Review 3 final 2 - TAU - National Treasury

John Saxby
John Saxby is a consultant in International Development, based in Ottawa. A Senior Associate
of ET Jackson and Associates Ltd., he works as an advisor to Government, International Agencies,
Civil Society Organizations, Foundations and Universities on policy and programming related to
capacity development and governance. Recent assignments include programme evaluations
in Mozambique, Nigeria, Namibia and Brazil. His work experience includes twenty years with
Canadian NGOs, four-plus years on secondment to a leading Canadian development partner as
a programme analyst. He is also a researcher, writer and does University teaching. He has lived
and worked in Southern Africa for thirteen years, most recently in South Africa between 2003 and
2006. He holds a doctorate in Political Economy from the University of Toronto.
Sophia (Fia) van Rensburg
Sophia (Fia) van Rensburg is currently a Technical Assistant in the TAU Knowledge Management
(KM) Directorate, and has extensive experience with the implementation of Development Cooperation
projects in Southern Africa. She has experience in project and programme design,
implementation and monitoring. Sophia also has experience in the training and human resources
development sector. Gender Mainstreaming lies close to her heart, and she has led key initiatives
to mainstream gender in the KM unit and the TAU.
Charmaine Williamson
Charmaine Williamson is currently doing a Doctorate on the strategic decision- making processes
of Official Development Assistance (ODA) within South Africa and with a view to South Africa’s
potential ODA engagements on the Continent. She has worked intensively in the ODA field, with
particular specialisation in the field of European Union and South African partnerships. Gender
mainstreaming is a core principle of all ODA work and therefore she has been both a facilitator
and practitioner around gender. She was the Director of the Conflict and Governance Facility
and a Technical Advisor to the Presidency for the Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Making.
Both of these partnership programmes of South Africa and the European Union specialised in
policy-related conflict and governance research within the spheres of National, Provincial and
Local Government in South Africa, within SADC and the Continent. She also has worked as a
technical assistant to the Pan African Parliament, PALAMA and the National Treasury on Gender
Mainstreaming, amongst other areas of development.
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