Results. Sustainability. Guide through transitions. Reliability.

Adelante aims at producing the best results for your organisation. We do this by calling on our members’ expertise and ensuring that we control the quality of our services at every stage. We deliver on time.

Start now Explore Training

Consulting services

Consulting services include facilitating decision making, training, technical and operational assistance, fostering social and economic development. We strive to work with and through local partners to ensure local ownership and provide a clearer understanding of the context and opportunities for real impact.

Putting people first

Reducing inequalities is the key to recoupling social and economic prosperity. We support the design and implementation of strategies that place decision-making in the hands of local communities.

Understanding, and working towards the reduction of inequalities
Applying a 360º analysis on policy credibility
Aid policy, results-based management systems
Support to civil society, local organisations and decentralised systems
Working hand in hand with environmental assets and their management

Worldwide, focus on LDCs (UNCDF): since 2015 working with UNCDF to extend performance based grants to local communities and sub national government to adapt to climate change and to make country systems more robust.

Worldwide (EU/AFD): collaborating to the EU Reference document on Reducing Inequalities (AFD-Inequality Research Facility; EU-Tools and Methods series 29).

Niger (Oxfam): communicating and sharing data with citizens on inequalities to impact decision-making.

Worldwide (AECID): determining AECID’s value added to reduce inequalities in partner countries.

UN wide (ILO): mapping the integration of inequalities in a sample of UN bodies strategies and programme implementation frameworks.

Public Finance

Public finances and their management are ever adapting to new priorities (including climate change adaptation and inequality reduction), providing more robust tools to finance policies, reducing risks and delivering results and accountability. We use our extensive experience and expertise to analyse public finances, their management and guide our partners on reform design, implementation and the essential transformation of public administration towards performance and risk management. We can assist in:

Public finance, fiscal policy and budgetary outcome analyses
Public finance management assessments (PEFA, SAI PMF, PAMs, PIMA) and reform design
Supporting reform implementation and change management processes
Identifying and attracting innovative financing

Mozambique (EU): macro-economic, public finance management and sector outcomes analyses.

Mozambique (UNICEF): introducing performance and programme budgeting.

Worldwide (UNEP): conceiving a Blue Public Finance Framework for addressing Blue Economy.

Indonesia (AFD): evaluating policy-based loans to support energy transition and taxe reforms.

Lebanon (ETF): assessing financing of education sector.

Climate and Nature

Through community engagement and the implementation of tailored innovative solutions, we help our clients navigate the complexities of environmental stewardship, and economic advancement intertwined with societal improvements .

Natural resources management
Support to climate change adaptation
Responsible rural development and food security
Managing renewable energies
Support to social services, access to water, health and education

Cape Verde (LuxDev): developing a methodology for climate tagging of budget programme and training national administration.

LDCs, Worldwide (UNCDF): since 2015 working with UNCDF to extend performance based grants to local communities and sub national government to adapt to climate change and to make country systems more robust.

Guide international action

We serve as navigators, facilitating the strategic and impactful use of public resources for development effectiveness. We specialise in designing and implementing effective frameworks for international aid management. We:

Provide Official Development Aid analysis: review of flows and results
Support to policy coordination and capacity development
Structure policy dialogue
Review processes for international support and evaluation
Create results-based management systems

Worldwide (EU): review of EU budget support portfolio and EU actions on domestic revenue mobilisation and public finance management.

France (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, AFD, National Treasury): evaluating France’s contribution to financial governance (2006-2016).

Worldwide (EU): meta-evaluation of EU budget support operations Indonesia-Mexico (AFD): cross-evaluation of AFD’s budget support to large emerging economies.

Worldwide (EU/AFD): collaborating to the EU Reference document on Reducing Inequalities (AFD-Inequality Research Facility; EU-Tools and Methods series 29).

Balkan and Neighbourhood countries (EU): introducing performance planning and programming for policy support.

Capacity Development

We believe that empowering individuals and organisations with the rightskills and knowledge is the cornerstone of sustainable growth.

Dissemination of good practices in aid delivery methods
Policy learning and experimentation
Design and delivery of capacity building activities, trainings
Reference Toolkits and Manuals
Support to policy dialogue
Coaching stakeholders owned process

Worldwide (EU - Methodological Knowledge Sharing): since 2012, developing and delivering targeting trainings for EU institutions (DG INTPA, DG NEAR, EU Delegations) on reducing inequalities, policy dialogue, greening development, budget support.

Francophone African and Oceania countries: Curating and Facilitating CIRFiP.

International Conference on reform of public finance “Collect More Spend Better”. Spain (EU): supporting Expertise France and I4CE green budgeting training for Spanish ministry of finance and sector ministry; introducing the case of biodiversity.

Cameroun (EU): training the Tax Directorate on green taxation

We promote a global perspective. We are where we are needed.

The Adelante network has successfully implemented 150 projects in over 60 countries. We have a global commitment to addressing social and economic challenges. Our expertise and network have contributed to make sustainable growth possible and to improved livelihoods worldwide, showcasing adaptability and effectiveness in diverse landscapes.

Button Button

Together, we can make a difference.

We look forward to achieving positive outcomes. Together, we will explore transformative possibilities, supported by a dedicated network committed to generating positive impact.