ARCADIS has an excellent track record in meeting global development needs, with a wealth of experience in institutional development in the public, private and social sectors.
Private enterprises are the engine of economic growth in emerging economies. To stimulate private sector participation, investment opportunities need to be complemented by the availability of investment capital, appropriate legal and policy frameworks, and well-functioning labour markets.
We help clients meet these fundamental criteria through supporting reforms that enable growth in the private sector, enhancing entrepreneurship by identifying sound business opportunities, developing accounting and financial control systems, and helping to create workable corporate governance. In the financial sector, we have helped central and commercial banks to restructure and establish rigorous loan procedures, including micro loan and credit schemes. We always aim to transfer knowledge, wherever possible working closely together with local professionals.
Government agencies in developing nations often need refocusing, reorganizing and strengthening. We provide the technical assistance to do this. ARCADIS has developed and applied many professional tools that enhance relevance, effectiveness and efficiency in public sector organizations. We have done groundbreaking work in administrative modernization, enhancing accountability and improving revenue generation and control. ARCADIS has carried out over 300 public sector development projects in Asia, Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, the CIS, Middle East, Central America, and the Caribbean, working for all the major international agencies.
We assist in rethinking the role of the state at the policy level and in putting policies into practice. We also provide high-quality support in conceptualizing, planning and executing organizational change in central and sectoral government agencies as well as in local government institutions.
In social development projects, we strive to ensure that people, as well as their organizations and institutions, are taken into account in the process of economic development. The key to our success lies in the fact that we incorporate participatory techniques and social assessments into the design and implementation of projects. ARCADIS' skills are applied at all stages of the project cycle, from identification and formulation to implementation and evaluation. We can mobilize a single, key expert, but also large, multidisciplinary teams for both long and short-term assignments.
