
James Walsh
Every time public funds or donations are spent on international aid or development projects, there are associated risks. Our clients work with us to identify and mitigate those risks and ensure that they can deliver the expected outcomes. The most common forms of risk we address with and for clients include:
International donors and the organisations they fund draw on our specialist financial management services to address most of these risks. As we have grown as a team, we have been able to develop the specialisms focused on mitigating the risks identified above. Our understanding of international grant giving and the pressures faced by both donors and grantees sets us apart.
Our donor clients have a broad range of needs and requirements that we are continuously responding to by developing new skills and services including:
Demonstrating that money has been ‘well spent’ is never easy. Donors and institutions want to know what concrete benefits have been achieved as well as whether funds have been spent as intended. Has Value for money been achieved? This often translates into questions such as:
We can assess your project or programme at any stage of its life cycle - from design and option appraisal, through to ‘live’ performance assessments during implementation and retrospective VFM audits and evaluations after closure.
Beneficiaries and fund recipients almost always provide technical reports that are a key source of assurance over the activities and results delivered by your funds. We can provide you with vital assurance over the quality, reliability and relevance of these reports by:
We offer this assurance either as a stand-alone product or as a complementary add-on to a financial or compliance audit.
James Walsh
Volker Wetzel
Martin Daniel