Alumni

Mi Mi Tin Ngwe works at Design and Monitoring Directorate (DMD) that is responsible to design and monitor all aspects of at Internal Revenue Department (IRD)’s tax administration as well as concerning the services to make it easy for taxpayers. Prior to her role at DMD, she served as an Assistant Manager in Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank for five years. She holds Bachelor of Economic from Yangon University of Economics.

She concerns on Tax Structure reform and keen to improve knowledge and technical skills in natural resource revenue sharing.

An economics graduate from the Chiang Mai University in Thailand, Min Zar Ni Lin is currently working as a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic and Social Development, Myanmar Development Resource Institute (MDRI-CESD) in Yangon, an independent think-tank led by the chief economic advisor to the President of Myanmar. He is also a deputy team leader at Myanmar Extractive Industries Transparency Initiate (EITI) National coordination office, which is designated by the Myanmar President Office Notification 99/2012, to facilitate a collaborative process with government, private sector and civil society to fully engage with EITI process and strand that promotes transparency and accountability in the extractive sector of Myanmar. He has also involved in drafting the Framework for Economic and Social Reforms, a core strategy document of the Government of Myanmar to implement reforms, by working together with over hundred government officials and others related stakeholders. His research interest is in the area of international trade and finance, foreign direct investment (FDI), small and medium enterprises (SME) and natural resource management

Moe Moe Tun serves as a volunteer for environmental protections. Presently, she works with MATA since 2013. MATA is a coalition of CSOs that supports short and long-term projects in countries and support extractive industry and environmental issues. Some of her main task are developing and managing programs to combat emergency issues of natural resources as well as coordinating activities with other funding agencies, development programs, and local counterparts. She plays active role as MSG member of EITI committee nationwide. She holds master of zoology from Yangon University (1997).

Naing Lin is founder of the Pyoe Khin Thit Foundation, a member of multi-stakeholder groups of Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability (MATA). In this network coalition, he also contributes as a member of Steering Committee for Ayarwaddy region and serves as the focal person for civil society engagement. He is interested in cultivating knowledge and negotiation process to reform policy on resource governance in order to advocate the community. He was graduated from Yangon Western University with bachelor degree in chemistry in 2009.

Nan Hla Hla Min works at the Budget Department under the Ministry of Finance and Revenue since 1999. She has posted at the public sector budget section that the main duty is for preparation and formulation of the State Budget and financial monitoring of Spending Agencies. The Budget Department is also responsible for the fiscal policy on behalf of the Ministry. At present, she is working at the Fiscal Policy, Strategy and EITI division of Budget Department (Head Office).

She obtained Bachelor of Science (1999) and diploma in Economics Studies from the Institute of Economic in Yangon (2005). She also holds Master Degree for Master of Public Policy (Macroeconomic Program) from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) Japan (2013).

Nay Htoon serves as the Deputy Assistant Director at Myanmar Gems Enterprise under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Mines. Upholding the objectives laid down by the Ministry of Mines, he is mainly responsible for Environmental and Social Impacts Assessment (ESIA) works to identify and analyze physical environment and social, cultural and health impacts in the surrounding area of mine sites and raising Environmental Awareness to local community, mine workers and entrepreneurs.

He holds Master of Engineering Physics from University of Yangon (2009) and Diploma in Business Law from University of Mandalay (2012).

Mi Mi Tin Ngwe works at Design and Monitoring Directorate (DMD) that is responsible to design and monitor all aspects of IRD’s tax administration as well as concerning the services to make it easy for taxpayers. Prior to her role at DMD, she served as an Assistant Manager in Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank for five years. She holds Bachelor of Economic from Yangon University of Economics.

She concerns on Tax Structure reform and keen to improve knowledge and technical skills in natural resource revenue sharing.

Saw Paul Sein Twa is the executive director and co‐founder of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN), a community‐based grassroots organization working alongside Indigenous Karen communities in Burma. Paul has been working on social and environmental issues in Burma’s conflict areas since 1996. Since KESAN’s founding in 2001, he has built it into a widely‐respected organization collaborating closely with local communities to deliver practical, substantive and empowering community development solutions to large numbers of people in remote areas affected by one of the world’s longest‐running conflicts. As the leading spokesperson for KESAN and several networks of border‐based organizations including Karen Rivers Watch (KRW), Burma Environmental Working Group (BEWG) and Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN),

Paul advocates for sustainable socioeconomic development solutions. Under Paul’s direction, KESAN has become an effective force working to improve governance of Burma’s lands, waters, forests, and natural resources, while promoting community‐determined development in the context of ethnic peoples’ vision of durable peace and genuine well‐being.

Saw Alex Htoo is the Deputy Director of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN). He has been heavily involved in local, national and regional campaigns on sustainable use and management of
natural resources, large scale hydropower, mining, plantation agriculture projects, land confiscations and refugee resettlement, and on International Financial Institutions' reengagement in Burma/Myanmar. He
closely monitors Burma/Myanmar's current reforms, especially in regard to the peace-building processes and the increase in natural resource extraction after the signing of ceasefire agreements between central Burma/Myanmar government and leaders of ethnic armed groups. He is also one of the national representatives of civil society organization representing at Myanmar's Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (MEITI).
Saw Alex Htoo is also a journalist who has written articles on the civil war conflicts, natural resource management, transparency and accountability issues and foreign investment in conflict areas. He has worked in conflict areas for more than seven years, and has represented KESAN as a speaker at conferences, as a facilitator, translator and organizer at workshops, and has recently conducted trainings and dialogue sessions with conflict affected communities and ethnic armed group leaders in Eastern Burma/Myanmar.

Sebastian Sahla has five years’ experience working with civil society, government agencies and the private sector on natural resource governance issues. After working for the German development agency GIZ in Liberia to support the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy, he joined the London-based consultancy Critical Resource, where he spent four years advising oil and mining companies on sustainability and political risk issues. Since July 2015, he has been working for NRGI in Myanmar on two areas: the drafting of a report titled ‘Natural Resource Federalism: Considerations for Myanmar’ and coordinating the production of weekly policy briefings to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation.

Su Hlaing Myint is one of Myanmar’s leading activists on environmental issues. She has ten years’ working experience in grassroot advocacy and community mobilization. In 2008, she co-founded a local NGO Grow Back for Prosperity to protect Myanmar's natural and cultural heritage by using science-based conservation measures and by collaborating with a wide range of stakeholders. Su Hlaing is a national representative of the civil society consortium Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability and a member of the Myanmar EITI multi-stakeholder group. Her hobbies include bird-watching and activities related to nature conservation.

Thein Htun is an Assistant Director with a geology background in the Department of Mines, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, Myanmar. His work includes inspection of mines site, checking of the application of mining license and issue of license. He is also contributing to increase Myanmar cooperation in the EITI with a goal to include Myanmar as a Compliant Country of EITI.

Mr. Thein Tun Aung holds a BA degree in Library and Information Studies from East Yangon University, Myanmar in 2008 and MSc in Regional and Rural Development Planning from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand in 2015. He serves as the program manager in MATA to lead in all sector of our organization businesses. As the second highest people in the organization, he has to lead in all sector of MATA’s work. He has experience in various aspects such as M&E, Project Management and other fields.

She is a research assistant at the Myanmar Development Resource Institute – Centre for Economic and Social Development (MDRI-CESD). MDRI-CESD is a local Myanmar think tank that focuses on research, advocacy and training activities to further the process of reform and development in Myanmar. As a research assistant, she has studied Decentralization and Local Governance and has supported research associates in research and translation. She is also serving as a program assistant for the Myanmar Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (Myanmar – EITI) National Coordination Office. She is currently learning how the other countries implement EITI and manage their natural resources. She hopes other countries can serve as a model for Myanmar and that in turn, Myanmar can serve as a model for other countries.