PROGEN Services core strength lies in its multidisciplinary professional resource base and integrated approach in preparation of multi-sectorial projects in social, institutional and community development. The experts have proven track record of hands on expertise in their respective field. PROGEN provides state of the art and appropriate solutions using best of the breed methodologies to social and Participatory community development projects.

PROGEN has been uniquely placed for participating and involving communities in identifying and formulating studies for demand driven projects. PROGEN has been providing consulting services, support to the clients in the following areas.

Institutional Strengthening Capacity Building

The professional and well experienced staff have conducted numerous studies from design and development of comprehensive policy programs to strengthening and capacity building of institutions as per the needs of the institutions. Some of the services offered by PROGEN conducted include:

• Designing and conducting workshops and seminars,
• Training need assessment of institutions,
• Preparing training plans and modules,
• Arranging training programs and identifying training institutions for Institutional strengthening and capacity

Community Development

The specialized social sector division of PROGEN is capable of carrying out all community development related activities as well as providing consultancy services like:

• Awareness campaigns,
• Motivating community people,
• Formulating & organizing community institutions/members,
• Training,
• Capacity building for planning, monitoring, implementing, operating and maintaining community based infrastructure in a sustainable way using participation

Gender Development

The specialized social sector division of PROGEN is capable of carrying out all gender development related activities with special emphasis on women development activities as well as providing consultant services in the areas of gender development like empowerment of women through following:

• Awareness programs,
• Training programs,
• Micro credit linkage development,
• Skill development center,
• Informal schools,
• Appropriate house hold technology programs,
• Health hygiene and medical

Socio-Economic Survey

Our well experienced staff has experience of carrying out studies, surveys and assessment using proven & tested methodologies through participatory approaches, these comprise:

• Household surveys,
• Community socioeconomic surveys,
• Social assessment,
• Community needs

Studies, Assessment and Evaluation

PROGEN’s well experienced team carries out studies, surveys and assessments with appropriate and proven research based methodologies and approaches, these include:

• Environmental assessments & Environmental impact assessments,
• Natural & man-made disaster assessment studies,
• Case studies,
• Benefit monitoring and evaluation (BME),
• Evaluations i.e. End of project evaluation, Mid-term evaluation &Third party validation.

Participatory Planning

The PROGEN experts have long track record of participatory planning by involving community people at grassroots level all the way to the top level. The team in the process then identifies their demand and prioritizes to develop a detailed participatory plan for development. The participatory plan includes a needs identification and prioritization matrix, a simple logical framework analysis that consists of both tangible & non tangible indicator to monitor and evaluate project as well as consisting of feedback mechanism for improved planning.

The participatory planning includes;

• Community participatory plan,
• Community action plan,
• Development of indicators for M & E,
• Project planning,
• Financial management and planning,
• Land use planning,

Rural Development

In many parts of the world efforts to promote rural development have undergone substantial changes in recent years. To make them more effective government services aiming at the rural sector are increasingly been decentralized and they are delivered with strong participation of target groups and beneficiaries.

PROGEN’s rural Development unit supports this process by providing its expertise and suitable tools (Management information systems, Monitoring & Evaluation etc.) to increase the efficiency of these decentralized authorities. In many countries government agencies have withdrawn completely form rendering services for which they were responsible so far and left the field open to the private sector, professional bodies, non-government agencies and self-help organizations.

To create and to promote institutions which are geared to the newly evolving needs is the challenge of rural development of today. The unit of Rural Development with its multi-sectoral approach is experienced and well equipped to assist in this process. Its main role is to initiate and to moderate this “Process of change” in collaboration with our partners.

Main Fields

Promotion of rural institution in the fields of:

• Credit, Marketing, Processing, Input Supply
• Planning and Conceptual development
• Organizational Support, management & training
• Privatization of services and transfer of responsibility to professional organizations and local self-help groups
• Support to Project Management Units and Aid Coordination
• Regional development planning and
• Multi-disciplinary development in rural areas
• Promotion of small and medium
• Realization of micro-projects
• Development of wholesale and retail

The Services Offered:                

• Execution of studies at feasibility
• Implementation of projects in all phases of the project cycle in close collaboration with the client and local
• Moderation of planning seminars and
• Provision of qualified backstopped services.