Biography
Jumanne Gomera is a lecturer at the Institute of Social Work, Kijitonyama-Campus, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where he teaches classes in advanced research method, labour economics, labour market dynamics, public fund management, principle of economics, and project development and management. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics (with focus on health economics and development policy) from Peking University, a Master’s in Development Policy from Seoul National University, and a Bachelor in Social Science from University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Dr. Jumanne Gomera is an economist with a background in health economics, development policy, gender and politics, political economy and political science. He has more than 15 years as a policy analyst at the Prime Minister’s Office. He is experienced in evaluation of development policy, particularly in the spheres of early childhood development, gender, youth, adolescent girls and young women, health and investment. He also has experience in conducting both qualitative and quantitative research and conducted a three years research to assess the effects of socio-economic factors impacting access and utilization of SRH among adolescent girls and young women in Tanzania as partial fulfilment of PhD degree. Gomera, a former policy analyst at the Prime Minister’s Office, has experience working from within the government and has a well-established network to coordinate multi sector stakeholders and fostered stakeholders’ collaboration in different tasks.
Dr. Gomera holds a certificate and has skills and experience on capacity building training, adult education and training delivery where he has conducted numerous stakeholder engagement activities including preparation of stakeholder engagement plan such as vulnerable groups planning framework (VGPF) and vulnerable groups plans (VGPs) for proposed Pamoja Project aimed at enhancing gender equality and women economic empowerment commissioned by the Ministry of Community Development, Gender, Women and special groups. Dr. Gomera is also a member of the ECD Community of Practice in East and Southern Africa (CoPEA). His engagement in the preparation of community of practice action plan, stakeholder engagement plan and its proposal for funding modalities and a draft of a country’s organization structure. His involvement in these diverse early childhood develop projects allows him to gain a holistic understanding of the challenges and opportunities of promoting ECD in different contexts including capacity strengthening for ECD frontline workers.
Dr. Gomera has participated in various research assignment related to early childhood development especially in Tanzania on policy evaluation, impact evaluation study, baseline, midline studies. He is currently among the team of researchers who have been commissioned to conduct impact evaluation of Mtoto Kwanza Project that aims to catalyse the implementation of Tanzania National Multisectoral Early Childhood Program (NM-ECDP). In this assignment, Gomera will provide contribution in preparation and coordinating research protocols, design methodological aspects, stakeholders’ engagement plan, deliver training and report writing.
