Elly Oduol who is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors at International Development Institute – Africa, moved from UNDP Kenya and joined UNDP BCPR WACA team in Dakar June 2009 as Regional Programme Adviser/Specialist. He has been involved in strategic development & formulations and strategic planning, analysis/assessments. He has also facilitated strategic planning exercises. He was BCPR Focal Point for Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia, providing support for UNDAF roll out process, review of Country CPDs, formulation and development of CPR project proposals for BCPR funding (ensuring integration of gender responsive programming), participation in country programme mid-term reviews and evaluation of country programmes/projects, training country teams in integration of DRR in UNDAF and CPAP, design of resource mobilization strategy for CPR programmes.

Elly has 16 years of an extensive experience in Crisis Prevention and Recovery/ Disaster Risk Reduction and Conflict Management and 20 years of experience in HIV/AIDS programme development, implementation and evaluation including work with Government, Non Governmental Organizations.  Just before joining UNDP West and Central Africa team Elly was the chair of the Early Recovery Cluster during the post election violence in Kenya, Senior Assistant Resident Representative and head of the Crisis Prevention unit of UNDP Kenya and the chair of the Inter-Agency  Early Recovery Cluster during the post election violence in Kenya,  He was instrumental in the in the establishment of the national steering committees on peace building,  conflict resolution and small arms reduction and the national platform for disaster risk reduction in Kenya.  

Prior to joining the United Nations development Programme in 1996, Elly held several senior regional health program planning, design/formulation and implementation positions in Eastern Africa region between 1984-1995 with African Medical and Research Foundation and Path Finder International.