Consulting Services

Do you need the services of a monitoring and evaluation specialist or advisor for your organisation?

Aid-IT Solutions consultants can assist with:

project or facility M&E planning
M&E framework design
impact survey and analysis
effects tools design
M&E training

Aid-IT Solutions consultants are highly qualified professionals with significant field experience and a well-grounded understanding of M&E theory and practice.

Dr Paul Crawford--Principal Consultant
Our consultants work under the supervision of our Principal Consultant, Dr Paul Crawford. Paul combines his practical experience as an aid worker with an indepth understanding from his doctoral research, of the monitoring and evaluation process. He now consults extensively for AusAID as an M&E specialist and has a very clear view of the strengths and weakness of M&E processes throughout the sector. You can benefit from this experience when you engage any member of our team.

Best Practice M&E
Aid-IT Solutions consultants are great at working collaboratively to develop your monitoring and evaluation plans. All of our M&E solutions are context-specific but draw on the extensive field experience, technology innovations and current thinking about M&E. We frequently communicate with leading M&E practitioners and constantly research in the literature on theory and practice to inform our work.

Consultants
Paul Crawford
PC Med 2.jpg Paul's professional focus is on aid effectiveness through applying a ‘soft systems’ approach to monitoring and evaluation. His particular expertise is in the design of M&E arrangements which was the subject of his doctoral studies.

Paul is a practitioner with 12 years of field experience and consulting for international relief and development agencies, government, and corporate clients in 35 countries. He has extensive experience in monitoring & evaluation, project design, project appraisal, needs assessment, strategic planning, project & program management, emergency/humanitarian response program management. Paul has recently contributed to the development of M&E frameworks for AusAID and has been involved in quality assurance reviews on behalf of AusAID in Africa, Southeast and Southern Asia, and the South Pacific.

You will find that he has a broad understanding of the challenges of M&E in international aid and is passionate in his commitment to helping organisations increase the effectiveness of international aid. More info . . .

Lyndon Voigt
LV Med.jpg Lyndon's professional focus is on information communication technology system design for international aid monitoring and evaluation. He has 7 years experience in software and information system design for international aid organisations (corporate and NGO) in Southeast Asia, South Pacific, Africa as well as primary production industries and natural resource management organisations within Australia. He has proven skills as an M&E educator and has made a major contribution to knowledge and practice surrounding M&E information systems. Lyndon has a broad range of skills including: systems architect, software designer, systems analyst/programmer, information technology project manager, system deployment consultant, user enablement trainer, web-solution developer and technical operations manager. His focus for the past 4 years has been on developing a fully configurable monitoring and evaluation information system for international aid organisations. Lyndon's has a remarkable ability to conceptualise and design technological solutions to simplify the effectiveness measurement of complex human and organisational processes. More info . . .

Peter Truscott
Peter has extensive experience in international aid at field and management levels. His professional focus is project design, monitoring and evaluation, and donor management. He has worked as a practitioner and consultant in 25 countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, North America and the South Pacific for 11 years. He holds a Master of Development Studies from Deakin University in Victoria. Peter has been in senior positions with ADRA including Executive Director for ADRA Australia and the chief of Food Security programs at ADRA International HQ in Washington DC. In recent times he has consulted for AusAID and a number of Australian-based international aid agencies. He has remarkable wisdom and a fine sense of humour.

Stephen Kelly
Stephen is an M&E consultant with experience in primary industries and natural resource management within Australia and international aid in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. He played a key role in the enhancement of a culture of effective M&E in the Victorian Department of Primary Industries where he worked as a Senior Evaluator for the Evaluation Support Team of that department.

Contact Us

If you would like to engage one of our consultants or enquire further about our consulting services please email: consultants@aid-it.com