International Advisory Services

Our partners include international and development finance institutions (e.g. ADB, AFD, AfDB, AIID, EBRD, EIB group, FMO, KfW group, World Bank group), bilateral and multilateral donor organisations (e.g. BMU, BMZ, EC, EU, GIZ, UNDP, UNEP), as well as non-government organisations.

Our clients are primarily financial institutions (Development Banks, Banks and MFIs) and their beneficiaries (MSMEs, low-income populations), regulators, training institutions, investors and other stakeholders of the financial community.

We also work with innovative players such as Fintechs and solar home system providers and partner directly with financial institutions (e.g. Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, Yapi Kredi Bank in Turkey) to provide tailored trainings and capacity building services.

We are well-positioned to support our partners and clients globally through our Regional Offices & Country Desks.

We offer a wide spectrum of customised technical assistance to meet our clients’ evolving needs. In each of our thematic areas of expertise, we support our partners and clients by assembling an experienced team of experts with the necessary know-how to fulfil the objectives of each assignment. Our core service offerings focus on our three pillars - Advisory, Training & Education, and Research & Policy:

Advisory

• Fund and credit line management (funding, guarantees, technical assistance and grants);

• Development and implementation of innovative financial mechanisms and incubator platforms;

• Technical assistance in all areas of banking and finance, strategy advice and management consulting;

• Business development services for MSMEs;

• Customised digital tool development and digitalisation;

• Organisation and implementation of events.

Research & Policy

• Due diligences, feasibility studies, business plans, institutional and impact assessments;

• Country, market, sector and baseline studies;

• Publications;

• Policy advisory to public stakeholders and development organisations.

Training & Education

• Institution building and strategic partnerships with bank training institutes;

• E-Campus programmes on development and sustainable finance, executive academies;

• Classroom trainings, training-of-trainer programmes, on-the-job and executive coaching;

• Open enrolment and custom executive education programmes;

• Provision of innovative technology-supported education solutions under efiport and knowledge dissemination with FS Verlag.

What sets us apart is our strong service orientation - "going the extra mile" is a standard we follow to establish open dialogue between all parties to ensure project success. We are often involved not only at the stage of project design but in the entire project cycle and provide support from concept development throughout implementation and closing. We take a hands-on approach in project implementation, which is driven by excellent results and sustainability for the future.