NCG is a group of independent consulting companies specialising in international development cooperation. NCG was first established in Norway in 1985; subsequently, in Denmark (1989) and in Sweden (1992). NCG is represented in many other countries either by assigned representatives or established NCG offices.

NCG has expertise in institutional development, governance, human rights, economic and financial, social and environmental analyses, and infrastructure development.

NCG consultants have backgrounds in political and social science, economics, resource management and infrastructure. All have broad international experience from developing countries or countries in transition, and they have advanced proficiency in one or more major languages: English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

NCG’s clients include: bilateral development agencies in the Nordic and other European countries; multilateral institutions, such as the European Commission, the World Bank, UN agencies, and the regional development banks; national ministries and agencies, NGOs and private sector clients.

 

Expertise

Government	Civil Society
Crisis and Conflict	Disaster Risk Management
Social Development	Infrastructure
Business Sector Development	Environment
Rural Development	Urban Development

 

Services

• Policy and macro analysis
• Sector studies, reviews and evaluations
• Project appraisals, reviews and evaluations
• Project management and supervision
• Institutional capacity-building and organisational development in executing agencies
• Change management and reorganisation of public and private administrations
• Design and assessment of programme and project planning, monitoring and evaluation systems
• Training and seminars in programme and project management, monitoring and evaluation including output based planning and logical framework approaches to design and monitoring.