I am postgraduate in biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of ecosystems; I hold a Ph.D. from the Nangui Abrogoua University of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. I am highly committed to works related to the field of Monitoring & Evaluation, Results-Based Management, Ecological Monitoring, GIS, Project/Program Management, Data management, and Analysis, etc. Since 2005, I have been doing conservation work and research in West Africa, working for conservation NGOs and research institutions, such as the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation where I worked as Biomonitoring Program Officer from 2005 to 2012; Action pour la Conservation de la Biodiversité en Côte d’Ivoire where I worked as General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary; Afrique Nature International (Côte d’Ivoire) and Conservation International (Liberia) where I did consultancy works; and the “Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoire” where I worked as Master and Ph.D. researcher. I also attended training in GIS and Statistics in Côte d’Ivoire as well as in Germany (Max-Planck Institute for the Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig) and in the United Kingdom (Natural History Museum of London). I also provided several pieces of training on biodiversity conservation and survey methodologies, as well as Monitoring & Evaluation techniques in Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.   By working in central Africa for WWF since 2014, I have acquired great experience in Monitoring & Evaluation; I have faced a lot of challenges and tested various Monitoring & Evaluation methods. I am used to designing and implementing applied ecological monitoring programs in various contexts. These abilities help me in understanding as quickly as possible, any program objective and expected results; and be able to develop adequate methodologies for its monitoring and evaluation. I have been always working with different partners in a multi-actor context, by at the same time dealing with, supervising technically, and providing support to many staffs and collaborators. I have the ability to adapt myself to new contexts and to work under pressure, to meet deadlines with reduced supervision. I have a good knowledge of the challenges faced by many existing programs for achieving their goals and objectives. I am currently working as the Regional Coordinator for the Ecological Monitoring Program in Central Africa; this consists mainly in supporting countries in monitoring and evaluating their conservation outcomes and impacts. For that to be completed, I have designed a Biomonitoring Strategy which is being implemented in the field and at the same time, adapted to country conservation strategies. The strategy is designed to support Forest, Wildlife, and Food Programs. The implementation of the Strategy requires a lot of training of field staff in GIS, survey methodologies, data processing, etc. in order to assess the indicators set for objectives and goals in their respective countries. Dr. K. Paul N'GORAN