Core Advisory
Decide with integrity
MERL · Strategy · Institutions
Evidence leadership can defend under real constraints.
Altamont Advisory · Global Institutional Consulting
Methods that survivethe institution.
Not just the workshop — methods built for political economy, absorption capacity, and multi-partner pressure.
MERL · Education systems · Decision-grade AI for ministries, UN agencies, and INGOs.
Engage
How to engage
Response within two business days
Speak with an Advisor
Major, multi-year programmes need a senior team behind them, not a lone advisor.
Brief the teamRequest a proposal / RFP
An open RFP or Terms of Reference, ready to bid — send the deadline and scope.
Send deadline & scopeDownload capability statements
Shortlist pack — overview, Advisory, EdWorX, AI & Digital, MERL, IMP sample. Instant access.
Get the packFrictionless advisory procurement
Buy MERL advisory without the full RFP burden
Fixed-fee pilot entry. Transparent packages. Scope designed in days — not another opaque proposal cycle. Same Implementation Integrity standard; residual capacity still required.
A frictionless way to buy institutional MERL advisory — transparent packages, fixed-fee pilot entry, and residual capacity under the same Implementation Integrity standard. Built for procurement teams and programme leads who need clarity without a full RFP cycle.
Many conventional MERL advisory RFPs cost organisations an estimated $6–10k in internal process time before delivery begins.
Why this works for procurement
- Transparent packages before you commit
- Fixed-fee pilot entry
- Scope in days, not months
- Same residual capacity standard
Method
How we work
Diagnose the decision. Design for implementation. Embed what must remain.
One practice, three arms, one quality bar — no cold handoffs.
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Diagnose
Listen for the decision
Start where the client is under pressure — what must be decided, funded, or defended. Only then reverse-engineer evidence and constraints. If the decision is unclear, the method is premature — and we say so.
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Design
Design for how you actually deliver
Methods fit absorption capacity, political economy, and the operating environment. Global standards held with local realism — especially in multi-country, multi-partner work.
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Embed
Leave the institution stronger
Tools, standards, and learning loops stay with the teams. The test of Implementation Integrity: the system still works when we are no longer in the room.
Primary shortlist asset
Capability statements
Premium institutional PDFs for ministry and UN evaluators — positioning, capabilities, proof, and next step.
Instant download · No gate · Procurement-ready
Institutional weight
Built for material mandates
Depth across multi-country portfolios — Africa, Southeast Asia, and complex delivery environments.
950+
Institutional assignments
100M+
People reached
150+
Countries of delivery
300+
Specialists deployed
Shortlist materials for procurement and evaluation committees.
Download capability statementsThree expert arms
One practice. Combine as needed.
Implementation Integrity
EdWorX
Build capability that lasts
Education systems · Scale
Systems and ownership that remain after the team leaves.
AI & Digital
Equip intelligence that holds
Decision-grade AI · Governance
Intelligence teams can use, govern, and sustain — not a dead pilot.
Evidence + systems + intelligence — one conversation.
Impact Management Platform · Altamont Digital
Delivery, MERL/results, evaluation, and residual capacity — one multi-tenant workspace under Implementation Integrity.
Operational proof of Implementation Integrity — not a homepage product track. Residual capacity: structures, indicators, and findings trails remain with the organisation after close-out.
Diagnostic sample — not a free pilot.
Consultants and contractors: Partner programme.
Delivery + purpose-based consent
MERL, results & evaluation
Finance (EMS) · org-scoped
Why shortlist us
What buyers verify
01
Methods that hold in delivery
Designs tested against politics, timelines, and absorption — not workshop-only frameworks.
02
Standards with field realism
OECD-DAC and global norms where required, adapted to multi-partner constraints.
03
Three arms, one partner
Core Advisory, EdWorX, and AI & Digital under one quality bar — no cold handoffs mid-mandate.
04
Capacity that remains
Tools, standards, and evidence trails stay with your teams after close-out.
- Portfolio MERL used to reallocate multi-country resources mid-cycle
- Education system designs retained by ministry teams after close-out
- Governed data products still in use 12+ months after handover
- RFP responses led by senior advisors who stay through delivery
How we think with you
Implementation Integrity
Design for the decision — not the report.
Where many stop
- Compliance MERL and shelf evaluations
- Recommendations that ignore absorption capacity
- Education pilots that die when the project ends
- AI as a separate pilot or vendor upsell
Where we stay
- Utilisation-focused MERL — evidence for the next decision
- Feasible pathways the institution can implement and sustain
- Systems and ownership so quality outlasts the contract
- Decision-grade intelligence — governed, used, left with your teams
Delivery footprint
150+ countries of delivery depth
Africa, Southeast Asia, and other high-stakes multi-country environments
Offices: Dubai · Atlanta · Vancouver
Selected work
Outcomes leadership can defend
AdvisoryHumanitarian & Development
Multi-region · Africa & multi-country portfolios
Outcome leadership defended
Board reallocation defended with comparable country evidence and a utilisation cycle managers actually used.
Pressure
90 days to reallocate mid-cycle across African country offices. Results incomparable. Partners disputed “good.” Millions at stake.
AdvisoryGovernance
Multi-country · high-stakes operating environment
Outcome leadership defended
Prioritised next-phase design leadership could defend in the room — not a shelf report.
Pressure
Renewal window on multi-country governance. Thin political capital. No shared view: renew, redesign, or exit.
EdWorXEducation
Southeast Asia · national scale
Outcome leadership defended
National pathway cabinet could defend: competencies, facilitator standards, ownership at scale.
Pressure
Successful digital skills pilot. Public deadline to scale nationally. Facilitator supply and access risked collapse.
In their words
Anonymised client validation
Feedback from institutional partners — roles and sector context only. No client or individual names.
“The work was exemplary. We have the highest respect for their professional capabilities and recommend them without reservations.”
“Excellent support to a critical activity with a major multilateral and government counterpart. Highly substantive and timely outputs.”
“Reliable, efficient, effective and with the required experience and expertise to ensure the research is conducted to the highest possible standard and quality.”
“Excellent project management and very good technical knowledge. They collected and analysed a large volume of data in a short time to a high quality standard.”
Next step
Ready to shortlist or brief us?
RFP, programme constraint, or decision under pressure. Response within two business days.