The Challenge
A UN agency sought support in developing a comprehensive and effective Gulf strategy and providing actionable recommendations that position the UN Agency’s Gulf offices to strategically pursue private sector opportunities in the Gulf with the aim of maximizing income and leveraging influence.
Our Crafted Solution
Globesight developed a 2019-2021 strategy with a focused agenda to unlock the highest impact and growth. We assessed the past successes and failures along with recent trends to promote an evidence-based, strategic framework. We also facilitated a process to generate a five-year strategy, goals and prioritized private sector engagement activities for the organization. We then developed a strategically aligned and practical action plan including targets, key actionable recommendations and resources required.
The Impact
With Globesight’s support, the UN Agency was enabled to confidently decide a path forward vis-a-vis the strategic framework. The strategy involved significant and sustainable growth of the UN Agency brand and impact as well as potential to unlock substantial private funds.
The Challenge
A leading UN agency faced a substantial budgetary deficit, alongside a long-term financial challenge. The agency would no longer be able to meet the needs of their beneficiaries unless there were strong shifts in operational efficiency and resource mobilization.
Our Crafted Solution
Globesight developed a three-pronged strategic framework to ensure successful resource mobilization. We conducted an analysis of the agency’s past and current funding sources, simultaneously cross-referencing with trends in the funding environment and assessing potential partnerships. We also leveraged the agency’s brand equity and targeted communications strategy to spur growth. We identified opportunities for revenue-generation and designed a specific strategy for engagement with new financing mechanisms.
The Impact
With Globesight’s assistance, the client was able to confidently determine its strategy to effectively mobilize resources at present and in the long-term, with a deep understanding of the specific next steps to achieve its goals.
The Challenge
A West African NGO sought support in developing a comprehensive and effective strategy to engage in Gulf countries, and in making actionable recommendations that position the NGO to strategically pursue partnership opportunities in the Gulf, including resource mobilization, innovation, advocacy, and media partnerships.
Our Crafted Solution
Globesight developed a multi-year strategy to ensure successful engagement in the Gulf. We conducted a detailed assessment of the NGO’s current operations and partnerships, as well as comprehensive research on the landscape in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. We developed a targeted strategy that included prioritization of partners and arcs of engagement. We developed a practical plan of action to operationalize the three-year strategy, including key milestones and required resources.
The Impact
With Globesight’s support, the NGO was able to confidently decide a path forward to strategically pursue its Gulf engagement plan.
The Challenge
An international non-profit organization (INPO) sought a comprehensive analysis of the global and regional landscape of Global Health centers to determine the need and rationale for the creation of a Global Child Health Center in the GCC, including the key elements and the strategy required to ensure the successful development of the Center.
Our Crafted Solution
Globesight developed a robust framework to determine the viability and the potential impact of the Center. We performed comprehensive assessment, including landscaping and benchmarking analyses, desktop research, and stakeholder interviews. We then synthesized data and findings, integrated stakeholder interview perspectives, and identified key health gaps and opportunities for the new center to explore. We also developed a framework for determining scope, building operations, measuring impact, and potential partners.
The Impact
With Globesight’s support, the INPO was enabled to confidently decide a path forward to building the Center. The INPO also had a clear understanding of the landscape, key players, health gaps, and potential impact of the Child Health Center.
The Challenge
An international non-profit organization (INPO) sought a strategic analysis of the relevant developmental and sociopolitical key trends in the GCC as well as a landscaping exercise to inform the decision-making process of its investment potentials in the region and inform potential partnerships.
Our Crafted Solution
Globesight developed a precise framework to assess the engagement potentials, risks and define relevant mitigation. We assessed the overall political, economic and social trends affecting the giving potential and multisectoral giving within the region, including insights on and priorities of donors against INPO’s objectives. We then reviewed the barriers, challenges, competitors and priorities of donors to inform the INPO’s decision. We also evaluated key risks and offered potential mitigating actions.
The Impact
With Globesight’s support, the INPO was enabled to confidently decide a path forward vis-a-vis a possible engagement in the region. The INPO could also leverage institutional and philanthropic donors, as well as new private sector relationships in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE.
The Challenge
A newly formed foundation based in the GCC region needed to develop a comprehensive strategy for its first three years to respond to its target population’s multi-dimensional needs effectively.
Our Crafted Solution
Globesight developed a three-phased solution to unlock increased sustainable impact. We performed a 360-degree assessment analyzing past performance, strengths, and weaknesses. We then developed a strategy refinement, integrating key findings through benchmarking exercises to generate a long-term strategy from vision/mission to program design. Lastly, we created an implementation roadmap including program plans, identification of organizational capacity and culture needs, development of an effective messaging platform, and overall brand narrative.
The Impact
With Globesight’s support, the foundation could confidently decide on a path forward for its initial three years via the strategic framework. The messaging platform also helped create consistent, relevant, and impactful branding.
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.
The Challenge
A leading US educational institution sought to better understand the scale, scope and practices of philanthropic initiatives and organizations in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Our Crafted Solution
Working closely with the US educational institution, Globesight undertook a deep analysis of social, political and economic influences on philanthropy, including initiatives to encourage giving and the role of the government. We mapped the sectors in Kuwait and the UAE, including but not limited to models of philanthropic foundations, operational strategies and philanthropic priorities and purposes. This research culminated in the publication of two in-depth reports, highlighting challenges and opportunities.
The Impact
The two reports helped expand the limited knowledge and data available on the sector as a whole. Greater knowledge on the scope of philanthropy in the Gulf region unlocked the potential to help foundations increase their impact and facilitate more collaboration.
The Challenge
A global education foundation sought an expert brief and update on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically focused on SDG #4, namely quality education, highlighting implications for the global foundation’s strategy moving forward.
Our Crafted Solution
Globesight developed a precise framework to analyze the SDGs against the global foundation’s goals and identified engagement potentials. We developed a comprehensive framework to analyze the shift from Millennium Development Goals to SDGs and evaluated how SDG #4 was perceived within the international community against the foundation’s objectives. We shaped impact-focused implementation strategies and opportunities for SDG-related goals, including resource mobilization and funding modalities.
The Impact
With Globesight’s support, the client could confidently decide on a path forward with suggested recommendations. Through a collaborative approach, with the emerging global architecture on financing for education, the global foundation was able to harness key synergies to achieve its goals and objectives.
The Challenge
Globesight conducted a landscaping exercise of the water security sector that highlights key challenges, relevant stakeholders, and potential solutions to inform client’s engagement.
Our Crafted Solution
Globesight developed an in-depth report on the scope of water security issues that included identification of primary drivers as well as an effective engagement plan. We outlined the current status of global water security and the critical gaps and needs. We also identified the overall progress according to issues and geographies, including high-impact solutions and challenges. We then developed recommendations on how the client can best engage in the sector.
The Impact
The report helped expand the limited knowledge and data available on the sector for the client.. More knowledge regarding the scope of water security helped unlock the potential to increase the clients’ impact and facilitate more collaboration within the sector.
