WISE Global Links:

WISE is developing a network of like-minded consultants around the world in order to share learning and experience, and to provide local partnership on assignments.

WISE has established links with organisations with similar aims in several countries.

HIGHLIGHTING TWO OF OUR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS

GHANA - SYNC CONSULT LTD: DIRECTOR - BENNET KPENTEY

Sync Consult Limited is a management and financial consulting Firm based in Ghana. Initially we focused on strategy development, corporate finance (including business valuation) and economic analysis. With time, we identified opportunities in the area of social and capacity development, and broadened our work to include areas such as institutional assessment, public sector reform, programme/project evaluation, project management, process improvement, baseline surveys and impact assessments. We have undertaken assignments in all these areas for governments, development partners, International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) and other development-oriented organisations.

Sync Consult and WISE Development have worked together on a number of projects over the past few years, for the Government of Ghana and DFID. These assignments have included a Social Analysis of Vulnerability and Exclusion in Ghana, developing Ghana's Social Protection Strategy, and conducting a Stakeholder and Risk Analysis for Ghana's Natural Resources and Environment Programme as a preliminary study to a full Poverty & Social Impact Assessment.

IMMACULEE HABIYAMBERE: DIRECTOR -WISE Rwanda - CV

Immaculée Habiyambere is a social development consultant with considerable experience of working with women in conflict zones in Central Africa. In particular she managed several components of the refugee program following the Rwandan genocide, including income generation, and community mobilization within the refugee camp. She was then involved in the reconstruction programme for Kigali city, and development of the Pro Femmes NGO which was the major women's advocacy group in Rwanda to facilitate the extensive participation of women in the new Parliament, and establishment of a Ministry for Promotion of Gender and Family Affairs. She is member of the Federation of African Women Network for Peace.

Immaculee has been a Senior Associate of WISE since 2005, when she worked with the WISE team and DFID Rwanda, developing a gender audit methodology in conjunction with a group of development partners and Govt of Rwanda agencies. This methodology was then applied by Immaculee and the WISE team across 14 organisations in Rwanda that included government agencies, international bilateral and multilateral agencies, international and national NGOs. Currently Immaculee is working for WISE on several projects in the Central Africa region including the EU's Justice Sector Support Project for Rwanda for which she is contributing to the analysis of support needs of justice sector institutions. Immaculee is now Director of WISE in Rwanda.

OTHER GLOBAL LINKS INCLUDE:

• Associates for Change (Uganda)
• Judai Associates (Zambia)
• Sevec Training and Consultancy (Malawi)
• Sampark (India)

All of these and other professional organisations with which WISE networks around the world, have considerable experience in international development and working with marginalised communities.

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