# Strategic Agenda > A global consultancy for a developing world Strategic Agenda is a boutique communications consultancy based in London that works with NGOs, UN agencies, foundations and development organisations worldwide. Its services are impact reporting, creative design, editing and verification, strategic communications, training and e-learning, application development, data visualisation and mapping, translation, event management and global video production, delivered by an in-house team and a worldwide network of vetted creatives. The aim in every case is to help clients demonstrate impact, sustain investment, raise money, change behaviour and influence policy. Website: https://www.strategicagenda.com Email: projects@strategicagenda.com Phone: +44 208968 1299 Address: Grand Union Studios, 332 Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5AD, United Kingdom Profiles: https://www.linkedin.com/company/3099306/, https://twitter.com/strategicagenda, https://www.instagram.com/strategicagenda ## Pages - [Strategic Agenda | Communications for the Development Sector](https://www.strategicagenda.com): Strategic Agenda is a boutique communications consultancy based in London that works with NGOs, UN agencies, foundations and development organisations worldwide. Its services are impact reporting, creative design, editing and verification, strategic communications, training and e-learning, application development, data visualisation and mapping, translation, event management and global video production, delivered by an in-house team and a worldwide network of vetted creatives. The aim in every case is to help clients demonstrate impact, sustain investment, raise money, change behaviour and influence policy. - [About Strategic Agenda | Our Team and Story](https://www.strategicagenda.com/about): Strategic Agenda's team brings together strategists, designers, editors, filmmakers, translators and project managers in London with a global network of creators. The consultancy has worked with organisations including UNICEF, UNHCR, WHO, UNEP and UNFPA on communications that demonstrate impact. - [App and Web Development for NGOs | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/application-development): Strategic Agenda designs and builds digital products for the development sector — websites, data dashboards, AI-powered tools and bespoke applications — combining user-centred design with deep knowledge of how NGOs and UN agencies work. - [Creative Design for NGOs and UN Agencies | Report Design](https://www.strategicagenda.com/creative-design): Strategic Agenda's design studio produces reports that get read, brand identities, social media content and e-learning for NGOs, UN agencies and foundations, drawing on decades of experience designing for the development sector. - [Data Visualisation and Mapping for NGOs | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/data_viz): Strategic Agenda turns development data into dashboards, infographics, maps and analysis that decision-makers and donors can act on, for NGOs, UN agencies and research organisations. - [Editing, Proofreading and Verification for Reports](https://www.strategicagenda.com/editing-verification): Strategic Agenda edits, proofreads and verifies reports and communications for international organisations, including multilingual revision, catching errors of fact, consistency and style before publication. - [Event Management and Filming for NGOs | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/event-management): Strategic Agenda designs, films and markets events for development and humanitarian organisations — from conference production and live coverage to promotion — with experience across many countries. - [Global Video Production for NGOs and UN Agencies](https://www.strategicagenda.com/video-production): Strategic Agenda produces video for the development sector anywhere in the world: location and event filming, editing and local production management, using a global network of vetted filmmakers and photographers coordinated from London. - [Impact Reporting for NGOs and Donors | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/impact-reporting): Strategic Agenda helps organisations demonstrate impact to donors and stakeholders through impact report design, video storytelling and monitoring and evaluation reporting, supporting fundraising campaigns across many countries. - [Network of Creatives | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/agenda-network): Strategic Agenda's network of creatives is a global collective of photographers and filmmakers, from Argentina to Zimbabwe, providing on-the-ground coverage for documentaries and visual content in any situation. - [News & Insights | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news): News, insights and thought leadership from Strategic Agenda on strategic communications for the humanitarian and development sector, including AI, design, video and reporting. - [Strategic Agenda Podcast | Conversations with Changemakers](https://www.strategicagenda.com/agenda-podcasts): The Strategic Agenda podcast features conversations with changemakers, thought leaders and innovators shaping the future of development, technology and social impact. - [Privacy Policy | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/privacy-policy): How Strategic Agenda collects, uses, shares and protects personal data on www.strategicagenda.com, including cookies, analytics, retention periods and your UK GDPR rights. - [Solutions for NGOs and UN Agencies | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/solutions): Strategic Agenda's solutions are organised into six areas — impact reporting, content production, translation, digital products, events and capability building — each designed for NGOs, UN agencies and foundations that need to demonstrate impact, sustain investment and reach global audiences. - [Strategic Communications for NGOs | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/strat-comms): Strategic Agenda plans and runs communications for NGOs, UN agencies and foundations — strategy, crisis communications and fully outsourced communications teams — aimed at fundraising, behaviour change and policy influence. - [The Agenda | Strategic AI Newsletter by Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/agenda): The Agenda is Strategic Agenda weekly newsletter covering artificial intelligence news, tools, and trends. Topics include ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, AGI developments, AI in government, recruitment, healthcare, and business. Written by Fola Yahaya, founder of Strategic Agenda. - [Training and E-learning for NGOs | Strategic Agenda](https://www.strategicagenda.com/training): Strategic Agenda builds capacity for development organisations through e-learning design, learning management system set-up and practical AI training, with a track record of high course completion rates. - [Translation Services for NGOs and UN Agencies](https://www.strategicagenda.com/translation): Strategic Agenda translates and localises content for international organisations: annual and technical reports, communications, training and e-learning, software interfaces and video subtitles or dubbing, with proofreading and verification by sector-specialist linguists across many languages. - [Our Work | Case Studies for NGOs and UN Agencies](https://www.strategicagenda.com/work): A portfolio of Strategic Agenda projects for development and humanitarian clients — impact reports, films, campaigns, publications and digital tools for organisations such as UNICEF, UNEP and UNFPA — each with the challenge, the approach and the results. ## Case studies - [Impact reporting in Ghana and Zambia](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/unep-ghana-documenting-mike-s-conservation-impact) (UNEP / CITES (MIKE Programme), Non-Profit): We used video storytelling to help UNEP/CITES demonstrate the impact of the money spent on funding park rangers in national parks in Ghana and Zambia. - [Clean water for all](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/gwp-water-governance) (Global Water Partnership (GWP), Non-Profit): A consistently branded sourcebook, website and suite of digital assets that gave Global Water Partnership everything it needed to launch and promote its Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships for Improved Water Governance programme. - [A new direction for child online safety](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/safe-online) (Safe Online, Non-Profit): As Safe Online set out to become the first global investment fund dedicated solely to child online safety, we did the full works: a fresh brand identity, website, social strategy and the guidelines to hold it all together. - [Women: the voice of Africa](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/unfpa-voices-of-women) (UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), Non-Profit): Editorial, design and layout that put the human impact of UNFPA's work with women of African descent centre stage — and strengthened its position as a thought leader. - [#GetToHighGround](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/undrr-tsunami-day) (UNDRR (UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction), Non-Profit): Strategic communications and digital production for the seventh World Tsunami Awareness Day — a campaign built around a play on the iconic wave, and one message: get to high ground. - [Igniting Nigeria's transition to net zero](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/netp-nigeria-energy) (SEforAll / Nigeria Energy Transition Plan (NETP), Energy): We designed and built the website and branded data visualisations for Nigeria's Energy Transition Plan — an interactive digital space mapping the country's route to net zero. - [Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared.](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/unep-adaptation-gap-2023) (UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), Non-Profit): Editing, translation and layout for UNEP's flagship assessment of climate adaptation planning, financing and implementation — clear in English and in five more languages. - [Emissions Gap Report 2023: A broken record](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/unep-emissions-gap-2023) (UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), Non-Profit): Editing, translation and layout for UNEP's most visible report — a role we have been trusted with since 2017. - [Data Must Speak: illustrating for the education sector](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/unicef-data-must-speak) (UNICEF, Education): Multilingual layout, translation and print and digital design for UNICEF's Data Must Speak series — reports that turn administrative data into decisions for schools across 14 countries. - [Making early warning for all a reality](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/undrr-iddrr-early-warning) (UNDRR (UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction), Non-Profit): Communications strategy, animation, content and design to launch UNDRR's 2022 and 2026 International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction — focused on early warning systems for everyone, everywhere. - [Illustrating our impact in the Sahel](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/unfpa-swedd-sahel) (UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund), Non-Profit): A hand-rendered illustration style and culturally sensitive visual identity for the Sahel Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend year-end results booklet. - [Interactive film to tell urgent stories in Zambia](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/unep-zambia) (UNEP / CITES (MIKE Programme), Non-Profit): Our film team spent ten days on the banks of the Zambezi with the rangers of the MIKE programme — using 360° film, documentary and drone to put donors on patrol beside them. - [It's time for a rethink: the African debt crisis](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/african-debt-crisis) (Strategic Agenda, Non-Profit): A short film exploring how plunging commodity prices, unsustainable debt and a projected loss of US$500 billion have diverted crucial funds away from Africa's most urgent development priorities. - [Illustrating a way out of child labour](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/winrock-child-labour) (Winrock International, Non-Profit): Illustration, animation and social media video to communicate the ATLAS project's work against child labour, forced labour and human trafficking — globally. - [Delivering powerful event communications, at speed](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/un-women-weps-event-comms) (UN Women, Non-Profit): With two weeks' notice, we delivered a complete package of event communications for the Women's Empowerment Principles conference in Casablanca — on time and on budget. - [A new lifeline for rural Madagascar](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/seforall-madagascar) (Sustainable Energy for All (SEforAll), Non-Profit): In February 2024 our film team travelled to Madagascar to document what a solar grid does for a town — in a country where only 25% of people have access to electricity. - [UNEP - Documenting MIKE's Impact in Ghana](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/unep-ghana) (UNEP / CITES (MIKE Programme), Non-Profit): Our team travelled to Ghana to document how rangers in Mole National Park protect endangered species through community engagement. Using high-spec equipment in remote conditions, we produced impactful 360-degree and documentary films for UNEP/CITES's MIKE programme. - [Building an LMS from scratch for EBRD](https://www.strategicagenda.com/case-studies/ebrd-lms-elearning) (EBRD, Non-Profit): We built a learning management system from scratch for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development — and delivered a multilingual, scenario-based eLearning programme on unconscious bias and gender-inclusive lending, in eight languages. ## News and insights - [The UN's Money Problem](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news/the-uns-money-problem): The UN says it could run out of cash by July unless member states pay what they owe. Nearly three decades ago it faced almost exactly the same crisis. What has changed is the world around it. - [The Cost of War vs Peace](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news/the-cost-of-war-vs-peace): Defence budgets are heading towards $1.5 trillion in the US alone, while UN peacebuilding runs on voluntary donations of little over $100 million a year. We examine the imbalance between what we spend on war and what we invest in preventing it. - [The New Politics of Oil](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news/the-new-politics-of-oil): Britain buys crude from Texas and Norway yet still fears the Strait of Hormuz, Singapore refines oil it does not own and Egypt exports and imports at the same time. Why energy power now lies in controlling the choices, not the reserves. - [Is Freemium the Only Way Forward?](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news/is-freemium-the-only-way-forward): This article examines how AI will transform professional services pricing through freemium models. Key topics: 1) First AI therapy trial shows 51% depression symptom reduction, 2) H&M creates AI twins of 30 models for marketing, 3) Genspark and Manus are new autonomous AI agents that can make phone calls and book restaurants, 4) AI is being used to dub foreign films and enhance actor performances. Author recommends professionals prepare digital twins and freemium service tiers. - [What if AGI Is Already Here?](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news/what-if-agi-is-already-here): This article explores the possibility that AGI already exists in mega-clusters at Big Tech companies. Topics covered: 1) UK Government announces £45bn savings plan with Humphrey AI system, 2) 8 job hunting tips after analyzing 320 applications where 35% did not know the role and 60% lacked product knowledge, 3) Practical AI experiments: built carb-counting app in 10 mins, Gmail-to-CRM integration in 2 hours, data viz dashboard prototype. Author Fola Yahaya shares real costs and results. - [Should We Stop Worrying About AI?](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news/should-we-stop-worrying-about-ai): This article uses Dr. Strangelove as a metaphor for AI risks where smart systems combined with human fallibility can cause catastrophic outcomes. Key topics: 1) AI in defense sector and safety vs dominance debate, 2) LinkedIn Easy Apply problems - 35% of 320 applicants did not know what role they applied for, 3) Manus AI from China uses mixture-of-agents approach for autonomous tasks like restaurant booking. Author suggests viewing AI as a guardian angel to help overcome human cognitive limitations. - [Is the World Ready for Government by Grok?](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news/is-the-world-ready-for-government-by-grok): This article covers: 1) Elon Musk DOGE team using AI to cut 50% of US civil service, 8000+ government websites removed including CDC, 2) Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet is first hybrid AI reasoning model letting users choose quick or deliberate responses, 3) OpenAI ChatGPT 4.5 has improved emotional intelligence and fewer hallucinations, 4) Recommended AI tools: Gemini/Otter.ai/Fireflies for meetings, Jobscan/Kickresume for job search, Hootsuite/Buffer for social media. - [What Is the Value of Zero-Cost Research?](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news/what-is-the-value-of-zero-cost-research): This article examines: 1) OpenAI deep research agent conducts multi-step internet research delivering PhD-level reports instantly for pennies, shifting value to verification and indemnification, 2) Sam Altman recommends embracing AI but author argues we should not surrender System 2 thinking, 3) Paris AI Summit saw US/UK refuse to sign ethics declaration, showing AI regulation is failing, 4) Qwen 2.5 from Alibaba is free and matches paid AI capabilities following DeepSeek open-source trend. - [AI's Environmental Cost: The Impact of Data Centres](https://www.strategicagenda.com/news/ais-environmental-cost-data-centres): This article by Tandia Pritchard examines: 1) AI data centres called data colonialism as local communities bear ecological costs while foreign companies profit, 2) Google flood prediction AI saves lives in Africa/Bangladesh/Nepal, Kuzi app predicts locust outbreaks in Kenya, 3) UN reports 62% increase in cloud provider emissions since 2020, electricity use to triple in decade, 4) Google scaled back Uruguay data centre after protests over 7 billion litres annual water consumption during worst drought, Microsoft investing $1B in Kenya data centre. ## Other - [Sitemap](https://www.strategicagenda.com/sitemap.xml) - [Contact](https://www.strategicagenda.com/contact) - [Team](https://www.strategicagenda.com/team)