MDF Pacific Indonesia
MDF established a MDF Pacific-Indonesia (MDF-PI) office in Bali in October 2009. In January 2010 MDFPI could present its full staffing team, led by branch director Bart van Halteren. MDF-PI will provide support to ongoing Nuffic projects in the region and gradually undertakes training and consulting assignments in the years to come within Indonesia and the wider region.
MDF Brussels
The successful transition of MDF Brussels’ portfolio following 10 years management of two major EDF training programmes for the EC was a major accomplishment. This has required diversification of the regular portfolio and venturing into new areas. Two new open inscription courses were launched concerning management of EC Grants, which demonstrates MDF Brussels’ determination to continue making use of its acquired extensive EC expertise.
MDF Afrique Centrale
Although the situation in the Great Lakes region remains volatile, the fragile peace process gives hope for the future and the needs for capacity building are enormous. In 2009 the turnover of MDF Afrique Centrale showed a significant increase. The staff of our main office in Goma and the antennas in Kigali and Kinshasa carried out a total of more than 100 consultancies and training events.
MDF Latin America
2009 was the first full year with an MDF presence in Latin America. This presence is still a one-man-show, but MDF is gaining a clearer profile, which shows in the number of requests received for training and consulting services. The well-known MDF Project Cycle Management course was, for the first time, given integrally on line, with 150 participants from Guatemala being taught from La Paz, Bolivia.
MDF South Asia
The 30 year civil war in Sir Lanka came to a dramatic conclusion in May and the economy is stronger than ever. MDF conducted 68 assignments in 10 different countries, including the global evaluation for Caritas in Sri Lanka, and the final review of IOM’s transitional shelter programme for tsunami and conflict affected communities. New international clients included World Society for Protection of Animals (WSPA) and the World Wildlife Fund. MDF-SA in 2009 also welcomed its new branch director Ineke Pitts.
MDF Indochina
2009 was a challenging year for MDF Indochina with staff changes and in January 2010, Pui Yee Chan took over the role of branch office director. For the internal organisation the financial and administrative processes have been streamlined while, externally, the demand for leadership courses and private sector relevant training courses for different target groups continues to grow in the dynamic economy of Vietnam.
MDF Eastern Southern Africa
2009 saw a change in leadership and in January 2010 Bas Beisiegel became the new branch director. It was a challenging year for MDF, demanding a new market focus and the need to respond to new opportunities. New courses include Policy Influencing, EU Development Aid and Outcome Mapping.
MDF West Africa
In January 2009, MDF opened a new branch office based in Ghana, headed by Ingrid Plag. Staffing was kept at a minimum while the regional markets are being explored. The most exciting assignment in 2009 has been the development of a nation-wide results based monitoring scheme for the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana together with the Royal Tropical Institute, KIT, based in Amsterdam. MDF West Africa will continue to offer new training programmes and gradually expand its staffing in 2010.
MDF Netherlands
MDFnl was setup as an independent unit in 2009 and formally established in January 2010 as a full branch. MDFnl is catering exclusively for the Dutch market, led by and co- owned by Niek Bakker. MDFnl cooperates with several Dutch consultancy firms and currently manages two framework contracts with Province of Gelderland and Vilans, a health service institutional capacity builder. Important other clients are Municipalities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Arnhem.
Facts and figures
| Staff 2009 | Staff 2008 | Course participants 2009* | Course participants 2008* | Turnover 2009 € | Turnover 2008 € | |
| MDF NL Netherlands |
51 | 53 | 372 | 359 | 7,827,000 | 7,916,649 |
| MDF SA Sri Lanka |
12 | 15 | 37 | 86 | 339,208 | 432,771 |
| MDF IC Vietnam |
4 | 5 | 70 | 121 | 280,000 | 325,720 |
| MDF AC Congo |
15 | 15 | 214 | 195 | 795,378 | 604,446 |
| MDF ESA Tanzania |
16 | 15 | 87 | 158 | 559,572 | 527,746 |
| MDF BRX Belgium |
7 | 7 | 24 | 737,118 | 800,342 | |
| MDF WA Ghana |
3 | 23 | 168,290 | |||
| MDF LA Boliva |
1 | Online: 150** |
17,500 | |||
| MDF Nederland | 4 | 370,000 | ||||
| Total | 113 | 110 | 827 | 919 | € 11,094,066 | € 10,597,674 |
* Participants in Open Entry training courses
** Not included in the total
