Strategic Visioneering & Programme Design
Co-Creating Outcome- and Impact-Oriented Change Pathways
Jidi accompanies partners through structured strategic reflection and programme design processes that translate ambition into coherent, measurable change pathways. Rather than drafting strategies on behalf of partners, we facilitate collaborative visioneering dialogues, systems analysis, and results pathway development that strengthen shared ownership and strategic clarity.
We support the articulation of effect chains, outcome hierarchies, sector approaches, and integrated portfolios aligned with institutional mandates and donor frameworks. Our approach integrates behavioural insight and systems thinking to ensure strategies are grounded in realistic assumptions and supported by robust monitoring and learning architectures.
Through guided design processes, technical backstopping, and iterative refinement, we strengthen internal capacity for strategic planning; enabling partners to lead, adapt, and sustain programme direction over time
What we have done
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Jidi facilitated the development of READ Tanzania’s 2026–2030 Strategic Plan, repositioning the organisation from project-based library support toward a system-anchored learning model. The strategy defined a theory of change, strategic priorities, results framework, investment needs, sustainability pathway and partnership model for literacy, digital inclusion and institutional growth.
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Jidi facilitated the development of PANITA’s 2022–2027 Strategic Plan, aligning the network’s nutrition advocacy role with food systems, dietary practices, governance, climate resilience and the NMNAP II agenda. The strategy provided a shared direction for civil society engagement, accountability, partnership and sustained influence in Tanzania’s nutrition landscape.
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Jidi developed an advocacy strategy to guide PANITA’s work in strengthening nutrition governance, coordination and resource allocation at national, local government and community levels. The strategy clarified advocacy elements, strategic partners, implementation arrangements, entry points in planning and budgeting cycles, and mechanisms for coordination, monitoring, learning and evaluation.
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Jidi facilitated the development of UNAT’s 2021–2025 Strategic Plan, articulating the organisation’s role in advancing SDGs, human rights, gender equity, youth engagement and environmental dialogue. The assignment defined strategic objectives, theory of change, key outcome areas, implementation arrangements and institutional positioning for renewed organisational relevance.
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Jidi developed the Minimum Requirements for Implementation of Parenting Interventions in Tanzania. The assignment created a national reference for quality, coordination, content, delivery, safeguarding and monitoring of parenting interventions, supporting harmonised implementation across government, CSOs and development partners.
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Jidi developed the Academic Performance Improvement Blueprint for Kikombo National Children’s Home. The blueprint translated evidence on learning barriers into strategic interventions for foundational learning, emotional support, teacher and staff capacity, accountability, partnerships and participatory MELR to improve academic outcomes for vulnerable children.
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Jidi contributed to the design of the Operational Plan for Achieving Resilient and Sustainable Systems for Health in Tanzania. The assignment translated health system strengthening priorities into implementation arrangements, gap analysis, partnership and resource mobilisation strategies, visibility actions, evidence use and monitoring mechanisms.
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Jidi developed a five-year roadmap to accelerate reproductive cancer prevention and elimination in Zanzibar. The roadmap transformed behavioural and service-delivery evidence into strategic barriers, core principles, pillars of action, implementation priorities and an accountability framework for coordinated national action.
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Jidi developed a Legal and Human Rights Advocacy Strategy and toolkit to strengthen LHRC’s advocacy coherence across civic space, rule of law, gender justice, children’s rights and legal reform priorities. The assignment translated LHRC’s strategic plan into practical advocacy pathways, coordination arrangements, implementation frameworks and capacity-building tools.
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Jidi developed councillor training modules on local government mandates, political leadership, oversight and social accountability. The modules translated lessons from councillor training into a standardised package for continuous professional development and improved governance, accountability and public resource oversight at council level.
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Jidi developed a strategic communication plan to strengthen TCCIA’s advocacy and outreach on business environment issues in the Southern Highlands. The plan enabled coordinated communication on taxation, crop cess, standards, cross-border trade, business formalisation, counterfeit inputs and internal communication among regional chambers and partners.