Consultancy Services

Experience across a wide range of issues, including climate change, marine biodiversity, fisheries conservation, the Arctic and Antarctic, maritime policy, nuclear safety, security, and arms control, toxic pollution and clean production, fresh water management and sanitation, sustainable consumption, tobacco control, international governance, international trade, access to information and transparency.

The Varda Group provides a wide range of consultancy services

Campaign coordination and leadership: Designing and coordinating international campaigns, including coalition campaigns

Political campaigning and advocacy: Designing and leading campaigns which integrate public activities and targeted communication strategies with efforts behind the scenes to influence international law and policy. Representation and advocacy in political or other fora

Strategic and policy analysis on specific issues as well as cross sectoral and geopolitical challenges

Strategic planning and project design for campaigns and organizations: this may involve preparing plans for our clients, or leading an organization through a strategic planning process. We also do this in the form of training

Project evaluation: Including assessment and review of projects prior to funding, as well as analysis of successes and failures after completion

Meeting facilitation: we prepare and facilitate many types of meetings, ranging from large, formal governance meetings (board and executive level) to informal campaign or strategy meetings

Organization of public events or meetings, including chairing, facilitation and panel moderation, logistical preparations, and reporting

Organizational support, designing governance, operational and management structures, personnel recruitment, coaching and training

Public lectures and speeches on a range of topics

Organization of field expeditions for advocacy or documentation purposes

Organizational management, staff coaching, and conflict resolution

Policy analysis

Public speaking, panel moderation, speech writing

Communications and social media support

Event organization: from internal meetings to major public events

Our team

Kelly Rigg

Elaine Lawrence

Rémi Parmentier

Current projects

All projects

May

Panelist at the WTO-RSIS Parliamentarians Workshop on Trade Negotiations, School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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April

Lead author Just Transition and Renewable Energy: A Business Brief, on behalf of the UN Global Compact Think Lab on Just Transition, including leading a consultant process with partners

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April

Lead author of IRENA’s brief on a Just Energy Transition; editing support for Geopolitics of Critical Raw Materials report; supporting communications & engagement for IRENA’s Coalition for Action & COP28 Task Force

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April

Facilitation for Greenpeace International, including geo-prioritization, review of Learning & Development strategy, Executive Directors' meeting

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April

Co-Facilitator, Civil society consultation & mobilization for the 3rd UN Ocean Conference.

March

“Marine Protection & the High Seas Treaty: A big Deal”, a paper published by the Royal Elcano Institute

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The Varda group has vast experience across a wide range of issues, including climate change, marine biodiversity, fisheries conservation, the Arctic and Antarctic, maritime policy, nuclear safety, security, and arms control, toxic pollution and clean production, fresh water management and sanitation, sustainable consumption, tobacco control, international governance, international trade, access to information and transparency.