Key features of the JBvN & Associates approach to development projects are the following:
- Over twenty-five years’ experience being based in Africa;
- A comprehensive project management and technical support capacity;
- A detailed knowledge of the private sector, government, donor and NGO community in Africa;
- An extensive body of regional and international experience on all aspects of community, enterprise development, trade policy, regional integration, trade facilitation and trade development, including the following skills:
- Practical expertise in providing support to regional institutions, as well as to their respective member States;
- Expertise in development of effective economic policy. Our consultants include leading experts in local economic development as well as regional development; and the design and implementation of successful and sustainable policy reforms;
- Expertise in investment facilitation;
- Expertise in export promotion techniques, including market research, organisation of trade missions and inward buyer meetings, and production of export marketing materials;
- Best practice in capacity building in areas related to export development, SME development, trade policy development, organisational development and quality management systems;
- Best practice in sustainable private sector development issues;
- Expertise in trade facilitation measures including customs and related issues, e-commerce and standards compliance;
- Expertise in social development, poverty alleviation and environmental analysis provided by recognised leaders in these fields;
- High calibre expertise in the field of developmental research, including pro-poor research; and
- A high level of competency in the project cycle processes including in-depth knowledge of Project Cycle Management and Strategic Planning tools.
Our Pretoria office provides the essential back-stopping and quality control procedures to ensure that the outputs of our projects are accomplished to the complete satisfaction of our clients and stakeholders.
The fields in which our 20+ associates have established expertise are:
- Strategic research, both qualitative and quantitative methodologies;
- Procurement training, specifically European Development Fund (EDF) procedures;
- Risk assessments;
- Feasibility studies;
- Impact assessments;
- Monitoring and evaluation – including case studies;
- Performance audits;
- Budgeting and financial management;
- Human Resource development;
- Organizational behaviour and development;
- Strategic planning;
- Project management. This include training as well as the actual management of the various stages of the project/programme cycle;
- Workplace skills plans and skills audits;
- Drafting of business plans/funding proposals;
- Donor coordination and securing access to donor funding; and
- Policy development.