Services for a sustainable future
Scanteam is an independent Norwegian analysis and advisory group working with private, public and civic actors in the fields of international development and responsible business in conflict-affected, developing and transition economies.
Established in 1990, we provide realistic and evidence-based analysis and advice, to improve current results and established practices. We bring field-based experience and solid knowledge of appropriate methodologies from assignments for over 50 clients in 120 countries over the last 20 years.
- Email: scanteam@scanteam.no
- Visit address: Tordenskiolds gate 2, 0160 Oslo
Our Mission
To provide knowledge and services for a sustainable future.
Our Vision
To be a recognized centre contributing to a rights-based and sustainable future.
Methodology and good practice
Scanteam’s core competence is field-based experience and appropriate application of international standards, “good practice” methodology tools and good context understanding.
Over the last 20 years, Scanteam has completed over 600 projects in over 120 countries for a broad range of stakeholders and clients.
Use of international standards
Scanteam Partners use international standards, guidance and good practice, including:
- Those used by the OECD DAC, the World Bank, the United Nations and European Union, for appraisal, monitoring and evaluation. We also work regularly with the standards of major bilateral donors and non-governmental organisations.
- International responsible business due diligence standards, among them the United Nations Guidance on Human Rights and World Bank IFC Performance Standards for Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, among others.
- World Bank standards for Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability.
Quality Assurance
Scanteam’s Quality Assurance (QA) is based on ISO 9001 standards, and consists of external QA, process management, inclusive consultation, client feed-back, and a focus on data reliability and validity.
Legal and Financial Status
Scanteam is owned by its team, and registered with Norway’s Business Registry, and thus operates in full compliance with Norwegian law.
Scanteam is audited annually by a certified external auditor, with the accounts publicly available on the Business Registry web-site. Our credit rating has been done annually since 2004, with the rating systematically being AAA or AA. Scanteam is fully insured and has never relinquished on a contract.
Our history
Scanteam was established in 1990 as a partner-owned consulting firm, working on development effectiveness issues.
An early focus was on identifying and developing better methodologies for project and program management. A first handbook on planning for Norwegian aid was produced by Scanteam and published by Norad in 1992, and ended up being translated into a dozen languages and used around the world. This was followed by handbooks in evaluation for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danida, Sida and for the Japanese Foundation for Advanced Studies in International Development. Scanteam subsequently assisted the OECD developing and standardizing the evaluation definitions and criteria that are now in use around the world as the OECD-DAC Evaluation Glossary.
Methodology-based work remains at the core of Scanteam’s activities, with over 300 planning, appraisal, monitoring and evaluation tasks carried out in 100 countries over the last 15 years.
Looking ahead
While effectiveness at project and program levels were core fields of concern when the company started up, the world today is dramatically different.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change agreements, the funding approach identified in the Addis Ababa Action Agenda and the Global Partnership for Development Effectiveness Cooperation point to more ambitious agendas involving new and emergent actors across a more challenging range of fields.
In order to address these issues and provide relevant advice to a wider range of actors, Scanteam is continuously “re-tooling” by establishing new partnerships, upgrading own skills, and working with new partners.
