Strategic planning is an organizational management activity that is used to set priorities, focus energy and resources, strengthen operations, ensure that employees and other stakeholders are working toward common goals, establish agreement around intended outcomes/results, and assess and adjust the organization’s direction in response to a changing environment. It is a disciplined effort that produces fundamental decisions and actions that shape and guide what an organization is, who it serves, what it does, and why it does it, with a focus on the future.

DEG will help you to develop effective strategic planning methodologies and articulates not only where an organization is going and the actions needed to make progress, but also how it will know if it is successful. DEG is recognized partner in development local economic development strategies to many local governmental and non governmental organization South East Europe and Africa. We are capable to implement market based strategic planning methodologies as well as human rights based local development strategies using UNDP and other international organizations methodologies.