Scriptoria is an award-winning company specialising in knowledge and data management, communications and engagement, monitoring and learning, and training delivery. Our clients are research organisations, and international development projects and the donors who fund them.
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Advisory & Strategy Team
Scriptoria’s Advisory & Strategy Team helps donors, programmes and organisations solve complex delivery, knowledge and information-management challenges. We examine how people, evidence, data and systems work together, then develop practical strategies that improve coordination, accountability, learning and impact.
Our consultants support the full programme cycle, from design and mobilisation to implementation, review and improvement. We combine programme management experience with expertise in knowledge management, MEL, organisational performance and procurement. Working alongside Scriptoria’s data, communications and training specialists means our advice can be translated into practical systems, processes and organisational capabilities.
Our services include:
- Programme and portfolio design
- Programme delivery and management
- Strategy development and implementation
- Knowledge, information and data management strategies
- Organisational assessments and performance reviews
- Monitoring, evaluation and learning
- Stakeholder mapping, engagement and facilitation
- Procurement and tendering support
Data, Software & AI Team
Scriptoria’s Data, Software & AI Team designs, develops, integrates and supports bespoke software, database, data integration, analytics and AI systems. Our services include software development, database design, systems integration, APIs and interoperability, data migration and harmonisation, data warehouses, multidimensional data cubes, dashboards, workflow automation, AI-ready data architectures, machine learning and AI-enabled search and analysis.
Examples include FAO’s transboundary desert locust tracking platform, incorporating multidimensional data integration and machine-learning-assisted data cleaning; the Gates Foundation-funded Tropical Legumes III database and resource centre; and germplasm tracking and distribution platforms developed for major international agricultural research organisations.
Our services include:
- Bespoke software, databases and cloud platforms
- Systems integration, APIs and interoperability
- Database design, modernisation and migration
- Data standardisation, harmonisation and automated cleaning
- Data warehouses, data lakes and multidimensional data cubes
- Analytics, dashboards and decision-support systems
- AI-ready data architectures
- AI, machine learning and intelligent search
- Workflow automation and process digitisation
Scriptoria Project Management Centre (PMC™)
The Scriptoria Project Management Centre (PMCTM) is a configurable, cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) platform for managing complex projects, programmes, grants and partnerships.
Developed from Scriptoria’s experience managing international development and research programmes, the PMCTM has been tested and refined through real-world use and is used to manage more than US$200 million of project activity. It brings planning, tasks, Gantt charts, budgets, contracts, resources, risks, MEL, stakeholders, documents and reporting into one connected system. Automated workflows reduce administration, while dashboards and AI-enabled search turn live operational data into useful management information, giving teams a shared view of delivery, performance and accountability.
Our services include:
- Programme and project management
- Gantt planning, tasks and deliverable tracking
- Digital logframes, results frameworks and MEL
- Stakeholder and CRM management
- Budget, contract and resource management
- Timesheets, availability and team management
- Risk, issue and due diligence tracking
- Workflows, approvals and routine process automation
- Interactive dashboards and donor reporting
- AI-powered search, analysis and management information
Strategic Communications Team
Scriptoria’s Strategic Communications Team specialises in helping research programmes, development organisations, governments and NGOs increase the visibility, influence and impact of their work. We turn complex research, technical evidence and programme learning into clear, compelling communications that engage target audiences, support knowledge uptake and strengthen decision-making.
Our team combines strategic communications advice with end-to-end delivery, from communications strategies, audience research and campaigns to flagship reports, policy briefs, websites, social media, design, video and multimedia content. We can lead communications independently or work as a flexible extension of an in-house team, providing responsive support tailored to each client’s objectives, audiences and priorities.
Our services include:
- Communications strategy, planning and campaigns
- Communications audits and stakeholder engagement
- Audience research, messaging and positioning
- Reports, policy briefs, case studies and thought leadership
- Copywriting, editing and proofreading
- Branding, graphic design and data visualisation
- Websites, digital content and social media
- Video, animation and multimedia production
- Media relations
Training Team
Scriptoria’s Training Team helps researchers, technical specialists and programme teams build the practical skills needed to secure funding, produce stronger research, manage complex projects and communicate evidence clearly and persuasively. Drawing on real-world research, writing, communications and programme experience, our training focuses on approaches participants can use immediately.
Courses are delivered online or in person and are tailored to each organisation, discipline, career stage and level of experience. Led by PhD-qualified trainers, sessions combine expert instruction, discussion, practical exercises and individual feedback. Relevant examples, templates and participants’ own materials make the learning practical, contextual and directly applicable.
Our services include:
- Grant and fellowship writing
- Journal article, report and thesis writing
- Project management
- Research communication and engagement
- Strategic use of AI and data management
- Presentation skills and research profile development
- Writeshops, mentoring and mock review panels
- Bid support and facilitated sandpit workshops
