Policy should be evidence-based. So, to effectively formulate policies, implement development projects and programmes, and ensure their sustainability, it is important to carry out research; gathering data and information and processing them for the advancement of knowledge. MDCL focuses on:
- Studies and surveys
- Impact assessment of projects
- Market access; proposing and establishing market infrastructure and market information service
- Provision of technical support to governments and NGOs to research, produce reports and package proposals and grant applications by governments
MDCL believes that proper planning, monitoring and evaluation result in good project and programme management practice, and subsequently, successful and sustainable project and programmes which can meet objectives, and therefore ultimate goals. To that effect, MDCL focuses on:
- Project planning, design and implementation
- Monitoring, review and evaluation
- Management training to manage programmes
- Coordinating and managing consultants
In order for the sustainability of projects and programmes to be assured, and to deliver better service to citizens, the skills and strengths of institutions and their manpower to meet the challenges of increased responsibility need to be enhanced. In this areas, MDCL’s interests are:
- Institutional and legal framework development to enable institutions build their capacities
- Needs assessment
- Human capacity audit
- Personal and professional development
- Training needs assessment
- Design and facilitation of seminars, workshops and other training
The training component is tailored differently for different sectors and institutions:
Training of communities
- Participatory planning and development
- Participatory rural development
- Gender and development
- Participatory monitoring and evaluation
- Sustainable agriculture development: basic principles and concepts
Training of staff of state and local governments
- Annual work plan and budget
- Participatory monitoring and evaluation
- Community development
- Project management
- Financial management
- Management workshops
Training for staff of microfinance banks
- Microfinance/ Savings and Lending Methodologies
- Loan appraisal
- Customer service
- Marketing skills
- Management workshops
Training for entrepreneurs
- Basic book keeping
- Microenterprise management
- Writing feasibility studies and developing business plans
- Writing proposals, business letters, and preparing presentations
- Financial management
- Entrepreneurial marketing
- Personnel management
- Loan management
- Marketing skills