Yann Bénito Godjo

Designing, leading and securing programmes.

I design and lead programmes, structure the partnerships behind them and secure their delivery, from strategic framing to results.

  • Program Manager
  • Strategic Planning
  • Partnerships
  • Legal & Public Procurement Background
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Open to selected collaborations, advisory assignments, partnerships and professional opportunities, subject to my current professional obligations.

Yann Bénito Godjo in a grey double-breasted suit, standing beside a palm in a bright corridor.
Fig. 01 — Cotonou, Benin[CRÉDIT PHOTOGRAPHE À CONFIRMER]

Grounded in law, focused on results.

Portrait of Yann Bénito Godjo in a navy tunic with white stitching, arms crossed, against a light blue background.

Trained in law, I began my career in 2017 in public procurement, first at Benin's Ministry of Economy and Finance, then at the Sèmè City Development Agency (ADSC).

I went on to lead social and educational projects delivered with UNICEF, UNFPA and UNCDF, followed by training programmes designed with international academic institutions.

Today I work where law, programme management, strategy and partnerships meet.

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A consistent trajectory.

From public law to programme leadership: each step added a capability the next one relies on.

  1. 2013 – 2016

    Law

    Bachelor's degree in Legal Sciences, Public Law (UCAO-IUBO).

  2. 2017 – 2021

    Public procurement

    Ministry of Economy and Finance, then ADSC: acting PRMP and Procurement Specialist. Master 1 in Public Procurement Management.

  3. 2021 – 2026

    Projects

    Project Manager: social projects, training programmes, institutional service design.

  4. 2026

    Programmes & partnerships

    Leading and structuring a portfolio of strategic programmes; negotiations with academic partners.

Areas of expertise

Seven areas built in practice, each reinforcing the others.

  1. Programme & project management

    Full cycle from scoping to closure; Agile and Waterfall; risk analysis; leading cross-functional teams.

  2. Strategic planning

    Programme development, consolidated budgets, dashboards and decision-support reporting.

  3. Partnerships & stakeholder management

    Negotiating agreements with academic institutions, building employer networks, working with donors.

  4. Public procurement & contract management

    Tender documents to national (DNCMP) and donor standards, contract monitoring, compliance.

  5. Programme design

    Needs assessment, instructional design, programme accreditation, incubation schemes.

  6. Results-Based Management

    Logical frameworks, theory of change, performance indicators, donor reporting.

  7. Education, innovation & capacity building

    STEM education, Big Data and data science, career services and employability, team capacity building.

    • STEM
    • Data science
    • Employability
    • Agri-entrepreneurship
    • Reproductive health

Selected projects

Context, role and the work actually done: concise, verifiable case studies.

Case study — 01STEM education

TINIMA

Coordinated a project promoting STEM education among young people aged 8 to 18, with a focus on social inclusion and gender equity.

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Partners
UNICEF · UNFPA
Role
Project coordination
Methods
  • Results-Based Management
  • Logframe
  • Donor reporting

  1. Training — academic partnershipJanuary 2023 – October 2025

    Bachelor in Digitalisation & Data Science

    Needs assessment, instructional design, rollout and accreditation of a degree programme designed with Groupe des Écoles Centrale.

    • Instructional design
    • Accreditation
    • Academic partnership

  2. Service design2025[ – TO BE CONFIRMED]

    IMA CAREER and Reception & Mobility Service

    Designed and set up support services for students and faculty — reception and mobility, career placement and recruitment.

    • Service design
    • Procedures
    • Employer network

  3. Public procurementSeptember 2018 – July 2021

    A public procurement contract tracking system

    Designed and deployed a contract tracking system that strengthened traceability, transparency and procedural compliance.

    • DNCMP
    • Compliance
    • Traceability

All projects

Organisations & Ecosystems

International

  • UNICEF

  • UNFPA

  • UNCDF – UN Capital Development Fund

Academic & training partners

  • Groupe des Écoles Centrale

  • Henley Business School – University of Reading

  • COGNOS International

  • École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs – PSL

  • GOBELINS Paris

    [COLLABORATION À QUALIFIER AVANT PUBLICATION]

  • Institut Français de la Mode – IFM Paris

    [COLLABORATION À QUALIFIER AVANT PUBLICATION]

Public

  • Sèmè City Development Agency / Sèmè City

  • Ministry of Economy and Finance – Republic of Benin

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The organisations shown reflect collaborations or professional interactions throughout my career. Their inclusion does not imply endorsement, sponsorship or a current personal contractual relationship.

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A programme to structure, a partnership to build?

Open to selected collaborations, advisory assignments, partnerships and professional opportunities, subject to my current professional obligations.

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