SUSTAINABLE  DEVELOPMENT

Our experts are engaged in professional and research capacities to localize the sustainable development agenda in the MENA region. We work on reviews and consultations over the MDGs and the SDGs and on reporting on their progress in a variety of sectors. We also research the impact of conflict in the region on the progress towards 2030. But mostly we value our bottom-up approaches to local development that aim at building community-based programing, local development plans, empowering local communities (especially women to engage) in policy making, supporting local municipal visions, establishment of urban observatories, and negotiating the duties and responsibilities of the different local and national level actors.  Our experts have experiences in different countries in the MENA region, and we have a thorough reading of the local contexts and a deep understanding of risks and opportunities.

Our services in this field include: 

Research & Analysis 

• We provide systematic reviews and analysis of a variety of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and we work closely on SDGs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17.

• We offer eco-system analysis to promote policies and programs, informed by our holistic understanding of cross sectoral issues and dynamics.

Scenario Development 

• Our team develops future regional scenarios, focusing on impacts of conflicts on the achievement of SDGs of the 2030 Development Agenda.

Advice 

• The LUGARIT team supports jump starting of development processes after conflicts and disasters, so they would become essential pieces of the puzzle of peacebuilding and stabilization.  We help in tailoring recovery programs and anchoring them into long-term development strategies and policies. 

• We support diverse advocacy initiatives for policies, legal and regulatory reforms. We help clients to develop evidence-based advocacy work and to promote knowledge creation to rationalize policy debates.

• We help donors and national institutions to develop programs and instruments to support development programs. 

• We help stakeholders in designing both supply and demand side financial instruments to dispense funds of development programs and ensure accountability over donors’ funds. 

Stakeholder Engagement 

• We work extensively with local, national and international actors to promote the sustainable development process. 

• We help stakeholders to develop baseline understanding of the different development sectors, their drivers and obstacles, their opportunities and constraints, and to benchmark their progress.

• We help partners negotiate with other stakeholders to promote their priorities.

Monitoring & Evaluation

• We help donors and national institutions to develop programs and instruments to evaluate development programs. 

• We help partners develop official and shadow reporting on SDGs.

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