Keigo Obara

Keigo OBARA

EMPLOYMENT

Food Security Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO),

Sub-Regional Office for Central Asia (2016 – now)

  • Lead Technical Officer for Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) projects, trust fund projects on developing regional food security programme, food security analysis and resilience building
  • Focal point for FAO’s Strategic Objective 1 (Eradication of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition) in Europe and Central Asia region
  • Member of the Regional United Nations Peer Support Group (PSG) and secretariat of the Regional United Nations Issue-Based Coalition for Sustainable Food Systems

Head of Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Kyrgyzstan Country Office (2012 – 2016)

  • WFP’s Technical lead of Food Security Information System project funded by the EU
  • Providing technical support to the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic in food security analysis
  • Establishing and implementing project impact monitoring and evaluation system of WFP Kyrgyzstan

Head of Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping, Monitoring and Evaluation Unit, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Indonesia Country Office (2010 – 2012)

  • Providing technical support to the Government of Indonesia in food security analysis
  • Implementing project monitoring and evaluation system of WFP Indonesia

 

Vulnerability Analysis and Mapping Officer, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), Indonesia Country Office (2008 – 2010)

  • Providing technical support to the Government of Indonesia in food security analysis

Research Intern, Rural Employment, Gender and Equity Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

2008

Social Survey Expert / Project Coordinator, Pacific Consultants International (PCI) Ltd.

2002-2004

EDUCATION

MSc in Social Policy and Planning:

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). 2007.

Concentration: Food security

Full Scholarship from Joint Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program

Postgraduate Diploma in Development Economics:

Institute of Development Economies Advanced School, Tokyo, Japan. 2005.

Concentration: Development economics

B.A. in Area Study (Southwest Asia):

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Toyko, Japan. 1999.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Full scholarship from the World Bank Graduate Scholarship for master’s course at the LSE

(Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Programme (JJWBSP))

Scholarship from the Institute of Development Economies Advanced School for post-graduate diploma course at the Institute of Development Economies Advanced School