What Marram offers
Services
In addition to bespoke assignments, Marram offers five core services drawing on direct work with practitioners, from community-led groups to international institutions. See the Work page for details.
Services
Five services
Advocacy strategy
Marram builds advocacy strategies co-created with partners and can support delivery where needed. Each one identifies targets, assesses the landscape and the approaches most likely to work, weighs risk, sets indicators of success, and sets out follow-up actions that partners can carry out themselves.
Previous work
- Joint submissions to the Universal Periodic Review and to CERD, coordinated as Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network
- Represented the network in dialogue with UNHCR, OHCHR, national human rights institutions and diplomatic missions
Focus areas
- The Universal Periodic Review, UN treaty bodies and Special Procedures
- Joint civil society submissions, including a shadow report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- ICVA and INGO coalition engagement
Research, policy analysis and writing
Marram designs and carries out research, from local to multi-context, using mixed methods tailored to each environment, delivering the findings as briefings, submissions and publications.
Previous work
- IRAP assessment covering 107 organisations in 22 countries
- Research on refugee protection, smuggling and trafficking in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia, commissioned and reviewed at the Mixed Migration Centre
- 2023 submission to OHCHR for the Asia Displacement Solutions Platform
- Co-editor of a multi-contributor volume for Routledge; reviewer of research reports for the Danish Refugee Council and the Mixed Migration Centre
Focus areas
- Statelessness, refoulement and arbitrary detention
- Reform of the Bali Process and an ASEAN regional refugee protection framework
- Co-produced research methodology, including the Kaldor Centre/UNSW guidelines for research with refugees and other people with lived experience of displacement
Evaluation and learning
Marram designs MEAL frameworks tailored to the work being assessed, from projects and programmes to advocacy and organisational change, and gives independent advice on programme design, evaluation, theory of change and results frameworks.
Previous work
- Programme design at the Mixed Migration Centre, the Rights in Exile Programme and independent assignments
- Monitoring and evaluation of projects at the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network
Focus areas
- Large-scale quantitative and qualitative data collection
- Dashboards and analytical products for decision-making and advocacy
Training and capacity strengthening
Marram designs and delivers practical training and capacity strengthening, including research methods, evidence-based advocacy, reporting and project design. Each is tailored to the group and context, bringing technical experience to complement the knowledge and skills organisations already have.
Delivered with
- International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Sanremo
- CPG Online Academy
- Centre for Asia Pacific Refugee Studies, University of Auckland
- Refugee-community representatives in Kuala Lumpur
Focus areas
- Child protection and SGBV-sensitive casework, grounded in field experience with unaccompanied minors and survivors
- University-level teaching, including International Refugee and Human Rights Law at Sofia University and Refugee Participation at the American University in Cairo
Organisational and network development
Marram supports networks, coalitions and organisations to set strategy, develop new approaches and strengthen how they operate, including donor relations and representation in high-level dialogues and with communities engaged.
Previous work
- Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network: more than 250 members in 25 countries, a multi-year strategy, and the secretariat’s recruitment, performance and workplanning
- Managed and oversaw large networks at APRRN and the Rights in Exile Programme
- Trustee, AMERA International (2017–20)
Focus areas
- Multi-donor budget management, including EU and UNODC funds
- Grant-writing and fund management, including a Julia Taft Fund grant from the US Department of State
Across all five services
Localisation
Marram advises international organisations and donors on moving to locally led work, and supports the local and community-led organisations they partner with. It draws on first-hand experience of both sides of the partnership, including the power, representation and funding questions it raises.
Examples on the Overview page →