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Finding the Signal in the Noise: Elevating UNEP-FI's Impact
Leadership at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative's Positive Impact Initiative proposed a pioneering and holistic vision for impact finance, solving some of the field’s more complex issues for commercial actors. But it needed to gain traction in a crowded space of international organizations, financial institutions, and standard setters. Its message needed to break through the noise. A WhiteLabel partner developed and implemented a new communications strategy that shifted the focus away from the initiative itself and onto its unique value proposition. This content-driven approach emphasized the insights and tools offered by the Positive Impact Initiative. The partner also facilitated key partnerships, strategically positioning Positive Impact alongside international organizations and standard setters. This strategic pivot resonated strongly. UNEP FI's Positive Impact initiative gained visibility and solidified its positioning as a crucial and unique resource among the international impact investing standard-setter community.
Navigating Complexity: Designing a Roadmap for Middle East Startups
USAID was having trouble structuring an investment program to further entrepreneurial growth in the Middle East. Uncertain of fund structure, regulatory landscape, and the right folks to partner with to propel nascent entrepreneurial ecosystems in Palestine, Jordan, and Lebanon, it turned to WhiteLabel. Starting in DC, we worked with senior members of the USAID team on correcting some issues in the initial structure. WhiteLabel then designed what became a much-replicated assessment framework. For more than three months in-country, WhiteLabel implemented the assessment, meeting with hundreds of companies, investors, government officials, mentors and managers of incubators, and legal and regulatory professionals. The team was able to broaden the initiative’s focus, define the investment terms and fund structure, and find the best-suited professionals for USAID to partner with, to make the initiative a success. As one senior USAID official said, “One of the best processes I have experienced at USAID, from design to execution–creative and professional. These folks are sharp.”
Understanding and Preparing for the Impacts of Megatrends in the Arab World
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) decided in 2021 to undertake a series of strategic analyses of some of the most important global “megatrends” and how these could impact the Arab region. The aim is to provide public sector and other leaders with an understanding of the benefits of these trends, including how they can contribute to improving economic growth, social equity, and sustainable development. A WhiteLabel partner is designing and directing these analyses. The first looked at alternative future pathways for electric vehicles and other forms of electric mobility in Middle East and North African countries, and the second looked at alternative futures for the Metaverse (3D VR environments and other forms of spatial computing for applications in healthcare, education, urban redevelopment, and other critical sectors. A third analysis on AI is underway. Each analysis provides concrete recommendations that can be undertaken in the near term to realize the benefits of the megatrends. Results to date include policy and investment actions now being evaluated for implementation by the Planning, Environment, Transportation, and other Ministries in 21 countries in the region.
Unlocking Growth: How Innovative Finance Can Fuel Ukraine's Small Farms
Smallholder farmers in Ukraine held massive potential, but their growth was stifled by limited access to innovative financing. To address this, Chemonics Ukraine sought WhiteLabel's expertise. We delved into global best practices in Innovative Agriculture Financing, conducting extensive research, interviews, and case study analysis. Our findings were distilled into a comprehensive primer, providing critical insights for tailored funding strategies designed specifically for lesser developed economies, equipping Chemonics with a strategic resource to identify and implement practical funding solutions. The impact: A USAID Head of Economic Growth, with over two decades of experience, lauded the primer as one of the best they'd encountered and how “strategic research and knowledge sharing can unlock growth and transformation for communities in need.”
Creating the Future Leadership of a Federal Agency with a Critical Mission
The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) was facing a crisis. This U.S. Federal government agency provides women and men who have served in the armed forces with benefits including education (the G.I. Bill), disability compensation, life insurance, employment training, home loans, pensions, and more. And it was projected to lose upwards of 50% of its workforce, including more than 60% of its top leadership, over the next ten years to retirement or other causes. A WhiteLabel partner led a team to design and implement a succession planning system from scratch. In a six-month effort, we developed profiles of what background and experience should be for optimal candidates for every top leadership position in the agency, mapped those profiles to the then-current mid-level staff, and outlined career progression pathways for those staff members to grow into the VBA leadership cadre of the future. The head of the agency noted after project completion that the new system had reduced the risks of gaps in hundreds of top roles and reduced the costs associated with loss of high-potential employees.
Scenarios of Transformation for a Public Sector Environmental Organization
The Institute for Water Resources (IWR) is a US government agency dedicated to anticipating and analyzing changing water resources management conditions. As the impacts of climate change accelerated, the organization needed to reimagine its long-term future identity as one responsible for addressing complexly interrelated economic, social, institutional, and environmental needs in water resources planning and policy. One of WhiteLabel’s partners was engaged to design and facilitate a series of strategic dialogues built around alternative scenarios of IWR’s future. We facilitated IWR senior leaders and executives from key stakeholder groups through identifying essential choices with respect to anticipated challenges and opportunities. The outcome was a framework of actions (changes to staff composition, new partnerships, innovative new funding models, and more) to transition IWR to a future role that could deliver new forms of value to stakeholders across the range of scenarios.