Photo: Counterpart Josephine Mukasa (Head of the Caritas MADDO Carbon Project) with Advisor Anja Krbanjevic (horizont3000)
Goal is to establish structures for a successful carbon finance project (energy-efficient cooking stoves) – from business processes to marketing and customer relationship management to controlling and data management.
Anja Krbanjevic studied International Management and Controlling, Health Care Management, Sustainable Development Cooperation and has completed a further training in Tourism Management. She works in the fields of disaster relief and international development cooperation since nearly 20 years. Her countries of assignments so far are Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi and Ethiopia.
The Advisor for Business Development supports Caritas MADDO to run a climate change mitigation pilot backed by a compensation fund. The pilot promotes locally produced energy-efficient cookers that replace traditional open fires for families in the Masaka region. The cookers reduce wood use and smoke emissions, support forest conservation, and improve household health for women and children. Consistent use avoids up to 5,000 tonnes of CO2 per year.The deployment builds practical commercial and management systems that enable sustained uptake. The Advisor develops business and financial plans, strengthens resource planning and budget control, improves sales, marketing and customer relationship processes, and introduces quality management. The role strengthens digital data management for offset schemes, streamlines coordination and communication between Caritas MADDO, horizont3000 and other stakeholders, and delivers reporting. It streamlines monitoring and evaluation, reinforces local ownership through clear protocols, builds capacity to design new climate finance projects for future scaling, and strengthens networking to promote cooperation.
