Republic of Ghana FIRM PROFILE PAB Development Consultants Ltd., D/36 Vixen Close Comm. 18 Lashibi,Tema P.O. Box CO 1840, Tema Tel: 233-0303 414204-5 Fax: 233-0303- 414205 E-mail: [email protected] June, 2011 FIRM PROFILE Business Name: PAB Development Consultants Ltd. Legal Status: Limited Liability Company Registration Number: 44,163 VAT Registration No.: 617V000045 Date of Establishment: November 1991 Address: D/36 Vixen Close, Community 18 P. O. Box CO 1840 Tema Telephone No.: (233) 0303-414204 Fax: (233) 0303-414205 E-Mail: [email protected] Types of Services: . Project Management/Coordination . Project Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Studies . Training/Capacity Building . Transport Planning . Rural/Regional Development . Socio-economic Studies . Environmental Management . Financial Services . Research, Gender Targeting and Advocacy Firm’s Representative: 1. Dr. Kwame Prakah-Asante, 2. Elijah Yaw Danso Personnel: Eight (8) permanent/core staff, seventeen (17) Principal Associate Consultants/Researchers and fifty-eight (58) Associate Consultants/Researchers. Infrastructure: Housed in own building with six (6) Office rooms, One (1) reception room, a conference room, well- equipped Library and a Secretariat; all rooms are air- conditioned and have full broadband internet connectivity. Equipment: . Eight (8) Computers, four (4) of which are laptops installed with standard and project relevant software (Windows 2000, MS-Office, MS-Project, SPSS 11, SAS Insight, etc.) hardware such as laser printers, fax machines; . Two Canon high speed copiers . Equipment for the facilitation of group events: i.e. Four (4) soft boards, three (3) pin boards, four (4) flipchart-stands; 3 projectors. Two (2) 4X4 vehicles and one (1) Saloon car Strategic International Partners: PARTICIP GmbH (Germany), SOFRECO (France), FRR Ltd (UK) ICON-INSTITUT (Germany) Bankers: Barclays Bank Gh. Ltd., Tema Main Branch. 1 PAB Development Consultants Limited Firm Profile STATEMENT OF PRIOR EXPERIENCE AND CURRENT CAPABILITIES Integrated Service: Experience has shown over the decades that societies are not limited to things physical or spatial and economic, but also include social, institutional and structural dimensions. Care is, therefore, being taken currently to approach developmental issues with integrative, mutually supportive and inter- sectoral strategies. It is in recognition of this current approach to development, which includes the need for good governance, research and advocacy, infrastructure planning/management as well as capacity building particularly human and institutional capacity development, that PAB Development Consultants Ltd (PAB Consult) was born. PAB Consult firmly believes that account should be taken of the natural, economic, social, institutional, political and spatial systems operative in the project environment and the nation as a whole. By this stance, PAB Consult is committed to the holistic improvement in the standard of living and the quality of life of beneficiaries of interventions, by ensuring that public institutions are strengthened to enable them stimulate or facilitate growth in the private sector of the economy. Types of Services: █ Project Management/Coordination » Participatory Project Identification and Planning. » Pre-investment/Feasibility Studies. » Project Implementation and Management (Supervision, Co-ordination and Control). » Monitoring, Evaluation and Impact Studies. » Production and Operations Management of micro-enterprises. █ Socio-economic Studies » Beneficiary Assessments » Baseline studies/surveys » Monitoring & Evaluation » Design of Monitoring & Evaluation System » Project Reviews » Management Information System Design » Feasibility Studies » Tracer Studies █ Capacity Building/Human Resource Development » Training Needs Assessment - Conduct in-depth human resources analysis at country, sub-region and sector levels to determine training needs. » Elaboration of Manpower Development/Training plans to respond to country/sub- regional development goals and objectives. » Planning, Conducting and Evaluation of Training Programmes. » Moderation/Facilitation and Adult Education Methods. » Review and Assessment of Institutional Capability including Skills Gap Analysis. » Organizational Development. » Staff training in job performance. » Development and publication of training aids, user manuals and self-instructional materials. » Community participation and management of community-based projects/programmes 1 PAB Development Consultants Limited Firm Profile █ Financial Services » Review and Assessment of Financial Capabilities of institutions. » Financial and Management audits. » Portfolio Management. » Review of Accounting Systems. » Financial and Management training. » Budgetary Planning and Control. » Monitoring and Sales Management. █ Rural/Regional Development » Sector Studies/Socio-Economic Surveys using Rapid Appraisal and Participatory techniques. » Livelihood Support Services » Rural/Regional Development Planning including human settlements development and management » Agricultural Development Planning including small scale agro-industrial development, sustainable agriculture and food security. » Agricultural Research Services-Organisation and Management. » Land use/Capability Studies. » Water Resources Appraisal and Management including Surface and Ground Water, Irrigation Water Management and Drainage Networks. » Community Development. » Extension Services-Organisation and Management. » Forest and Wildlife Management and Research, Social Forestry and Forest Conservation. █ Environmental Management » Environmental audit for existing projects/programmes with the view of designing corrective measures. » Environmental Impact Assessment for new projects. Understanding of existing and potential environmental impacts. » Development of Environmental Management Plans to mitigate adverse effects of development initiatives. » Environmental Economics. » Environmental Monitoring. █ Transport Planning » Economic/Investment analysis of rural transport projects. » Feasibility studies on rural roads and transport (Preparatory Project Design). » Traffic forecasting. » Preparation of assessment/evaluation reports including socio-economic impact studies. » Design of training materials and training of field staff in rural transport evaluation. » Design, implementation and management of rural road projects. » Environmental impact studies/socio-economic/baseline studies in the transport sector. █ Research, Gender Targeting & Advocacy » Policy Research. » Economic & Agricultural Research. » Public/Community Health including water and sanitation, HIV/AIDS, environmental & reproductive health. 2 PAB Development Consultants Limited Firm Profile « Statistical Research & Analysis. » Social Research. » Communication Studies. » Gender, children Mainstreaming & Advocacy. » Resource Development & Management Studies. » Marketing Research including Product Research, Market Research & Price Research. » Tracer Studies. » Land use/Capability Studies. » Organizational Studies and Analyses. » Institutional capacity building » Poverty reduction issues and disability issues Services Rendered: (a) Project Management/Co-ordination . Development and Implementation of the Northern Region Lowland Rice Development Project (NRLRDP) in the Northern Region, AFD/GOG (in association with SOFRECO, France), as part of the Northern Sector Livelihood Support and Investment. Management support to the Improvement of Rural Water Supply Project in the Upper West Region, sponsored by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and GTZ. The role of PAB included the provision of local consultancy services for project design and implementation, budget preparation, staff development and training, community self-help capacity development, design of participatory management systems, monitoring and evaluation. Forest Resource Management Project, GWD/IUCN Project 9786, sponsored by the World Bank. PAB Consult’s responsibilities included the development of management plans for 8 protected areas under the management of the Ghana Wildlife Department. In addition, PAB prepared project and financial proposals for 2 other protected areas for support by the European Union. Formulation of Development Plans for the Mole National Park sponsored by the Dutch Government. Review and Preparation of a Two-year Plan of Operations for the Strengthening Community Management Project (SCMP), MLGRD. (b) Socio-Economic Studies . Social Profiling of Communities in Area of Influence of the Ahafo South Mine Operations, to ensure that development maximizes its benefits and minimizes its costs, especially those costs borne by people (including those in other places and in the future. Funded by Newmont Ghana Gold Limited. Beneficiary Institutional Assessment Surveys for the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD). The assignment involved an assessment survey for MLGRD to study and gather views of major beneficiaries of MLGRD services (i.e. the District Assemblies). The study aimed at providing basis for improvement of the services of the Ministry and the DAs as part of the Civil Service Improvement Project (CSIP). The districts covered included Afram Plains, Afigya-Sekyere and Birim South District. Review and rationalization of the organizational and functional structures of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Namibia as part of the Commonwealth Secretariat (C.F.T.C) Mission to Namibia. It involved a review of internal controls, assessment of manpower requirements