Thematic focus 1: Planning for Performance

SPANTRACK has wide experience, functional and technical expertise in planning for performance AT micro, meso and macro-levels; design of complex and multi-stakeholder participatory monitoring and evaluation systems. The firm’s competencies also covers institutional risk management assessment and can propose and develop mitigation action plans to be contained in respective institutional risk management policy frameworks covering areas like capacities for physical implementation, financial management, and procurement management within the project / programme environment.

The key areas of focus are:

• Strategic Planning and Policy Research
• RBM Capacity Assessments / Performance Gap Analysis
• Develop RBM/Evaluation Policies, Guidelines and tools
• Risks/Results-Based Management and Accountability Frameworks
• Policy and Programme/project Planning

• Proposal Development Capacity Building/Coaching/Training

Thematic focus 2: Managing for Results

The firm has elaborate experience in Results-Based Management (RBM) appropriate for guiding and enhancing capacity of clients to focus on performance and achievement of sustainable outputs, outcomes and impacts. This also includes guiding clients to have internal capacity to ensure that while implementing development interventions, they operate according to specific criteria/standards/guidelines or achieves results in accordance with stated goals or plans as a prerequisite for attaining desired results within the socio-economic, local capacity, resources and timeframe context of the programme or project. The key areas of focus are:

• Design Logic/Results Models and Performance Measurement Strategies
• Develop Data Collection Processes and Tools
• Develop Performance Information Management Systems
• Performance Monitor and/or Advisor
• RBM Capacity Building/Coaching/Training

Thematic focus 3: Evaluating Outcomes

SPANTRACK’s experience and technical expertise also covers evaluation of outcomes. This means that the firm supports clients in their projects/programmes to ensure that they are able to undertake both the process and impact evaluation to provide evidence and lesson learning necessary for future sustainable programmatic actions. The key areas of focus are:

• Evaluation Assessments
• Compliance and Control Assessments (Quality Assurance)
• Implementation Evaluations/Operational Reviews
• Impacts/Outcomes Evaluations
• Strategic Policy Evaluations
• Organization of Conferences and Workshops for Policy Dissemination, Discussions and Analysis

Thematic focus 4: Institutional Strengthening

SPANTRACK also has technical expertise and experience in facilitating institutional capacity development, improvement of governance and linkages for strong community, private and public institutions for enhanced service delivery and wider economic good. The key areas of focus are:

• Organization capacity assessment
• Strategic planning and management/ Change Management
• Leadership trainings and Mentoring

• Human resources training and development
• Implementation and Controlling under the OD framework
• Business development services- value chain analysis, development of business plans, product development, business linkages and contracting
• Feasibility studies, cost benefit analysis, business models and operationalization plans
• Establishment of financial and Accounting systems
• Market Research/ Consumer surveys