Our Services & Products

Consultancies

CanvaConsult specializes in helping clients resolve their organisation’s most urgent problems, issues, or projects. We work across a range of roles and industries and share our skills of analyzing information and identifying the best path for each organisation to take.

Our consulting services focus on our clients’ most critical issues and opportunities: strategy, organization, operations, transformation, and sustainability across all industries and geographies. We bring deep, functional expertise, but are known for our holistic perspective. We support organizations to create and follow a long-term blueprint or strategic plan. Our consulting services include business consulting – assist organisations with optimizing internal workflow and the internal inner workings
of the business as a whole, including streamlining teams, work flow operations and business environment. We support organisations to create robust practices to optimize management of teams, projects, and departments on a day-to-day basis.

As operational consultants we use data and research to help organizations streamline their operations, and/or enhance their operational performance. We also offer Implementation consultancy by supporting in carrying out a suggested solution, and offering in-depth information on how to solve organisational issues.

Program / Project Support

Community Led Development Project Evaluation, Impact Assessments, Desk studies, Baseline Surveys, Organizational profile development, Concept note / Proposal writing and reviews, Project report writing and reviews, Third Party Monitoring Fundraising / Resource Mobilization and Donor Relations.

Organizational Development & Management Consulting

I) Institutional Capacity Building, Institutional capacity assessments, Staff capacity assessment, SWOT analysis, Development of
capacity-building strategies.

ii) Strategic Planning Development and review of strategic plans, Review and development of Key Results Framework Development of resource mobilization plans

iii) Human Resource Management Support Services, Formulation of organizational procedures (Administrative, HR and Financial), Recruitment Support services, Communication Strategies.

Backstopping Consultancy Services

We provide continuous advice to ongoing project and organizational processes.

Applied Research

Canva Consult provides a full range of qualitative & quantitative research methods to match your needs. Canva Consult supports clients to undertake applied research to enhance their knowledge base, support planning, and programming, and make informed decision.
Some of our research areas include:
Research and analyses in economics, agricultural economics, sociology, gender, social sciences, and humanities; training; strategic management of CBOS and NGOs;

Policy Briefs

Community led Development, Rural development Baseline surveys, Product surveys, Market surveys, Project evaluations and impact studies, Case studies, Customer / Client satisfaction/perception surveys,  Knowledge Attitudes and Practices (KAP) surveys.

Training

Canva Consult delivers quality, customized trainings that provide participants with practical skills to enable them to face day-to-day workplace challenges with confidence.
We empower teams to make the most of their talents. We offer training across a wide range of technical and soft skills, tailored to meet your most urgent challenges. Our trainings are structured as single content modules or longer programs, and delivered in both single- and multiple settings; are highly interactive, effective and engaging.
From zero-based budgeting to inspirational leadership, from the most senior executives to the front line, our programs ensure your teams have the strategic capabilities they need to outperform. Our training is delivered exclusively by highly experienced practitioners who don’t simply teach the material but make sure your teams know how to put what they’ve learned into practice.

We offer a wide variety of short trainings covering the following thematic areas below;

Organizational Effectiveness Trainings

Strategic Planning and Management Lobby, Advocacy and Networking Skills, Change Management Skills, Effective Human Resource Management, Strategic Fundraising Skills, Team Building skills

Project Management Training

Project Cycle Management, Community Needs Assessment, Zero based budgeting, Budget Tracking, Financial Management for Non-Financial Managers, Gender Equity & Mainstreaming; gender budgeting, Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, Proposal Writing for Donor Funded Projects, Report Writing for Donor Funded Projects, Results Based Management, Rights Based Approach to Development.

Personal Development Courses

Communication and Presentation Skills, Effective Writing Skills, Facilitation Skills (ToT & ToF), Good Governance & Leadership Skills, Practical Management and Supervisory Skills, Recruitment and Interviewing Skills, Stress Management.

Research skills training

Academic research methods, Corporate/applied research methods, Participatory research methods.

Canva Consult Training Goals

To offer a variety of tailor-made practical trainings, advice and information services to individuals and organisations in the public, corporate and non-profit sectors.

Training Modes

a) Open Training
b) In-house Training
c) Individualised Coaching
d) Online / Distance learning

Our Clients

Canva Consult is ready to work with a wide range of clients at local, national and regional levels in Eastern and the Horn of Africa regions. Our clients are the non-profit, public and corporate sectors. We have partners outside Uganda such as The Global Trade Policy Initiatives based in Nigeria, Kenya and London.