Interfacing skill and practice in development by building capacities

and retooling organizations & individuals

Company Profile

2016

Table of Contents
About Biesshop Consulting ............................................................................................................................ 3
Situational Context ........................................................................................................................................ 4
How we do business ...................................................................................................................................... 5
Our Clients .................................................................................................................................................... 6
Excellence...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Our People .................................................................................................................................................... 6
Our Niche ...................................................................................................................................................... 6
Our Program Areas ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Organizational Development Initiatives (ODI) .......................................................................................... 7
Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RM&E) ......................................................................................... 7
Governance and Leadership ..................................................................................................................... 7
Rapportuering and Documentation .......................................................................................................... 8
Training and Capacity Building.................................................................................................................. 8
Our Clients; ............................................................................................................................................... 9
Some of our recently concluded contracts/tasks; .................................................................................... 9
Snippets of our past works ...................................................................................................................... 11
Organizational Effectiveness and Practice Leadership ............................................................................... 11

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About Biesshop Consulting

Introduction
Biesshop Consulting is a strategic organization focusing on program development, program
management, community mobilization and resource mobilization in organizational and individual
consulting and advisory services field within the East African region with footprints in the SADC
region.
Our daily challenges are; acquiring the most up-to-date knowledge in different management
functions as well as an up-to-date knowledge of the latest People-centered solutions and utilizing
this knowledge to maximize the value added services to our clients. Persistently working toward
continuous improvement, and stretching our potential, we have succeeded in developing models
and tools that serve to identify our clients specific requirements and cater to addressing them in the
most effective and efficient manner.
We believe that this represents our main competitive edge, and as such we strive to constantly
upgrade and fine-tune these methodologies to remain in line with local and regional business and
development environments.
Our approach is an all rounded three-pronged strategy focusing on; innovative actions, actual
programming and organizational/individual development. These approaches are informative of
each other and as such, their interrelatedness is key to achieve growth, development and
sustainability of organizations.

Our Programming Domains

Organizational
and Continuity
Management
Domain
34%
Project
Conceptualization,
Development &
Management
Domain
33%

Innovation,
Creativity &
Solutions Domain
33%

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Situational Context
Nonprofits have an obligation to seek new and ever more effective ways of
making tangible progress toward their missions and vision statements. To
achieve these milestones requires (i) seeking new revenue streams (ii) scaling up
existing interventions, (iii) it also entails introducing innovative and creative
programming but most importantly it entails building organizational capacity to
be in a position to effectively deliver on the three aforementioned opportunities
for growth of an organization. Many organizations focus on keeping
administrative costs low instead of building the organizational capacity necessary
to achieve their aspirations effectively and efficiently. This is not surprising, given
that donors and funders have traditionally been more interested in supporting an
exciting new idea than in building an organization that can effectively carry out
that idea.
This must change; development organizations must recognize that excellence in
programmatic innovation is insufficient to achieve set goals and lasting results.
Great programs need great organizations behind them. The only way to build a
great organization is to build the capacity of staff and establish operating systems
that are not bound by time and are adhered to at all levels.
As CSOs, Corporates, Community Groups and Organizations play increasingly
important roles in our society, it becomes even more critical for them to perform
effectively. In response due to the reducing space in development aid by donors,
organizations have demonstrated a growing interest for improved governance,
operational, programming and management practices and principles that will
help them build high-performing organizations.
Despite this growing need on the importance of capacity building, there is also
little information about what works and what does not in building individual and
organizational capacity. This is largely due to the historic inattention to capacity
building, which has not been adequately supported by funders and has been of
secondary importance to nonprofit managers trying to deliver programs and
services to people who need them. This situation is changing, and more funders
are dedicating attention and financial support to organizational capacity.
Biesshop Consulting underscores the need for sustained dialogue around the
need for capacity building for individuals, organizations and groups as a premise
for achieving set objectives and mandates based on evidence by findings from
organizational capacity assessments exercises and surveys as entry points for
formulating Capacity Development Plans (CDPs) to be adopted by organizations
and implemented by Biesshop Consulting.

Our Clients

How we do business
Our core business makes a valuable
contribution to our clients. For many
people and organizations our advisory
services and programs are, quite
literally and deliberately geared at
retooling
individuals,
establishing
working
systems
and
actual
programming. These approaches define
how we achieve our goals. The way we
conduct our business affects our
relationship with groups such as:
(i) Local, national and international
organizations that who use our
services;
(ii) Their employees whom are
mandated to deliver set mission
and vision priorities;
(iii) Their stakeholders & beneficiaries
who are in continuous need to
their interventions and services.
Our reputation with our clients and the
trust they place in our services is critical
to our business. But our pride in what
we do does not mean we can ignore
the critical need of a continuous
development,
enhancement
and
improvement of our services.

Almost every company has something

about client focus in its mission
statement. The larger the service
organisation, the more executives tend
to insulate themselves from clients.
Some rely on client-satisfaction surveys
and focus groups. Others simply assume
that clients are just like them! These
kinds of service companies end up
delivering services that suit them, not
their clients.

Well, we do not !
We understand that our clients organizations work in all sorts of sectors
and individuals may be senior
managers, middle management or
junior staff members. They have
different goals, with different needs,
even their cultures and environments
might be different. Despite these
differences they share a number of
common goals. They may wish to
develop a competitive edge to maintain
their business growth in increasingly
competitive work environments, this
may be;
Achieve goals to have the
minimum impact for Interruptions
Better nurture their staff to
achieve
to
their
highest
performance levels
Make an immediate, measurable
and lasting difference in their
enterprise
Improve
their
project
management
skills
and
relationships
Solve problems more effectively
and be solution-focused

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Ethics
By demonstrating to stakeholders that we meet high ethical standards in all aspects of
our work, and that we are committed to helping address challenges, we can maintain
their support.

We recognize that the communities,

individuals and organizations are
important and are our greatest
strength.

In effect, we deliver upon our clients

needs and they can depend on us to
deliver quality and timely guided by
their mandate.

We respect individual and cultural

differences and treat everyone with
dignity.

Our Niche

Our People

Excellence

We enable personal and professional

growth. We commit ourselves to the
highest standards of integrity and
ethical behavior.

Our Clients

We are accountable to all our clients

and are committed to their satisfaction
on the tasks that we carry out for and
on their behalf.

As professionals, we endeavor to work and

carry out our tasks pursuant of excellence
for our clients and in everything we do.
We promote continual learning and
improvement. At Biesshop, we hold one
another accountable for doing what we
commit to do.

The firm is strategically placed to offer holistic solutions at all times through
its vastly experienced pool of resource persons by designing user-friendly
solutions that translate into true competitive advantage and overhead niche
for and in respective sectors and establishments.

Our Program Areas

Our programs are firmly anchored on the premise of capacity-building, training, mentorship and
coaching reaching out to; individuals, groups, organizations and corporate entities. This
approach guarantees practice and learning therein in tooling and retooling organizations and
individuals. Below are the program areas and their respective themes;

Organizational Development Initiatives (ODI)

Organizational development is a body of knowledge and practice that enhances organizational
performance and individual development by increasing alignment among the various system within the
overall organization. OD interventions are inclusive methodologies and approaches to strategic planning,
organization design, leadership development, change management, performance management,
coaching, diversity, team building and work-life balance.

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Strategic Planning
Change Management
HR and Programming Audits
Theory of Change
Individual and Organizational Assessments

Research, Monitoring and Evaluation (RM&E)

M&E is an embedded concept and constitutive part of every project or programme design. It is not
imposed control instrument by the donor or an optional accessory of any project or program. M&E is
ideally understood as dialogue on development and its progress between stakeholders. It is integral in
evaluation. During an evaluation, information from previous monitoring processes is used to understand
the ways in which the project or program developed and stimulated change.

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Developing M&E Plans and Frameworks

Program Focused Shared Learning
Mid / End Term Project and Program Evaluations
Data collection, collation, analysis and presentation
Gender Analysis and Development
Human Rights
Youth Programming
Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHRs)

Governance and Leadership

Governance is the process of providing strategic leadership. It entails the functions of setting direction,
making policy and strategy decisions, overseeing and monitoring organizational performance, and
ensuring overall accountability. Nonprofit governance is a political and organizational process involving
multiple functions and engaging multiple stakeholders. The meaning of governance is relatively different
for nonprofit and governmental settings. Public sector (government) governance refers to the political
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Our Clients;
ActionAid International Kenya (AAIK)
ActionAid International Zimbabwe (AAIZ)
ActionAid International DRC (AAIDRC)
Kenya Integrated Education Programme
Woman Kind Kenya
Save The Children UK
Mercy Corps Somalia
Homa Hill Community Development Organization
Daraja Civic Initiatives Forum
Oxfam GB Mozambique
Transform Africa - Tanzania
TRCAIRE International
Youth Agenda Trust - Zimbabwe
Building East Africa Community Network (BEACON)
National Civil Society Congress (NCSC)
Coffey International / Jamii Thabiti

Some of our recently concluded contracts/tasks;

Formulation and implementation of proposals on Program/Project Evaluations (Mid & End Term)
Conducting People centered trainings on Life skills
Design and development of Manuals (Social Accountability and M&E)
Development of an Organizational Strategic Plan
Design and Formulation of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
Conducting and Rapportuering Assessments for Organizations and Community structures
Conducting and Rapportuering Program / Project Partnership Assessments
Conducting Baseline Surveys
STAR Facilitator Training (For Community Facilitators)
STAR Induction workshops
REFLECT Facilitator Trainings (For Community Facilitators)
Induction Training Workshops

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Why Biesshop
Consulting (EA) ?

To us, Client concept and vision is supported and actualised by the professional touch of Biesshop
Consulting (EA) forming a critical and strategic basis towards high-end and spot-on outcomes as primary
factors. The firm employs a four pillared strategy in handling and delivering upon Programme
Developments qualitative and quantitative needs. The pillars endeavour to;
Mainstream professionalism as well as secrecy of client information / data at all times;
Advice to clients to actualize their vision better;
Provide cost effective - but qualitative - and timely solutions and services; and
Customize and provide unique programming solutions to its clients as niche cutting edge.
In effect, the aforementioned pillars broadly guarantee the following outcomes to our clients;
Improved staff aspirations;
Focused and result oriented programming and strategies;
Legitimacy in Organizational positioning in qualitative programming; and
Informed project implementation and continuity that is specific to value to beneficiaries and
money.

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Ger Odock
Founder &
Practice Lead

Buoro Edward
Practice Lead

Ger Odock is a Capacity Building, Training and Development

Programmer. His programming strengths cut across a host of
concepts ranging from Rights Based Approach (HRBA), Social
Accountability & Monitoring (SAM), Organizational Development,
Documentation, Rapportuering Strategic Planning and Resource
Mobilization. Currently, Ger is a Capacity Development Advisor
with MS ActionAid Denmark a strategic capacity and support
program for ActionAid Country Programs cutting across the
aforementioned themes.
Within the same facet, Ger supports communities on
conceptualizing, implementing and monitoring Income Generating
Activities (IGAs) at community levels. He has a vast understanding
of community and capacity Development having professionally
practiced in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. He has also
done different forms of documentation in support to individuals
and organizations including; Building East African Community
(BEACON), National Civil Society Congress, Concern World Wide
(CWW) and Ministry of Health - The Department For Leprosy,
Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (DLTLD) just to mention but a few.

Buoro Edward is Program Development and Gender and

Development specialist. Currently, he is the Gender Advisor at
Mercy Corps Office in Somalia under. He also doubles up as a TOT
Trainer PRA/PLA Methodologies i.e. Stepping Stones, REFLECT &
STAR Methodologies. He has interests in Gender & Development
matters focusing on Literacy, Gender Empowerment, Education
and Health programmes, participatory methodologies,
governance and advocacy of children and womens rights issues,
project management, programme /project monitoring and
evaluation and Life Skills Education. Buoro has a vast experience
in not-for-profit organizations specifically in the Education Sector
having worked as a Programme Associate Gender & Development,
African Network Campaign on Education for All {ANCEFA}, Shared
Learning Coordinator, PAMOJA Africa REFLECT Network, Africa
Regional Secretariat, Kampala, Uganda and Programmes
Manager, DARAJA Civic Initiatives Forum.

@Ger_Odock
@Consulting_EA

Biesshop
Consulting

+254 (0) 726

383893

gerodock@hotmail.com
buoroted2013@gmail.com

+254 (0) 721

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