improvement in sexual and reproductive health behavior and reduced absenteeism at workplace in the intervention area than non-intervention area. (4) University Philanthropic Fundraising: What Bangladeshi Universities can earn from western universities? Mohon Shajalal; July 30, 2016, The Daily Observer; available at http://www.eobserverbd.com/2016/07/30/7/details/7_r3_c1.jpg?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_profile_view_base%3BiVmTxELtShO0tv5Ym0dEtg%3D%3D Summary: Despite of the fact that renowned person from the society contribute financially to educational institutes in Bangladesh, there is no known structured fundraising program in our universities, neither in government nor in private universities. This articles briefly discuss about different fundraising models other than student fee and government subsidy that universities in the developed world use to raise money.