The Experience Network

Consultancy Interests

Libby operates as Director of Amber Analysis, a UK based research, evaluation and capacity building consultancy that works internationally and in the UK with charities, NGOs and community organisations; with grant making organisations; and with central and local government departments. It aims to:

*  Improve the quality of social change programmes

*  Strengthen the effectiveness of international and UK based charities, NGOs and community organisations

*  Influence the grant-making and evaluation strategies of donors

Libby works in the UK and internationally on:

• Programme and project evaluation
• Developing a Theory of Change
• Developing evaluation frameworks
• Organisational review
• Project and grants assessment
• Capacity building and organisational/project development
• Strategic planning
• Training in organisational management and self-evaluation
• Needs assessment
• Research into social development and civil society
• Developing grant-making and evaluation policies for donors
• Government and civil society relations – international

Recent clients include:

The Directory of Social Change: Evaluation of their Armed Forces Charities Project

Civil Society Development Foundation: Helped to develop a new strategic plan for this grant-giving Foundation

Seychelles Ministry of Labour: Research study into youth unemployment

Target TB: Design of a Theory of Change and evaluation framework for all programmes across Africa and Asia and an evaluation training programme in Zambia for all partners

DFID: Assessment of civil society projects working on poverty issues

EC programme in Bosnia: Capacity building of civil society organisations to help them engage in policy dialogue with government

British Red Cross: Evaluation of a refugee programme

Mencap: Two evaluations of a national programme for people with learning disabilities

Equinet: Four yearly evaluations of Equinet – a network of 37 Equality Bodies across 27 European countries