Ameena Ilahi is the The Asia Foundation's Deputy Country
Representative in Pakistan. Ms. Ilahi brings a wide range of development
experience with particular interest in results-based monitoring and evaluation,
program design and development, grants management, and communications.
Previously in Pakistan she worked primarily with international
humanitarian organizations; she served as the monitoring and reporting
specialist with Experience International on a large-scale agriculture project
funded by the U.S Department of Agriculture. With the International Relief and
Development, she was the monitoring and evaluation reporting manager where she
led the development of the M&E framework, donor compliance and reporting,
and capacity building of partner organizations. As the senior grants manager
with Relief International, she managed a range of emergency response grants
during the country's internal displacement crisis and flood disaster. As the
grants and communication manager with the International Rescue Committee she
was responsible for the entire grants administration cycle and the point person
for all communications and outreach.
Prior to arriving in Pakistan, Ms. Ilahi worked as program coordinator
with the Foundation for International Training where she undertook review
missions to the Baltic States, developed proposals for CIDA in the areas of
governance and human rights, and worked with partners in Egypt and Romania on
developing effective communication strategies. She later served as the Research
Grants facilitator at Brock University, assisting teaching staff in
identification and development of research proposals and forging new
partnerships with funders.
Ms. Ilahi brings direct country experience in Pakistan, Egypt, Romania,
Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, and Norway, and has worked in varied development
sectors, including child rights, gender and development, emergency response,
post-conflict development, good governance/democratization, water, sanitation
& hygiene, agriculture, institutional strengthening and capacity building.
Education: Ms.
Ilahi holds a BA in Sociology/Anthropology from Carleton University in Canada
and an MSc in Agricultural Development from the University of London, UK.
