Consultancy Support to Civil Society Development in Ukraine
The goal of Swedish development cooperation with Ukraine 2014 – 2020 is deeper EU integration within areas of
(i) Enhanced economic integration with the EU and development of market economy,
(ii) Strengthened democracy, greater respect for human rights and a more fully developed state under the rule of law and
(iii) a better environment, reduced climate impact and enhanced resilience to environmental impact and climate change.
The overall objective of the assignment is to “to provide consultancy services in the area of organisational effectiveness, organisational development, capacity enhancement, monitoring and evaluation, and implementation follow up for the Embassy’s partner CSOs (current and prospective)”. The support is aimed at civil society organisations receiving core support or project support that includes institutional development.
Although firmly grounded in the systems auditing discipline, the assignment demands flexibility by all actors involved. A broad range of tools and methods will be applied in order to meet the needs of CSOs for capacity support. Support is required in terms of coaching, mentoring, conducting short training sessions, follow-up visits, assisting in strategy development and strategic budgeting, support to monitoring, evaluation and reporting; and supporting the Swedish Embassy to monitor progress of the CSOs. The team is also expected to make several visits to Ukraine.
NCG was awarded the contract, and the core team is composed of NCG partners Theresia Kirkemann Boesen, Frank Runchel, and Louise Scheibel Smed. The core team is supported by a pool of experts composed of NCG partners Paul Dalton and Mikkel Otto Hansen.
Danish Youth Council: Publication on youth-focused international partnerships
The intentions for this publication/product are:
- To document the learnings, best practices and success stories that exist within the YCD project, capturing how the involved organisations have navigated through dynamic and shifting circumstances.
- To synthesise and map different themes that have emerged in the two decade-long partnerships and contextualise these within existing literature and theory on international partnerships and youth work.
- To offer inspiration and practical guidance to youth organisations on how to establish and maintain international partnerships, i.e. how to deal with challenges and dilemmas that may arise along the way.
NCG was awarded the contract, and the team is composed of NCG partners Lone Bildsøe Lassen, Mikkel Otto Hansen and Ayla-Kristina Olesen Yurtaslan.
Organisational development for ”core support partners” in Moldova, SIDA
The overall objective of the assignment is to provide consultancy services in the areas of CSO’s organisational effectiveness and system-based audit. Specific requirements include supporting the Embassy in organising partners’ forums with core-support partners in 2019 and 2020 and assessing the capacity of the National Coalition “Life free of violence in family” and the “Platform on domestic violence prevention and women’s rights promotion” in Transnistria.
NCG was awarded the conteact and the team is composed of NCG partners Frank Runchel and Louise Scheibel Smed.
End-review of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ (MFA) Agreement with Aga Khan Trust For Culture (AKTC), RAS-15/0025
In Kyrgyzstan, Ustatshakirt’s school program is to be reviewed. Ustatshakirt regularly organises festivals, symposia, concerts, workshops, masterclasses, and other events. In Tajikistan, Khunar’s programme in Khojand is to be reviewed. Khunar has many programmes operating across northern Tajikistan as well as in other regions.
The team is composed of NCG partners Lone Bildsøe Lassen, Mikkel Otto Hansen and Louise Scheibel Smed
Evaluation of the Strategic Development Phase for the Global Future Cities Programme
Nordic Consulting Group recently finalized an evaluation of the Strategic Development Phase for the Global Future Cities Programme (GFCP). The evaluation covers the Strategic Development Phase (April 2018-March 2019). UN Habitat was delegated the mandate to execute this evaluation in coordination with the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (UK FCO) and the involved City Authorities.
The evaluation was understaken to
1) assess the performance of the Strategic Development Phase, the extent to which it has been relevant, efficient and effective; 2) assess the prospective changes at outcome level, emerging impact and sustainability during the Implementation Phase, and 3) to identify lessons to inform the implementation of next phase.
The evaluation was conducted by NCG Partner, Per Kirkemann, and can be found and read here.