Negussie Dejene is presently working as senior technical officer with the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF), which is a pan-African policy and advocacy center on child rights.  Current key responsibilities include: undertake and contributes to the design and implementation of child related researches that meet rigorous academic and ethical standards; documenting and synthesizing research findings and presenting these through high-quality reports; publish research findings; contribute to the development of high quality programmes; keep abreast of new and emerging research techniques and best practices; contribute to the  development of relevant policies; develop sound monitoring frameworks and survey/assessment methodologies. Before joining ACPF, he worked with the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia for more than 15 years and has extensive experience in planning, designing, testing and execution of socio-economic surveys, data analysis and report writing. He authored and co-authored various research papers such as: The African report on child wellbeing 2018: progress in the child-friendliness of African governments; Child-Friendliness Index (CFI): revisited, 2018; The African report on child wellbeing 2016: bridging the gap between policy and practice; and a range of statistical and analytical reports at the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia. Negussie has a Bachelor and a Master’s degree in statistics.