The following references reflect a track record of Karsten Weitzenegger built over more than 30 years of consulting and evaluation work across Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe.
Impact Evaluation & Evidence
- Ukraine: Assessed the utilization and implementation of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in trade as Lead Evaluator, funded by BMZ, EU, and NORAD via GIZ.
- Jordan: Conducted the central project evaluation of the E4DE entrepreneurship and employment programme as Senior Evaluator, funded by BMZ via GIZ.
- Germany / Multi-region: Evaluated the KVP Chamber and Association Partnership Programme of the German Savings Bank Foundation as Senior Evaluator, funded by BMZ via DSIK.
- Latin America & Caribbean: Led the study on TVET impact measurement for the BMZ-IDB cooperation on green economic development as Team Leader, funded by BMZ and IDB.
- Ecuador: Conducted a mid-term review of the REDD Early Movers forest protection programme as Lead Evaluator, funded by KfW and Norway NICFI.
- Multi-country: Led an ex-post evaluation of nine develoPPP private-public partnership projects as Lead Evaluator, funded by BMZ via GIZ.
- Central America: Conducted a mid-term review of the Sparkassenstiftung project on sustainable financial services access as Lead Evaluator, funded by BMZ.
- Ghana: Led the mid-term evaluation of the TRAQUE trade-related assistance and quality infrastructure programme as Evaluator and Team Leader, funded by the EU.
- West Africa / ECOWAS: Evaluated the design, materials, and delivery of ECOWAS Common External Tariff training under the WATIP project as Evaluator and Team Leader, funded by the EU and Germany via GIZ.
- Multi-country: Evaluated the STDF phytosanitary capacity development project implemented by the IPPC as Lead Evaluator, funded by WTO STDF.
- Costa Rica: Led a meta-analysis of 25 SDG-related evaluations under FOCEVAL in Latin America as Lead Evaluator, funded by DEval and BMZ.
- Argentina / Uruguay / Bosnia & Herzegovina / Jordan: Led multiple programme evaluations on social dialogue, employment, and governance applying OECD-DAC criteria as Lead Evaluator, funded by BMZ, SIDA, and FES.
- Germany / Multi-country: Led the evaluation of the weltwaerts German development volunteer service covering concept, implementation, and organizational effectiveness as Lead Evaluator, funded by BMZ.
- South Africa / Eswatini: Led the impact evaluation of the Go Africa Go Germany youth exchange programme and its civic education outcomes as Lead Evaluator, funded by BMZ via bpb.