Lund, Sweden
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niklas.schmidt@novospection.com

We are your partner for impact

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Our Mission

Our mission is to help organisations to make sustainability a comparative advantage.

Platform 2030

Platform 2030 is built around a powerful algorithm that analyses the information you provide. It allows you to assess how your product or service is connected to the 17 global goals and its 169 targets.

Inclusive surveys

By using digital aids for data collection and narrative analytics, we supply international development actors with data-driven insights about their target groups – faster and less expensive 

Consultancy services

Our team combines an understanding of technology and emerging markets with a vast network in Sweden and globally. Our team profound local knowledge and networks in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

From idea to impact

NovoSpection structures is built around nodes of experts with profound local knowledge and networks in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Our diverse team combines experience from bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, management consultancies, public policy, NGOs and technology companies. We understand your business and can leverage our vast network to help you to reach social, economic and environmental results in the markets where you can have long term impact.

 Our services at a glance

NovoSpection’s structure is built around nodes of experts with profound local knowledge and networks in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Our diverse team combines experience from bilateral and multilateral donor agencies, management consultancies, public policy, NGOs and technology companies. We understand your business and can leverage our vast network to help you to reach social, economic and environmental results in the markets where you can have long term impact.

Market Entry

Novospection has a network of expertise with local knowledge and global reach. We have on-the-ground presence in Africa, Latin America and Asia, in most cases of locals. This makes us uniquely placed to support you to turn your ideas into impact.
To achieve your mission, we will assemble a dedicated team to develop a context relevant strategy in the right emerging markets. We support you in finding the right partner, navigating the institutional and cultural context, and analysing relevant market mechanisms. 

Integrating sustainability into your core business

Leveraging our unique Platform 2030 and building on our profound knowledge of human rights, social development and environmental and economic sustainability, we can help you to integrate sustainability in your operations. We are uniquely positioned to support you to make the global goals into a comparative advantage.

Funding & Grant managment 

Our staff has substantial experience from management, compliance and monitoring and evaluation in all stages of the programme cycle. We are also experienced evaluators of programmes and interventions.  

Managing & Evaluating results

We have substantial experience of and a clear track record in securing development funding. Our support ranges from identifying funding opportunities, finding suitable partners and developing applications. 

Platform 2030 

The Global Goals for Sustainable Development is the world´s roadmap for social, economic and environmental development. For an organization or individual it offers a unique opportunity to understand how, and where to contribute. With 17 goals and 169 targets increasing the sustainability of your operations can be difficult. We have developed Platform 2030 so that you cut through complexity.The Global Goals for Sustainable Development is the world´s roadmap for social, economic and environmental development. For an organization or individual it offers a unique opportunity to understand how, and where to contribute. With 17 goals and 169 targets increasing the sustainability of your operations can be difficult. We have developed Platform 2030 so that you cut through complexity.  
Our aim with Platform 2030 is that anyone should be able to work with the global goals. Platform 2030 consequently does not require any prior knowledge to start contributing. Just provide information on what matters to you and let our powerful algorithm suggest the global targets that matches your text. Our aim with Platform 2030 is that anyone should be able to work with the global goals. Platform 2030 consequently does not require any prior knowledge to start contributing. Just provide information on what matters to you and let our powerful algorithm suggest the global targets that matches your text.

Our aim with Platform 2030 is that anyone should be able to work with the global goals. Platform 2030 consequently does not require any prior knowledge to start contributing. Just provide information on what matters to you and let our powerful algorithm suggest the global targets that matches your text. 

 Inclusive Surveys 

InclusiveSurveys.com is a collaboration between Novospection and Parlametric. Our vision is to supply change-makers with actionable data-driven insights faster and less expensive than any other provider. Inclusive surveys is a game changer as it allows you to make the needs of your target groups the entry point at all programme stages. We achieve this by putting an algorithm that categorises and extracts meaning from vast amounts of text at your fingertip.
Instead of asking multiple time-consuming questions, the user interface is an intuitive free-text box where the user can share any opinion anonymously. To make sure everyone can participate, we combine this with an interface for recorded interviews, that are translated into text. Texts are analysed and presented automatically so that you can understand needs and preferences as they change over time. The tool also reveals trends, hot topics, and opinions among the participants. Inclusive surveys is not a use-once or use on-command tool, instead it is an area for inclusion, open 24/7 for as long as the questioners wish.

 Inclusive Surveys allows you to: 

• Define the social baseline (replacing or complementing survey questionnaires and focus group discussions)

• Do real-time monitoring of target groups’ experience and views throughout a project

• Get unbiased and inclusive mid-term and final evaluations of your intervention

Our Clients 

A few typical cases:

Baxter

Multinational bio-medical company Baxter: Novospection carried out a global survey of potential partners to reach un-treated population segments in low- and middle-income countries.

Lund University

Novospection built a consortium of researchers from a number of countries in Latin America and Africa, and led the drafting of a successful funding application.

Prebona

Listed nanotechnology company Prebona: Novospection support Prebona in emerging markets and represents them in Peru and Bolivia.

Our Team

Niklas Schmidt

CEO & Founder

During the last 15 years, Niklas has worked in countries such as Russia, Mozambique, Guatemala, and Bolivia. Niklas career has mainly been with the United Nations. Most recently he was a regional specialist for the United Nations Development Group. He has also held positions with Sida, NGOs and in the private sector.

Niklas’ expertise is in business development, results based management and public diplomacy. He has worked with the implementation of the Global Goals.

Niklas holds a MSc in Business and Administration from Stockholm University. Niklas speaks Russian, German, Spanish, English and Portuguese beyond his native Swedish.

Edvard Hall

Founder & Business development director

Edvard is a lawyer and a development economist. He has a strong track record in the implementation of big donor funded development projects and has also led a large EU initiative focused on supporting start-ups based on materials research and technology. Edvard has founded and/or been the CEO of several research-based companies and social initiatives.

He has substantive civil society experience from various roles including as a board member of ActionAid.

Edvard holds an L.L.M, an L.L.B and a BA Business and Economics from Lund University, as well as an MSc International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics. 

Eslam Salah

Project Manager

Eslam is a social and food entrepreneur, who has founded a number of food-tech startups and the Skåne Food Entrepreneurs Network.

 His academic background is in agricultural science, and he has experience in various jobs including sales, insurance, journalism, farming, digital marketing, e-commerce, and import and export.

Eslam is a networker and is well connected with a large international network spanning Europe, the Middle-East and Africa.

Jasmin Boroumand

Communication Manager

Jasmin has ample experience in human rights, advocacy and development. Her professional experience spans development, politics and communication. She has worked with these themes in the private- as well as the non-profit sector. Notable experiences include working as a case officer for a big NGO as well as a as a communications director for a CSR-company. She has also held several board positions. Her main expertise is in EU-Sino relations, project development and gender issues.

Jasmin holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Sciences and a Masters in Communication. She is currently a board member at Poseidon (public housing corporation) and project manager for a development project based in Belarus. Jasmin is fluent in Swedish, English and Persian.

Ana Dorrego

Representative – Andean Region

Ana is an expert in local economic development with Lima, Peru as her base. Her emphasis is on integrated rural development with an emphasis on sustainable business opportunities. Inclusive processes and gender mainstreaming are other key competencies. Ana´s career spans the last 10 years in most of Latin America. She has worked for clients such as multi- and bilateral donors, NGOs, government agencies and private companies.

Ana has an engineering degree with honours in agronomy from Madrid´s Polytechnic University and a MSc from the same University. She is currently finishing her doctorate in human geography at the Complutense University of Madrid. Dorrego Carlón has a substantive publication record and is currently part of a research group at National Agrarian University of Peru (UNALM).

Jan Abrahamsson

Representative – South East Asia

Jan Abrahamsson has more than 10 years’ experience, focusing on entrepreneurship and innovation systems. Jan has a Ph.D. in business administration, focusing on international entrepreneurship and business model innovation. He has also held managerial and board positions in several startups and has been a business consultant in business model design and innovation.

Jan has a strong track record in business as well as in academia. His achievements include publishing scholarly papers and graduate level teaching in prestigious business schools in Sweden, France and Thailand. He has consistently delivered high quality results in his private sector career. Jan is based in Bangkok, Thailand.

Edil Baisalov

Representative – Central Asia

Edil was a key figure in the pro-democracy movement in Kyrgyzstan. In 2012, after democratic change, Edil served as interim Minister of social development followed by a period as Deputy minister, responsible for children, people with disabilities and elderly. In 2007, he was the recipient of the American Bar Association Rule of Law award presented to him by the US Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

He is a frequent commentator on public issues. He is currently active on good governance, transparency and human rights.

Edil hold a BA in politics from Kyrgyz State National University. He is fluent in Kirgiz, Turkish, Russian and English and has an intermediate level in Swedish.

Erik Rubaduka

Analyst

Erik is a graduate student at Lund University in Peace and Conflict studies. His studies focus on peace building and security. In parallel with his studies Erik has been active in several civil society initiatives focusing on inclusion and human rights. He has also been an intern at Sida as a desk and training officer, a role in which he excelled.

Prior to his studies Erik served for the Finnish Armed forces as a Peacekeeper with the United Nations Interim force in Lebanon. Erik is fluent in Swedish, Finish and English.


Anson Knausenberger

Representative – East Africa

Anson brings over a decade of experience across a range of adjacent industries. In 2016, he left a position in management consulting to pursue the interests he cultivated during his formative years living in Kenya and as a MSc candidate at the London School of Economics (LSE) where he helped launch the Inaugural Africa Summit and Research Conference on Entrepreneurship. After leading the design and operationalization of Sauti Africa — an award-winning, mobile-based trade information and social accountability platform for East Africa’s SMEs — he continues to help others in East Africa expand their impactful solutions to drive inclusive market systems development.

Ana Dorrego

Representative – Andean Region

Ana is an expert in local economic development with Lima, Peru as her base. Her emphasis is on integrated rural development with an emphasis on sustainable business opportunities. Inclusive processes and gender mainstreaming are other key competencies. Ana´s career spans the last 10 years in most of Latin America. She has worked for clients such as multi- and bilateral donors, NGOs, government agencies and private companies.

Ana has an engineering degree with honours in agronomy from Madrid´s Polytechnic University and a MSc from the same University. She is currently finishing her doctorate in human geography at the Complutense University of Madrid. Dorrego Carlón has a substantive publication record and is currently part of a research group at National Agrarian University of Peru (UNALM).

Achenyo Idachaba

Representative – West Africa

In 2009, Achenyo left a successful corporate carrer in the US to move to Nigeria where she founded Greennovative Chain prodiving research and advocacy services in climate change mitigation. Later, she founded MitiMeth, a for-profit social enterprise based in Ibadan, Nigeria. It creates eco-friendly handicrafts like home décor and personal accessories from weeds prevalent on Nigeria’s waterways. In 2014, she won the Cartier Initiative Award for women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Her TED Talk has over a 1.7 million views.

Achenyo holds an MBA from Cornell University, an MS Applied Computer Science from Illinois State University and an BSc Computer Science from Obafemi Awolowo University.

Thomas Campbell

Representative – Central America and Colombia

Tom is an experienced analyst and researcher who has worked within the international development sector in the United Kingdom and Latin America.In particular, he has worked on social and economic development programmes including the UK’s National Citizen Service. Tom’s expertise is in data analysis and project management and has a strong track record of implementing innovation projects. He is fluent in Spanish, English and French.

Tom holds an MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics, as well as a BSc in Politics from Brunel University and the University of Helsinki.