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CRDA Gets A New Director |
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Participants of the extraordinary membership meeting unanimously endorsed the appointment of a new
director, Dr Meshesha Shewarga G/Tsadiqe, to CRDA, in an extraordinary membership meeting conducted at
the Headquarters on March 7, 2008
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Following the resignation of the former director, CRDA board had formed a recruitment committee composed
of five members: one from the secretariat, two from the board and two from the members to transparently
recruit a new, competent director to fill the vacant position and submit to the board and the Membership
Meeting for approval. The position has been covered by an acting Director for more than six months.
On the membership meeting the Chairman of the Recruitment Committee, Ato Tesseraworq Shimels, briefed
participants of the meeting that the committee had received 19 applications for the post after
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two rounds
of vacancy announcement. In the course of selection, two candidates withdrew their applications, others
were screened out and a shortlist of six persons was obtained. After a tough process of written
examination, interview, assessment of presentational skills and tracing of track records, Dr Meshesha
Shewarga G/Tsadiqe was selected.
Further explanation on the recruitment process and the academic, professional background of the recruit
was given and discussions followed, after which the participants of the meeting endorsed the appointment
of the new director unanimously.
The committee acknowledged the board, members of the sub-committee and the CRDA secretariat for their
support during the very long rigorous process of selection.
The employment of the new director will be effective within a month’s time.
Dr. Meshesha Shewarega is currently serving as a Senior Programme Officer/Research and Chief Coordinator
of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA), which is one of
the prominent regional research organizations in Africa. He has also served in various governmental and
higher education institutions holding senior posts and responsibilities. In all his professional
engagements he has worked with multilateral and bilateral donors and international NGOs both at the local
and international levels. Dr Meshesha has a BA Degree from Addis Ababa University, and obtained his MA
and Ph.D degrees in Public Sector Economics and Management from Johannes Kepler University of Linz,
Austria. He has diplomas and certificates of further professional trainings from the University of
Vienna, the World Bank Institute (Washington D.C), The UK College of Professional Management, Jersey (UK)
and the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). He has also served as a Ph.D examiner for Karnataka
State Open University, Mysore, India. Dr Meshesha has carried out different high-level consultancy
assignments and research projects, and presented a number of scholarly papers to national, sub-regional,
regional and international audiences in the realm of policy advocacy. He has also coordinated different
donor funded projects of OSSREA in 22 African countries and worked with multitudes of donors and NGOs.
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