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Julia Steets
Phone: +49 30 275 959 75-0
Email: jsteets@gppi.net
Consulting
GPPi offers consulting services for clients from the public and private sectors. Our consulting work builds on our research expertise and is attentive to our clients’ experiences and needs. In doing so, we translate knowledge into strategies and solutions. Our work style is cooperative, inclusive and team-based. GPPi aims to maximize project value for our clients by establishing an informal and pragmatic working atmosphere to ensure our work is relevant.
GPPi’s services include commissioned studies, strategy development and evaluation projects aimed at improving the governance and impact of development and humanitarian programs.
Previous and current clients include the World Bank, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation (BMZ), the German Foreign Office (AA), the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the UN Global Compact, and the International Labor Organization.
In line with the institute's non-profit character, we reinvest all profits from our consulting projects into the research activities of the Global Public Policy Institute.
Current projects
December 2011 – August 2012
Developing a Governance Typology of UN-Business Partnerships
This project will develop a governance-based typology of UN-business cooperation to provide guidance to UN partnership practitioners on designing and implementing more effective partnerships.
November 2011 – May 2012
Evaluation and Review of Humanitarian Access Strategies in DG ECHO-funded Interventions
The European Union’s humanitarian aid department, DG ECHO, has asked GPPi to evaluate the strategies used by aid organizations to gain access to populations in crisis contexts.
December 2011 – May 2012
Review of UNICEF Strategic Framework for Partnerships and Collaborative Relationships
GPPi is supporting UNICEF in the agency’s effort to review and expand its 2009 strategic framework on partnerships and collaborative relationships.
December 2011 – July 2012
Evaluation of OCHA’s Regional Office in Western and Central Africa
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has commissioned GPPi to conduct an in-depth evaluation of its regional office for Western and Central Africa, located in Dakar, Senegal.
March 2006 – ongoing
Networking United Nations Private Sector Focal Points
GPPi coordinates content for the UN-Business Focal Point newsletter and assists the UN in the preparation of the UN Private Sector focal Points annual coordination meetings.
Completed projects
August 2011 – January 2012
Evaluation of the ProCap and GenCap projects
For UN OCHA, GPPi is evaluating two projects meant to address civilian protection and gender issues during humanitarian emergencies.
March 2011 – January 2012
Humanitarian Coordination in a Changing World
UN OCHA asked GPPi researchers to head up the research for a study about the history and future of humanitarian coordination.
June 2011 – December 2011
Policy Advice and Support to the International Afghanistan Conference 2011
GPPi deployed an expert to assist the German Federal Foreign Office in policy development and negotiation analytical support for the International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn 2011.
August 2011 – December 2011
Project Progress Review of GIZ’s Energy Policy in Development Program
The GIZ commissioned GPPi to help with an internal progress review of a program that supports the German government in its dialogue on energy and development.
October 2010 - August 2011
The Role of Transition Funds in Bridging Relief and Development
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the GTZ commissioned GPPi to analyze efforts to link relief, rehabilitation and development in German assistance.
March 2011 – July 2011
Evaluation Framework for the UN Somalia Assistance Strategy
The UN asked GPPi to support the monitoring and evaluation of its Somalia assistance strategy, which focuses on social services, poverty reduction as well as good governance and human security.
December 2010 – April 2011
Transatlantic Cooperation in the GIZ
Inwent commissioned GPPi to conduct a study to support the organization’s efforts to sharpen the strategic focus of its transatlantic cooperation programs.
December 2009 – December 2010
Global Review of Cause-Related Marketing Alliances
This comprehensive review examined how UNICEF can use cause-related marketing to fulfill its mission and create the best results for children.
July 2010 – October 2010
Real-Time Evaluation of UNICEF’s Response to the Sa’ada Conflict in Northern Yemen
GPPi assessed the performance of UNICEF relief activities in Northern Yemen during the ongoing conflict.
April 2010 – July 2010
Inter-Agency Real-Time Evaluation of the disaster response to the Haiti Earthquake
On 12 January 2010, an earthquake with the magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti’s capital Port au Prince and its surrounding areas...
July 2009 – May 2010
Cluster Approach Evaluation Phase II
The Cluster Approach is one of several pillars of the humanitarian reform aiming to improve the effectiveness of international humanitarian...
November 2009 - March 2010
Analysis of Factors Restraining the Capacity of Cameroon to Absorb Foreign Aid
The absorption capacity of foreign aid is perceived as weak by the Cameroonian government and the technical and financial partners alike. As a consequence...
October 2009 – January 2010
Evaluation of the UN Secretariat’s Business Partnerships on Climate Change
GPPi supported the Inspection and Evaluation Division of the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) with an evaluation of the UN’s business partnerships in the area of climate change.
August 2008 - January 2009
The Role of Private Actors in Africa’s Aid Landscape: Country Case Uganda
The World Bank has commissioned GPPi to conduct the country case study on Uganda to identify private donors active in Uganda; analyze the scale, sustainability and dynamics within this aid landscape; and identify opportunities to improve impact...
October 2009 – December 2009
Review of Public-Private Partnerships Promoting Labour Market Integration of Disadvantaged Groups
Today the world faces the largest and best educated generation of young people in history, more than one billion between the ages of...
October 2008 - May 2009
UNICEF Global Strategy for Collaborative Relationships and Partnerships
Partnerships contribute to UNICEF’s work through a wide range of activities, focusing on the implementation of programs, the mobilization of resources, as well as...
April 2008 - April 2009
Implementing the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap)
It is a well-established fact that gender issues matter greatly in humanitarian situations. Yet, the different needs and capabilities of women, girls, boys, and men in situations of crisis are more often than not overlooked in the rush of emergency...
May 2008 – October 2008
Adaptation and Refinement of the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)
The World Bank has periodically revised the CPIA criteria since their inception in the 1970s. As part of these reviews, the criteria were refined, new criteria were added, others discarded and the CPIA process was modified...
January 2008 - September 2008
Supporting the 'Decent Trade' Theme Group for the Geneva Trade and Development Forum (GTDF) on Inclusive Globalization
The GTDF constitutes a long-term, informal process in which all relevant stakeholders come together to develop goals for building a fair and sustainable global economy...
April 2007 – May 2008
External Review of CGIAR Challenge Programs
GPPi Managing Director Markus Palenberg has been appointed as governance and management expert to the expert panels of three CGIAR Challenge Program external reviews (CPERs).
January 2008 - May 2008
Evaluation of the Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) Project
The Understanding Children’s Work (UCW) project is an inter-agency research cooperation project on child labour that is part of broader efforts.
April 2007 - March 2008
Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap)
The Interagency Standing Committee Sub-Working Group on Gender in Humanitarian Action made a sustained and coordinated attempt to introduce gender expertise into humanitarian situations through the Gender Standby Capacity Project (GenCap)...
October 2007 - February 2008
Design and Implementation of a Working Group on "Private sector Engagement in Development: Towards Impact and Sustainability"
GPPi organized a working group track entitled "Private sector engagement in development: Towards impact and sustainability". In this working group track, the promises and pitfalls of public-private development partnerships were explored...
October 2007 - December 2007
Quantitative Assessment of German Capital Flows to Developing Countries
Over the past two decades, a shift has been visible from Official Development Aid (ODA)-centered funding for development to a situation where private giving and financial transactions at market terms match – and exceed – public flows...
November 2007 - December 2007
Planning and Facilitation of the “Futures of GDLN Workshop”
GPPi developed a workshop to provide GDLN Affiliates’, the World Bank regional GDLN coordinators and the World Bank Institute GDLN Secretariat with a clear understanding of what products and services are currently offered by the GDLN network.
September 2006 - July 2007
Principles For a "Best Practice" Strategy in the Use of Public-Private Partnerships in German Development Assistance
Public-private partnerships (PPP) represent a new and promising instrument in German development assistance, with over two thousand PPP projects ...
January 2007
Preparation of a Strategy Workshop for World Bank Staff
Supporting the Bank's Engagement in the Global Development Learning Network (GDLN)
November 2005 - November 2006
Review of the Global Reporting Initiative
During the past decade, reporting on non-financial indicators ("sustainability reporting") has seen tremendous growth...
September 2005 - February 2006
UNDG Country Level Review of Joint Programmes
As part of the Secretary-General's efforts for UN reform, the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) is working to collect best practices...
October 2001 - September 2002
Establishing the International Risk and Governance Council (IRGC)
The International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) is an independent foundation supporting governments, businesses and other organizations...