Building an Effective Engagement Approach to Catalyze Health Financing in East Africa

The Challenge

A West African NGO sought support in assessing the possibility of expanding its reach and impact in East Africa. The NGO sought to receive actionable recommendations that could position it to strategically engage in the region in order to impact health financing through resource mobilization, as well as health policy and awareness.

Our Crafted Solution

Globesight developed a regional strategy to ensure successful engagement in East Africa. We conducted a detailed operating environmental assessment, with comprehensive deep dives on Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. We also conducted in-depth interviews with local expert stakeholders to get an understanding of challenges and opportunities. We provided key recommendations and a high-level implementation plan, with an assessment of the feasibility of the NGO establishing a presence in the region.

The Impact

With Globesight’s support, the client was enabled to confidently decide a path forward vis-a-vis engagement in East Africa, specifically regarding which countries and what issues to focus on.

 

Conducting a market entry assessment in the Middle East region for an innovative sanitation technology

The Challenge

A global foundation sought to understand market opportunities and constraints for introducing an innovative sanitation technology in the Middle East region, including potential use cases, value/supply chain, and early adopters.

Our Crafted Solution

Globesight completed a market assessment identifying potential early adopters, constraints, and potential supply chain opportunities. We undertook comprehensive research across the Middle East, focusing on Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates. We conducted in-depth interviews with public and private sector actors and industry experts to gain insights and a deeper understanding of challenges and opportunities. We developed recommendations and an action plan with steps to approach the market and engage with key actors, including potential early adopters.

The Impact

With Globesight’s assistance, the global foundation gained deep knowledge and insights into the market opportunities and constraints in Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates. The global foundation was able to develop an informed and effective strategy to approach the market and identify stakeholders. Thus, the global foundation found a path to scale the adoption of the innovative technology.

 

Deepening a global foundation’s understanding of the emergency and humanitarian response landscape across key geographies

The Challenge

A global foundation sought strategic and operational support to enable it to confidently understand key developments and financing trends across the emergency and humanitarian response landscape in critical geographies.

Our Crafted Solution

Globesight provided support to ensure that the global foundation was well-placed to engage in humanitarian response. We conducted exhaustive research on key emergency and humanitarian response landscape developments across key geographies. We provided support on various engagements with humanitarian partners to pursue partnerships with GCC governments and institutions. We also identified high-impact opportunities based on a deep understanding of the context and perspectives.

The Impact

With Globesight’s assistance, the client was able to understand key developments and financing trends across the emergency and humanitarian response landscape across key geographies. The client was also able to confidently decide how and where to make future emergency and humanitarian investments.

 

Deepening engagement in Pakistan to achieve nutrition goals and objectives

The Challenge

A global foundation sought strategic and operational support for its nutrition team in Pakistan to advance its objectives and activities.

Our Crafted Solution

Globesight provided support to ensure the global foundation was well placed to advance its nutrition objectives in Pakistan. We provided strategic, analytical, and expert input on nutrition matters and reviewed context-specific nutrition interventions and messaging. We supported stakeholder engagement by providing necessary logistics and strategic intelligence support to organize meetings and ensure representation at nutrition events and discussions. We also conducted in-depth research and analysis and developed reports and strategic recommendations.

The Impact

With Globesight’s support, the client was enabled to move forward effectively with relevant in-country knowledge. The client was also able to build their engagement and cultivate relationships with national stakeholders.

 

Deepening regional engagement across the Middle East to support the resource mobilization efforts and ambitions of a global foundation

The Challenge

A global foundation sought strategic and coordination support for its resource mobilization efforts by helping identify, initiate, and mature its collaboration in areas of shared donor interest across the Middle East.

Our Crafted Solution

Globesight assisted the global foundation in its strategic goal of growing and sustaining overall development assistance levels and commitments from Middle East donors. We provided strategic advisory on engagements in the region and enhanced the efficacy of the global foundation through stakeholder engagement support and coordination. We provided detailed strategy and planning advice, targeted communications, country-specific guidance, inputs around key trips and meetings, and overall tracking of donor commitments. We coordinated the production of donor profiles by providing extensive qualitative inputs on country-specific political developments and strategic priorities. We also identified key high-level engagement opportunities for influence.

The Impact

With Globesight’s support, the global foundation was enabled to strategically drive forward engagement across the Middle East and mobilize resources for priority issues and areas. The global foundation was also equipped with resources to successfully conduct high-level trips and meetings in the region, allowing them to cultivate relationships with key stakeholders across the Middle East and identify areas of shared priorities.

 

Designing and facilitating a leadership meeting on ensuring impactful programming in the MENA region

The Challenge

An international NGO sought support to design and facilitate a bi-annual regional leadership meeting focused on issues of key importance to the MENA region and progress on key elements of the NGO’s MENA strategy roadmap. 

 Our Crafted Solution

Globesight facilitated a tailored and impactful leadership meeting with unique framing and exercises for success. We conducted a needs assessment and designed the structure and agenda of the meeting, as well as the content for the sessions. We provided guidance to facilitate the 3-day leadership meeting, including exercises, and coordinated rapporteur activities. We also outlined key takeaways from the meeting and prepared a communique and final report on the meeting.

The Impact

With Globesight’s support, the INGO could move forward with new understanding and skillset to ensure impactful programming in the MENA region.

 

Engaging GCC funders to support the fight against life-threatening diseases

The Challenge

An international fund sought support to devise an approach to effectively explore new GCC partnerships to mobilize large-scale funding towards its programs to make a lasting impact in the fight against life-threatening diseases. 

Our Crafted Solution

Globesight developed a phased strategy to enhance the international fund’s presence and engagement in the GCC. We performed comprehensive assessments, including landscaping, benchmarking analyses, desktop research and stakeholder interviews. We synthesized data and findings, integrated stakeholder interview perspectives and devised strategy documents in the lead up to an important resource mobilization milestone. We also provided context and engagement inputs, communications advice and preparatory support for the international fund’s public and private sector engagements.

The Impact

With Globesight’s support, the client was able to confidently decide how to further build its engagement and brand in the region. The client also developed mature relationships with potential partners to capitalize on for future resource mobilization milestones.

 

Leading a Workshop to Landscape Opportunities in the Gulf

The Challenge

An international NGO was seeking support in the planning, preparation and hosting of a global workshop to assess its future ambition and potential in the Gulf market.

 

Our Crafted Solution

Globesight facilitated a tailored and impactful workshop with unique framing for success. We mapped the levels of giving across foreign aid and private giving in the Gulf region and outlined the challenges that the international NGO could face in expanding to the Gulf region. We also assessed the growing philanthropic and social sector in the Gulf region.

 

The Impact

With Globesight’s support, the INGO gained a refreshed vision of what it can achieve in the Gulf market framework. The INGO was enabled to move forward with new understanding and country specific insights for driving their global initiative further.