Advisory, research, and training services that advance human rights and enable sustainable development.
Create the future.
Our advisory services.
— Let’s make lasting, structural change possible.
— Advisory.
Stakeholder Engagement & Public Participation
Designing and facilitating inclusive stakeholder engagement and public participation processes to build legitimacy, strengthen project outcomes, and give effect to the rights of affected communities.
Engagement
Project Management & Events
Managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects, organising international events and workshops, and providing reliable secretarial and administrative support.
Management
Law Reform & Advocacy
Supporting law reform initiatives and rights-based advocacy at the domestic, regional, and international levels, with particular expertise across African and multilateral institutional contexts.
Legal
Human Rights Impact Assessments
Assessing the human rights implications of projects, programmes, and institutional processes to identify risks, surface gaps, and inform rights-respecting approaches to implementation.
Legal
Regulatory Compliance & Risk
Advising on compliance with data protection frameworks to ensure that personal information is lawfully processed and your clients’ data is adequately safeguarded.
Legal
Policy Development
Analysing the legal and policy landscape across multiple African jurisdictions to generate evidence-based insights that inform the development, reform, and implementation of sound public policy.
Policy
Development of Legal Instruments
Drafting effective legal instruments, including guidelines, model legislation, and international treaties, grounded in comparative analysis and responsive to specific legal and institutional contexts.
Legal
— Research.
Comparative Research & Mapping
Conducting comparative legal and policy research and jurisdictional mapping across Africa and internationally to identify trends, legislative gaps, and good practice in support of reform and advocacy objectives.
Research
Commissioned Research
Producing rigorous commissioned research reports and papers that draw on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies, tailored to the specific needs of our partners and their audiences.
Research
— Training.
Capacity Building Workshops
Designing and delivering targeted capacity-building workshops that equip civil society organisations, government institutions, and other partners with the knowledge and tools for sustained organisational development.
Capacity Building
Online Platforms & Courses
Developing purpose-built online learning platforms and open online courses within our core practice areas, making specialist knowledge accessible to wider audiences across Africa and beyond.
Training
Training Toolkits & Manuals
Creating practical, context-sensitive training toolkits and manuals designed for deployment in both online and offline settings, across a range of thematic areas and target audiences.
Training
We envisage a world where everyone, everywhere can free their potential.
— Our sectors.
Non-Profit Organisations
Civil Society & Social Movements
Corporates & Social Enterprises
Private Sector
News & Media Organisations
Journalism
Multilateral Institutions & Agencies
International Organisations
Governments & Public Institutions
Public Sector
Philanthropic Organisations
Funders
Educational Institutions
Education
— Key people.
Tina Power.
Managing Director | JHB
Wendy Trott.
Associate Director | JHB
Tim Lloyd.
Associate Director | CPT
S'lindile Khumalo.
Senior Associate | JHB
