Birhan Research & Development Consultancy - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Birhan Research & Development Consultancy (BRDC) PLC is licensed private limited company established in 1999. It is a registered tax payer of the Ethiopian Inland Revenue Authority. BRDC is dedicated to operational/programmatic and policy research covering the broad areas of population and development. BRDC addresses key Population, Health, Education, and Gender issues through research. Its aim is to contribute towards improving the health and socio-economic wellbeing of the Ethiopian population by addressing key development problems through research, needs assessment and evaluation studies. This includes identifying public health priorities and needs; analyzing the causes of the Population, Health, behavioral and other social problems in communities; monitoring and evaluating Population,  

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Health, behavioral and other social program outcomes. It is organized to provide research, consultancy and professional support services to governmental, local and international non-governmental organizations and private institutions working in Ethiopia. BRDC draws on the expertise in the field of health, population, social and behavioral disciplines. It is a firm that works closely with clients in a variety of sectors to strengthen organizations, policies and programs. BRDC partners with its clients to develop and deliver research, monitoring and evaluation and training services that:
• Facilitate high impact, well-informed, strategic decisions
• Support development goals and align with development objectives
• Identify measurable objectives
• Provide practical and high-value solutions
BRDC’s Objectives: BRDC’s major objective is promoting the conduct of high quality socio-cultural and Programmatic/Operational Research and the dissemination of research findings for policy design, program implementation and monitoring and evaluation. Key elements include:

1. Assessments, evaluation studies, formative research, applied research; Capacity building training on operational/programmatic research, monitoring and evaluation, data collection, management, analysis and interpretation of results;
2. Designing projects;
3. Developing monitoring and evaluation system

BRDC’s Areas of focus:
 Sexual and Reproductive health/Family planning
 Impact of HIV/AID (including demographic, socio-economic and psychological)
 Education
 Harmful practices (FGM/C, trafficking in women and Children, early marriage, etc)
 Women’s Concerns, Gender issues (Gender in development, women and development)
 Project identification, proposal development, Monitoring and evaluation, impact assessment
 Development of monitoring and evaluation system
 Training in monitoring and evaluation
 Training and technical support in data management and analysis
 Organizing seminars/workshops and facilitation
Services

1. Applied/programmatic Research on Reproductive health, Gender issues, Education, Population & Environment, Food Security, urbanization and urban problems and related development issues.
2. Evaluation, baseline surveys, cost studies, needs assessments and feasibility studies.
3. Design Monitoring and Evaluation Systems.
4. Training on Monitoring and Evaluation; Capacity development; Operations/programmatic research; Data Management & Processing
5. Organizing Workshops and Semina