BMT Cordah Ltd implements projects throughout the world to assist policy strategy formulation and decision making. Such projects tend to be supported and funded by international development agencies and local and national governments. BMT Cordah has particular strengths in water management and management of coastal and marine systems and has undertaken numerous projects with this focus. Increasingly, some agencies and departments are interested in evaluation of the performance of specific publicly-funded projects and BMT Cordah has developed a skill base and portfolio of project evaluation work.

Projects and other initiatives to deliver benefits to communities and/or the environment are increasingly being subject to systematic scrutiny of performance. Questions requiring answers include: are expected benefits being delivered and is ‘value for money’ being provided? In addition, the impacts of certain projects require independent monitoring and verification of actions taken to manage impacts.

BMT Cordah has undertaken a number of projects focusing on answering such questions. For example, in the UK, evaluations of a number of projects focusing on delivery of Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) have been undertaken. In the overseas context, BMT Cordah staff have been involved in the evaluation of a range of development co-operation projects and of international programmes focusing on water management.