Institutional Strategies & Governance

DROPSTONE provides institutional support and strategic facilitation to organizations operating in complex and rapidly evolving contexts. The firm facilitates senior-level retreats, strategic reviews, and change processes that clarify institutional vision, realign operational objectives, and strengthen coherence between headquarters and field operations.

DROPSTONE supports international organizations – particularly in crisis-affected settings – to reassess strategies in response to political and security shocks, accompany participatory planning processes, and translate strategic discussions into realistic operational roadmaps. Its work in change management and organizational transformation includes support to the rollout of new institutional systems and governance frameworks, with a strong emphasis on ownership, feasibility, and alignment between strategic intent and operational capacity.

In support of these processes, DROPSTONE also designs and oversees the development of tailor-made information systems and databases that strengthen programme governance, management, and oversight in humanitarian, public sector, and international organizational settings.

REFERENCES:

South Sudan: Elaborating the five-year strategy for St-Vincent-de-Paul organisation in Juba (ASASE, 2025)

Mauritania: Strengthening groundwater knowledge and development in the Hodh El Chargui region of eastern Mauritania (Geneva Water Hub, 2025)

Tajikistan: Designing a long-term capacity building program to strengthen national and regional authorities in managing groundwater in the Sughd region (SDC, 2023)

CAR: Supporting governance and humanitarian access in the Central African Republic (Humanitarian Dialogue Centre – HD, 2015-23)

Lebanon: Mid-term evaluations of the institutional support provided by Swiss Humanitarian Aid to the Bekaa Water Establishment (SDC, 2021 and 2018)

Mali: Scoping study for a program to strengthen the protective environment in Mali; institutional building and support to decentralization (SDC, 2021)

Senegal: Supporting the Senegalese government in reintegrating vulnerable youth in the Casamance region through vocational training (2016-20)

Burundi: Development of the Environmental and Social Management Framework in anticipation of the reform of the school system (AFD, 2019)

Switzerland: Facilitating the process of defining a corporate strategy (CSP-Vaud, 2017)

Global: Change management and deployment of an ERP Finance and Logistics tool for ICRC field and head offices (ICRC, 2013-15)

Tunisia: Strengthening the regional partner institution through identification of capacity buliding needs and on-the-job training sessions the governorate of Kasserine (SDC, 2013)