IDM, Tirana, Albania
We worked with Matt in 2018 as part of our construction of a three year strategy that would take us into our next 20 years. Already a successful think tank, we wanted to increase our presence in the EU and in EU relevant debates locally and regionally. We asked him to evaluate our capacities in organisational management, the relevance and quality of our policy research products and our communication and advocacy efforts.
Matt spent a week with us as part of the assessment and we found this a valuable experience in getting to know each other and building trust. His report has been one of the tools we have consistently used over the last two or three years to better organise internally, to widen the demand for our research, and to communicate more widely and effectively. Recommendations were always size appropriate, as simple as they could be to implement, with measurable intermediate goals that would keep us motivated to make the changes we wanted to make and be sure of their effectiveness.
Our relationship with Matt has continued as he takes part in our advisory board, and we enjoy “informal” consultations to this day! Whilst some of the work we did together was challenging, it was always in a kindly atmosphere of sharing knowledge and experience and of helping us find the solutions internally that were appropriate for us.
Sotiraq Hroni, Executive Director
Read more