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Eight services, one standard of evidence.

Each service can be bought on its own or combined across the life of a programme, from design to final evaluation. Every one runs under the same quality controls.

01 · Evidence

Monitoring, evaluation and learning

We help programmes know whether they are working, prove it to funders and learn as they go.

What we deliver

MEL frameworks, results frameworks and indicator guides
Baseline, midline and endline studies
Performance, process and impact evaluations to OECD-DAC criteria
Data quality assessments and audits
Learning reviews and after-action reviews

Typical clients

Development partners, foundations, UN agencies, NGOs and government programmes needing independent, credible results data.

02 · Evidence

Field data and verification

Our signature capability. We collect data that holds up to scrutiny, and independently check what others report.

What we deliver

Household, enterprise, facility and institutional surveys
Digital data collection with ODK, KoboToolbox and SurveyCTO
Third-party monitoring and spot checks
Verification of results and disbursement-linked indicators
GIS mapping, including farm and plot polygons
Recruitment, training and supervision of enumerators

How we protect quality

Piloted tools, trained and tested enumerators, GPS and time stamps, back-checks, daily data checks and informed consent, under our Field Data Collection procedure.

03 · Evidence

Assessments and studies

Analysis that answers a specific decision: whether to invest, where to work, who to work with.

What we deliver

Feasibility, market and value-chain studies
Needs, vulnerability and capacity assessments
Stakeholder and political-economy analysis
Labour-market and skills-gap studies
Policy and literature reviews

Typical clients

Investors, agribusinesses, programme designers, government agencies and international firms preparing bids.

04 · Advice

Programme design and proposals

Programmes that are built on evidence, can be measured, and win funding.

What we deliver

Theories of change and logical frameworks
Concept notes and full proposals
Budgets, work plans and risk registers
Consortium building and partner due diligence
National partner and pre-bid support for international firms

Typical clients

NGOs, local governments, foundations' grantees and firms bidding for development-partner contracts.

05 · Advice

Safeguards and social performance

Help for projects to meet lender and national environmental and social requirements, and to keep communities on side.

What we deliver

Social and biodiversity inputs to environmental and social assessments
Environmental and social management plans
Stakeholder engagement plans and consultations
Grievance mechanisms, including for workers
Livelihood restoration and resettlement studies
Labour, gender-based violence and SEA/SH risk assessments
Environmental and social monitoring and audits

Standards

World Bank Environmental and Social Framework, IFC Performance Standards, African Development Bank safeguards, and Uganda's National Environment Act, 2019, and its regulations.

06 · Advice

Institutional strengthening

Organisations that can plan, govern themselves and pass a funder's due diligence.

What we deliver

Strategic and business plans
Governance, policies and board development
Organisational capacity assessments
Pre-award readiness for direct donor funding
Financial management and compliance systems

Typical clients

National NGOs, cooperatives, district governments, associations and growing companies.

07 · Delivery

Project management services

Experienced managers who keep programmes on time, on budget and on track for results.

What we deliver

Programme and project management office set-up and support
Work planning, scheduling and resource plans
Risk, issue and change management
Progress and donor reporting
Interim management and start-up support

Methods

PMI (PMP, PMI-ACP, PMI-PBA) and PRINCE2 methods, adapted to the size of the programme.

08 · Skills

Training and capacity development

Courses, coaching and training of trainers so skills stay after the assignment ends.

What we deliver

Open short courses
In-house courses built around one organisation
Training of trainers and extension staff
Capacity assessments and coaching
Learning materials, guides and e-learning content

Course catalogue

Project management, MEL, data, proposals, finance, safeguarding, data protection, safeguards, export compliance and more.

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Quality assurance

How we make sure the work is right.

A named quality lead

Every assignment has a senior reviewer who is not part of the delivery team.

Agreed inception

Methods, sample, tools and deadlines are agreed in an inception report before fieldwork.

Checked data

Back-checks, daily data reviews and documented cleaning, so every number can be traced.

Reviewed reports

Peer review against a checklist before any deliverable reaches the client.

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