Tim Sheehy works on governance, with a focus on corporate governance and corruption, and democratisation, and the development and monitoring of electoral systems and practice, including the functioning of Electoral Commissions. He has established and managed European Commission country offices in southern Africa, has worked within regional organisations (including SADC in its early days), and has experience of the development of civil society, including in a management role within the Catholic Institute for International Relations.
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Participation in Policy Practice Projects
Policy Practice Papers
Experience outside The Policy Practice
Monitoring and advising on electoral issues in Zimbabwe: adviser to in the European Commission’s delegation in Harare, Zimbabwe, on the 2005 Zimbabwe elections and policy implications - 2005
Team Leader for Output-to-Purpose review of an anti-corruption programme implemented by Transparency International – Bangladesh. For a consortium of donors led by DFID. 2004. (Sheehy). - 2004
- Paper: ‘Making Waves, Transparency International-Bangladesh, Output to Purpose Review,’ Tim Sheehy, Adam Burke, Carl-Gustav Gutberg, DFID Bangladesh, November 2004
Assessment of the state of preparedness of the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), for DFID - 2004
Prepared a policy paper for the MEC on separation of state and party (for Commonwealth Secretariat) - 2004
Internal Review for Election Supervisory Commission (ESC) in Zimbabwe on its handling of the 2003 Presidential Elections - 2003
Evaluation of the electoral process in Cameroon (for Commonwealth Secretariat). - 2003
Study of regional impacts of middle-income countries - 2003
- Paper: Paper: ‘Changes in the regional and international roles of large middle-income countries,’ Tim Ruffer and Alex Duncan, OPM 2003.
Nigerian elections: participation in joint Commonwealth, IFES, UNEAD study of the Nigerian electoral process (for Commonwealth Secretariat) - 2003
- Paper: Report to the Independent National Electoral Commission,’ Commonwealth Secretariat, IFES, UNEAD, July 2003, Abuja
Output-to-Purpose review of DFID’s support for the 2003 Nigerian election - 2003
Pre-programme Appraisal for Supporting the 2007 Elections, Nigeria, for FCO - 2003
Policy paper on corporate governance (formed the basis of report to the Abuja 2003 meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government.) Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Foundation, and Commonwealth Business Council - 2003
Assistance to Commonwealth Business Council (CBC) and Southern African Forum Against Corruption on a programme designed to strengthen cooperation between the private sector and Commonwealth governments in the fight against corruption - 2002
- Paper: ‘Strengthening Good Governance in Business, Government, and Civil Society: Accountability and Responsibility’, Commonwealth Business Council, London, May 2003
- Paper: ‘Combating Corruption in Botswana: The Role of the Business Community’, Gaborone, Botswana, DCEC, BOCCIM, CEC, August 2001
- Paper: ‘Meaning “business” in the fight against corruption in SADC’, CBC Report to DFID, Tim Sheehy and Steve Godfrey, July 2002
- Paper: ‘Combating Corruption in Malawi: The need for a new partnership between the business community and the public sector’, CBC/SAFAC, Lilongwe, September 2003
Political adviser to the EU Election Observation Mission for the 2002 Presidential election - 2002
Primary author of an internal review for the Independent Electoral Commission of Zambia on the management of the December 2001 tripartite elections; - 2002
Primary author of an internal review for the Independent Electoral Commission of Lesotho on the management of the May 2002 parliamentary elections - 2002
Engagement in studies for DFID on how to strengthen civil society participation in development of Poverty Reduction Strategies Papers (PRSPs). - 2000
- Paper: ‘Civil Society Participation in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers,’ Report to the Department for International Development (DFID) (Two Volumes), October 2000
- Paper: ‘Strengthening Poverty Dialogue in Lesotho: Civil Society Participation in Lesotho’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper,’ Report to DFID, Tim Sheehy & Trish Silkin, SGTS, November 2000
- Paper: ‘Strengthening Civil Society Participation in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers,’ Report to DFID, Tim Sheehy & Steve Godfrey, SGTS, June 2001
Coordination of study for DFID on how best to strengthen African regional and sub-regional organisations (OAU, ECA, EAC, ECOWAS, IGAD and SADC) in such areas as governance, democracy development and human rights - 2000
Member of EU election unit in 2000, and head of an EU Election Observation Unit in post-election period - 2000
Adviser on democracy development issues to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in South Africa - 1999
Support to the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction. Coordinated the EU-Palestine consultative conference, Ramallah - 1999
Executive Secretary, Regional Economic Development Working Group Monitoring Committee, Amman, 1994 - 1997
Special Adviser, European Union Election Unit, Johannesburg, South Africa - 1994
Set up and headed European Commission Co-ordination Office, Pretoria, South Africa, 1991 - 1994
Head, European Commission Co-ordination Office, Windhoek, Namibia, 1990 - 1991
Adviser to the Executive Secretary, Southern African Development Community (SADC), Zimbabwe & Botswana, 1981 - 1988
