IFCL Group

POSTION: Climate Change and Sustainability Program Analyst (June 2015 - July 2016)

SKILLS: Database Building; Research; Project Management; Data Analysis; Introduction to Corporate Finance; Microsoft Access; Microsoft Visio; Microsoft SharePoint

COMPANY OVERVIEW: IFCL Group is a Manila-based international financial advisory firm which supports governmental, corporate & multilateral clients on climate change projects. Services offered include project development, analysis and management; technical assistance on existing projects; corporate financial analysis, modelling & planning; and fund data management and analysis.

PROJECTS:

(1) Urban Financing Partnership Facility

Project Goal: Raise and utilize development partner funds for investment co-financing in urban environmental infrastructure projects and support a wide range of technical assistance in developing nations.

Issue: Large time-gap between donors providing funding for projects and on-the-ground work beginning. Lack of reports on project status. Mismatch between project goals and donor goals.

Solution: Developed an interactive graphical interface database of on-going projects with live reporting to donors about financial, implementation, and monitoring & evaluation information. Analysed existing Monitoring & Evaluation project guidelines adopted by multilateral funding and donor agencies to create an improved framework that relies on concrete, quantifiable indicators.

Homepage of the donor dashboard created. The dashboard shows a snapshot of active projects and where they are located. Projects can be filtered by type, donor and location.

Reports and data visualisations are generated on live data using an Access Database connected to Sharepoint.

Reports and data visualisations are generated on live data using an Access Database connected to Sharepoint.

(2) Coral Triangle Initiative

Project Goal: Combat threats of unsustainable fishing, rapid population growth and the effects of climate change in six Asia-Pacific nations through coordination and knowledge-sharing among member governments.

Project Outcomes: Reviewed national climate adaptation plans of member nations to ensure alignment with Coral Triangle Initiative goals and regional objectives. Prepared reliable budget estimates for activities based on reported costs from existing prior and ongoing projects.

(3) APEC Urban Infrastructure Network (with RMIT University)

Project Goal: Develop a Best Practice Policy Framework to encourage sustainable urban infrastructure development as policy tools in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) nations.

Project Outcomes: Evaluated institutional structures and financing streams of urban infrastructure in 24 APEC member and comparator economies. Identified successfully implemented best practice policy measures for member economies to adopt and replicate to strengthen their urban infrastructure.

Publications: A Report on Urban Infrastructure Development in the APEC Region: Best Practice Policy Framework and Proposed Action Plans