Consultancy and Technical Support
CIDT has many years of experience providing specialised advice and technical support to a range of stakeholders.
Our consultancy approach
CIDT support includes targeted technical assistance, facilitation, coaching, and mentoring. CIDT can provide advisory services in a number of ways, including virtually, face-to-face or through web-based platforms. Our consultancy offer includes provision of specialists in a range of disciplines and fielding evaluation teams.
How can we help you?
- Visioning and goal-setting
- Strategic planning
- Development of Theories of Change and results frameworks including LogFrames
- Organisational policies and procedures, strategic plans, and strategies
- Organisational appraisal or capacity assessment
- Design and delivery of face-to-face and virtual training in ‘soft skills’
- Design and facilitation of workshops and participatory processes
- Coaching and mentoring – standalone or as follow-up to training
- Project/Programme proposals – including review and scoring of grant applications
- Designing robust systems for assessing performance
- Developing user-friendly data collection and analysis tools
- Conducting monitoring and reporting, periodic reviews and outcome/impact evaluations
- Generating, documenting and transferring knowledge
- Facilitation of workshops to share experiences with stakeholders
CIDT evaluation services
CIDT has an outstanding record of managing and conducting project evaluations, reviews and beneficiary assessments in a range of settings, including those relating to multi/bi-lateral agencies, inter/intra governmental; and draws upon its proven expertise in policy and strategy development at organizational, national and international level. We have successfully delivered desk-based reviews, impact assessments, stakeholder consultations and organisational evaluations, using both quantitative and qualitative data collection mechanisms. CIDT is known internationally for its participatory consultation processes and has wide experience in designing individually tailored methodology for reviews and evaluations and for encouraging lessons to be articulated and learned.
