Pafre Consult ltd

PAFRE CONSULT LTD


Management and Research Consultancy









COMPANY PROFILE









Pafre Consult exists to facilitate the process of positive change
by being the leading provider of objective independent
analysis, information and insight interactively
on issues related to success of our clients.











CONTACT ADDRESS

The Marketing Director,
Pafre Consult ltd,
Tel: +256-782-012-552, +256-782-488860,+256-712-950931
Email: pafreconsult@yahoo.com.



1.0 BACKGROUND
Pafre Consult engages in numerous research and management consulting services and deals not only with NGOs, private multinational bodies but also with various government agencies.

The company maintains a core staff in research, organizational management with capacity building a distinct component, policy analysis, financial management, institutional analysis, and transformational leadership. We also maintain a list of a wide pool of consultants that can be called upon when needed to extend professional advice and assistance in market and social research; and all aspects of a project cycle from project identification and conceptualization, to project design and formulation, to project management and ex-post evaluation.

Pafre Consult exists to facilitate the process positive change and development, by being the leading provider of objective, independent analysis, information and insights, interactively, on issues critical to success.

1.1 COMPANY PRINCIPLES AND VALUES
At Pafre Consult we have values, which shape our lives; we passionately believe that corporate values are guiding yardsticks. They help to provide boundaries on how a company `behaves` and conducts business and helps to express the approach adapted by Pafre Consult to our clients. At Pafre Consult, we have five key values to express our approach to business.

1.1.1 Doing things in a mature and professional manner
This manifests itself in asking clients exigent (powerful) questions and remaining honest` to a project. We flag up issues that may be controversial and we look to see if there is a smarter way that companies could be operating. We report what we find, even if it’s not always the news that clients want to hear. Looking at the way a client organization operates through a `fresh pair of eyes` is one of our most powerful insights and one we preciously guard.

1.1.2 Decisive Approach
Some business problems can be intricate, the solutions complex, but our approach is to provide clear and unequivocal solutions designed to make a difference.

1.1.3 In search for the best alternative
Einstein once said: `there is nothing that is more certain sign of insanity than to do the same thing over and over and expect the results to be different! So, we apply ourselves to thinking about how your organization could and should be meeting customer requirements.

1.1.4 Insight with Action
We are passionate that even small insight and knowledge, coupled to management action is far more powerful than considerable knowledge that remains idle. Pafre Consult focus is always on delivering positive change, through implementing what has been discovered voluminous reports that gather dust on shelves play no part in our business.

1.1.5 Making a Difference
Our motivation comes from leaving an organization stronger than when we arrived. If the difference is not tangible and obvious, then the opportunity has been missed.

2.0 DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES OFFERED
2.1 RESEARCH CONSULTING SERVICES
2.1.1 Social research
§ Qualitative and quantitative research
§ Baseline surveys
§ Management performance and analysis
§ Research instruments design and administration
§ Secondary Data capturing and management
§ Primary Data collection, handling, analysis and reporting
2.1.2 Market Research
Our market research capability guides the investment decisions of a number of foreign and locally based companies. Our market studies cover industries such as food and beverages, telecommunications, banking, micro finance, transport, pharmaceuticals, tourism and mining etc.

Conference and workshop organization
Pafre Consult also plans and facilitates conferences, workshops, seminars, symposia, dialogues, panels and debates among others.

Private and public institutions seek consultation on the various services of Pafre consult, which include solicitation of participants, sponsors, and guest speakers; selection and booking of the venue, arranging hotel accommodation and transportation for participants; preparing function materials and presentation slides; covering proceedings and generating conclusions reports; arranging media relations; and leasing of conference equipment, among others.

2.1.3 Feasibility Studies
This answers the critical what, when, why, where and how` components of a project. Some of our clients describe this as `concept development` and helps to `pull` the project together, answering fundamental questions on viability, need and demand. Given the importance of creating a robust and creative piece of work, you will get only experienced and mature heads working on your project.

We help companies decide the appropriate location for manufacturing facilities, the most efficient way to ensure raw material supply, how to acquire a major trading firm, the creation of an appropriate corporate vehicle to address expansion plans, the conversion of a debt owed into equity, and the most suitable way to recover financial exposure in losing firms. We have also guided companies on entering into new products, services or markets.

2.1.4 Business Planning
At Pafre, believe it or not, we are passionate about business planning, following the feasibility study; we can work independently or with your management team to develop the `look and feel` of the service offer, pricing policy and financial forecasts.

2.1.5 Marketing Support
We can provide a portfolio of marketing services both for one-off projects and for an entire strategy. We work at a strategic level or tactical implementation and services encompass:
§ Marketing strategy, including brand development, market positioning.
§ Customer research using in depth interviews, focus groups, postal and Internet surveys and other research aspects.
§ Market research and investigations for a new product launch, market entry strategy, competitor audit etc.
§ Staff attitude surveys.
§ Service quality investigations or sometimes known as `mystery shopping` initiatives to establish operational deficiencies and follow up actions.
§ Sales strategy.
2.1.6 Investment Assistance
Pafre provides consulting services to evaluate the investment options of various companies. Some of Pafre’s activities in this field include: Establishment of a joint venture for a group of companies engaged in business to regain their viability in the industry among others.

2.2 MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
2.2.1 Project formulation, management, monitoring and evaluation
We have a pool of consultants and experts and in-house technical staff with varied experience and expertise on some or all of the aspects of the project cycle from project formulation, to management and monitoring and ex-post evaluation and research.
§ Strategic planning
§ Project identification and conceptualization
§ Project design and implementation
§ Project monitoring and evaluation
§ Project impact assessment
§ Development of information, education communication (IEC) Materials
2.2.2 Strategic planning
Our expertise is tapped in formulating long-tem development strategic plans for various NGOs, government structures, and industrial sectors, evaluating divestiture programs, among other things that help them to meet their objectives.
2.2.3 Policy research and advocacy
We undertake research and advocacy to help shape policy-making in NGOs, government and private agencies.
2.3 Organisational development
Pafre Consult is a specialist in the analysis of organizational and institutional processes. Pafre Consult develops a wide range of capacity building training and advisory services in the field of institutional development and organizational strengthening. These two concepts are two sides of the same coin and cannot be seen separately. While in organizational strengthening we are mainly looking at the internal change processes within organizations, institutional development is focused on how organizations change to maintain their relevance and impact in the wider context of society. All our actions in different degrees are aimed at achieving impact and change at this wider institutional level. We can provide knowledge, skills and expertise if needed but we cannot and will not take over the organizational challenge to create change. With our strong expertise in participatory techniques, we facilitate the management of an organization to mobilize and focus the motivation and energy of the individuals working in it, to gain strength and effectiveness in its operations and make it able to explore new roads.
We develop a discussion model to involve staff in the diagnosis and analysis of challenges or bottlenecks in the functioning of the organization. Pafre facilitates/guides organizations and institutions to work on a plan for change through capacity in two broad spectrums; that is ‘organizational capacity building’ and ‘individual/community capacity building’;
2.3.1 Organizational capacity building
§ Technical input through provision of training to agency’s staff.
§ Developing comprehensive approach to the development of an organization
§ Work place HIV/AIDS and other pandemic diseases policy development
§ Support the implementation of the organizations long-term development programs that entail step-by-step policy reform.
§ Management information systems
§ Public relations strategies
§ Institutional and financial assessment
§ Design and implementation of change process
§ Quality management systems
§ Revenue enhancement systems.

2.3.2 Capacity building for individuals and communities
§ Needs assessment
§ Situation analyses and listening surveys
§ Community mobilization and education
§ Individual, group and community action planning
§ Community development.
§ Planning and organizational management
2.3.4 Human resource management
§ Human resource recruitment
§ Human resource placement
§ Performance monitoring and evaluation
2.3.5 Information and communication management
§ Data base management
§ Ms office management
§ Internet and web management.

2.3.6 Sanitation and water management
§ Water harvesting
§ Disposal system development and management
§ Household hygiene and management
2.3.7 Environmental education and conservation
§ Agro business management
§ Energy conservation
§ Environmental impact assessment
§ Land management systems
2.3.8 Taxation
§ Tax evaluation
§ Tax education
§ Tax collection practices
§ Tender process management
§ Tax base widening
2.3.9 Micro finance management
§ Group organization management
§ Savings and credit management
§ Risk management
§ Asset and liability management
§ Entrepreneurship skills development

3.0 Clientele
Our clients belong to the following:
§ Local, national and international non-governmental organizations
§ Institutions of learning
§ Micro finance institutions
§ Foreign chambers in Uganda
§ Government agencies
§ Local governments
§ Foreign companies planning to put up businesses in Uganda
§ Multi national corporations
4.0 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

4.1 Social Performance Audit Survey
Hofokam Micro Finance Limited,
P. O. Box 228, Fort portal.

4.2 Upland Rice farming Survey, VECO-Uganda, Kampala.

4.3 Development of a Comprehensive Five Year Strategic Work Plan and
Training Curriculum,
Development Initiative and Training Organization, (Dito-Uganda)
P O Box 168, Ibanda.

4.4 Reporturing Services,
HIV/AIDS Programme,
Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau
Balintuma road Kampala.

4.5 Counseling Curriculum Development
Kenya blood transfusion services as co-consultants an on going project


5.0 OUR STAFF AND THEIR QUALIFICATIONS

Mr. Omusuguti Tom. M.A. (PPM), PG.Dip.PPM, B.A (Envt.Mgt).



Mr. Mwesigye Abaati. S. M.A (LHR), B.ACE, UDBS.



Mr. Gumisiriza Pius. M.Sc. (Econ.Plan. & Povty.Redn.Mgt), B.A (SS).



Mrs. Nakazzi Agnes. MBA, B.A.
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Mr. Asiimwe Godwin. M. Stat, B. Statistics.



Mr. Kirabo Asiimwe Alex. BACE, PG.Cert. (IALP), Cert. (IAIC), Cert. (HIV/AIDS Training).



Mr. Kahangire Godfrey. BACE, PG.Cert. (Research Methods), Cert. (HIV/AIDS Script Writing).



Mr. Mubangizi Fred Canary PG.Dip. (HRM), BACE.



Mrs. Tushabirane Assumpta Cand.PG.Dip. PPM, B.A (SS).