MEAL & Impact Management Advisory & Consulting

Designing impact.
Building evidence.
Improving decisions.

Salkan helps organizations turn impact ambitions into clear strategies, operational practices and better decisions.

What we do

Impact requires more than good intentions.

Strategy → Evidence → Learning → Decisions

Organizations need to understand the change they want to create, build practical ways to observe it, and develop the capacity to learn and adapt.

Salkan brings together expertise in MEAL, impact management, organizational learning and innovation to make that possible.

Areas of expertise

Two fields. One continuous path from ambition to action.

Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

Monitoring dashboard illustrating progress and evidence

Understand what is changing, learn from evidence and experience, and use those insights to improve projects and decisions.

Design projects for impactClarify the change you want to contribute to, how your work can make a difference, and what needs to be in place to understand progress from the start.
Understand progress & resultsFollow what is happening, understand what is working and what is not, and generate useful evidence to support decisions and demonstrate results.
Learn & improveTurn evidence and experience into practical knowledge that teams can share, retain and use to improve their work over time.
Use data & digital tools wellMake information easier to collect, manage and use, with tools and processes that are practical, responsible and suited to your needs.

Impact Strategy & Management

Impact compass connecting people, planet and sustainable growth

Make impact a practical part of strategy and management, from defining what matters to adapting decisions.

Understand impact

Build a shared understanding of the change you want to contribute to, who is affected, what matters to them, and where unintended effects may arise.

Design for impact

Turn that understanding into a clear direction: what to prioritise, how your work is expected to contribute, and how you will know whether you are moving in the right direction.

Manage impact

Use evidence as part of everyday management to follow progress, question assumptions and make informed choices about what to continue, change or strengthen.

Manage risks & adapt

Identify what could undermine results or create unwanted effects, and use evidence and feedback to adjust course as circumstances change.

The MEAL lifecycle

1
Design
Define logic, results and indicators
2
Plan
Set methods, roles, tools and timing
3
Collect
Gather reliable data and stakeholder feedback
4
Analyze
Interpret evidence and findings
5
Use
Guide decisions and accountability

↶ Embed learning↗ Use externally

Source: information drawn from the MEAL DPro Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning for Development Professionals Guide, developed by PM4NGOs.

Selected engagements

Experience translated into practical change.

Xavier de Briey presenting a Theory of Change during a workshop, wearing a Salkan T-shirt

Building a shared agenda with youth organizations in Peru

Salkan supported a national network of youth advocacy organizations in Peru in strengthening its capacity to develop and use a shared Theory of Change. This created a common foundation for aligning priorities, strategies and lines of action with territorial realities and national development challenges.

Xavier de Briey presenting a logical framework and indicator dashboard for impact strategy

Putting impact at the heart of Canadian early-stage tech startups

Salkan coached the founders of several Canadian early-stage tech startups incubated by 2 Degrés, a clean-tech incubator based in Québec City. Through practical training and tailored support, Salkan helped them place impact at the heart of their strategy and translate it into governance, operations, performance measurement and decision-making.

Tools in practice

Clear frameworks for complex change.

Theory of Change

Making the pathway from activities to long-term change explicit, including assumptions and the people affected.

ActivitiesTraining & support→OutputsTeams apply new practices→OutcomesStronger services→ImpactImproved wellbeing

Assumption: knowledge is supported by resources and leadership

Logical Framework

Illustrative example: strengthening community support services.

ResultsIndicatorsEvidenceAssumptions

Impact: Improved wellbeing for service users70% report improved wellbeing after 12 monthsAnnual survey and interviewsExternal conditions remain stable

Outcome: Teams deliver higher-quality services80% meet the agreed service-quality standardsQuarterly quality reviews and user feedbackLeadership continues to support the new practices

Output: Staff are trained and supported120 staff trained; 75% apply the practices after 3 monthsTraining records and follow-up observationsStaff have sufficient time and tools

Monitoring Dashboard

Turning live programme data into a focused view of progress, variation and decisions.

People reached1,24883% of annual target

Outcome progress68%+12 points since baseline

Quarterly progressTarget: 80

Q1Q2Q3Q4

Who we work with

Across sectors, the essential questions are often the same.

Salkan works with organizations operating across both non-profit and for-profit sectors.

International development organizationsCivil society organizations & NGOsFoundations & programmesStartups & SMEsImpact-driven businessesIncubators & innovation programmesImpact-oriented investors & venture funds

How we work

Practical. Collaborative. Adapted to context.

01
Understand
Context, stakeholders, needs and existing systems.
02
Design
Strategies, methodologies, frameworks and tools.
03
Implement
Processes, systems and capacity strengthening.
04
Learn
Evidence, knowledge and opportunities for reflection.
05
Adapt
Learning translated into stronger decisions and action.

Power, voice and context matter. Salkan draws on approaches that are:

DecolonialFeministGender-responsiveInfluence and advocacy-orientedLocally ledIntersectional

Responsible technology & AI

Better tools. Better evidence. Responsible use.

Human judgement and artificial intelligence balanced by responsibility and safeguards

Digital technologies and artificial intelligence can strengthen monitoring, evaluation, learning and knowledge management when they provide genuine value.

Salkan brings careful attention to data protection, privacy, human oversight, bias and limitations. Technology should strengthen professional judgement, not replace it.

About Salkan

Bridging international development, entrepreneurship and technology.

Certifications

MEAL DPro FoundationPM4NGOs · 2025
Program DPro FoundationPM4NGOs · 2024
Project DPro Foundation (PMD Pro)PM4NGOs · 2023

Salkan is an independent advisory and consulting practice specializing in MEAL and impact management. It was founded by Xavier de Briey, an engineer, entrepreneur and impact management professional whose career has developed across technology, innovation and international development.

In 2016, Xavier co‑founded Nectar Technologies, a Canadian agri‑tech company that develops tools to help commercial beekeepers improve hive health and protect the pollinated food supply. As CTO, he led the company’s product and technology development.

In 2021, Xavier moved into the development aid sector, contributing to programmes led by several NGOs, including Oxfam. His work has spanned agroecology, education, climate adaptation and mitigation, social and economic justice, and active citizenship, with a focus on MEAL, project and programme management, organizational learning and knowledge management.

Xavier’s work connects practices that are often kept apart. He brings the performance, project management and operational disciplines developed in the for-profit sector to non-profit organizations, while helping businesses embed the development sector’s focus on wellbeing, accountability and impact into their core strategy and decision-making.

Let's work together

Building something with an impact ambition?

Salkan can help you clarify the change you want to create, build the systems needed to understand it and turn evidence into better decisions.

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Designing impact.Building evidence.Improving decisions.