Programme Evidence Package
The full measurement arc for a programme, from establishing the starting point to the evaluation and the learning that follows it.
- Needs Assessment
- Baseline
- MERL Framework
- Data System / Dashboard
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Development research, advisory and project preparation
Evidence and advisory support for development decisions
Ghana-based research, data, public finance, procurement and project-preparation support for public institutions, development partners and programme teams.
Evidence. Finance. Contracts. Partnerships. Results.
A Ghana-based development research, advisory and project-preparation firm.
Positioning
From a development question to a usable answer
Visionary Dynamics helps public institutions, development partners and implementing organisations move from a development question to a usable answer and from an idea to a file that can be financed, tendered and implemented.
The firm works at the intersection of evidence, public finance, contracting and partnership. It can act as lead technical consultant, specialist service provider, local research and fieldwork partner, or as an extension of an international consulting, research or programme team.
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Evidence
Research, MERL, data, GIS and policy work that decision-makers can use.
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Structure
Public finance, tender files, contracts and investment-ready documents.
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Results
Implementation support, verification and learning that improve programmes.
Capabilities
Our capabilities at a glance
Twelve service areas group into five practice clusters. Each cluster is set out in full, with the service areas that sit inside it, on the pages below.
Services
Four service collections, twelve service areas
Each collection groups related service areas. Every service area has its own page setting out what clients typically need, what the work covers, what is delivered and where the professional boundaries sit.
Collection 01 — 4 services
Research, Evidence and Learning
Primary research, evaluation and independent verification that produce evidence a programme team, donor or audit reviewer can rely on.
Collection 02 — 4 services
Data, Policy and Inclusive Development
Data systems, spatial analysis, policy and institutional research, and the gender, youth, inclusion and climate work that shapes who a programme reaches.
Collection 03 — 2 services
Public Finance, Procurement and Contracts
Financial management, audit-readiness, taxation support, tender documentation and contract administration for institutions and donor-funded programmes.
Collection 04 — 2 services
PPP and Project Preparation
Programme and project design work that takes an idea to a document set a ministry, financier or private partner can actually assess.
Packages
Service packages
Packages are starting structures for common assignments. They are tailored after a short scoping conversation. No fees are published here: scope drives the fee basis, and that is set out in the scoping note.
Programme Design Package
Turning a situation analysis into a technically complete design with a theory of change, a logframe and a measurement plan that match.
- Situation Analysis
- Needs Assessment
- Theory of Change
- Logframe
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Independent Verification Package
Independent confirmation of what was delivered, to whom, and whether reported monitoring data holds up in the field.
- Field Verification
- Beneficiary Verification
- Data Quality Assessment
- Third-Party Monitoring
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Reach
Sectors and intended clients
These are the sectors and client types the firm is set up to serve. They describe areas of work, not a record of completed assignments.
Sectors served
- Government and local governance
- Children, education and youth
- Health and social development
- Gender and social inclusion
- Climate and environment
- Agriculture and food systems
- Poverty, livelihoods and economic development
- Digital development and technology
- Infrastructure and urban development
- NGOs and international development partners
Who the firm works with
- Ministries, departments and agencies
- Metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs)
- Project implementation units
- Development partners and donor programmes
- NGOs, CSOs and social enterprises
- International firms needing a Ghana partner
- Research institutions and programme teams
Method
How the firm works
One delivery cycle runs through every assignment, whether the product is a survey, an audit-readiness file or a feasibility study.
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Understand
Define the problem, the decision needed, the population, the stakeholders and the expected outputs.
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Design
Select the research, financial, procurement or project-preparation method that fits the decision.
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Collect
Implement surveys, interviews, focus group discussions, financial-file reviews, procurement-file reviews and field methods.
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Validate
Apply quality controls, completeness checks, back-checks, supervision and verification.
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Analyse
Apply quantitative, qualitative, spatial, financial and comparative techniques.
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Interpret
Translate evidence into findings, implications, risks and recommendations.
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Deliver
Produce datasets, dashboards, reports, briefs, tender files, feasibility studies and decision-support products.
Next step
Discuss your project
Send a short note of the decision you need to make, the geography, the deadline and any donor or statutory rule that applies. You will get back a scoping note rather than a generic brochure.