Our Approach

Before embarking on a project, we spend time understanding our client’s organisational needs, objectives, and priorities. This information helps us develop the best possible tailor-made research, monitoring and evaluation strategies.

During our engagement with our clients, we remain responsive to their needs whilst continuously improving and adding value to the design, management and use of research and evidence.

We monitor and report on progress on an ongoing basis whilst guiding and mentoring our teams at all times. This helps us deliver good quality data and insights, on time, and within budget.

Integrity

We are aware that our work and recommendations have real consequences for project managers, their interventions, and beneficiaries. We acknowledge and value the trust they have in us. Integrity and transparency are important values for us, and we adhere to stringent ethical guidelines:

• We respect the autonomy and dignity of all participants,
• We afford protection to those who are vulnerable and/or share sensitive information,
• We avoid causing physical, psychological or social harm, and
• We value justice in our work.

Capacity

For each project SADC Research Centre works in partnership with our clients, and brings together engaged African and international experts to attend to social and economic challenges.

SADC Research Centre manages large-scale, complex research and evaluation projects in Africa’s urban, rural and traditional areas. Our project managers guide multi-disciplinary teams. We continuously recruit and develop teams of field researchers, technicians, data specialists, and experts in a range of thematic areas. We build teams of academics and research mechanics.