Technical Assistance
Throughout its history, EnCompass has supported technical assistance and capacity-building projects for various agencies in the United Nations; the World Bank; several U.S. government agencies; and non-profits including the US National Academies of Science and The Aspen Institute. EnCompass values the necessity of building local capacity and sustainability and incorporates strategies for providing target populations with the skills and tools needed to do their jobs.
Our Services
- Strategic planning. We help projects and programs plan strategically through a comprehensive, facilitative process.
- Program evaluation. We design and implement evaluations so that programs are better able to achieve results.
- Building capacity. EnCompass strengthens the core capacities of sector organizations, networks, and partnerships to achieve larger-scale outcomes. We also build staff capacity through training, coaching, and e-learning.
- Quality improvement. We have expertise in the development of health standards, selection of indicators and outcomes, data collection and analysis, formulation and testing of solutions, and evaluating the performance of innovative models.
- Costing analysis. We conduct research, analysis, and evaluation to inform scale-up of promising practices, particularly related to outcomes in health issues.
- Document programs, best practices, and lessons learned. We research best practices and document these in the most informative way possible for clients and their diverse audiences.
Featured Project
World Health Organization (WHO), African Tobacco Control Resource Center, Business and Performance Management Planning (2010-2012)
WHO is establishing a Tobacco Control Resource Center to help contain the tobacco epidemic in Africa. Housed in Uganda, the center will work throughout the African continent to implement tobacco control legislation and programs in line with international best practices and obligations in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. EnCompass helped to select the host country and organization in which the center is housed and is currently developing and implementing a business plan and performance management system for the center.