Ms. Hope Muli
Regional Project Manager, Opening Contracting, Hivos
Hope is currently the Africa Project Manager for the Civic Engagement for Open Contracting programme in Hivos. She has over 15 years of technical experience in the governance and development sector. She has an additional 8 years of experience working in the international finance (banking) sector. She has been a member of diverse international delegations. She has moderated and facilitated various international, continental, sub- regional and national conferences and workshops.
She was elected and served for two terms as the Human Rights Representative for Kenyan CSOs in the Stakeholders Reference Group managed by the Amkeni Wa Kenya programme of the UNDP.
She has provided technical assistance and delivered programmes on Devolution, Inter –Governmental Relations, Donor Relations, Public finance (i.e participatory budgeting and social accountability), parliamentary strengthening for effective oversight, human-rights based approaches to development, gender mainstreaming, youth inclusion and civic society strengthening, opening up public contracting.
As a result of her diverse skills and vast expertise, she has managed and delivered projects that influenced evidence based enactment of laws, resource allocation, policies, procedure and shifted practice to entrench inclusivity of the disadvantaged especially youth and women in decision making. These projects have transformed relations between the citizens and targeted governance institutions.
Hope has undertaken high- level policy engagements in Kenya, Chad, Libya, Mali, Uganda, Ghana, South Africa, 3rd East Africa Legislative Assembly, African Union, European Union, World Bank and the United Nations amongst others.
Hope Muli has a Master's degree in International Relations.