Our services:

• Information and Knowledge Brokering

• Short, sharp background research reports
• Linking people and institutions to build networks.
• Collating and updating “evidence” to enable decisions.
• Brokering cross institutional project teams.
• Running Seminars and Workshops to communicate results and increase understanding.
• Assisting with the selection of datasets and models.
• Managing outsourced research and investigations.
• Identifying research priorities for future funding.
• Collecting, organizing and validating “Management Practices” for easy and ongoing access.
• Reviewing provider options.
• Building research and implementation partnerships to meet identified needs
• Building, maintaining and hosting databases of shared information.

•  Moving research outcomes into practice
• Engaging with key stakeholders to ensure research outcomes are well presented.
• Linking outsourced research and investigations with investment and needs.
• Reviewing policy and investment guidelines to ensure consistency with accepted best evidence.
• Collecting feedback from practioners for researchers.

•  Community engagement    
• Building broad community participation in strategy development
• Seeking community views and perspectives.

• Project Reviews and Evaluation
• Independent mid term project evaluations
• Monitoring, evaluation and learning processes.

• Trade off processes in Natural Resource Management
• Designing and implementing transparent decision processes
• Evidence gathering and documentation
• Bringing stakeholders together to find optimum trade offs

• Strategy and Plan Development
• Designing or adopting the best strategic approach for the situation.
• Bringing together the best available evidence.
• Developing and implementing guidelines
• Communication Strategy development and implementation
• Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning

 

• Program and Project establishment

• Identifying and involving key stakeholders
• Mapping biophysical cause and effect relationships
• Mapping Assets, threats and services
• Linking biophysical factors with social implications
• Providing a social profile and trends
• Developing a Program Logic

• Professional Development and Mentoring
• Training in Strategic Planning
• Providing an independent professional contact or mentor