Yemen , May 2010

The Effective Development Group (EDG) visited Sana'a, Yemen, to provide M&E support to the DFID funded and GRM International managed, Justice and Police Programme (YJPP). EDG assisted the programme team and counterparts to transform ...

Southern Africa , May 2010

The Effective Development Group (EDG) has been tasked by DFID's Southern Africa office to provide the team leader for the design of their new regional food security programme ...

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What we Offer: Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation Tools, Solutions & Advice

The Effective Development Group maintains a set of core quality standards that stem from experience, lessons and international agreements (e.g. the Accra Agenda for Action and the Paris Declaration).

These shape the tools and solutions we offer on each assignment. Our Staff and Key Associates have extensive experience and expertise across a number of aid modalities, sectors, regions and donors.

Against this backdrop, the Effective Development Group offers:

  • Tailored advice and tools that support practical, innovative and local solutions to local problems
  • Identification of underlying drivers of change
  • Advice and tools which are based on an appropriate blend of theory, lessons learned and best practice
  • Sustainable systems and processes which are nested within appropriate national institutions and frameworks
  • Robust action-learning tools and approaches to support informed decision-making and the critical reflection of experiences, issues and ways forward
  • Politically and culturally sensitive approaches of supporting the use of reliable, accurate and timely data to improve performance and accountability