Problem framing, strategy development and identification of entry points, through to programme design and development plans.

Results frameworks, indicators, baseline, midline and endline assessments, mid-term and final evaluations, and monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL/MEAL) systems that turn monitoring data into management decisions.

In humanitarian settings we design to MEAL standards: accountability to affected populations is built into the system, with feedback and complaint mechanisms, information sharing and participation in decisions treated as monitored results rather than add-ons.

Survey design and data quality. We design the sampling and the instruments, pilot them, train and supervise enumerator teams, and run back-checks and data validation before analysis. Where local presence matters, we work with vetted fieldwork partners and supervise their teams to the same standard.

Counterfactual impact evaluation using experimental and quasi-experimental designs, and theory-based approaches where no credible comparison group exists.

Economic analysis follows the question: cost-effectiveness analysis where outcomes resist monetisation, and ex-ante or ex-post cost-benefit analysis where funders require it. Findings are assessed against the OECD-DAC criteria.

Participatory workshops, stakeholder processes and collaborative decisions, through our two approaches, Design Your Joy and Workshop Me.

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Work plans, procurement oversight, risk management and reporting to clients and funders.

Training for programme, planning and MEL staff, so that systems keep working after the assignment ends.

Enterprises create the jobs and incomes that development depends on. We help institutions design and assess programmes that strengthen businesses, clusters and the services that support them.

We work on SME support and advisory systems, entrepreneurship schemes, cluster and value-chain development, and business environment reform.

We also assess what these programmes achieve, with economic and impact assessments that inform the next round of design.

Rural livelihoods depend on productive agriculture and access to finance. We support programmes that strengthen both.

We work on rural and community development programmes, agricultural and rural finance, and the value chains that connect farmers to markets.

We also establish baselines and evaluate what rural programmes achieve, so that funders and governments can adjust them.

Heritage is an asset for regional development as well as a responsibility. We help institutions connect heritage, tourism and local economies.

We support the design and delivery of cultural heritage programmes, and strategies that link heritage assets to regional development and tourism.

We also train the institutions that manage heritage, and run participatory processes for public space.

The transition to a low-carbon economy changes how countries plan, invest and produce. We support institutions with the analysis, plans and finance the transition needs.

We work on resource efficiency, low-carbon transition strategies, energy policy and climate-related planning, linking policy goals to programmes and investment.

We also advise on the finance side: the instruments and investment cases behind climate and resource-efficiency projects.

Infrastructure shapes regional development for decades. We support the planning, appraisal and oversight of major infrastructure, and the communities around it.

We work on master planning and sector planning, economic appraisal and independent monitoring of procurement and contracts.

We also support the social side of infrastructure: community investment and local development in the areas a project affects.

Safe water and sanitation underpin health, livelihoods and dignity. We support the planning, appraisal and evaluation of water programmes.

We work on water supply and sanitation programmes and water resource management, from planning and appraisal to monitoring.

We also assess what water investments achieve for the communities they serve.

Cities and regions are where national policy meets daily life. We help public institutions turn development priorities into plans, programmes and investments that can be delivered and measured.

We work with ministries, regional development agencies and municipalities on strategic and spatial planning, from metropolitan development plans to urban programmes.

We also help institutions prioritise investment, appraise programmes and build the systems they need to deliver and report on them.

Digital tools change how public services are delivered and how decisions are made. We help institutions plan digital programmes and use data well.

We work on digital and smart city programmes, spatial decision support and the data systems that inform planning and monitoring.

We also assess what digital programmes achieve, and help institutions build the capacity to use them.

Public institutions turn policy into services and budgets into results. We help them plan, budget and manage for performance.

We work on public finance management, results-based and programme budgeting, medium-term expenditure frameworks and strategic planning for local government.

We also train public officials, so that new systems are used after the reform project ends.

Accountable institutions and an active civil society make development last. We support programmes that strengthen both, and assess what they achieve.

We work with public bodies, civil society organisations and donors on programmes for democratic institutions, access to justice and citizen participation.

Our contribution is mostly in design, participation and evidence: stakeholder processes, monitoring frameworks and evaluation.

Inclusion policy works only when it rests on good evidence about who is left out and why. We generate that evidence and help turn it into programmes.

We design and carry out household and community surveys, in-depth interviews and poverty analysis in urban and rural settings, with particular attention to gender.

We also support the design of targeted programmes, and involve affected communities in assessment and design.

Skills determine who can take up the jobs that growth creates. We support education and training programmes that respond to what employers and learners need.

We work on vocational education and training, skills development and the links between training providers and the labour market.

We also design and evaluate training programmes, and build the capacity of the institutions that deliver them.

Health systems need reliable evidence to target resources where they do most good. We support health programmes with design, monitoring and evaluation.

We work with health authorities and donors on programme design, results frameworks and the data systems that track progress.

We also evaluate health programmes and analyse their costs and benefits.

Large movements of people reshape the communities that receive them. We support programmes for refugees, migrants and host communities with design, evidence and engagement.

We work on programmes that support refugees and host communities, including livelihoods, social cohesion and access to services.

We also monitor and evaluate these programmes, and bring refugees and host communities into their design.

Humanitarian organisations work under pressure and scrutiny. We help them manage programmes well and show what they achieve.

We support humanitarian actors with project management, monitoring systems and the planning of recovery and resilience programmes.

We also evaluate humanitarian responses and help organisations learn from them.

How we behave towards clients, funders, the people our work affects, and each other.

Scope

This policy applies to MnE Consulting's partners, staff and associates, and to subcontractors working on our assignments. Everyone who works for us confirms in writing that they have read it.

Principles

We act with integrity, independence and respect. We do no harm to the people and communities our work affects. We report what we find, including findings our clients may not welcome.

Research and evaluation ethics

We follow the UNEG Ethical Guidelines for Evaluation and the OECD-DAC Quality Standards for Development Evaluation. Participation in surveys, interviews and workshops is voluntary and based on informed consent. We protect the anonymity of respondents unless they agree otherwise, take particular care with children and people in vulnerable situations, and seek ethical review where a study requires it.

Bribery, fraud and corruption

We do not offer, give, request or accept bribes, facilitation payments or improper advantages, directly or through others. We comply with Turkish law on bribery and corruption, including the Turkish Penal Code, and with the anti-fraud and anti-corruption rules of each funder we work for, and we cooperate fully with audits and investigations.

Gifts and hospitality

We do not accept gifts or hospitality that could influence, or appear to influence, our work. Anything above a token value is declined or recorded and reported to the client.

Raising a concern

Anyone can raise a concern about our conduct in confidence at integrity@mne-consulting.com. We investigate every concern, and nobody who raises one in good faith will suffer for it.

Protecting the people we meet through our work from exploitation, abuse and harassment.

Commitment

We have zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, and for the abuse of children and adults at risk, by anyone working on our assignments. Our approach follows the IASC core principles on protection from sexual exploitation and abuse.

Prevention

Everyone on our teams signs a code of conduct before deployment. We check references and, where the law allows, carry out background checks for roles with direct contact with communities. We assess safeguarding risks when planning fieldwork, and do not interview children without a specific need, informed consent from a parent or guardian, and a trained interviewer.

Reporting

Any concern or allegation is reported to our safeguarding focal point at safeguarding@mne-consulting.com, within 24 hours, and to the client or funder as the contract requires. Reports are handled confidentially and with the survivor's safety and wishes first.

Response

We investigate every report, cooperate with the client, funder and authorities, and remove anyone from our work while an allegation against them is investigated.

How we collect, use and protect personal data, on this website and in our assignments. A Turkish version follows the English text.

Data controller

MnE Danışmanlık Ltd. Şti. (MnE Consulting), MERSİS No: 0622038706900014, Bayraktar Mah., Bayraklı Sk. No: 32/12, Çankaya, Ankara, Türkiye. Email: info@mne-consulting.com. Telephone: +90 532 332 12 36. This notice is given under Article 10 of Türkiye's Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (KVKK). Where the EU or UK General Data Protection Regulation applies to you, we follow it as well.

Visiting this website

This site sets no cookies and uses no analytics, tracking or advertising tools. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, processes technical connection data such as IP addresses to deliver the site and protect it from attacks.

Enquiries

When you email us, we process your name, organisation, email address and message, to reply and to discuss possible work. The legal basis is that processing is necessary to take steps towards a contract at your request and for our legitimate interest in answering enquiries (KVKK Article 5(2)(c) and (f)). We keep enquiries for 12 months after our last contact. If an enquiry leads to an assignment, the record moves to the client file and is kept for the periods that commercial and tax law require.

Applications to join us

When you send your CV to experts@mne-consulting.com, we process your name, contact details, CV and anything you include in your email, to consider you for bids and assignments and to contact you about those that match your profile. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in building bid teams and steps towards a contract with you (KVKK Article 5(2)(c) and (f)). We share your CV with a lead firm or funder only for a specific bid, and only after asking you and receiving your explicit consent, which you can withdraw at any time. Only the co-founders can see applications. We keep them for 24 months, or less if you ask. Please do not include health information, religion, political views, criminal records or other special categories of personal data in your CV.

Service providers and transfers abroad

We use these providers, which process personal data on our behalf: Cloudflare (website hosting and security, United States) and Zoho (email, United States). Because their servers are outside Türkiye, these are transfers abroad under KVKK Article 9. We make them under the standard contracts approved by the Personal Data Protection Board, notified to the Authority as the law requires. We do not sell personal data or use it for marketing.

Data in our assignments

We collect only the personal data an assignment needs, anonymise it as early as possible, store it securely with access limited to the team, and keep it no longer than the contract allows. Associates and survey partners who handle personal data sign data processing agreements with us.

Your rights

Under KVKK Article 11 you can ask whether we process your personal data and for information about it; learn the purpose and whether it is used for that purpose; know who it is shared with, in Türkiye or abroad; ask for it to be corrected, deleted or destroyed, and for those you were notified to be told; object to a result against you that arises solely from automated analysis; and claim compensation for damage from unlawful processing. Write to info@mne-consulting.com or to our postal address. We reply free of charge within 30 days. If you are not satisfied, you can complain to the Personal Data Protection Board (kvkk.gov.tr).

Changes

Last updated: 14 October 2026.

Keeping our judgements independent of who designed, delivered or paid for the work.

Independence

We do not evaluate programmes, strategies or systems that we designed or helped deliver.

Declarations

Before contracting, every team member declares any relationship with the client, the funder, the implementing organisations or the intervention. We keep a register of declarations and disclose any relevant interest to the client before work starts.

Managing conflicts

Where a conflict exists we remove the person concerned from the assignment, or decline the assignment if the conflict cannot be managed. Associates disclose other engagements that could affect their independence.

Evaluative judgement

Clients comment on the factual accuracy of our reports. Evaluative judgements remain with the evaluation team.

How we check that our work is sound before it reaches a client.

Responsibility

Every assignment has a named quality assurance lead: a co-founder who is not part of that assignment's delivery team.

Methods and deliverables

Inception reports, evaluation designs and final reports are peer reviewed before submission. Evaluations are checked against the OECD-DAC evaluation criteria and quality standards and the client's terms of reference.

Data quality

Survey teams are trained before fieldwork, questionnaires are piloted, and data is checked for completeness and consistency during and after collection.

Learning

We ask clients for feedback at the end of each assignment and record what we would do differently.

Making this website usable for as many people as possible.

Standard

This website aims to meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 at level AA. It works with keyboards and screen readers, supports light and dark display modes, and has text colours chosen for sufficient contrast.

Known limitations

We have not yet completed a formal accessibility audit. If you find a part of the site you cannot use, please tell us.

Contact

If you find a part of the site you cannot use, or need information in another format, write to info@mne-consulting.com and we will respond within five working days.