Make fragile-state decisions your board can defend.
Impact Signal helps program and operations leaders at international NGOs make risk and compliance decisions in fragile states that their executive team, board and donors can defend.
Who this is for
You have a program that should start, or keep running, somewhere difficult. The security picture has shifted, a partner cannot be fully verified, or a donor requirement has changed. The people and structures that used to carry that judgment are thinner than they were. Your executive team will not say yes without something on paper they can stand behind, and nobody inside has the time or the independence to write it.
The Operating Risk Diagnostic
One activity, one country, one decision, assessed in five working days. You receive a written assessment comparing your options on residual risk, the mitigations each option requires, a decision-acceptance form for your authorized officer to sign, and a briefing for your executive team. The lens is set at intake: security and travel, or compliance and sanctions.
$3,500 introductory rate through February 2027
$4,500 from March 2027
Who does the work
Paul Wagner has made these decisions from both sides of the table: as a country director running programs in active conflict, and as USAID's Syria Team Lead, overseeing roughly $500 million a year through more than 30 partners.
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