Strategy and Planning
Experience
45+
Strategy and Planning assignments
30+
Project / Program Design assignments
25+
Operational Planning assignments
Strategic or Business Planning
We help organizations navigate complexity and define a clear path forward. With over 45 strategy documents or strategic plans delivered, our team brings a structured, participatory approach that engages leadership and staff in articulating a shared vision, mission, and long-term objectives. We have supported a wide range of clients — from government ministries and municipalities to international NGOs and private companies — in developing strategic frameworks that are both ambitious and grounded in organizational reality.
Our methodology goes beyond document production. We facilitate strategic reflection processes that challenge assumptions, surface tensions, and build genuine consensus around priorities. The result is a strategy document or a strategic plan that leadership owns, not one that sits on a shelf. Clients such as the Ministry of Health, the Administrative Court (Tribunal Administrativo), the Embassy of Ireland in Maputo, Save the Children, UNICEF and dozens of Mozambican civil society organizations have trusted us to lead these processes. Whether your organization or team needs a full strategic planning cycle or a focused strategic reflection workshop, our team brings the experience, facilitation skills, and analytical rigor to help you succeed.
Design of Development Projects and Programs
We have helped organizations design projects and programs that attract funding, deliver results, and align with donor priorities — from concept to fully developed proposal. With over 30 project designs completed, our team has a proven track record in supporting civil society organizations, government institutions, and development agencies in structuring interventions that are coherent, realistic, and compelling.
Our project design work spans widely: we led the design of the two phases of the Maputo Municipal Development Program (PROMAPUTO I and II) for a combined value of $148 million USD, co-financed by the World Bank. We also supported over 10 higher education institutions in designing projects funded through NUFFIC (totalling €10 million), and assisted 14 Mozambican civil society organizations with USAID-funded project design under FHI360's Capable Partners Program. More recently, we supported several local organizations in developing proposals under USAID's LEAD project. We understand what funders look for — logical frameworks, credible theories of change, realistic budgets, and context-specific implementation strategies — and we build all of this with our clients, not for them.
Operational Planning
Translating strategy into action is one of the most critical — and often underestimated — steps in organizational management. Our team supports organizations in developing operational plans that bridge the gap between long-term strategic ambitions and the day-to-day realities of implementation. We help clients define annual priorities, allocate resources, establish performance indicators, assign responsibilities, and build accountability mechanisms that keep teams aligned and focused.
Over more than two decades, we have facilitated over 20 operational planning processes for organizations across sectors. These include the operational plan for Save the Children Mozambique, USAID implementing partners, CDN, and CEAR, among others. We also annually facilitated the planning and review cycles of AIAS (Water Sector) for six consecutive years. Our operational planning approach is participatory and action-oriented: we engage teams in defining what success looks like, how it will be measured, and who is responsible for delivery. The outcome is a living planning instrument that drives real organizational performance throughout the year.
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