Services
Four interlocking offers, one grounding.
We translate more than 15 years of experience across trade, research and institutional design into clear, client-facing offers. Each can be commissioned alone or combined into a longer engagement.
Trade & Market Advisory
Where are the opportunities, and how do we navigate them?
We help organisations understand new markets, assess opportunities and navigate the policy, regulatory and institutional conditions that shape international growth.
Market opportunity assessments
Assess the potential, risks and strategic fit of new market opportunities.
Market and sector intelligence
Understand market dynamics, key actors, trends and emerging opportunities.
Policy and regulatory analysis
Understand the policy and regulatory conditions shaping an opportunity.
Trade and market-access analysis
Assess the rules, barriers and agreements shaping access to markets.
Market-entry and international growth strategy
Develop a practical strategy for entering and growing in new markets.
Stakeholder and institutional mapping
Identify the institutions, decision-makers and relationships that shape a market.
Research & Policy Advisory
What is changing, why does it matter, and what should we do?
We help organisations understand complex policy questions, make sense of change and translate evidence into decisions, strategies and action.
Political economy analysis
Understand the interests, institutions and power dynamics shaping an issue.
Policy research and analysis
Build the evidence needed to understand policy choices and their implications.
Strategic and commissioned research
Answer complex questions through rigorous, decision-focused research.
Policy reviews and evaluations
Assess what is working, what is changing and where improvement is needed.
Evidence synthesis and strategic insight
Turn complex evidence into clear findings, implications and strategic choices.
Executive briefings and decision support
Translate analysis into concise advice for leaders and decision-makers.
Institutional Strategy
What needs to be in place to turn strategy into action?
We help organisations translate strategic ambition into the governance, partnerships, capabilities and implementation arrangements needed to deliver it.
Strategy development and review
Develop clear priorities and practical pathways for moving from ambition to action.
Institutional and governance design
Design the structures, roles and decision-making arrangements needed to support effective delivery.
Partnership and stakeholder strategy
Define the relationships, responsibilities and partnerships needed to achieve strategic objectives.
Implementation frameworks
Translate strategy into clear responsibilities, priorities and pathways for implementation.
Institutional and capability assessments
Assess whether existing structures, systems and capabilities are equipped to deliver the intended strategy.
Decision and prioritisation frameworks
Create practical frameworks for assessing options, setting priorities and making strategic choices.
Convening & Dialogue
Who needs to be at the table, and how do we move towards action?
We design and facilitate strategic conversations that bring the right people together to build understanding, navigate differences and move complex issues towards action.
Strategic dialogues and roundtables
Bring key actors together to examine complex issues, exchange perspectives and identify pathways forward.
Executive and stakeholder workshops
Design focused sessions that help participants work through strategic questions and develop shared priorities.
Policy and industry consultations
Gather and synthesise perspectives to inform policy, strategy and decision-making.
Cross-sector and cross-regional exchange
Connect knowledge and experience across sectors, institutions and regions to generate new insight.
Partnership and coalition development
Help organisations identify shared interests and build the relationships needed for collective action.
Synthesis, recommendations and action agendas
Turn dialogue into clear findings, strategic recommendations and practical next steps.
Institutional mapping begins with reading the grain of a place.
Tell us where you stand, and what you are trying to build.
Most engagements begin with a conversation. Tell us what you are navigating, building or trying to change, and we will identify how Thirteen53 can help.