orguts most important service is the management support for long-term multi-disiplinary rural development programmes Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. ORGUT works in Ethiopia since 1974, in Tanzania since 1991, in Vietnam since 1997 and in Nicaragua since 2000. Our experts regularly carry out planning, review and evaluation missions worldwide within our different donor frameworks.
Bolivia
Context Analysis Bolivia
Two ORGUT consultants were assigned by the large Swedish NGO, Forum Syd, to carry out a strategic context analysis of Bolivia, with a special focus on application of rights based approaches and the options for strengthening ... read more
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Consulting Services to the Fostering Agricultural Markets Activity
The Chemonics International (lead)-ORGUT association won the contract for implementation of the USAID and Sida funded Fostering Agricultural Markets Activity (FARMA) project 2009–2012. FARMA supports rapid, sustainable ... read more
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Fostering Interventions for Rapid Market Advancement
ORGUT is part of the team lead by Cardno Emerging Markets USA (former EMG) that was selected for implementation of the USAID and Sida funded Fostering Interventions for Rapid Market Advancement (FIRMA) programme ... read more
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Review of Impact of Sida’s Microfinance Support in BiH
ORGUT provided the team of consultants for reviewing the impact of Sida’s support to the microfinance sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the past five years. The study provided independent input for use in ... read more
Ethiopia
Sida-Amhara Rural Development Programme
ORGUT has provided technical assistance to the Sida financed Sida-Amhara Rural Development Programme (SARDP) since 1995 in cooperation with Haddis Consult Ltd. SARDP is essentially a budget support to the Amhara ... read more
Ethiopia
Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene Programme in Benishangul-Gumuz
The Finnish Government supports Ethiopian efforts to provide rural access to water and sanitation facilities through the Rural Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Programme in Benishangul-Gumuz National ... read more
Ethiopia
Watershed Monitoring and Evaluation Component of the Tana Beles Integrated Water Resources Development Project
The Watershed Monitoring and Evaluation (WME) component of the Tana Beles Integrated Water Resources Development Project (TBIWRDP) originates from one of the Fast Track Projects under the Nile Basin Initiative, ... read more
Ethiopia
Establishment of the Institute of Land Administration, Bahir Dar University
ORGUT has been contracted by the Division of Real Estate Planning and Land Law at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, to support the establishment of the Institute of Land Administration at the ... read more
Ethiopia
Establishment of a Harmonised Land Administration System
ORGUT consultants have together with Blom Info A/S, carried out two studies for the World Bank Country Office in Ethiopia on land administration, ICT and software development strategies and specifications of a monitoring ... read more
Ethiopia
Study on Institutional Structure and Human Resource Development needs in the Land Administration Sector
Sweden has supported the development of the land administration sector in Ethiopia since the early 1990s. Especially in Amhara region, Sida has strongly supported the strengthening of land administration institutions ... read more
Ethiopia
Procurement to the Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations
The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce and Sectoral Associations (AACCSA) is the oldest and largest Chamber in Ethiopia and has been promoting and protecting the interests, rights and benefits of the business community ... read more
Ethiopia
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Social Assessment for the Agricultural Growth Program
The Government of Ethiopia and the World Bank are preparing the Agricultural Growth Program (AGP) that will be implemented in more than 80 woredas with a high potential for agriculture-led growth. The study covered ... read more
Ethiopia
Woreda Integrated Development Study
Under the auspices of the Ethiopian Road Authority and with financing from the Nordic Development Fund, ORGUT participated in an international consortium to formulate integrated development plans for six woredas ... read more
Guatemala
Technical Assistance to the Dairy Chain
The Project for Technical Assistance to the Dairy Chain in Guatemala is a joint programme between the Government of Guatemala (Ministry of Agriculture, Cattle and Food), the Chamber of Milk Producers and UNOPS. ... read more
Guatemala
Redesigning a joint UN Rural Development Programme with FAO, PAHO and UNDP
In July 2009 UNDP, FAO and PAHO (Pan-American Health Organization) presented to Sida a Joint Rural Development Programme, which would focus its interventions on 5 of the poorest municipalities of San Marcos Department ... read more
Kenya
Kenya Water and Sanitation Programme
In December 2009 the Kenya Water and Sanitation Programme (KWSP) came to an end after almost five years of supporting and operationalising the comprehensive water sector reforms in Kenya. The main reform elements ... read more
Kenya
Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Lands
Sida provides international technical assistance to the Ministry of Lands for implementing the land reform in Kenya. ORGUT fields two long term technical advisors to the Land Reform Transformation Unit (LRTU) at ... read more
Kenya
Capacity Development in Public Procurement
Through a GTZ contract, a team of national Orgut experts and international backstoppers delivered the ‘Procurement Capacity Development Strategy’ for Kenya. In the first phase a detailed capacity assessment was ... read more
Kenya
Evaluation of the Finnish Development Cooperation in Western Kenya
Over a five month period, a team of three senior ORGUT consultants carried out an evaluation of the Finnish development cooperation in Western Kenya for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA). The purpose ... read more
Kenya
Integration of Natural Resource Management into Local Government Decision Making
Sustainable management of natural resources (NRM) is needed to maintain economic growth and poverty reduction in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. In all three countries with their differing local government structures, ... read more
Kenya
Lessons Learned and Good Practises from Support to the Kenyan Water Sector
On behalf of Danida, ORGUT Consulting Kenya Ltd carried out this assignment with a team of five experts from April to December 2009. Based on the guiding principles of the Kenyan water sector reform and the Water ... read more
Kenya
Planning and Formulation of the Rural Development Programme in Western Kenya – Improving Rural Livelihoods and Productivity
ORGUT together with NIRAS conceptualised and formulated a 4-year Rural Development Programme in Western Kenya for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA). In a highly participatory process involving local ... read more
Kosovo
Programme for Development of Land Administration
ORGUT, in cooperation with Blom A/S, and financed by Sida, is providing technical support to developing a land administration system in Kosovo for an efficient real property market, economic growth and democratic ... read more
Lao PDR
Environmental and Social Capacity Development in the Road Sector
The aim of this project was to support the Environment and Social Division of the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to improve its institutional capacity for mainstreaming environmental and social safeguards ... read more
Mali
In-depth Assessment of PREMI
ORGUT has provided the Team Leader for an in-depth assessment of PREMI, the IUCN Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management Initiative for West Africa 2009–2011 in Guinea-Conakry, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, ... read more
Moldova
Technical Assistance to Support Moldova First Cadastral Project
Sida supports the goal of Moldova’s ‘Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper’ to alleviate poverty through economic growth by facilitating increased land tenure security and enhancing government revenue ... read more
Mozambique
Pungwe Basin Transboundary Integrated Water Resource Management and Development Programme
Since 2007 ORGUT as lead company in association with COWI A/S provides support to the implementation of the Pungwe Basin Transboundary Integrated Water Resource Management and Development Programme. The programme ... read more
Mozambique
Study on Transboundary Water Resources Management and Poverty in the Zambezi River Basin
Sida''s Regional Water Initiative in Southern Africa aims at achieving equitable, sustainable and efficient use and management of shared water resources through integrated management and, in this way, contribute ... read more
Myanmar
Independent Assessment Mission of the UNDP Human Development Initiative
For two annual review missions a senior ORGUT consultant has been selected for assessing the performance of the Human Development Initiative (HDI), co-financed by UNDP, Sida and DFID. The main focus of the missions ... read more
Nicaragua
FondeAgro
ORGUT advisors have supported the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in implementing FondeAgro through its design and implementation phases since 2000. FondeAgro’s main objective is poverty reduction among ... read more
Nicaragua
Feasibility Study and Final Design of a Watershed Management and Climate Change Project
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in Nicaragua, contracted ORGUT through the Environment and Social Forestry Program (POSAF), to carry out a Feasibility Study and Final Design of a Watershed Management ... read more
Regional
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Mapping of Swedish Resource Base and Swedish Comparative Advantages
The future Swedish bilateral cooperation with Latin America will concentrate on Bolivia, Colombia and Guatemala. In addition to the respective country strategies Sida has two different regional strategies for Central ... read more
Regional
Mapping Study of Regional Processes and Actors in South America and the Caribbean within the areas Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change
The purpose of this assignment was to map, analyse and provide information on regional policies, initiatives, programmes, processes and main stakeholders within the areas of climate change, environment and natural ... read more
Regional
Action Plan on Integration of Climate Issues into Swedish Energy Sector Development Cooperation
Sida commissioned a study to determine where it should focus its energy sector interventions, particularly within its support to Sub-Saharan Africa. ORGUT provided two of the three consultants that carried out this ... read more
Regional
Pre-Study on Climate-Related Major Forestry Undertakings with a Pro-Poor Approach
On behalf of the Swedish Forestry Association, ORGUT carried out a study on the results of climate-related major forestry undertakings with a pro-poor approach with the aim of establishing criteria for selecting ... read more
St Vincent & The Grenadines
Technical Assistance to Land Titling and Land Registration Programme
ORGUT, in cooperation with University of the West of England, has been providing EUfinanced technical assistance to the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines. The programme aimed at developing an efficient ... read more
Sweden
Sida Framework Agreements
ORGUT continues providing short term experts through a range of framework contracts with Sida. Both Sida Headquarters and Swedish Embassies worldwide use the framework facility to quickly mobilise short term technical ... read more
Sweden
Advanced International Training Programme: Rural and Peri-Urban Land Administration
ORGUT and Hifab International AB, in association with Blekinge Institute of Technology, are conducting an advanced international training programme on Rural and Peri-Urban Land Administration in the SADC Region ... read more
Tanzania
Securing Sustainability of LAMP Initiatives
The post-programme phase of the Land Management Programme (LAMP) has been extended until June 2010 to ensure capture of ‘best practises’ and sustainability. Activities are organised and planned together with stakeholders ... read more
Tanzania
District Development Programme
The Sida funded District Development Programme (DDP) was successfully completed in August 2008. ORGUT, together with ScanTanzania, has provided technical assistance to the Programme since 2006 in three districts ... read more
Tanzania
Facilitation and Creation of Awareness of Participatory Forest Management
Already in 2007, ORGUT successfully facilitated the officially approved establishment of comprehensive Participatory Forest Management (PFM) practises in 15 villages in Babati District of Tanzania. During 2008, ... read more
Tanzania
Sustainable Management of Land and Environment
Since 2005, Pöyry Finland Oy, NIRAS Finland and ORGUT have provided technical assistance to the Sustainable Management of Land and Environment Programme (SMOLE) in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The first phase of the ... read more
Tanzania
The ORGUT-SEDIT VICOBA Project
Following the successful introduction of a microcredit methodology based on the Village Community Banks model in the Sida-funded Land Management Programme and the District Development Programme in Tanzania, ORGUT ... read more
Tanzania
A Second Opinion on Hale Feasibility Study in the Context of Water Resources
Sida received a request from the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs to provide funding for a rehabilitation of the Hale Hydro Power Plant (HPP) on the Pangani River in Tanzania. Located in Tanga Region, the ... read more
Tanzania
Africa Local Council Oversight and Social Accountability Project
The World Bank supported Africa Local Council Oversight and Social Accountability Project (ALCOSA) focused on linking good governance to local decision making and service delivery mechanisms in Tanzania. In a decentralisation ... read more
Uganda
Technical Assistance to the Directorate of Water Development
ORGUT, in a consortium with Hifab International, has provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Lands and Environment/Directorate of Water Development (DWD) since 2001, supporting government actors in sector ... read more
Vietnam
Chia Se Poverty Alleviation Programme
‘Chia Se’, which stands for ‘partnership’ in Vietnamese, is a Sida-funded poverty alleviation programme applying a rightsbased approach. ORGUT provided technical assistance in management, institutional capacity ... read more
Vietnam
Vietnam Conservation Fund, Southern Region Technical Assistance Team
The Governments of Vietnam, Finland and the Netherlands, together with the World Bank, support this six-year project for the conservation of biodiversity in Special-Use Forests (SUFs) throughout the country. This ... read more
Zambia
Midterm Review and Formulation of a Second Phase of the Programme for Luapula Agricultural and Rural Development
The Programme for Luapula Agricultural and Rural Development (PLARD) is a new phase in the 25-year history of Finnish-Zambian cooperation in the agricultural sector in Luapula Province in Zambia. The overall objective ... read more
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