Research | Technical Assistance | Project Management

SECTION A: COMPANY OVERVIEW

Company Brief Our Values Clients And Strategic Partners Countries Human Resources

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SECTION B: MANAGEMENT PROFILE

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SECTION C: SERVICES

Research Technical Assistance Monitoring & Evaluation Project management

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SECTION D: EXPERTISE

Our Strategies for Poverty Alleviation Markets For Poor (M4P) Value Chain Development (VCD) Livelihood and Food Security (LFS) Inclusive Business & Climate Resilience Cross Cutting Issues

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Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.

- William Pollard

William Grosvenor Pollard (1911–1989) was a physicist. He was sometimes referred to as the

"atomic deacon".

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Company Overview

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Innovision Consulting is an international consultancy providing research, technical assistance and project management services to multilateral and bi-lateral donor agencies, international development organizations and consultancies. Innovision Consulting represents Innovision Consulting Privated Limited based in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Innovision Global Consulting Limited based in London, United Kingdom. Innovision is a leader in supporting development interventions with the goal to deliver systemic change (sustainable, scalable and transformative impacts).

Since our inception in 2008, we have delivered 160 plus short term and long term research and project management services on Agriculture, Health and Industrial markets for 50 plus clients in 11 countries - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Yemen, UK and Zambia. We specialize in facilitating multi-stakeholder partnerships to address development challenges.

Innovision Consulting is an international consultancy providing research, technical assistance and project management services to multilateral and bi-lateral donor agencies, international development organizations and consultancies. Innovision Consulting represents Innovision Consulting Privated Limited based in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Innovision Global Consulting Limited based in London, United Kingdom. Innovision is a leader in supporting development interventions with the goal to deliver systemic change (sustainable, scalable and transformative impacts).

Since our inception in 2008, we have delivered 160 plus short term and long term research and project management services on Agriculture, Health and Industrial markets for 50 plus clients in 11 countries - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nepal, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Yemen, UK and Zambia. We specialize in facilitating multi-stakeholder partnerships to address development challenges.

Company BriefCompany Brief

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At Innovision, we take every new assignment as a new opportunity to learn and to excel. We serve better because of our core values that we adhere to for each of our assignment. The core values that drive our people are:

Our Values

WE ARE OUR CLIENTSWe never take our clients as external to our organization. We belong to them as much as they belong to us. This helps us understand our client’s needs better. We increase our client’s capacity to think and perform.

WE ARE OUR INNOVATIONSThe name Innovision is derived from the promise to continuously upgrade and innovate our vision for development. We are not the ones who only emphasize on theories and concepts of the past. We shape the theories and concepts of the present and the future while we build on our learning from the past. Expect the highest standard of quality every time you work with us.

WE ARE OUR PEOPLEWe recruit, train, and maintain young talents hungry to prove themselves. We heavily emphasize on continuous learning.

WE ARE OUR PROJECTSWe own our projects as much as our relationship with our clients. We stretch ourselves frequently so that we are able to deliver the best. We never say ‘we can skip that. The client did not ask for it’.

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We served multilateral agencies, bi-lateral agencies, development cooperation agencies, development projects globally in countries with high developement priorities. We have a strong network of partnership with international consulting firms for project management, research, and technical advisory services.

Clients & Strategic Partners

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Our networks of clients and strategic partners have spread across North America, Europe, South Asia, Middle East, West Africa, and East Africa. We have directly served clients in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, UK and Yemen.

Afghanistan: Action for Enterprise (AFE)/USAID, World VisionBangladesh: ACDI/VOCA, IFC, CIMMYT, RFLDC (DANIDA), DFID, Development Wheel (DeW), Fintrac, GRM International, Giant Agro Processing Limited, ILO, Land O Lakes, Maxwell Stamp, PKSF, Practical Action, Save the Children, Swisscontact, Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation, SNV Bangladesh, Traidcraft Exchange, The World Fish Center, WFP, Winrok International, UNDP CHTDFEthiopia: Nathan Associates, DAIKenya: SWFF/Islamic Relief – Kenya

Mozambique: ACDI/VOCA, SDC MozambiqueMyanmar: Montrose International/ DFIDNepal: UKaid/SamarthNigeria: BIF, Montrose International/ DFID, GRM InternationalSri-Lanka: CAREYemen: GIZ, SMEPS, EOF, Social Fund for Development (SDF)UK: Save the ChildrenZambia: ILO/FAO

Countries

UK

SRI-LANKANIGERIA

BANGLADESH

MYANMAR

YEMEN

ETHIOPIA

AFGHANISTAN NEPAL

KENYA

MOZAMBIQUE

ZAMBIA

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Human Resources

Total Employees

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Permanent Employees

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Contractual Employees

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ManagementTeam

Research Technical Assistance

Project Management

Growth Management

& Communication

Finance, Admin & HR

Divisions

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Management Profile

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SADRUDDIN IMRANChairman & Lead Consultant

Sadruddin Imran is the founder Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Innovi-sion Consulting Private Limited. He is an MBA from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh and completed advanced training course on Management and Implementation of Development Projects from Asian Institute of Tech-nology, Thailand. Imran is responsible for overall organization development and man-agement of Innovision. He served as the project director of long term projects of Innovi-sion in the field of agriculture, industries and Information and Communication Technolo-gy (ICT) where he supervised teams to design, implement and monitor project activities and interventions. Imran previously worked in a large multi-donor-funded market devel-opment project where he was a member of the core leadership team.

Imran also works as a consultant on making markets work for the poor (M4P), value chain development (VCD), project design and project evaluation. He served various donors, donor funded projects and quasi-government organizations in doing research in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Nepal, Nigeria, Yemen and United King-dom. He is also an expert training facilitator on market assessment, market develop-ment, and monitoring and evaluation related topics. Imran participated in various train-ings and seminars in India, South Africa, Thailand, China, Italy, and United Kingdom.

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MD. RUBAIYATH SARWARManaging Director & Lead Consultant

Md. Rubaiyath Sarwar is the co-founder and the Managing Director of Innovision Con-sulting Private Limited. Over the last 12 years, he has worked extensively in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nigeria, Mozambique, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Yemen on facilitating the private sector, trade associations, NGOs and government organizations to develop and sustain innovations on supply chain, marketing, financial and skill development services in agricultural, industrial and health markets. Rubaiyath works for bi-lateral and multi-lat-eral aid agencies to design, manage and evaluate projects that are working on business solutions to poverty and climate resilience.

As the co-founder and Managing Director of Innovision, Rubaiyath Sarwar has led the company to evolve as an international consultancy. At Innovision, Rubaiyath leads the research, technical assistance, and growth management and communications teams. He frequently participates in global dialogue on inclusive business, making markets work for the poor (M4P), value chain development, private sector engagement for poverty alleviation and monitoring for results. He is also a trainer on M4P, Value Chain Develop-ment and DCED standard for results measurement. Rubaiyath is an MBA from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka. He has received professional trainings in Bangladesh and Thailand and has participated in seminars, conferences and trade linkage visits in China, Japan, India, Thailand and UK.

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ABDUR ROBAssociated Consultant

SHEIKH MAHBUBUL ALAMHead of Finance & Administration

Mr. Sheikh Mahbubul Alam has over 17 years of experience in looking after the finance of major national and international organizations. He has served organizations such as Katalyst, ICE Telecom, Afghan Wireless and Scholastica. He is adept at financial forecasting, modeling, analysis and analysis of cost and expenses against budget. He has extensive experience in looking after and maintaining large scale organizations such as Afghan wireless sister project SWS where he had looked after an annual turnover of around USD 35 million. He is skilled in various financial softwares such as Tally, Sextant and QuickBooks. He received training on Financial Management Certificate Course, Business Intelligence with Excel, Financial Modeling and Advanced Excel etc.

Key Personnel

Abdur Rob is an economist, Value Chain, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction expert with 30 years’ experience. He has worked at senior positions with leadership, manage-ment and consulting responsibility to programme development and

implementation in the �eld of Making Market Works for the Poor (M4P), Small Enterprise Development, Micro-credit, Agriculture, DRR and Climate Change, Adult Education and Rural Community Devel-opment. In his long career, he formed e�ective partnerships with 60 NGOs, private sector businesses and government departments such as Fisheries, Livestock, Agriculture and Youth Department in Bangla-desh, India, Nepal and Philippines. He is highly skilled and experi-enced in facilitating di�erent types of training and events involving media, private sector, development sector and government sector stakeholders. As a team leader and lead consultant, he has assisted many national and international organisations including Swiss contact/ Katalyst, UKAID, Char Livelihood Programme (CLP), UNDP and Ministry of Women and Children A�airs (MOWCA), Government of Bangladesh to evaluate/assess impact and design markets and

livelihoods projects.

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RAHID AHMEDHead of Research

Rahid Ahmed is an expert in market research with over 17 years of experience with clients from Bangladesh, China, Canada, India, Pakistan, Philipinnes, United States and United Kingdom. He has worked in FMCG, Cement, Pharmaceuticals, Paint and Telecom Industry on research related to branding, customer satisfaction survey, pricing and mystery shopping. Rahid has also conducted large scale studies on nationwide shop census, opinion poll and media research. Mr. Ahmed has completed his Master of Social Science in Development Studies (MDS) from Independent University Bangladesh (IUB), Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA) from Institute of Resource Management (Degree given by Deemed University, Lucknow), and Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) from the University Of Calcutta (City College of Commerce).

JOHNY MAUNGHead of Technical Assistance &

Project Management

Johny Maung has extensive knowledge and experience in private sector development, value chain development and local economic development. He is experienced in conducting baseline study, scoping

study, mid-term reviews, project design and project management. Over the last five years, he had assignments with a number of donors and institutions (Katalyst, CIDA, ACDI/VOCA, USAID, ActionAid, CSISA, SDC, UKAid, DANIDA, PCI and PKSF). Johny Maung has received various training on M4P, Value Chain development, project management and including women in value chain from national and international organizations such as MDF-South Asia and Springfield centre Ltd. He is adept at developing and maintaining monitoring and

results management system according to DCED standards

Key Personnel

Sustainable development is the pathway to the future we want for all. It offers a framework to generate economic growth, achieve social justice, exercise environmental stewardship and strengthen governance.

- BAN KI-MOONBan Ki-moon is the current

Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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We adopt a 360° approach to our services, which helps us provide development solutions grounded on sound technical and theoretical knowledge, practical application, and implementation challenges. Our extensive engagement on market research helps us gain market insights and analytics that we use to design development strategies targeted towards results. We venture into project implementation to test our strategies and learn from realities.

This helps us adopt improved approach for research and technical assistance services for development strategies.

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Development is a multi-faceted challenge. It differs between households, enterprises, sectors, regions, and countries. Not one solution can work in all contexts. It is therefore imperative that the research methodology is adapted to the context in which it is to be applied. Our clients trust us because we take an innovative and creative approach to problem solving. We conduct research on markets, value chains, enterprise performance, livelihood and food security issues, women inclusion and empowerment, environmental sustainability and regulatory environment to support development partners identify the challenges and design solutions that can deliver targeted results in the specific context.

Market Research- Consumer Brand Perception and Preference Study- Need Assessment Study- Market Census- Concept Test- Total Offer Test- Customer Satisfaction Study

Surveys- Opinion Survey- Perception Survey- Baseline Survey

Research

- Communication Campaign Tracking- Product Quality Perception Evaluation- Test Marketing- Mystery Shopping- Opinion Poll

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Formative Research:

Market System AnalysisOne of the major challenges pertaining to inclusive development is the lack of capacity of the economically challenged households on participating in markets. We analyse markets and market systems to determine underlying constraints or market problems that restrict economically challenged households on participating in the markets. We have expertise on market research and market systems analysis in agricultural, industrial, health and other basic services markets.

Value chain analysisValue chain analysis can help development projects targeting income and employment generation, women and youth inclusion to determine bottlenecks that reduce the capacity of the economically challenged producers from tapping onto opportunities in the local, regional, or international markets. Value chain analysis can also help identify socio economic and regulatory challenges that restrict inclusion of the women and youth in value chain activities. We are one of the global leaders on value chain analysis in agricultural and industrial subsectors.

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Project Design & Scoping

We support multilateral and bilateral development agencies and international NGOs to conduct scoping studies that can provide strategic insights on investment and funding options to solve specific development challenges. We are specialized on scoping study and project design in agricultural, industrial, health and other basic service markets. We provide long term technical direction to development projects on design and implementation of development solutions based on Making Markets Work for Poor (M4P) approach. We are the technical and knowledge partner for numerous development projects adopting M4P in agricultural, industrial, health and basic services market in developing countries.

Training and Capacity Development

We coach development practitioners on Making Markets Work for the Poor (M4P) approach for systemic development; value chain analysis, programme design and facilitation; livelihood development through asset transfer and income generating activities; monitoring and evaluation based on DCED standards.

Technical Assistance

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Monitoring and Evaluation

Innovision conducted an assessment of the Nepalese Garments sector on behalf of the Ministry of

Industries of Nepal. The UK Aid funded SAMARTH - Nepal Market Development Project (NMDP) embarks

on a market intelligence study to identify speci�c gaps and demands pertaining to the Nepalese

Garment Industry, which has been identi�ed as one of the prime exportable commodities

Innovision performed Value Chain Analysis of the RMG Sector from the

Perspective of Ensuring Sexual Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR).

It included comprehensive mapping, fact-�nding, and analysis exercise through a consultative and

participatory approach engaging the stakeholders and actors from

the RMG and the SRHR value chain.

Innovision conducted

Capacity Assessment &

Training of Target RMG Factories

for ‘Working with Women Project’

for SNV

Innovision has designed and implemented interventions in Productivity improvement, Development of knowledge base for the indus-try and Marketing skills enhancement both in domestic and international level which helped the furniture SMEs and Carpentry households of Bangladesh in improving skills of their work-ers and increasing export of 23 export oriented furniture and crafts manufacturers.

We conduct project evaluation and end line assessments of development programmes in the fields of livelihood, economic development, and health care. We support development projects to design Monitoring and Evaluation frameworks. We specialize on the Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) standard for monitoring and results measurement of market development projects. We support development projects to design M&E framework based on DCED standard. We also help our development partners adopting DCED to capture wider systemic changes and quality results based on DCED.

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We implement development projects and intervene in selected markets and sectors to make markets and businesses inclusive for the poor. Interventions are customized based on sectors, markets and development challenges and opportunities. However, it frequently fall under the following category:

Innovating distribution systems for increasing rural access to inputs (for farmers) and commodities (for consumers)Improving linkages in value chains to improve enterprise performance and to increase participation of the poor in economic activities Making quality raw materials available and affordable for the poor farmersFacilitating institutional linkages for product innovationSupporting communities and business associations to increase their social capitalCreating sustainable markets for health services and commodities, Improving information dissemination systems and networks, innovation on marketing and market promotion, supply chain development etc. Increasing access to and usage of ICT services to minimize digital gap.

Project Management

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Area of Expertise

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The Ultra poor in developing countries need interventions to improve their living conditions in a market system since they do not have access to markets or knowledge. The market systems approach, which leverages local systems to deliver goods and services by developing Value Chains and changing Market Systems to make them resilient is essential for their survival. Our strategy for Poverty Alleviation is explained in the diagram below:

Our Strategies for Poverty Alleviation

ResilienceDiversificationIncome Generation Productivity

Value Chain Development, Inclusive Business

Livelihood and Food Security

Cross-cutting issues: Climate Risk Mitigation, Gender & Equality, Financial Inclusion

Market System Change (Agriculture, Industries, Health, Education, Nutrition, Water & Sanitation and Hygiene)

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Development solutions are not targeted for scalable and sustainable results. The focus is now on solutions that can benefit larger number of people and enterprises and can continue to do so well beyond the development project’s timeframe and territorial coverage. Markets for Poor or M4P in this context is being increasingly adopted as an approach by development project’s and practitioners to deliver large scale, systemic and sustainable results for income and employment generation and wellbeing of the people living under the poverty line.

Innovision is one of the global leaders on the application of M4P in agriculture, industries, and health markets. Our founders have been involved on the evolution of M4P as a practice area over the last one decade and are contributors to the global community for sharing evidences of impact of M4P projects.

Market for Poor (M4P)

One of the �rst organizations in the

world to have tested the application of M4P for

malaria control interventions.

Providing research, technical assistance and

project management services to some of the major M4P projects in agricultural markets in

the world.

Pioneer in application of Market System

Approach in health markets

Actively engaged in the global platform for

knowledge exchange on the application of

M4P approach

Pioneer in application Market System

approach for Livelihood Interventions

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Innovision is one of the leading organizations in the world for Value Chain Analysis and Development. Innovision specializes in conducting value chain analysis for Agriculture, Health and Industrial sub sectors.

Value Chain Development (VCD)

Specialized in application of Ecological and Social criteria

for Value Chain Selection

Expert in conducting Value Chain Analysis for Health

Commodities

Leader in Agricultural Value Chain Development in

Bangladesh

Specialized in selection of Value Chains that are

responsive to climate risks

Households living well below the poverty line often cannot participate in economic activities because of a lack of resources, skills, knowledge, and micro finance. Asset transfer programmes are designed to support such households graduate to a level from which they can continue to sustain their income from economic activities. We developed our own methodology for designing asset transfer programmes that tocan support develop-ment partners deliver better results more effectively.

Livelihood and Food Security

Provided Research and Technical Assistance to major livelihood

programs in Bangladesh

Pioneer in application of systemic approach for livelihood program

design and Management

Experienced in �exible micro-�nance for livelihood development

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Inclusive businesses aim to include the poor enterprises within their value chains. Inclusive businesses also aim to develop products and services that can reach the consumers at the bottom of the pyramid. We are working with large-scale business corporations in agriculture, industries, and health markets to help them develop solutions that can reach the poor.

Inclusive Business

Pioneer in application of Inclusive Business solutions for sexual reproductive and health

rights for industry workers

Experts in Inclusive Business solutions in Health markets

Experienced in Inclusive Business Solutions for water sanitation

and hygiene markets

Specialize in Inclusive Business solution for Environment friendly

products

Climate resilience refers to the ability to anticipate hazardus events and recover from its effects in a timely and efficient manner. It often includes adaptation, restoration, or improvement of its essential basic structures and functions. Innovision worked on Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods projects and conducted high quality independent research to encourage dialogue on sustainable development, ultimately resulting in revised national level policies and greener growth.

Climate Adaptation and Resilience

Conducted CREL Livelihood Bene�ciaries Sample Survey

Developed reports and diagnostic studies related to green growth and climate change including detailed policy recommendations

for government

Specialize in Value Chain Analysis on Climate Resilience Ecosystems

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Climate Risk Mitigation

Climate risk mitigation refers to climate-sensitive decision making. The approach promotes sustainable development by reducing the vulnerability associated with climate risk by minimizing negative outcomes for communities in fields such as agriculture and health. Apart from mitigating adverse effects from climate risks, it also helps to maximize opportunities in climate-sensitive economic issues such as maximizing crop productiv-ity by utilizing seasonal forecasts by farmers.

Gender & Equality

Gender & Equality mostly focuses on the Women's Right and Economic Development. According to UNICEF, it seeks to ensure that the women and men, boy and girls enjoy the same rights, resources, opportunities and protection but does not require them to be treated exactly alike.

Financial Inclusion

The disadvantaged are typically men and women from lower-income backgrounds with reduced capability suffering from social exclusion and have limited access to resources and economic opportunities. They are often landless or marginal farmers operating on the most unproductive land.

Cross Cutting Issues

Don't underestimate the power of your vision to change the world. Whether that world is your office, your community, an industry or a global movement, you need to have a core belief that what you contribute can fundamentally change the paradigm or way of thinking about problems.

- Leroy Hood

Leroy Hood is an American biologist. He helped pioneer the human genome program,

making it possible with the automated DNA sequencer.

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With shrinking agricultural land and increasing pressure to ensure food security, developing countries are increasingly focusing on improving agricultural productivity while ensuring sustainability of production. Processing for value added agricultural products have also become a major strategy on creating employment and increasing income for the farm households. Development projects thus need the right analytics to design and implement interventions that can contribute to sustainable growth of agricultural productivity and create opportunities for value addition and diversification.

Since our launch, we have served development partners in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Yemen and Mozambique to analyse agricultural markets and value chains, design, and manage interventions that can stimulate growth in agricultural markets. Our portfolio of subsectors and value chains is expanding with each assignment. Till date we have supported development projects intervening in fisheries (prawn, shrimp, tilapia, thai koi, white fish), high value crops (banana, chilli, floriculture, ground nut, maize, mustard, onion, potato, pineapple, rice, turmeric, wheat), poultry and livestock (beef fattening, dairy) subsectors and value chains.

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Industrial subsectors are driving growth in emerging markets. Bangladesh like many other developing countries and emerging economies in the world, have observed rapid growth in industrial subsectors. Ready Made Garments (RMG), furniture, plastics, light engineering, electrical and electronics industries are thriv-ing. Development partners are increasingly focusing on these subsectors as a means to create employment for skilled work-ers.

We have extensive experience on research, project manage-ment and evaluation on value added industrial products (furni-ture, jute diversified products, leather goods, plastics), food processing, renewable energy and waste recycling subsectors. We have served clients to design and manage interventions in industrial subsectors in Bangladesh, Yemen, and Nigeria. We are also working on service industries that include financial mar-kets and technical and vocation education and training.

Industries

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Innovision is supporting development partners to design and manage interventions on malaria control, maternal new-borns and child health (MNCH), management of chronic diseases, sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR). While health care continues and will continue to be driven by public health interven-tions, there is an increasing interest on supporting the private sector to establish viable models that could meet the health care needs of the people living under the poverty line. Affordability, accessibility, and awareness are keys to sustaining such models. We are supporting malaria control programmes to develop viable models for distribution of preventive and curative products through commercial channels. We were one of the key technical partners on the design of a health innovation challenge fund programme.

Health

Developing a sustainable society, creating employment opportunities and advancing economic growth is the same struggle. Innovision being a change agent aims to achieve it through small changes in the way we work to have a greater impact in our lives. Continuous development and

Innovation is the only way.

This is our goal, to make a difference in the society that we live in.

Supporting Partnership for Sustainable Development

BANGLADESHInnovision Consulting Private LimitedLevel 3 & 4, House 26, Pragati Sharani, Block J, BaridharaDhaka 1212, BangladeshPhone: +880288232178

Supporting Partnerships for Sustainable Developmentwww.innovision-bd.com

UNITED KINGDOMInnovision Global Consulting Limited

418 Trocoll House Wakering RoadBarking, England IG118PD