This is a South-South advisory.
Eric Bosco Akera is a Ugandan development professional with 15 years of experience in sustainable food systems, project management, and capacity building. He has supported smallholder farmers, youth, and partner organizations to strengthen food system resilience, adopt climate-smart agricultural practices, and enhance project delivery through effective planning, monitoring, and reporting.
This advisory deployment strengthens project management for the Transboundary Cooperation on Climate Smart Agriculture (TRACCSA) project. It supports multiple partners to shift from activity-driven delivery towards outcome- and learning-oriented programming that builds resilience to climate variability through organic and agroecological farming approaches. A core focus is balancing capacities between implementing partners and making cross-border collaboration work through practical coordination mechanisms, shared calendars and joint reflection routines that keep implementation aligned across districts. The Advisor introduces programme management tools that improve planning, coordination and follow-up across both sides of the border. It refines the project manual and reporting logic, applies outcome mapping principles to standardise monitoring tools, and strengthens baseline and documentation routines so teams track progress markers and behavioural signals of change rather than activity counts. Digitalised monitoring and reporting is strengthened through simple, usable templates and workflows that support timely decision-making, learning cycles and adaptive management, and that also improve accountability to donors and stakeholders. To improve inclusion and sustainability, the advisory strengthens staff use of modern communication tools to reduce information barriers and address gender gaps in access to project information and participation. It supports partners to build proposal writing skills for resource mobilisation and strengthens collaborative mechanisms for cross-border engagements and network participation. Gender mainstreaming support is integrated into coordination, monitoring and communication so climate-smart agriculture processes remain inclusive and responsive to community realities.
