the reliable partner when results matter most
IRSAAN Institute brings more than 15 yeas of experience working with public institutions, NGOs and communities in refugee and protracted crisis settings, from strategy and policy formulation to hands-on field delivery.
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… or just need some extra hands
IRSAAN Consulting is division of IRSAAN institute that provides a wide range of supporting services to humanitarian partners and public institutions. We offer solutions and support in evaluation, research & knowledge management, organizational development and strengthening, strategic partnerships management, full cycle intervention design and management and field surge capacity at the intersection between life-saving, developmental and transformational areas.
moving from theory to practice
our work is rooted in reality, and drawn from Insight, it is refined by experience and shaped for Impact — Where It Matters Most, When It Matters Most.
IRSAAN is a purpose-built institute born from lived experience in some of the world’s most complex environments. We work with organizations, communities, and public institutions to help them function and grow with efficiency and effectivenenss, clarity, integrity, and real impact. From strategy and systems to project management and field delivery, from thought leadership to learning, our solutions are tailored, grounded, and designed to hold up in the real world, under pressure and over time — not just on paper, which they also do.
Take a closer look at our services — we’ve supported partners across sectors, and we’d be glad to support your work too.
We help institutions build clear structures, roles, and procedures that turn ideas into organized action. Our work strengthens governance foundations, boosts internal coherence, and makes organizations more resilient, accountable, and functional—at all levels.
We strengthen how interventions are designed, managed, and closed. From theories of change and monitoring systems to project reporting and closure, our work ensures that results are not only planned, but achieved—and that every step is traceable, compliant, and well-managed.
We support organizations in managing their institutional partnerships strategically and transparently. Our approach builds mutual trust, optimizes communication and coordination, and helps partners manage visibility, resources sustainability, and reputational capital.
We design and conduct evaluations that generate evidence, clarify performance, and support organizational learning. From ex-ante to impact assessments, our evaluations are methodologically rigorous, contextually sensitive, and focused on what matters most—credibility, relevance, and usable insight.
We help organizations build and manage high-quality research projects and data systems. By connecting insight with action, we make sure that decisions are grounded in evidence, systems are aligned to real needs, and information becomes a tool for credibility, competitiveness, and funding.
We work in food security, protection, and education—where getting it right means everything. Our work in these sectors is informed by long-standing field experience and a deep understanding of how overlooked factors like household dynamics or social stigma are often at the root of humanitarian challenges. ettings.
We work in youth, livelihoods, and civil society areas where change must be embedded, not imposed. We help organizations go beyond activity delivery to build momentum, inclusion, and ownership at the community and institutional levels. Long-term impact relies on enabling the less visible conditions for transformation, trust, consistency, and local relevance..
At IRSAAN we do thing differently... By design
Everything we do is crafted to maximize real-world impact: for the people we serve and the organizations we support. We bridge strategy and implementation, building not just results, but credibility and long-term potential. Our work is always context-specific — deeply grounded in local realities — yet built to be adaptable and valuable across settings. Most importantly, we focus on strengthening autonomy and self-reliance, helping individuals and institutions grow through their own capacities, systems, and knowledge.
Embedded Delivery, Not Just Advice
IRSAAN doesn’t just write reports or deliver trainings—we help you build systems, tools, and workflows that actually function on the ground. Our work is embedded in your operations, ensuring relevance and practicality.
Context-Specific Solutions with Institutional Memory
Our services are tailored not just to your sector, but to your operating reality. We know that refugee contexts, unstable funding cycles, and under-resourced teams require more than good intentions—they need operational nuance and adaptability
Strategic and Operational Integration
We bridge the gap between high-level strategies and field-level realities. Whether it’s structuring an organization or running a community-based food security assessment, IRSAAN ensures alignment between vision, action, and outcome
Credibility-Building by Design
Resilience and Autonomy as Core Outcomes
Everything we build—from MEAL systems to partnership strategies—aims to reduce your dependency on luck or crisis-response. We help you become more anticipatory, more independent, and more in control of your organizational future.
Our team...
Expertise, experience and motivation in service of purpose.
Majidi M. Bouzid
Founder & Technical Director
Buchraya M. Marouf
Managing Director
Fatma Brahim
Support operations manager
Khadija A. suleiman
Lead programs manager
Dr. Carlos Grijalva E.
Technical Director
Abida M. Buzeid
Community & Civil Society Expert
Bachir M. Lahsen
Communication Expert
Rafael De La Sota
Resilience & economic development expert
Raquel del Diego
Emergency Response & Security Specialist
Rodrigo Seoane
Education & Protection Specialist
Ghali Sidahmed
Solutons development Lead
Louali M.Lamin
Field & Logistics Coordinator
Asma Mohamed
Outreach & Communication admin.
Buchra A. Soleiman
Office coordination admin.
Samira Kaidi
Analysis & MEAL system design lead
The people at IRSAAN come from a wide range of backgrounds — humanitarian operations, institutional development, education, research, MEAL, and technical sectors. This mix gives our team the ability to look at challenges from different perspectives, making our support both comprehensive and practical.
Everything we do at IRSAAN starts with respect — for the complexity of the work, the people doing it, and the systems they move through. We’re here to stand with those doing the hard work out there — to help them hold the line, build what lasts, and make impact possible. What we offer comes from the weight we’ve carried ourselves. We know what holds under pressure, and what breaks. We know what’s done with purpose — and what’s done just to get by. If our work holds, theirs can too. That’s the measure. That’s the mission.
Majidi Mohamed Bouzid
Founder
A Necessary note on accountability...
for IRSAAN Accountability is not about control or bureaucracy... it is about ensuring success.
At IRSAAN, we see accountability as reliability—plain and simple. It’s not about being answerable to others, but about being consistently dependable, especially when it matters most. In our view, reliability is the prerequisite, the necessary and sufficient condition for growth, sustainability, and lasting impact.
This isn’t just how we work internally. When we support partners to strengthen their accountability, we’re helping them become more reliable and dependable to others—their communities, donors, and collaborators—and to make their work credible, justifiable, and worthy of trust. In a sector built on voluntary cooperation and trust, reliable actors become the relevant and necessary ones. That’s why accountability isn’t a burden—it’s a foundation.
We work differently... high configurability, total adaptation
At IRSAAN we work in a very specific way to ensure that what we offer is not only of the utmost quality but also responds exactly to our partners and clients expectations. For this both rigor and innovation must be applied with the same measure.