Mr. Adopo is a development practitioner with over 12 years of experience in program development and implementation, training and project management. He holds a Specialized Higher Studies Diploma (DESS) degree in Economic Regulation and Project Management from Felix Houphouet Boigny National University in Côte d’Ivoire. Over the course of his career Mr. Adopo has participated in developing national, sectoral and local development plans in his country. His efforts have contributed to an increase in the capacity of the government and other organizations to mobilize internal and external resources, and improve the living conditions of the population. In 2014 Mr. Adopo developed procedures for creating sector development plans and these procedures continue to be used by all the ministries in this field. He is currently Officer in Charge of Survey at the Ministry of Planning and Development. During his Fellowship year Mr. Adopo would like to collaborate with academics and international development practitioners to bolster his monitoring and evaluation skills through the exploration of theory and experiential learning with the overall goal of improving the impact of the implementation of policies, programs and projects in his country.