Client: GOFRE Project – Capacity Building of Administration for EU Integration

Period: December 2007 – March, 2008

PointPro Consulting has been engaged to conduct analysis and propose new monitoring indicators in the Area of Strategic Planning and Policy Analysis and Coordination of the Realization of the Annual Work Program of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.

For monitoring and assessment of the realization rate of current strategic priorities, objectives and policies, the General Secretariat of the Government of R.M. has defined a certain number of monitoring indicators within the defined frames of the PSMAL project arrangement of the World Bank. The existing indicators have been used be the General Secretariat since 2004.

The analysis within the study conducted by PointPro Consulting has the following goals and objectives:

• Overview and analysis of the strategic planning processes according to the Budget cycle and preparation of the Annual Work Program of the Government

• Analysis of the number, compatibility and range of the existing monitoring indicators for strategic planning and analysis and coordination of the policies

• Identification, definition and proposition of new, modified and upgraded monitoring indicators

• Draw conclusions and define recommendations for their further implementation

Client: General Secretariat of the Government of the Republic of Macedonia
Period: June, 2007

Complete design and delivery of a targeted training workshop aimed to support the strategic planning process of Macedonia line ministries in accord with the National Development Plans and government policy. This was the first phase of a comprehensive training program to be completed by the end of the current year budgeting cycle. The aim of the program is to support and coordinate the process of strategic planning and budgeting cycle at the line ministry level.

Client: Agency for Civil Servants, Macedonia,  Period: May 2007

Detailed design and delivery of the three-day training workshop for public expenditure management and budgeting cycle for mid-level managers in Macedonia line ministries and government agencies.

Client: Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia (FOSIM) and EAR .
Period: September 2004 – to date

Design and delivery of several project cycle management workshops for civil society NGOs under 8 Regional NGO Support Centers Macedonia including exercises based on case illustration for project design, planning and monitoring.

Client: Foundation Open Society Institute in Macedonia (FOSIM)
Period: March, 2006

The specific services provided by PointPro Consulting, for the project coordinators of the 8 NGO Support Centers in Macedonia, included:

• Design and delivery of a customized training program in Strategic Planning and Project Cycle Management
• Support in preparation of strategic plans for development of organizational services, markets and operations for the future independent NGO Support Centers in Macedonia