The Project Navigator

Clients work with the FIGA method to transform ideas into well-designed projects, fund-ready proposals, and clear strategies. Getting project-based advisory services from a third-party, can provide the client with independent and unbiased perspectives in the design, review, and strategic positioning of projects, programmes, and initiatives. It can be a great support during various phases of the project cycle and when projects, programmes, and initiatives need practical, context-specific analysis to strengthen the strategic positioning. The focus is on enhancing clarity of purpose, strategic coherence, and alignment with organisational mandates, donor priorities, and sustainability principles.

This is for you if you:

  • Are applying for grants, funding, or new partnerships.

  • Need support in shaping ideas into structured, realistic projects that clearly communicate impact, value, or feasibility.

  • Need to meet specific criteria, clear goals, outcomes, timelines, and activities or tools to measure long-term planning.

  • Want to ensure the project aligns with broader donor, funder, or stakeholder priorities.

  • (Mix and Match)

    Project & Programme Design: Guidance on conceptualisation, objectives and outputs, theories of change, intervention logic, framing and narratives to ensure initiatives are context-aware.

    Strategic Review & Refinement: Critical assessment of proposals, concept notes, strategic intent, or frameworks for coherence, relevance, and alignment with mandates, market priorities and principles to ensure initiatives are targeted.

    Sustainability & Climate Integration: Meaningful integration of sustainability, climate adaptation, environmental risk, resilience - principles and policies, beyond compliance-driven approaches.

    Unbiased Third-Party Analysis: Identification of gaps, missed opportunities, or areas to strengthen positioning for increased relevance, impact and partnerships.

  • Engagements are collaborative, structured, and time-bound, with clear deliverables. The approach includes:

    1) Initial scoping to understand context, objectives, constraints, and decision-making environments

    2) Co-creation with client teams to refine ideas while preserving internal ownership

    3) Independent analysis and structured feedback offering a neutral, external perspective

    4) Practical, context-specific recommendations grounded in real-world operational realities

  • This service is especially valuable for clients seeking strategic clarity, independent validation, or targeted advisory input during project design, organisational growth, or strategic transitions.

    Ideal for:

    • NGOs, civil society organisations, and mission-driven organisations

    • Foundations and philanthropic institutions

    • International and multilateral organisations

    • Government agencies or public institutions working on climate, sustainability, or resilience initiatives

    • Early-stage social enterprises or micro-teams seeking strategic clarity

  • Simple review: from $1750

    Light collaboration: from $3,500

    Full design/proposal: $7,000–$50,000 for complex, multi-month advisory or high-level institutional projects

    Ongoing advisory / retainer: $5,000 per month for weekly support, analysis, and co-creation sessions

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