Social and Strategic Assessment, LLC is a multi-disciplinary international consultancy firm that specializes in management and organizational development, strategic and operational planning, capacity building, participatory social engineering, social accountability, and governance and social safeguard policies. It provides extensive expertise to various public and private sector clients across a wide range of development initiatives in Africa, Eastern Europe, and Asia. The success of Social and Strategic Assessment, LLC derives from a thorough understanding of organizational development, strategic and operational planning, capacity building and social development priorities and the design of cutting edge approaches to address the identified priorities. 

Who we are

We are a female owned company which manages its various field-based operations through its staff and affiliates in client countries and collaborative arrangements with a number of associates whose clients are public and private sector organisations and non-government organisations. We provide high quality advice, training and support to organisations involved in program design, implementation and evaluation, strategic and operational planning, public sector reform, governance of development programs and social assessment. We try always to work at the cutting edge of technique and knowledge in management development issues.

What we do

We are experts in:

  • Program and organisational development, social assessment and capacity building where we focus on program design, development and evaluation, strategic and operational planning, program implementation support, change management; and
  • Conducting methodologically appropriate and sound participatory research aimed at minimizing the adverse impacts of development initiatives in affected communities

Our strength is in assisting programs and organisations to develop strategic approaches to their planning and management systems within the context of the rapid changes which currently characterise the public, private and NGO sectors. Our approach takes cognizance of the challenges faced by programs or organizations and collaborating with teams to acquire the technical, operational and interpersonal skills necessary to manage complex programs. Our approach to social engineering ensures the mobilization of people’s energy towards sustainable development and gives special attention to those population segments that are most vulnerable or excluded.

The staff of Social Assessment, LLC consists of a pool of experts on program design and development, strategic and operational planning, monitoring and evaluation, social and accountability. Our areas of focus include, health, HIV/AIDS, the energy sector, public sector reform, strategic and operational planning across all sectors, use of results based methodologies to strengthen program performance, urban and rural development, community driven development, micro-enterprise management and finance, poverty reduction and gender.

All SSA affiliates are internationally known management experts, social scientists and developmental professionals with experience, proven capabilities and expertise in their respective areas.

For more information please contact:

Jonathan C. Brown
(Mr. Brown is taking a leave of absence from SSA beginning May 10, 2010 to serve as Director of Country Programs in Geneva Switzerland for the Global Fund against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria)
Managing Director, SSA.
32 Mountainside Court
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425
Phone: +1-202-415-0630
Fax: +1-304-728-0585
E-mail: jonathancbrown@hotmail.com

Senem Kudat
19 Orchard Road
Charlottesville, VA 22903
E-mail: skudat@socialassessment.com

The knowledge management of the company presented in this web-site has been sponsored by the World Bank and the Swiss Development Corporation to assist Social Assessment, LLC in strengthening the social marketing and applied social science capacity of local experts in Central Asia.

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