Our Expertise

Monitoring & Evaluation

 

Much of iDC’s work is concerned with carrying out M&E assignments. Its consultants have expertise and experience of quantitative and qualitative approaches to conducting surveys and assessing the impact of humanitarian and development interventions.

Development Communication

 

From its inception, assignments related to development communication have been core activities of iDC. For numerous clients in many different countries the company’s consultants have facilitated the formulation of a wide variety of communication strategies, designed civic education programmes and public awareness materials.

Research

 

iDC Consultants have carried out a variety of research assignments over the 25 years the company has been operating. Examples include baseline studies in the three administrations of Somalia for the UN Joint Programmes of Local Governance (JPLG), and with Tana Copenhagen a study of the ‘gatekeepers’ in Mogadishu’s IDP camps.

Training & Capacity Development

 

Throughout the years iDC has been involved in the design and delivery of capacity development programmes and the production of training materials. A particular concern has been to promote participatory and experiential modes of training.

Project & Programme Management

 

DC has been involved in numerous programme formulation initiatives. Its consultants are familiar with logframe and ‘theory of change’ approaches to project design. The company also has the resources for project and programme management.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assignments

Provision of Community Engagement and Inclusion Support to the British Council

iDC’s Chairman has been contracted to support the technical delivery and management of the British Council component of the Better Migration Management Phase II (BMMII) in Ethiopia and Sudan. The British Council’s output focuses on working with civil society organisations to improve access to information for migrants and connections to alternative livelihood options.

Supply of Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Consultancy to the British Council

iDC is supporting the British Council’s component of the Better Migration Management Phase II (BMMII) in Ethiopia and Sudan. The programme aims to improve the management of safe, orderly and regular migration in the region and support national authorities in addressing the smuggling of migrants and the trafficking in human beings within and from the Horn of Africa.

Research on the Expected Value of Citizen-Generated Data to Kenyan Authorities

This research assignment commissioned by Integrity Action, is to assess the data needs of local government officials and to deepen understanding about the value these officials put on citizen-generated data. The focus was on two counties in Kenya: Nakuru and Mombasa, where Integrity Action, together with the Aga Khan Foundation, was implementing a component of the Yetu Initiative project.

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