About Verona Groverman Consultancy

Verona Groverman started her Verona Groverman Consultancy firm Facilitating in Change in April 2001. Before she made this step she worked at various organisations from the 1980s. Verona Groverman is a sociologist/anthropologist involved in (rural) development processes in a variety of countries. Countries of expertise include: Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique, Swaziland, Botswana, Zambia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Egypt, Yemen, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, China, Nicaragua, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the Netherlands.

Mission
Verona Groverman Consultancy wants to contribute to achieving an equitable and peaceful world by

• creating a space for women and men, irrespective of their age, health status and social-cultural background to voice their opinions and ideas,
• assisting them to come to a common understanding and willingness to take action,
• supporting women and men in making change happen.

Facilitating in Change refers to a double purpose: enabling people and organisations to manage change, and promoting change itself towards equity and sustainability. Her services are directed towards these purposes: facilitating assessment (audit) and mainstreaming processes with a focus on gender and HIV/AIDS; capacity building; assisting in policy and strategy development, planning and institutional issues; supporting monitoring and evaluation and conducting participatory evaluation and impact study of programmes, projects and policies.