We believe that development goes beyond just providing financial assistance and investment in industry and infrastructure. For us, it involves investment in human resources, building skills, helping people help themselves and promoting a self-sustaining momentum for development.

We strive to be a long-term partner in both national and global development. Our projects range from program management of vital HIV/AIDS prevention and control programmes, institutional strengthening analysis, monitoring and impact evaluation. Our management consultants also offer expertise in assisting the public consultation process to secure that all-important community buy-in and ensuring that all needs are met and concerns properly addressed.

Over the years we have received widespread acclaim for our management consultancy input to social development projects that make a real and positive difference to people’s lives – particularly in the fields of HIV/ AIDS, healthcare, rural development, agriculture, education, poverty alleviation, livelihood, women and child development.

Health care

Providing limited preventive and curative care in Kwanu village, UttarakhandPoor health and poverty go hand in hand. Because we understand this we have always tried to be a part of the effort for creating stable social, political and physical environments to improve the health of the people. We have worked in close association with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, World Bank Funded Projects, state government health departments as well as DFID, UNICEF, CARE India and PATH. Our experience gives us a thorough understanding of the public health system and services, health expenditure review, development of PPP modules, monitoring & evaluation, quality assurance, resource mapping and drug/vaccines supply logistics.

HIV/AIDS

We manage and facilitate targeted interventions for HIV/AIDS prevention and control carried out by partner non-governmental organisations, community based organisations, private sector and local government. We assist the State AIDS Control Societies in AIDS policy formulation, evaluation of the NGOs/CBOs, preparation of PIP, behavioural surveillance surveys, capacity building for partner organisations, needs and midline assessment for new targeted interventions and appraisal of existing targeted interventions.

A Group Discussion conducted among the Targeted Intervention staff and other volunteers of Manas Bangla, that works for MSM group for capacity building by West Bengal Project Support Unit (WBPSU) Mott MacDonald managed the State Management Agency for DFID-funded partnerships for the sexual health project in Kerala and West Bengal. Mott MacDonald has experience of managing Project Support Unit (PSU) in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. As PSU, Mott MacDonald has rich experience of developing various processes and guidelines like Project Proposal Writing Guideline, Financial Manual, and Monitoring & Evaluation Manual etc to facilitate the work of respective State AIDS Control Societies. Mott MacDonald has established and operated Programme Management Office (PMO) for DFID with primary function of contract management which includes developing and implementing the tendering and contract management processes involved in establishing a successful “Challenge Fund”.

Education

Mainstreaming of out of school children in RajasthanEducation and especially elementary education is the most critical element in empowering people with skills and knowledge and giving them access to productive employment in future. It also influences the responses of the people to various issues and challenges as members of a developing society and hence needs special attention of the planners. Mott MacDonald has experience of working with Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and National Literacy Mission of India for evaluating the strategies for Out-of-School children, Alternative Schools, Total Literacy Campaign (TLC), Post Literacy Programme (PLP) and Continuing Education Programme (CEP).

Poverty and livelihood

We strongly believe that by approaching the social sector from a development and management perspective we can meet the community’s needs by significantly improving the quantity and quality of services. We have the capacity and experience to address resource, management and service delivery problems in the social sector in a comprehensive way, taking full account of the interests and needs of local people. We also believe that in order to ensure economic growth, equity and security in society, there needs to be a continual commitment to economic reforms, effective governance and institutions. Allowing people to be a part of the development process using their own resources and capabilities is essential along with an integrated national strategy for poverty reduction and increased security for the physically and economically vulnerable.

Rural women in a village in Andhra Pradesh engaged in grinding grainMott MacDonald is internationally recognised for providing a consistent standard of high-quality services by its multi-national staff and has contributed its institutional expertise in a range of poverty-reduction activities, including social services provision, employment promotion, micro-credit and the provision of basic infrastructure in areas such as water supply and sanitation, health, education and livelihood.

Women and child development

Group discussion on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) study in Uttarakhand In the recent years, the empowerment of women has been recognised as the central issue to determine the status of women. Mott MacDonald had undertaken a baseline survey in Gurgaon district on the Integrated Women Empowerment and Development Project, in order to assess the status of awareness level related to legal and socio-economic matters; availability of educational and health infrastructure and status of women including adolescent girls, school dropouts and retention pattern of girls, incentive and disincentives; and the status of economic activities being undertaken by women and available skill development and market support.

Addressing the water crisis

We provide professional management and technical support to address the water crisis in India and other developing nations. We support stakeholders in water user group formation, identification and selection of water source, water supply models, implementation and management of their own water supply schemes. We have rich experience in carrying out baseline, economic analysis, social assessment, affordability analysis, Capacity building of key stakeholders, monitoring and evaluation studies in water supply and sanitation sector.

Public water post in Uttarkashi District of Uttarakhand
Resettlement and rehabilitation

We understand the problems related to infrastructure development and its negative consequences on health, owing to resettlement and rehabilitation, particularly in the urban areas. With a view to create an environment to promote faster economic growth and better quality of life in urban areas and its adjoining localities, Mott MacDonald has undertaken several assignments aiming at assessing and subsequently providing inputs for improving the overall socio-economic status of the community. We also work towards Poverty Alleviation, which includes providing basic infrastructure needs in the slums, residential sites, and Industrial sites.