Needs Assessment & Project Evaluation
Studying the real needs of target communities, analysing how well proposed projects fit the local context, and how closely they align with their stated objectives.
SINCE 2006 · HEADQUARTERED IN DUBAI
Field expertise that verifies projects, not paperwork.
Direct Group Management Consulting specialises in consulting, monitoring, evaluation and field follow-up for humanitarian and development projects. It has operated from its headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, since 2022, alongside its founding office in Yemen since 2006, with a network of local teams and experts in a number of countries.
2006
Field work began from our founding office in Yemen
12
Countries within our scope of operations and field experience
85+
Projects connected to our work with the King Salman Relief Centre, through 2017
70+
Specialists on our permanent team
350+
Staff, monitors and experts across our teams during 2015–2018
300+
Homes we helped build and rehabilitate while monitoring flood-response projects in Pakistan
ABOUT US
Built on more than two decades of institutional experience.
Direct Group carries forward an institutional and professional experience built over more than two decades — from Yemen Direct, through Scope for Monitoring and Evaluation and DIMCO, to the founding and growth of Direct Group in its current form.
Along the way, the firm has built broad experience working with donors and humanitarian and development organisations — foremost among them the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, as well as the Kuwait Relief Society, the Sheikh Abdullah Al-Nouri Charity Society and other bodies and institutions.
Our story and growth since 2006A system that starts with needs assessment and does not stop at handover.
All servicesThird-Party Monitoring
Independent monitoring, follow-up and verification of project implementation, giving the donor or project owner an independent field view of progress and delivery.
Procedure & Procurement Verification
Following the official procedures behind purchasing, tendering and supply, and verifying that they comply with approved requirements and procedures.
Materials & Delivery Verification
Inspecting materials and supplies to confirm they match the required specifications and quantities, and following their delivery to beneficiaries or project sites.
Impact Measurement
Assessing the results a project achieved, how far the intervention reached its beneficiaries, and whether the expected objectives and outcomes were met.
Sustainability & Deterioration Assessment
Reviewing projects after implementation: measuring use, benefit and sustainability, and spotting signs of deterioration or the need for maintenance or further intervention.
OUR COMMITMENT
Monitoring and evaluation goes beyond confirming that an activity took place. It answers more important questions:
- Did the project reach its intended beneficiaries?
- Was it implemented to specification and in line with its objectives?
- Did it achieve the expected results?
- Are the assets and services still standing and doing their job?
- And what difference has the project made in the lives of its beneficiaries?
That is why we provide an independent, complete field view that helps our partners make evidence-based decisions and improve the quality and sustainability of humanitarian and development projects.
GALLERY
From the field, where impact is actually measured.
Moments from our verification and monitoring visits: the beneficiaries, the sites, and the materials we track until they reach the people they were meant for.
WHERE WE WORK
Field experience across many countries.
We work through local, specialised teams, which gives us a precise understanding of local contexts, reliable field access, and independent verification of how projects progress and what they deliver.
01Yemen
02Palestine
03Sudan
04Somalia
05Kenya
06Tanzania
07Egypt
08Pakistan
09Afghanistan
10Kyrgyzstan
11Sri Lanka
12Saudi Arabia Monitoring & evaluation
The sectors we cover in humanitarian and development work.
Water & Environment
Health
Education
Agriculture & Food Security
Livelihoods
Economic Empowerment
Reconstruction
Fisheries
Infrastructure
Monitoring & Evaluation
METHODOLOGY & QUALITY STANDARDS
Reports built on evidence and field data.
Direct Group has developed its own methodologies and tools for monitoring, follow-up and evaluation, tailored to each project, sector and local context, and works in line with the standards of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC).
Methodology & quality standards- 01Collecting field data with standardised tools
- 02Verifying data and matching it against evidence
- 03Analysing findings and linking them to objectives
- 04Quality assurance and review of outputs
- 05Documenting findings, reporting and recommendations
Donors & partners
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre
Kuwait Relief Society
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Nouri Charity Society
And other donors and humanitarian and development organisations.
OUR TEAM
People who combine technical knowledge with field experience.
Our team and experts span many disciplines: doctors and medical specialists, civil engineers, electrical engineers, agricultural engineers, accountants and auditors, and monitoring and evaluation experts.
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Dr. Ehab Al-Qurashi
Executive Director
Need an independent field view of your project?
Tell us the project's scope, country and sector, and we will come back with a service proposal suited to the assignment.