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The Catalyst Group, of which CMS is a part, is one of the largest Indian consulting firms. The group is uniquely placed to offer a rage of services to organisations in development.
• We focus on initiatives addressing the socially excluded and extremely poor. The group ideology is to enable inclusive social development. This focus directs its strategic intent and all its initiatives.
Groups with whom we have worked include:
o Children in difficult circumstances
o Workers in unorganized/ traditional and hazardous occupations and small/ marginal scale operations
o Poor and economically and socially marginalised communities, particularly women
o Women in difficult circumstances
o Youth at risk, Migrants, People affected by humanitarian emergencies/ disaster-prone
o Indigenous communities (tribal)
o People affected by large infrastructure development initiatives (resettled)
• We are experienced in a variety of development approaches. These include rights-based, service-delivery oriented, self-Help based, advocacy-based approaches.
• We provide integrated models and support services. We have provided management support services across domains. We have engaged, directly and through the group resource centres, for implementation of initiatives. The expertise we have gained across domains has given us a unique position to provide cross-domain support – for instance in HIV and livelihoods, disaster and livelihoods, disaster and HIV.
We are well poised to provide a range of support services to a single project across its life-cycle– pre funding appraisals, planning, development of monitoring systems, documentation and communication, HR and OD, mid-line and end or the project reviews and evaluations, formative and other thematic research studies
The Catalyst Group has embarked on an initiative to implement initiatives through an integrated approach, bringing together its expertise in the areas of health, livelihoods and education.
• We offer different engagement modes. We customises engagement modes depending on the need of the client.
- Expert mode: Individuals with expertise in the service area provide support in consulting or technical support
- Process mode: Work as a team in collaboration with the partner for assignments involving change facilitation, process consultancy, planning, etc. The capacity of the partner's team is built
- Outsourced mode: Take up direct implementation of the assignment with our own team, either as Build-Operate or Build-Operate-Transfer
• We bridge worlds. Our flexible working style and experience of working with all types of organisations – community based organisations, NGOs, INGOs; bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors; state, national and international governments; academic institutions, corporate bodies and foundations, etc enable us to connect the worlds of:
o Corporate and NGO
o Development and market
o Social and technological
o Policy and practice
• We offer outcome based and utilisation focused support. Our support is focused beyond mere outputs, on outcomes and impact for our partners and the sector. We endeavour to provide services which our clients can immediately use for strategy development, planning, projection, or advocacy.
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