Leveraging Multidisciplinarity in Providing Services that Encompass the Domains of – Consulting, Research, Capacity-Building and Implementation
Governments, the corporate world, the non-profit sector, multilateral and bilateral agencies operate in an environment that is characterized by increasing complexity and rising expectations from stakeholders. The multidisciplinary team at CMSR - with its proven track record – facilitate its clients better comprehend and respond to their challenges. Drawing on their experience and expertise, the team of professionals provide the clients with the insights and scenarios that enable them to effectively implement their programmes and projects, to have access to objective and actionable feedback, to redesign the ongoing interventions and to develop more effective and fool-proof initiatives.
Over the years, CMSR has carved out a niche for itself as Specialist Agency in disciplines Social development, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Land Acquisition, Environment Management.
Our consultancy services straddle a broad spectrum of custom studies tailored to the unique requirements and priorities of our clients. A unique blend of professional rigour, flexibility and dependability characterise our services that go beyond the confines of the project ToR. Broad types of consulting services in which CMSR has gained expertise over the years include:
- Baseline surveys
- Midline surveys
- Monitoring and evaluation (M&E)
- Concurrent monitoring
- Endline (end-of-project) impact evaluation
- Social impact assessment (SIA)
- Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
- Socio-economic and health sample surveys
- Preparation of environmental and social management plans and frameworks
- Preparation and implementation of resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) plans
- Preparation of CSR plans other compliance studies and processes
- Research studies in social sciences and health
- Longitudinal or panel studies
- Gender assessment and mainstreaming
- Needs assessment studies
- Participatory planning, implementation and evaluation
- Training and capacity-building in a range of current and emerging domains
Our consultancy, research and implementation support covers a broad range of sectors and sub-sectors. Sector-wise services that we offer include:
INFRASTRUCTURE (Roads, Highways, Power, Railways and Irrigation)
• Baselines and Social impact assessments (SIA)
• Environmental impact assessments (EIA)
• Preparation of environmental and social management frameworks
• Preparation and implementation of resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) plans
• CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Plans
• Beneficiary assessments
• Monitoring and evaluation of social and environmental safeguards
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
• Poverty analysis
• Baseline poverty studies
• Beneficiary assessment studies
• Monitoring of welfare schemes
• Social Protection
• Evaluation of anti-poverty, rural employment and social sector schemes
• Baseline and monitoring and evaluation of Tribal Welfare Schemes
• Participatory planning and evaluation through PRA
• Quality assessment of rural infrastructure schemes
• Joint Forest Management
URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES
• Slum Development and Improvement
• Participation and Micro planning
• Housing
• Urban Transportation
• Sewerage and Solid Waste Management
• Drinking water and Sanitation
• Community Infrastructure Planning
• Parks, Lakes Management
HEALTH, NUTRITION AND POPULATION
• Baseline and field surveys in Health and Family Welfare
• Health Policy Analysis
• Health Systems Planning
• Health Care Financing
• Health Insurance
• Epidemiological Studies Communicable & Non-communicable Diseases
• Reproductive and Child Health
• Nutrition
• Health Information Systems
• Project Planning and Implementation
• Supplies, Drugs and Logistics Management
• Public Private Partnerships
• Women and Child Development
• Health Studies of the Poor and Disadvantaged
• Occupational and Environmental Health
GOVERNANCE
• Social Accountability
• Management Development
• Government Process Reengineering
• Planning in Government
• Administrative Reforms
CAPACITY-BUILDING (Modules designed for professionals as well as practitioners)
• Resettlement and Rehabilitation
• Social Impact Assessment
• Land Acquisition Processes
• Survey Design and Impact Evaluation
• Participatory Rural Appraisal
• Data Analysis
• Report Preparation
PHASE WISE PROJECT SERVICES
The various stages of a project cycle are mentioned below for which research and information inputs can be provided by CMSR.
Project Conceptualization Stage
- Conceptualization and Project Development studies
- Pre-project/Pilot and Perception studies
- Feasibility studies
- Mapping studies
Project Planning and Formulation Stage
- Baseline/Benchmark/Perception studies
- Impact Assessment studies (Socio-economic and Environmental)
- Resettlement and Rehabilitation studies
- Institutional Assessment studies
- Capacity-building and Training
- Communication and Participation / NGO and Social Capital
- Need-assessment studies
- Strategy Development studies and Report Preparation
Project Implementation Stage
- Performance Monitoring
- Concurrent Evaluation
- Performance Evaluation
- Impact Evaluation