Government & Institutions

Senior public policy advice and technical assistance support for international institutions including the United Nations (UNDP, FAO), European Commission Services (Team Europe, Agriculture, Rural Development, Regional Policy, Environment, Climate, Employment, Research and Marine), European Parliament, European Investment Bank Group, and national government ministries.

Consultancy experience combines public-sector programme management

with international advisory work to provide practical support across policy, governance, investment and implementation, including:

Policy learning and institutional capacity.
Strategic planning, partnership working, and evaluation;
Government networks, policy reform, and European integration support.

Specialisms span food systems, forests, climate and environment, regions and islands, rural and urban development, governance, investment, policies, programmes, projects, and people.

Examples of work with Government and Institutions

Policy analysis, evaluation and knowledge services supporting the European Commission's Contact Point for the EU Common Agricultural Policy Network. Roles include identifying and assessing good practice, analysing policy implementation, developing knowledge products and communicating transferable lessons supporting the effective delivery of the EU's €387 billion Common Agricultural Policy.

Independent evaluation and policy-learning support for the European Commission's New European Bauhaus Prizes. Responsibilities include assessing pioneering projects, identifying successful practice and translating evaluation findings into accessible knowledge supporting innovation, replication and better understanding of sustainable, inclusive places across Europe.

Policy analysis, technical writing and advisory support for FAO Europe and Central Asia. Assignments include ministerial briefing papers, climate action planning for the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, nutrition-sensitive value chains, food systems transformation and policy responses to conflict impacts and disruption.

Lead Foresight author, editorial leadership and strategic policy advice for the Standing Committee on Agricultural Research (SCAR). Responsibilities include developing key narrative for the European Commission's latest Foresight report examining resilient food systems, healthy diets, circularity and future pathways for European agriculture and research.

International specialist supporting FAO's consultancy roster on LEADER and community-led local development, providing expertise in territorial development, governance, policy implementation and rural innovation.

Strategic advisory support for the Uzbekistan Ministry of Agriculture and Team Europe through the EU assistance for Uzbekistan Agri-Food Development Strategy 2020-2030 Agriculture Support and Knowledge Facility.

Policy and editorial support for the United Nations Development Programme in the Maldives, including Loss and Damage and Climate Litigation work examining how the Maldives and other Small Island Developing States (SIDS) can strengthen climate action, resilience and preparedness.

European Investment Bank Group's European Investment Advisory Hub - producing case study material explaining practical uses of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI), Investment Platforms and urban development initiatives.

European Commission and European Investment Bank Group's fi-compass partnership project - promoting financial instrument capacity building activities for managing authorities of the EU funds investing in regions and islands, tourism and food, research, technology, and social capital.

Lithuania’s Ministry of Finance - long-term technical assistance for government managing authorities during Lithuania’s first national European Structural Fund Programme 2004-2006 supporting industry, tourism, environment, infrastructure, social capital, education, social inclusion, and innovation.

Romanian Ministry of Economy and Finance - EU Structural Fund advisory services explaining management systems for Romania's first national European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Operational Programme supporting industry, tourism, environment, infrastructure, and innovation.

Highlands & Islands Partnership Programme, Scotland, UK - EU Structural Fund Programme Management for this isolated and formerly disadvantaged region covering island groups, mountain ranges, tourist honeypots, urban zones, agricultural areas, forest plantations, cultural heritage, and nature.

UNDP Evaluation Office New York - expert panel political advice during an independent review of the ‘Assessment of Development Results’ (ADR) report concerning UNDP activities in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

UNDP Bosnia & Herzegovina - governance advisory services designing an action plan for building institutional capacity in strategic planning and policy development.

Joint Technical Secretariat of Latvia-Lithuanian Cross Border Cooperation Programme - editorial advice for the 2014-2020 Operational Programme document.

UNDP Serbia - policy advice and guidance to Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister’s Office in the field of EU Integration and programming of pre-accession funds.

European Parliament and European Commission - communicating EU policy developments in result-based agri-environment payment schemes.

UNDP Georgia - project leadership for a results-based evaluation of a long-term Public Administration Reform programme within the Parliament of Georgia and the Chamber Of Control of Georgia.

Lithuania’s Ministry of Agriculture - Evaluation of more than 25 Local Development Strategy proposals for Lithuania's first network of LEADER Local Action Groups covering rural community development, locally-led tourism, short-supply chains for food & forestry products, cultural heritage, and more.

Poland’s National Aid Coordination Department - applied advice on monitoring and evaluation control procedures for EU funding programmes.