Theo Nabben, GGA Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Manager and Hub Adoption Officer, was one of three recipients of the Fellows Award at the Australasian Evaluation Society Conference in Melbourne on 19 September 2024. This award acknowledges Theo’s 20-year contribution to building evaluation capacity within the agricultural, natural resource management, and international development sectors.
Theo joined the Department of Agriculture and Food WA (DAFWA) in the early 1990s as a landcare facilitator in the South-West, later managing projects in farm business planning, communications, natural resource management, and community-based weed management. He has also led agricultural capacity building programs in South Africa and the Middle East.
In 2010, Theo started working as an independent consultant, specialising in monitoring and evaluation, capacity development for agricultural extension officers, and community engagement. His work has taken him to 21 countries across Africa, Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and the Middle East.
A passionate trainer, Theo is a strong advocate of participatory monitoring techniques, particularly the Most Significant Change approach. He joined the Grower Group Alliance in August 2022.
