bds center for development research company profile

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Table of ConTenTa message from the Managing Director..2

Introduction..4organizational Structure..7

Vision..8Core Values..9

Working Strategy..10bDS-CDR’s understanding of..11

“Development”areas of Strength exellence..12

15..Major project studies and trainings completed by bDS-CDR

19..Clients Served by bDS-CDR20..What have our clients said

about our services?26..Seven reasons for choosing

bDS-CDR for your consultancy services

28..our address

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bDS-Center for Development Re-search is becoming one of the fore-runners in the area of development research and multi-disciplinary

consultancy service. We are striving to keep the public informed with our research findings be-lieving that these works will help expedite the development efforts of our nation.

bDS-CDR’s currently strong state is the out-come of long years of professionalism and commitment of its staffs, past and present. Today our firm is on a solid springboard from which it can sprint much further. needless to say. recent partnerships with our esteemed in-ternational consulting groups based in the USa and UK will add a momentum to the promi-nence of our services. I believe that if we con-tinue to work together, we can excel in our ef-

forts together. Therefore, I welcome you all to work with us and taste the fruits of our com-mon successes.

our consulting practice involves using home-based and associate professionals’ knowledge and experience, as well as their analytical and problem-solving skills, to add value into a wide variety of governmental and non-governmen-tal organizations within a framework of ap-propriate and relevant professional standards, discipline and ethics. above all, putting our resources altogether, we always strive to satisfy our customers with our fair treatment and pro-vision of services to the utmost standards.

besides, bDS-CDR requires all staff, associate staff, consultants and researchers, etc engaged in research and/or consultancy activities to maintain the highest standards of rigor and in-

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tegrity in the conduct of their activities. by so doing, we proudly deliver quality services that satisfy the interest of our customers.

Therefore, I am honored to express my gratitude to those who have been working with us. I also would like to extend my invitation to all national, international, governmental and non-governmental orga-nizations to work with us and contribute their share to the success of the development endeavors of our country.

Thank you.

Daniel Melese

Managing Director

We are striving to keep the public informed with our

research findings believing that these works will help

expedite the development efforts of our nation.

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bDS Center for Development Research (bDS-CDR) is a private consulting firm contributing its share to the enhancement of the multifacet-ed efforts of the ethiopian government and its national and international partners to develop ethiopia. It was founded in 2008 by a group of

ethiopian professionals and their associates with rich experience in university teaching and practical research. Since then, bDS-CDR has been actively engaged in providing professional consultancy services in the area of development to numerous national and in-ternational clients.

Since its establishment, bDS-CDR has successfully completed over 23 major study and training projects to the full satisfaction of its clients. as a result, it has earned the trust of ethiopian government ministries like the Ministry of education, Ministry of agriculture, Ministry of finance and economic Development, Ministry of Ur-

ban Development and Construction, Ministry of federal affairs and major international organizations like UnICef, UnDP, WfP, the World bank, JICa, among many others.

In addition to the already completed projects indicated above, bDS-CDR has 8 major study projects currently in full progress, sponsored by: the Ministry of federal affairs, Ministry of finance and economic Development, Ministry of education, the Devel-opment bank of ethiopia, Central Statistics agency and horn of africa Regional environment Center and network, addis ababa University.

During the six years of its fruitful consultancy, bDS-CDR has con-tributed its share to the development of research and to its practi-cal application in the solution of social problems. It is pleased to be so actively engaged in serving institutions of constructive change and in contributing its share to the development of our country, our region and beyond.

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8 BDS-CDR Company ProfilebDS-CDR Staff members


Managing Director

Deputy Managing Director

training officers

Web aDMinistrator

planning & Marketing Division

language eDitor

Data Managerresearch officers project officers

project ManageMent Division

research DepartMent

Marketing officers

survey Division

aDMin assistant

purchaser/logistic

store keeper

office assistant

aDMinistration & finance Division

accountant

oRganIzaTIonal STRUCTUReBDS-CDR is structurally organized in a manner that is designed to provide optimal support to its operations. It has five major

programmed divisions with appropriate subdivisions guided by competent personnel.

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MISSIonour mission is contributing our share to development and going global.

VISIonbDS-CDR’s long term vision is to build a strong and ex-panded research and training institution of high interna-tional standard.


CoRe ValUeSThe core values that guide bDS-CDR in its day-to-day activities are:

Professionalism

Independence

Credibility

Integrity

Teamwork

Inspiring leadership

accountability

Transparency

Responsibility

Knowledge-sharing

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WoRKIng STRaTegybDS-CDR has adopted the following set of principles as core values of its working strategy.

Making progress step by step and learning from collective experience.

Collaborating with relevant government departments, the private sector and civil society organizations.

Adopting an interdisciplinary approach to research and net-working with scholars coming from different disciplines.

Keeping pace with the fast-growing digital technologies to promote knowledge accumulation and utilization.

Operating at the frontiers of knowledge using appropriate, efficient and reliable research techniques and approaches.

Effectively utilizing the untapped experience of highly qual-ified veteran scholars while at the same time building the ca-pacity of young researchers.

our understanding of

“development” goes beyond what is con-

ventionally held


bDS-CDR’S UnDeRSTanDIng of “DeVeloPMenT”

at bDS-CDR, our understanding of “development” goes beyond what is conventionally held. We hold that real development is holistic. Mate-rial development alone is not enough to improve the quality of man’s life. holistic development endeavors to address the whole of man and

his environment, i.e. to enrich the quality of the material, mental and spiritual as-pects of his life in a comprehensive manner.

Development is progressive and cumulative and provides the next generation better opportunities for greater development. any development that comes about at the expense of the wellbeing and further development of the next generation cannot be full and lasting.

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bDS-CDR aReaS of exellenCe

BDS-CDR has become a seasoned consultancy firm with rich experience in providing quality services in various areas of development. The major areas of development in which it has built considerable experience and acquired special and proven strength are:

• Monitoring and Evaluation• Data Gathering and Processing• Education, • Health and Nutrition, • Agriculture and Food Security,

• Capacity Building, • Urban Development,• Regional Integration,• Landscape Management.


In the process of building its strength in these areas, bDS-CDR has managed to build a rich and dependable pool of leading professional researchers, supervisors, data processors and enumerators that can be mobilized at short notice to successfully un-dertake a wide range of project studies and trainings. This ability to put together a professional taskforce appropriate for given projects and to deliver quality service on time gives bDS-CDR the state of mind with which to engage in its assignments with firm and full confidence. Furthermore, its engagement in the numerous study projects that it has carried out has enabled it to crisscross the expanse of ethiopia, thus enabling it to have a good picture of the social and geographic features of the country.

Management CapacityBDS-CDR is an efficiently managed firm. Its overall operation is supervised by a board of Directors. Its day-to-day management of the work at the head office and in the fields is carried out by a team of professionals headed by a highly qualified economist with a rich experience in working in several inter-national organizations.

because of its competent management capacity, bDS-CDR produces qual-ity results on study projects and trainings and delivers them on time. These qualities have earned our firm the trust and confidence of our national and international clients. This trust and confidence has, in turn, resulted in our being able to win successive consulting assignments from our major national and international clients.

Human Resource The bDS-CDR human resource is a carefully com-bined force of 14 fulltime experts and more than 20 seasoned associates specialized in major research and training in the areas of monitoring and eval-uation, data gathering process, educational policy analysis, capacity building, urban development, agricultural economics, industrial economics, envi-ronmental economics, health, pastoral community development, fiscal analysis, international trade, regional integration, food security, baseline survey and research design and analysis.

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BDS-CDR Track Record Since its establishment in 2008, bDS-CDR has been actively engaged in providing professional services in project studies and trainings to numerous clients. To date, it has successful-ly conducted and delivered a total of 23 works consisting 18 study projects and 5 trainings. Currently, it is in the process of conducting 10 major study projects. Thus, bDS-CDR has con-ducted and is in the process of conducting a total of 33 major studies and trainings, and has served or is serving a total of 18 national and international clients. We feel that this is quite an achievement of which we are proud. With such a track record, we are confident and determined to do ever better and ever more.

Financial capacityJust as it has demonstrated a proven strength in its capacity in re-search, BDS-CDR has equally shown a steady growth in its financial performance throughout its six years. During this period, the com-pany has shown an average financial growth of 30 percent per year.

One of the indicators of a successful firm is the quality of man-agement of its finance. We, at BDS-CDR, have paid the utmost at-tention to the quality management of our financial matters. BDS-CDR has a well developed standard of book-keeping, meticulously following the generally accepted accounting principles and applies a double-entry accounting system using Peachtree. bDS-CDR has duly paid all its taxes and other payments and is free of any kind of credit from any institution.


1. baseline Survey of UnICef-Supported basic education Programme in ethiopia with an evaluative approach

2. Rapid assessment of School grant Programme (SgP-2009)

3. School grant annual Review –2010-2011

4. evaluation of Capacity building Project in Remote zones in SnnPR with Teams of nUnV experts

5. evaluation of the UnICef/MoWCya adolescent/youth Development Programme (2007-2011)

6. baseline Survey for Integrated Urban Database Project (IUDP)

7. Situational assessment for the Introduction of Weather In-dexed Insurance in the oromiya Region

MaJoR PRoJeCT STUDIeS anD TRaInIngS CoMPleTeD by bDS-CDR

Major study projects

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8. Survey on Rural Situation for gode zone, the ethiopian So-mali Region

9. Refugee baseline Survey for World food Programme ( WfP)

10. agricultural growth Programme Survey and establishing of baseline Data for Impact evaluation

11. Information Meeting on the enhanced outreach Strate-gy/Community health Days(eoS/ChD) and Increased

Supervision of the Screening Quality in ethiopia

12. The Implication of Joining CoMeSa-eaC-SaDC Tri-partite fTa in the ethiopian economy

13. end-Term evaluation of Shebedino food Security Project of Shebedino Programme Unit in SnnPR

14. long-Term arrangement to Monitor and Implement Strategies to Improve the quality of the Management of

Severe/acute Malnutrition in all Regions of ethiopia

15. The Development of Content-Specific and Pedagogical Standards for Subject Teachers

16.end-line Survey of the Project for Improving Maternal and Child nutrition Status (Cobana) in the oromiya

Region

17. baseline Survey for Sustainable Development of the gambella-omo and Rift Valley landscapes

18. Preparation of Implementation Completion and Result Report on PCDP II


1. Provision of Project

Cycle Manage-ment Training

2. Strategic Planning

and Manage-ment (SPM)

3. Financial Manage-

ment and Control

4. Provision of Training

of Trainers on Supply Chain

5. Training on Weather

Insurance

T R A I N I N G S

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MAjoR PRojECT STUDIES

IN PRoGRESS 1. overall education Data Quality assessment

2. School facility Survey

3. ethiopia flagship Study, “Innovation In Delivery of better basic Services; Challenges and opportunities for

ethiopia” – Component I – Data Collection and organization

4. Developing Monitoring and evaluation Plan for RUfIP –PhaSe II

5. Revenue generation Strategy for Developing Regional States In ethiopia( for afar, benishangul-gumuz, and

gambella Regions)

6. Conducting africa RISIng ethiopian highlands house-hold and Community Surveys

7. Conducting baseline Data Collection USaID ethiopia land administration to nurture Development (lanD)

Impact evaluation (Ie).

8. Capacity assessment for Private Sector Development in ethiopia

9. Impact evaluation of the african Development bank Sup-ported Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Program

(RWSSP) in ethiopia

10. baseline Survey on Current KaP Regarding Peace building, Social Cohesion, and Resilience in afar, ben-

ishangul- gumuz, gambella and Somali Regions


1. The Ministry of education

2. The Ministry of Urban Devel-opment and Construction

3. The Ministry of agriculture

4. The Ministry of Trade

5. The Ministry of federal affairs

6. The Ministry of finance and economic Development

7. Central Statistics authority

8. The Development bank of ethiopia

9. UnICef-ethiopia

ClIenTS SeRVeD by bDS-CDRfollowing is a list of our esteemed clients to which bDS-CDR has successfully provided and is still

providing its professional services.


10. The World bank

11. World food Programme

12. Japan International Coop-eration agency (JICa)

13. oxford University

14. addis ababa University

15. International food Policy Research Institute (IfPRI)

16.Pro Development Pro-gramme

17. Plan International

18. Sanyu Consultants Inc.

19. african Development bank,

20.ethiopian Development Re-search Institute (eDRI)

WhaT haVe oUR ClIenTS SaID aboUT bDS-CDR?


The Following are extractions taken from officially signed and sealed recommendation letters from our clients regarding our services.

BDS-Center for Development Research (BDS-CDR) has worked at the Ministry of Education for 4 months for the project entitled: “Rapid School Grant Assess-ment 2009”. …’, BDS-CDR is creative and resource-ful, and we have benefited greatly from its evalua-tion recommendations. It has handled a full range of

responsibilities including preparing inception report, undertaking field data collection, preparing draft and final reports and validation workshop…

“WhaT haVe oUR ClIenTS SaID aboUT bDS-CDR?


We recommend BDS-CDR, without any reservation, to any organization looking for consultation ser-vices in the area of education. We will be happy to provide any further information about the perfor-mance of BDS-CDR, if requested.

Sincerely, (Illegible signature)

Solomon Shiferaw BogaleDirector, EMIS, Planning and Resource

Mobilization DirectorateMinistry of Education

This is to acknowledge that BDS Center for Development Research (BDS-CDR) has provided our Ministry a professional service in the form of: “Baseline Survey for Integrated Urban Da-tabase Project (IUDP.).

We wish to state that we are fully satisfied by the quality of the professional service provided “


“by BDS-CDR in the above study and are pleased to highly recommend it to organizations that wish to make use of its professional service on similar studies.

Sincerely,(Illegible signature)

Yitbarek MengisteHead, Policy and Programme Bureau

Ministry of Urban Development and Construction

This is to confirm that BDS-Center for Development Research (BDS-CDR) …has been contracted for 10 months for under-taking a study entitled: “Baseline Survey of UNICEF-Supported Basic Education Programme in Ethiopia with an Evaluative Ap-proach”—2010/11….


BDS—Center for Development Research was found to be dependable and professional. The team members assigned for the survey were qualified professionals with long experiences in the education sector. The study report was of acceptable standard and submitted within the given time frame. BDS Center for Development Research is recommended for similar consultancy work.

Sincerely yours, (Illegible signature)

Sibeso LuswataChief Education

UNICEF – Ethiopia

BDS Center for Development Research has provided consultancy services to the Ministry of Edu-cation for 4 months for the project entitled: “School Grant Annual Review 2010/201”… Especially, the study enhanced our understanding of the implementation status of the School Grant Pro-gramme (SGP) consistent with the School Grant Guidelines and identified difficulties/constraints in its implementation that may help to improve its impact…“


On our part, we have no hesitation to recommend BDS-CDR to any organization looking for consultancy services in the area of Education.

Sincerely,(Illegible signature)

Solomon Shiferaw BogaleDirector, EMIS, Planning and Resource

Mobilization Directorate The Ministry of Education

This is to certify that BDS Center for Development Research has carried out Refugee Baseline and Post-Distribution Survey in 2012.The company has successfully carried out the survey as per the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP) quality standard, terms and conditions stipulated in the service contract. Sincerely yours

(Illegible signature) Pascal JOANNESDeputy Country Director

UNWFP

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gooD ReaSonS foR ChooSIng bDS-CDR foR yoUR ConSUlTanCy SeRVICeS1. We are efficient: We produce the maximum desired result with

the minimum cost. We are efficient at home as we are in the field. We are efficient at home because we have competent, dynamic and dedicated staffs that carry out their day-to-day activities meticulously. We are effi-cient in the field because we deploy qualified and experienced researchers who know what they are doing.

2. We are committed to quality: no compromise with quality at bDS-CDR! The way we repay our clients for the trust they place

upon us is by delivering to them a work of quality.

3. We are punctual: not only do we do quality work but we also deliver our works on time.


4. We have broad experience: although we are a young company, we have carried out extensive research and training

in the core areas of development.. our involvement in such areas has enabled us to gather and analyze enormous baseline, mid-line and end-line data, to engage in monitoring and evaluation and to offer useful recommendation to our clients. our engagement in diversified projects throughout the country has enriched our re-search experience that enables us to deliver quality product.

5. We have a rich pool of human resource: In addition to the dedicated, full time professional staff at the head office,

we have a remarkable assemblage of professional associates in var-ious fields of expertise, who can be mobilized for research and training tasks at a short notice.

6. We are up-to-date in our digital technology of research: In addition to a rich human resource, we have the appropriate

technological tools required for carrying out sound research.

7. We are concerned stakeholders: as a national company, we have a stake in the qualitative success of each project we

undertake. for us, being involved in research is far more than being just a business. It is our society that benefits from each successful research project. We strive for high quality in our endeavors not only to meet the high expectations of our clients but also to be proud of a job well done and to satisfy our own sense of patrio-tism as citizens.

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our addressaddis ababa.bole Sub-City, Wereda 17, Kebele 12/13CMC Road, gurd Shola areaahf International buildingFirst Floor, Office No. 102Telephone: +251 011 6 47 95 17 011 6 47 81 29 Mobile: +251 0930 09 84 16fax: +251-(0)11-6479778e-mail: [email protected] further information about our firm, please visit ourwebsite: http://www.bdscdr.com

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