Service
Development Sector
We put people first, promoting inclusion and accountable institutions.
Overview
We support development organisations, NGOs, implementing partners, funders and other development actors to strengthen their programmes, systems and institutional capacity across the development lifecycle.
From programme design and organisational readiness, through grant management and donor compliance, to institutional strengthening and performance improvement, we provide practical advisory support that enables organisations to manage resources effectively, strengthen accountability and deliver sustainable results.
Where we work
Our Development Sector Advisory Services (DSAS) help advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), furthering the economic well-being and quality of life of individuals and communities across:
- Youth
- Women & Persons with Disabilities
- Agriculture
- Governance & Justice
- Healthcare
- Entrepreneurship, SMEs & Trade
- Climate, Water & Environment
Who we serve
Our clients span the development ecosystem, including:
Our Approach
“Our approach to services under DSAS is to put people first, by promoting the inclusion of the poor and vulnerable, empowering people, building cohesive and resilient societies, and making institutions accessible and accountable to citizens.”
Global inequalities are increasing. Disparities today are about the same as they were in the early 20th Century.
Many people are being left behind due to lack of access to opportunities and persistent forms of discrimination which leaves individuals, families and communities marginalised and excluded. It is imperative that stakeholders focus on the inequalities in our society that undermine the agency of people.
Our service offerings under DSAS are presented below. We couple these with our other advisory services — such as strategy — to give clients in the development sector holistic solutions so that they are able to deliver impact and accountability.
Services By Stage
Plan
- Organisational capacity health check
- Grant readiness assessment
- Programme and institutional readiness review
- Strategy planning and review
- Organisation assessments
- Pre-award assessments
- Proposal writing
- Organisation development and design
- Tax planning
Fund
- Partner due diligence and grant readiness review
- Grant compliance health check
- Donor expenditure verification
- Partner financial and compliance review
- Grant programme management
- Financial management support
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Funding proposal writing
Optimise
- Finance function rescue and stabilisation
- Internal controls health check
- Procurement and compliance review
- Audit readiness and financial close support
- Organisational performance improvement review
- Organisation effectiveness
- Internal control reviews and internal audit
- Tax health checks
- Forensic support services
- Fraud prevention, detection and mitigation
Grow
- Institutional strengthening programme
- Finance function capacity building
- Partner capacity development programme
- Development sector finance academy
- Business process improvement
- NICRA / indirect cost computation and review
- Capacity building, partner support, MSME support
- Sustainability management
“The biggest risk of all is not taking one.”
Mellody Hobson
Talk to our Development Sector team.
We also leverage the private sector to help achieve their corporate social investment ambitions.