OUR SERVICES

CATALYSE
silver offer

We provide a consulting service for new or existing projects. Blue Arbor will guide the vision of young and experienced entrepreneurs, increasing project value and improving local relevance.
This is performed in line with the foundations mission and vision.

Included services:

•Evaluation (offered)

•Field visit

•Systemic analysis

•Project design

Minimal flat fare offer following the evaluation **

SHAPE
gold offer

Developing a project in conjunction with an asset landowner. Starting with their asset we harness the local essence, working to design a systemic project.
The foundation can dispose of top level senior consultants.

Included services:

•Evaluation (offered)

•Systemic analysis

•Project design

•Business plan

•Project creation and start-up guidance

•Funding support

Flat rate offer following the evaluation

Share of project revenue with an early exit strategy **

CREATE
platinum offer

Developing a complex project from scratch in partnership with a land owner. Blue Arbor acts as a broker, consultant and NGO co-investor. The hub is designed, set-up and run or handed over.

Included services:

•Evaluation (offered)

•Systemic analyses

•Brokering with young and experienced changemakers

•Project design and business plan

•Project creation, set-up and management

•Co-investing, funding and accounting

Discounted flat rate offer following the evaluation

Share of project profits with a medium term exit strategy **

We provide our partners with:

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    Team based learning and project design expertise

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    Project management expertise

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    Support in fundraising and partnership development

  • Trainings on negotiation, interpersonal skills and management of complex projects

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    Monitoring, learning and evaluation and access to our Swiss and international network

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  • We partner with initiatives aiming at developing new form of economies where human and planetary well-being are not perceived as mere externalities but ate at the chore of the equation. We currently focus on developing a series of Arbor Hubs (see our project page).

  • Initiatives should be aligned with our mission and the values of our ethic charter. Check our Ethic Charter HERE.

  • Support can be offered in several tailored ways depending on your needs and the stage of development of your project.

    During the conception stage we can support you in the definition of your value proposition; help you in defining the concept of your project and in creating awareness around your idea.

    During the planning and execution phases we can support you in transforming your idea into a project; help you in your fund-raising strategy; in scaling up your impact; in developing new standards and certification schemes; in strengthening your community and create movements etc.

    Finally we offer specific trainings modules on the management of complex systems and the prevention of micro-personal conflicts.

    We can support you with our highly dynamic Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning model and act as a a platform to connect you to similar initiatives.

  • We follow an innovative organizational approach consisting in having a small number of fixed employees that are complemented in their work by specialized ad hoc experts of different fields. This allows for a flexible, punctual, need based and rigorous approach to respond in the best way to every situation.

  • Our Blue offers and rates are provided ad-hoc for your project, economic resources, local context and project scale. Contact us for a free offer without any implication.

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Our Ethic charter guides our choices, accountability, governance and engagement with partners.