Driving Impact Across the MENA Region
We specialise in supporting humanitarian and stabilisation actors to achieve greater impact and operational excellence.Our team combines technical depth with contextual insight, grounded in humanitarian principles across our geographies.
Who We Are
With a strong track record in Food Security, Protection, and Emergency Response, we support our partners through Capacity building, Third-party Monitoring, Research, and Data-collection. Our distributed network across the MENA region enables agile, cost-effective delivery in complex environments.
Trans-MENA Development is a UK-based, bilingual (English–Arabic) firm delivering development focused projects across the region and beyond. We specialise in supporting humanitarian and stabilisation actors to achieve greater impact and operational excellence. Our team combines technical depth with contextual insight, grounded in humanitarian principles across our geographies.
Our Values
We strive to deliver our best, through every assignment we undertake, whilst been guided by a set of strong commitments:
Integrity
Upholding the highest standards of honesty and ethical conduct.
Accountability
Taking responsibility for our actions and their outcomes.
Innovation
Embracing new ideas and approaches to enhance our impact.
Our guiding principle is to always Do No Harm; we are committed to safeguarding the dignity, rights, and wellbeing of the people we work with and serve. Our safeguarding framework includes:
PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) protocols
Community-based feedback mechanisms
A zero-tolerance policy on misconduct, including data protection breaches, terrorism, and money laundering
Our Team
We maintain a growing regional roster of experts, allowing us to match the right skills to every project. This ever-expanding talent pool strengthens the value we offer to our partners. Our roster thematic expertise includes:
Food Security & Livelihoods
Protection (GBV, Child Protection, Legal Aid)
Health & Nutrition
Education in Emergencies
Social Protection & Cash Programming
Localization and Civil Society Strengthening
Research
After-action Reviews
Learning Products and Toolkits
Evaluation Reports
What We Do
We work with partners across the development and humanitarian sectors to improve outcomes and ensure excellence in delivery. Operating in high-risk, high-need contexts, we respond rapidly to emerging needs and enable transparent, accountable programming.
Grant Management
Organisational Capacity Strengthening
Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEAL)
Third-Party Monitoring & Data Collection
Whether supporting INGOs, government donor agencies, or local actors, we bring agility, insight, and contextual intelligence to every project.
Clients
Our services are highly valued by international and local NGOs, as well as development firms with multi-country portfolios. We work closely with our partners to implement programmes commissioned by UN agencies, government departments, international humanitarian NGOs, and grassroots national civil society organisations.
Projects
We are passionate about sustainable development and supporting communities to stabilise post-disaster. Some of our long-term and ongoing programmes include:
Rehabilitation of Homes, Schools, Water wells, and public buildings including historical mosques
Monitoring and evaluation
Our Footprint
Our multinational team is active across the UK, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. We operate in some of the world’s most challenging environments, including Yemen, Lebanon, Somalia, and Bangladesh. In-country experts provide far-reaching access, whilst ensuring operational agility and cost-effective delivery.
Reach
Our roster includes native experts with professional humanitarian experience, enabling us to access local, traditional, and de facto stakeholders. This enhances our ability to operate in conflict-affected and hostile environments with cultural sensitivity and local acceptance.
Our mixed teams are adept at reaching and supporting vulnerable and marginalised groups effectively and efficiently. This approach ensures that we deliver solutions that are relevant, targeted, and culturally appropriate.
Our Approach
We combine technical excellence with human-centred design and adaptive delivery. Working side-by-side with partners, we integrate equity and inclusion into every stage of our programming through:
Gender-sensitive assessments
Amplifying the voices of marginalised groups
Inclusive programme design and implementation
Contact Us
5 Wishaw Close, Solihull, B90 1BX
