Somolekae Eyes UNESCO Board
Staff Writer | Monday September 28, 2015 15:44
Somolekae was the programme director for the Kellogg Foundation, overseeing projects funding in four countries. At Kellogg Foundation Somolekae was also the Policy Advisor for Southern Africa, for 13 years, reviewing Rural Development Programmes and helping align the Kellogg programme with country programmes.
The former academic also served in the board of the African Development Bank, (ADB) June 2011-October 2012, as well as serving in the board of African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) 2003-2005. She also served in the board of the Southern African Research and Documentation Centre (SARDC) and Election Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) 2000-2009 and was alternate Director – Botswana Diamond Valuing Company (1998-2007).
As a researcher, Somolekae was part of the team that evaluated the Lesotho nation elections, (EU project in 2002. She was also a Task Team member to draw up the Norms and Standards for the Conduct of Free and Fair Elections in the SADC Region, an Initiative by the Election Institute of Southern Africa, EISA.
She also undertook a project on managing transition from Aid Dependency (IDRC Project). Somolekae was also a member of the Pan African Working Group on Institutional Effectiveness in Africa.
Project focusing on Kenya, Senegal and Ghana, sponsored by the Institute of Global Dialogue, South Africa.Published a number of articles and reports on a variety of subjects including on gender and development, foreign aid management, poverty reduction, sustainable development, democratic consolidation, elections management, rural development, just to name a few.
In addition, Somolokae has delivered presentations at various forums in Southern Africa and around the world. She has contributed chapters to books and research reports.
She is also a co-author of two books, Public Administration and Policy in Botswana (1998) with Prof. R. Hope and Foreign Aid in Africa: Learning for country experiences with J, Carlson and Nicolas van de Walle published in1997by the Nordiska Institute, Sweden.