Institutional Capability
Baseline, midline, and endline surveys; needs and socio-economic assessments; MEAL systems; GIS mapping and digital data collection using Kobo and ODK; research studies and impact evaluations; and knowledge management.
Evidence generation, institutional assessment, policy-relevant research, and technical advisory collaboration.
- Institutional Capability
- Strategic Partnership with Support Help Solutions (SHS)
- Notable assignments
10 districts
Start Network heatwave anticipatory-action evaluation across Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan
Strategic Partnership with Support Help Solutions (SHS)
As Implementation and Collaboration Partner, WADDAN has contributed to collaborative assignments associated with UNESCO, UN Women, UNDP, Aga Khan Foundation, Start Network, Helvetas, Pathfinder International, Rozan, Aahung, the Institute for Economic Resilience, and Sangtani Women Rural Development Organisation.
Notable assignments
- Two consultancies for UNESCO's Regional Office in Italy: International Expert – Gender (Nov 2025–Jun 2026) and Gender Analysis of Groundwater Governance and Management (Apr–Oct 2025).
- Heatwave Anticipatory Action Post-Trigger External Evaluation for Start Network's Disaster Risk Financing Program, across ten districts in Sindh, Punjab, and Balochistan.
- Lead Consultant on gender integration in DRR for the Aga Khan Foundation's IR&IRDVAC Project, Chitral.
- LSBE assessment for Aahung in KP, and a Women's Political Participation study for UN Women in KP.
- Gender Responsive Financial Flow Analysis in DRM for the Institute for Economic Resilience; Rule of Law Implementation Framework for UNDP in KP.
- National Men Engagement Strategy for Rozan; GBV Case Management Curriculum roadmap for Pathfinder International in Sindh.
- Gender-Sensitive Analysis of Drought & Climate Change for Sangtani WRDO in Balochistan; multi-year Climate Finance transparency initiative with Transparency International Pakistan.
- Anticipatory Action Protocol Designing for Helvetas in KP.
Technical Collaboration with Muslim Hands
WADDAN has been formally engaged by Muslim Hands under two separate signed agreements for independent evaluation and report quality assurance.
Two-Year Programme Evaluation Study (2024–2025)
Under an agreement signed 1 March 2026, an independent evaluation of Muslim Hands' interventions from January 2024 to December 2025 across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Azad Jammu & Kashmir — carried out 1 March to 15 April 2026.
Report Redesign & Refinement — GCF/WFP Climate Resilience Project (2026)
Under an agreement signed 30 June 2026, WADDAN redesigned, refined, and quality-assured two Community-Based Participatory Planning reports for Buner and Shangla districts, produced under "Integrated Climate Risk Assessment and Resilience Building," funded by the Green Climate Fund in partnership with WFP. Delivered from Islamabad, 30 June to 5/6 July 2026.