Expertise
Evidence, institutional support and neutral facilitation that help public and private stakeholders define and pursue practical reforms.
IMED helps business organizations, government and civil society engage on policy and business-environment issues. We produce evidence, strengthen advocacy capacity, design dialogue processes and facilitate discussions that lead to clear priorities and follow-up. Clients value IMED's objective and balanced approach in politically sensitive settings.
A connected approach
The service supports private-sector organizations, chambers and associations, government institutions, development partners, civil-society organizations and programmes working on business-environment reform or inclusive economic policy.
Advocacy-agenda and advocacy-strategy development
Policy research and regulatory or legislative review
Business-environment scoping and constraint analysis
Position papers, policy proposals and submissions
Monitoring and tracking of policy implementation
Inclusive advocacy support for women, youth and persons with disability
Design of national, regional and district dialogue platforms
Neutral facilitation of public-private discussions
Stakeholder and institutional mapping
Preparation of evidence and agendas
Follow-up structures, action tracking and reporting
Capacity building for advocacy and dialogue
Association management and governance support
Membership growth and service development
Resource-mobilisation support
Coalition and network strengthening
This is IMED's largest practice area, with 36 recorded assignments. The portfolio includes more than a decade of work with BEST-Dialogue, national and local dialogue processes, association mapping, regulatory studies, advocacy agendas and institutional support for major private-sector organizations in Tanzania.
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Public-private dialogue is a structured process through which government and business identify constraints, review evidence and agree practical actions. IMED helps design, facilitate and track these processes.
Yes. IMED can research the issue, map stakeholders, define objectives, prepare an advocacy agenda and develop the strategy, messages, evidence and follow-up plan.
Yes. IMED has extensive experience with chambers, associations and apex private-sector bodies, including governance, membership, resource mobilisation, advocacy and dialogue capacity.
Yes. IMED has designed and facilitated national, regional and district dialogue processes across Tanzania, including local business-environment reform work.
IMED grounds the process in evidence, gives stakeholders a structured way to participate and focuses recommendations on the agreed issue and decision path rather than on advocacy for its own sake.
Assignment track record
Client, period and scope are reproduced from IMED’s assignment register.
Mapping of civil society organizations, women associations and private sector organizations in Mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar, and development of organizational policy manuals for TPSF and TAFFA.
Strategic Plan 2024-2030 for the Tanzania Association of Freight Forwarders (TAFFA).
Strategic Plan 2024-2029, and facilitation of an earlier five year strategic plan.
Study on access to land for private seed producers and on seed cess challenges, with advocacy support.
Assessment of implementation of the law providing procurement preference to youth, women and persons with disability, with advocacy support and a tracking tool.
Mapping of business environment issues and development of a private sector advocacy agenda.
Research and advocacy project on economic governance and fiscal policy with government, private sector and civil society, with Tampere Peace Research Institute and Pilot for Research and Development, Belgium.
Training on advanced advocacy and dialogue skills.
Coaching of three women business associations and one youth business association on strategic plans and advocacy agendas.
Training of leaders and employees of private sector organizations on public-private dialogue.
Mapping and capacity needs assessment of business associations, including youth and women networks.
Training of private sector, government, civil society and academic leaders on policy advocacy for wildlife conservation.
Design and facilitation of public-private dialogue training towards economic empowerment.
Training of women and youth business association leaders on inclusive advocacy and dialogue skills.
Mapping and assessment of the public-private dialogue framework and private sector organizations, including women and youth networks.
Five year private sector tourism industry advocacy strategy and TCT strategic plan.
Study of the history of business membership organizations in Tanzania.
Analysis of weights and measures law and regulations, and preparation of policy proposals.
Facilitation of local business environment reform plans for all districts in Kigoma Region.
Scoping studies for district and regional dialogues in Kigoma, Tandahimba, Magu, Bukoba, Muheza, Bunda and Arumeru.
Coordination of scoping studies on local business environment issues in various districts.
Facilitation of a public-private dialogue platform for wildlife management areas, and Burunge WMA orientation.
Facilitation of public-private dialogue in Njombe, Mbozi and Mvomero on counterfeit agricultural inputs and land conflicts.
Training of the Boards of TCCIA, ZNCCIA and TCT on public-private dialogue.
Ecosystem mapping and development of Tanzania's Inclusive National Entrepreneurship Strategy.
Design and delivery of courses building the capacity of the regional secretariat and district councils in Kigoma and Mwanza.
Training of public and private stakeholders in the tourism sector on public-private dialogue.
Study of policy and regulatory barriers in the dairy value chain.
Preparation of the tourism paper for the 8th Tanzania National Business Council.
Mapping and assessment of private sector organizations in Tanzania.
Support in dialogue and advocacy for the Government Roadmap for Investment Climate.
Study on rural poor participation in the local budget cycle.
Scoping study on advocacy issues in Korogwe District.
Analysis of opportunities for graduate entrepreneurs and a start-up scheme in agribusiness.
Preparation of the 7th Tanzania National Business Council private sector presentation.
Analysis of regulatory constraints and reduction of compliance requirements in the food sector.
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