Knowledge-Dev Co. is a capacity building firm with over sixty years of collective regional and international experience in several sectors and thematic areas.
The Knowledge-Dev Co. team has extensively worked in the areas of Institutional assessment and development; monitoring and evaluation; capacity development, strategy formulation and implementation; knowledge management; team building and human resource development. Our work covers several sectors and supports small and medium enterprise development, private sector growth, public sector reform and civil society development. In an effort to enhance synergy, KDC has been collaborating with and has established partnerships with capacity building organizations that are active in the region and the global level.
We believe that knowledge is the cornerstone of human development and that it is a right and an obligation. It is the right of every human being to seek knowledge and it is the obligation of human beings who have the knowledge to share it with other human beings. Our experts come from different regional and professional backgrounds. They honed their skills over decades in delivering programs and training to local, regional and international organizations and governments. We are constantly developing new products to fit the needs of our partners.
Vision
Become an active capacity building enabler renowned for its high quality services; committed value oriented team, which provides results oriented solutions to organizational and institutional problems.
Mission
Striving to support people and organizations enhance their capacity to find and implement creative/innovative solutions to their problems thus enabling them to meet successfully the challenges of globalization and sustainable development through the production, sharing, and transfer of knowledge and best practices.
Services
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Training |
Knowledge-Dev Co. has developed a list of training tools and products that our experts have delivered across the Middle East and North Africa. Offered curricula include Strategic Planning, Financial Management, Business Planning, Program Management, Human Resources Management, Risk Management and Mitigation, Monitoring and Evaluation. We also work with our clients to ensure that the material and training tools are specific to the needs and long term plans of the organization.
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Organizational Capacity Assessment/Audit |
Knowledge-Dev Co. has developed an organizational and systems audit/assessment approach that gives management an understanding of their organizational culture, knowledge, threats and challenges, opportunities, and human resources. The full assessment/audit looks at the culture, knowledge management, threats and challenges, opportunities, and human resources of the organization. This approach is tailored in close coordination with the management and is intended to provide recommendations for corrective measures. Knowledge-Dev Co. intends to provide the best advice to the management and organizations to make the most appropriate decisions, mitigate risk and reach their potential in an ever changing environment.
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Program and Project Formulation and Development and Monitoring and Evaluation |
Depending on the culture and need of the organization and its stakeholders, Knowledge-Dev Co. can design, develop, and manage programs utilizing several models. We have experience working with European methodologies in (Project Cycle Management - PCM) and the North American Results Based Management approach while ensuring respect for regional, local and cultural specificities. These services involve:
Building consensus among stakeholders during priority identification and program or project formulation
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Institutional Strengthening/Capacity Building |
Knowledge-Dev Co. has an innovative 'whole of organizational approach' that builds on tried and tested systematic interventions to institutional development and reform. The System Evaluation methodology includes an assessment, familiarization and understanding of the governance and management structures, product and service delivery, and communication strategies of the organization. It is a comprehensive approach that helps the organization to enhance the institutional structures, improve and/or develop processes and procedures, and if necessary bylaws. We also provide mentoring and coaching to the organization during the formulation and implementation of the plan. This is complemented by interventions to enhance monitoring and evaluation systems in order to ensure that results and impacts are achieved.
Our special strengths are:
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