Denise Buchner

Consultant and Independent Practitioner

plannet@plannet.ca

Denise Buchner has over 15 years of experience providing research, monitoring
and evaluation services for international organizations, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, private, and community-based organizations. Denise has extensive experience with training and facilitation. She also has experience in utilizing OECD-DAC criteria for evaluation, Results Based Management (RBM), the development and use of qualitative and qualitative tools for data collection.

Denise has worked in eastern and southern Africa, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. She has performed evaluations of programs funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Grand Challenges Canada.

Denise has extensive experience in the collection of data related to breastfeeding and
nutrition, micronutrient supplementation, and reproductive health. She is accustomed to integrating cross-cutting themes such as gender equality, environment, and governance into evaluation plans. She has also attended numerous training events to fully understand Canada's new Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP).

Denise is a Credentialed Evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society.

Areas of Expertise: Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH), Health Systems Strengthening, and Integrated Community Case Management of Childhood Diseases (ICCM).