About us
AMD International
EXPERTISE • ENGAGEMENT • IMPACT
Public Management at the Service of Development
Founded in 2006, Associates in Public Management and Development International (AMD International) is a consulting, technical assistance and training firm that has built internationally recognised expertise.
Active in several African countries, the firm works on key themes: public policy, public and local finance, international aid management, development project and programme engineering, and human resources management.
AMD International mobilises multidisciplinary skills across a wide range of sectors.
Sectors of intervention
For each area of expertise
Social Development
Social protection, education, health, nutrition, peace and humanitarian action.
24 referenced assignments
Infrastructure
Water, hygiene and sanitation — lasting WASH solutions.
7 referenced assignments
Public finance
Effective and transparent management of public resources.
9 referenced assignments
Our vision
To form an international centre of expertise in public management and development in Africa.
Our mission
Contribute to Africa's ongoing transformations by sustainably strengthening the capacities of actors and organisations, so that they perform better in achieving their objectives.
In figures
2006
Year founded
More than 15 years of activity
500+
Consultants
National & international network
100+
Projects delivered
Referenced in the portfolio
27
Countries of intervention
Africa, the Caribbean and the Middle East
Burkina Faso
Dubai
Haiti
Cameroon
Tunisia
Guinea (Conakry)
Guinea-Bissau
Madagascar
Senegal
Algeria
Mali
Chad
Comoros
Niger
Benin
Burundi
DR Congo
Congo-Brazzaville
Mauritania
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Morocco
Togo
Nigeria
Lebanon
Ghana
Sierra Leone
Our values
Excellence
Quality
Client satisfaction
Social added value
Core value
Our approach
Multidisciplinary expertise
Given the complexity of management issues in organisations, we work with multidisciplinary teams. Our experts have many years of practical experience in public and private administrations, international development agencies, NGOs and research centres.
Benchmarking of best practices
Our field of work makes it possible to benchmark African and international best practices, so that states, administrations, projects and programmes can benefit from successes and good practices recorded elsewhere in comparable contexts.
Tailored solutions
Together with our clients, we define tailored solutions that meet their specific needs.
Listening & commitment
We listen to them in order to make the best of our expertise available to them.
Human resources
Our team
AMD International employs several hundred senior and junior experts from diverse profiles and nationalities: confirmed specialists in public finance, public policy, strategic and operational planning, project and programme evaluation, social protection, health economics, education and training engineering, environment, project management, information systems engineering, audit, gender, and more. Its team is spread between headquarters in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, and the countries and regions where the firm operates.
Headquarters internal team
AMD International employs around fifty managers and support staff at headquarters. Its internal expert pool has proven know-how in international project management.
Consultants and experts
AMD International has a national and international network of more than 500 confirmed consultants who can be mobilised according to project needs, to deliver assignments across the themes it covers, mainly linked to public policy reforms. The firm relies on diversity, experience sharing and the expertise of its junior and senior pool from across the African continent (North, West, Central, East and Southern Africa), Canada, Europe and the Americas.
To better meet client expectations, expert teams deployed in the field must above all share and apply the firm's values: excellence and quality of services, client satisfaction and social added value.
Team organisation
For project delivery, AMD International sets up teams comprising:
Project manager
A project manager to coordinate expert interventions in the field and provide technical support during mission execution.
Project director
A project director overseeing coordination of project activities.
Expert team
Expert team members mobilised for project implementation.
Internal team
Internal quality assurance and contract management staff providing the technical, logistical and financial support required for project execution.
Project management coordination
Project management coordination is led by General Management. To ensure successful project execution, the firm's departments are actively involved, including:
Studies department
The Studies department draws on the nine units of the Operations directorate:
- Social Development unit
- Agriculture unit
- Gender unit
- Infrastructure unit
- Public finance unit
- Data modelling and analysis unit
- Survey unit
- SIDIAM unit — Information Systems, Data Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Monitoring
- Regional diversification unit
Governance
Internal organisation
Organisational chart of AMD International: general management, support functions and operational units.
General Management
HR department
Finance and accounting department
Operations directorate
Business development department
Operational units — Operations directorate
Social Development unit
Agriculture unit
Gender unit
Infrastructure unit
Public finance unit
Data modelling and analysis unit
Survey unit
SIDIAM unit — Information Systems, Data Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence and Monitoring
Regional diversification unit
General managementDepartmentsOperational units
Headquarters
AMD International
Cité 1200 Logements, rue Tiéfo Amoro
09 BP 631, Ouagadougou 09
Burkina Faso
EXPERTISE • ENGAGEMENT • IMPACT
Public Management at the Service of Development