MASDAR
is an international consulting company with substantial and extensive
worldwide experience. We focus on rural development and work
both for the major aid donors and the private sector.
MASDAR expertise includes many aspects of agriculture, agro-industry and rural
development including Project Identification, Project Planning, Project
Financing and Project Implementation. Our portfolio of work over the last
30 years ranges from managing large scale commercial plantations to supporting
subsistance farmers and implementing donor-funded development projects.
CONTACTS:
Managing
Director: David Warwick - email: daw@masdar.com
Development
involves many stakeholders, beneficiaries, implementing agencies, donors, lenders,
government institutions and non-government organisations. MASDAR
is businesslike
in its approach to development, delivering results and always seeking to optimise
the returns on the resources invested in any project.
Professional
MASDAR
Consultants are seasoned practitioners in their specialist fields, with relevant
academic qualifications and substantial experience, verified in the company’s
rigorous recruitment process.
The Directors
have been responsible for managing and co-ordinating large and complex development
projects throughout the world. They are fully aware of the practical problems
that arise in transforming plans into reality.
MASDAR
administrative and support staff have been with the company for many years.
Their experience combined with the latest technology enables them to efficiently
provide effective logistical and demonstrative back up to projects, however
remote their location.
MASDAR
has developed a detailed,
succinct and comprehensive management system "The MASDAR Management
System" based on nearly 30 years experience of managing large development
projects.
The
core elements are:
Fortnightly
management meetings
Quarterly
Rolling Action Plans
Monthly
Reports
Staff
Appraisal
Derived from the Project Logical Framework, this participatory system of target
setting and problem resolution empowers the team members and at the same time
enables them, the Team Leader, the Project Director and the Client to closely
monitor project progress against the Project Logical Framework. Variations are
identified at an early stage and corrective action initiated so that Project
Deliverables are delivered on time, to specification and within budget.
Workable
MASDAR
focuses on producing workable solutions through identifying constraining
factors early in the project, building capacity and then maximising the use of
local resources, physical, human and financial.
Effective
Effective can be summarised as “doing the right things”. By identifying the
issues confronting the people, activities are prioritised so that the issues are
addressed and solutions delivered.
Sustainable
Past
levels of rural development activities have proved financially unsustainable.
Rural communities have not been adequately involved in the planning processes
with the result that they felt only limited ownership and responsibility for
sustaining and maintaining development activities. MASDAR
delivers sustainable development by fully involving the stakeholders in the
project from day one.
Capability
It
is widely acknowledged that Rural Development has three major components:
Technical
Socio
Economic
Institutional
Rural
Development Projects can be targeted at any one component or a mixture of the
three. The MASDAR Group had the capability to cover all components of
rural development:
The
MASDAR Group portfolio of work is extensive and covers projects in Africa, Asia
and the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe.
TECHNICAL
Sub-Components
MASDAR
Capability
Agro-Industry
Processing,
Marketing, Supply Chain Management
Crops
Research
Programmes, Plant Breeding, Improved Seed Production, New Technology,
Pest & Disease Control, Extension
Livestock
Research
Programmes, Improved Breeding, Nutrition, Pest & Disease Control,
Range Management
Forestry
Agro
Forestry, Inventory, Management, Research, Seedling Production, Social
Forestry
Wild
Life
Ranching,
Surveys, Conservation
Environment
Pollution,
Impact Assessment,
Natural
Resources
Soil
& Water Conservation, Watershed Management
Infrastructure
Feasibility,
Planning, Construction
INSTITUTIONAL
Sub-Components
MASDAR
Capability
National
Ministries
National
Policy, Information Systems, Early Warning Systems, Media Campaigns, Training
Regional
Government
State
Policy, Institutional Development, Human Resource Development, Training
Trainers, Study Tours
Local
Government
Capacity
Building, Organisation, Management, Training
Village
Council
Organisation,
Institution Building
State
Companies
Restructuring,
Privatisation, Management Information Systems
Private
Companies
Import/export,
Joint Ventures, Restructuring, Training, Management Information Systems
