Technical Assistance

Technical Assistance

Hands on expertise placed inside a program or an institution, for as long as it takes to deliver a defined result.

Programs often need expertise that their teams do not have in house: a policy drafted, a strategy developed, a system designed, a communication campaign delivered or a partner institution supported. Our technical assistance places that expertise inside the program for a defined period and a defined result.

Assignments range from drafting a municipal waste management policy to designing livelihood interventions, supporting government counterparts, developing communication strategies and building the tools a program needs to operate. We work alongside the organization’s own staff so that the capability remains after the assignment ends, and we document everything we produce so it can be used, adapted and audited.

Our approach

  1. 01

    Scoping

    The result, the counterpart and the timeline, agreed in terms of reference.

  2. 02

    Expert deployment

    A named specialist or team with the relevant sector and country experience.

  3. 03

    Delivery

    Policies, strategies, tools or campaigns produced with the counterpart, not for them.

  4. 04

    Handover

    Documentation, training and a transition plan so the work continues.

What we deliver

  • Policies, strategies and operational tools
  • Technical reports and guidance documents
  • Communication and engagement strategies and products
  • Handover and sustainability plan

Who this is for

  • NGOs implementing multi component programs
  • Donor missions and UN agencies
  • Government counterparts of development projects

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