The QED Group, as a subcontractor to Encompass LLC, has been awarded the U.S. Agency for International Development, Focus on Results: Enhancing Capacity Across Sectors in Transition II - Participant Training (FORECAST II – PT) contract. The ...

Helping women become more effective civil service officers was the focus of a seminar led by the QED-managed USAID/Turkmenistan Governance Strengthening Project late last year.The seminar on developing organizational and management skills brought together 35 women who hold civil service posts, including representatives from local governments, the Central Office of Youth Union of Turkmenistan and the National Labor Union of Turkmenistan. The project organized the two-day workshop with the School of Business under the ...

QED’s strategy for achieving impact across a range of geographically and technically diverse activities includes taking gender issues into consideration during all project stages, from design and implementation to monitoring and evaluation.  Our cross-cutting and integrated approach to gender has contributed to our success in economic growth, democracy and governance and global health. Monitoring & Evaluation:  A gender-sensitive approach is critical to any robust M&E methodology and a ...

QED President and CEO David McGuire and QED Founder Neelima Grover gave a joint interview in Virginia last month on the business program Executive Leaders Radio. Both gave professional insights and described how they have come together to continue The QED Group’s growth and commitment to international development.Grover was previously interviewed for the program in October 2009. Executive Leaders Radio has interviewed more ...

On November 2-3, 2011, The QED Group organized a two-day seminar on E-Governance and E-document management systems in cooperation with the National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan. QED identified one of Russia’s leading experts on e-governance, Dmitrii Trutnev, and invited him to lead the seminar for Turkmenistan’s influential decision makers within the Government.The seminar was part of an effort by USAID’s Governance Strengthening Project, managed by QED, to increase the practice of ...