Skat Consulting

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Skat Consulting

Vadianstrasse 42

9000 St. Gallen

Switzerland

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Frank Wiederkehr

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www.skat.ch
Skat Consulting is an owner-operated leading Swiss company specialising in international cooperation. We support governments, private sector and civil society around the globe in improving people’s lives by facilitating lasting solutions in water, building, energy and governance.

Access to a wide spectrum of skills allows Skat Consulting to provide a holistic, integrated service. We offer proven expertise in the following disciplines:

1) Water Management: Water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)

We are committed to SDG6: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation. Skat Consulting is a global leader in the WASH sector, particularly in rural and small town water supply and environmental sanitation.

2) Building, reconstruction, and settlements

Skat Consulting’s efforts in sustainable building practice, architecture, construction and settlement development focus on proven products and solutions for cost efficient housing and social infrastructure (schools, social centres and health facilities).

3) Energy and climate

Skat Consulting links climate protection, renewable energies, community empowerment and poverty reduction through holistic approaches, which facilitate equal access to environmentally sound energy technologies, called for in SDG7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

4) Governance

Skat Consulting provides technical, managerial and administrative support to community groups, non-governmental organisations, and local government institutions in the area of decentralisation and good governance. Skat Consulting facilitates advocacy and policy dialogue between government and civil society and promotes the combination of sound technical know-how with social competence.

Our services

Skat Consulting offers the following professional services to organisations working in development and Humanitarian Aid. Clients include NGOs, resource centres and knowledge networks, and bilateral/multilateral development agencies.

- Project implementation

Skat Consulting works with local partners in the design and implementation of projects. Within Skat Consulting there is wide experience of project management in development and emergency contexts.

- Consultancies

Skat Consulting provides long-term technical, management, conceptual, and strategic support to projects and programmes on behalf of bilateral and multilateral development agencies and NGOs. Skat Consulting has wide experience in particular by supporting thematic desks of development agencies, infrastructure projects and programmes, by coaching of project and programme managers and by moderating and coaching knowledge sharing events and knowledge networks

- Knowledge Sharing

Due to its longstanding role as a resource centre in international cooperation, Skat is known for its services in providing its expertise for knowledge sharing and networking, capacity development, and knowledge brokering.

Our publications

Delphine Magara joins Skat Consulting

24. November 2023
New Junior Water Advisor

Lucien Blaser joins Skat Consulting

24. November 2023
New Water and Sanitation Specialist

New Master of Science program in Integrated Water Resources Management (MSc. In IWRM)

24. November 2023
The prestigious new MSc programme in Integrated Water Resources Management is open to students not only in Kosovo but also to those from the broader region and beyond.

Annual Report 2023

24. November 2023
How to address urgent humanitarian needs, yet with results that last? That is one of the key questions, which the concept of the Humanitarian-Development-Nexus strives to answer.