Technical Assistance
What We Offer
- Global and cross-sectoral expertise to support program design, implementation, and evaluation
- Embedded learning, monitoring, and evaluation processes to help clients visualize and plan for the future
- Cutting-edge facilitation techniques to improve organizational and programmatic effectiveness
How We Work
- Co-creating solutions by engaging clients as full partners throughout the project lifecycle
- Monitoring and evaluation expertise that prioritizes quality improvement from the start and facilitates the sharing of knowledge and lessons
- Cross-cutting emphasis on gender-transformative programming that supports fully inclusive programming
What Makes Us Different
- Appreciative Inquiry, Open Space Technology, World Café, and other action-oriented methodologies that bring people together around shared goals
- Researching and documenting best practices to help clients define a learning strategy to best reach their audiences
- Sustainability-focused efforts that demonstrate the link between individual capacity strengthening and organizational performance
Catalyzing Multisectoral Collaborations to Prevent Early Marriage and Female Genital Mutilation in Ethiopia
Heran Tadesse shared this presentation on a panel called “Transforming Harmful Social Norms: Ending Early Forced Marriage and FGM” at the 2018 Gender 360 Summit. She shared her experience working on USAID’s Transform: Primary Health Care project, the goal of which is...
MCC Blanket Purchase Agreement for Gender and Social Inclusion
EnCompass is working with Mathematica as a partner on a 5-year contract with Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). This multi-award Blanket Purchase Agreement for Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI BPA) will strengthen economic opportunities for women, which is...
U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP) BPA
EnCompass conducts evaluations of J/TIP initiatives to improve its ability to formulate and adjust evidence-based programming and policy, monitor program risks, and communicate learning from program successes and impacts to a broad set of stakeholders. EnCompass...
USAID Evaluation of Human Trafficking in the Peruvian Amazon
EnCompass produced this midterm evaluation as part of the USAID Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning for Sustainability (MELS) contract. The evaluation analyzed human trafficking interventions in the Peruvian Amazon, focusing on the relevance of the intervention’s...
USAID/Uganda Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Activity
EnCompass is working with FHI 360 and Ugandan government partners as a partner on the USAID Uganda Maternal Child Health and Nutrition (MCHN) Activity. The MCHN Activity’s purpose is to strengthen government performance in implementing strategies to improve maternal,...
USAID/Benin Gender and Youth Support for Private Sector Health Partnership Activity
EnCompass is the gender and youth integration partner on the USAID-funded Benin Private Sector Health Partnership Activity (PSHPA). PSHPA aims to improve access to and quality of private sector health services, including for traditionally underserved and vulnerable...
USAID Lesotho Karabo ea Bophelo (KB) Activity
The USAID KB Activity, whose name, Karabo ea Bhopelo, translates to “a solution to good health,” works directly with the Ministry of Gender, Youth, Sports & Recreation, which is responsible for facilitating gender integration, including gender-based violence (GBV)...
USAID/Ukraine Monitoring and Learning Support Contract
Through the 5-year Monitoring and Learning Support Contract (MLSC), EnCompass holistically assists the USAID Regional Mission for Ukraine and Belarus in addressing its overall monitoring and collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) needs during the implementation...
The Virtues of Virtual MEL: Strong Evidence, Wide Engagement, Inclusive Learning
A decade before COVID-19 forced a global pivot away from in-person programming, EnCompass was already integrating virtual MEL approaches. Participatory virtual design, data collection, and learning sessions use resources efficiently and bring stakeholders together...
USAID Monitoring and Evaluation Services (EVAL-ME) IDIQ
Through USAID's Monitoring and Evaluation Services indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, known as the EVAL-ME II IDIQ, EnCompass provides technical and advisory services for evaluation, evaluation capacity building, and performance monitoring at USAID...