Project Partners of Component 2, EUCSS

EPOS Health Management (EPOS) is the lead firm of the Consortium and has the overall managerial responsibility. EPOS is an independent provider of consulting services in health care and has implemented projects in more than 70 countries since its founding in 1985. Its international presence includes representatives and project or branch offices in more than 40 countries. EPOS provides services on behalf of public institutions and donor organisations in developing and transition countries within the international development co-operation framework, including, among others, the European Union (EU), the German Agency for Technical Co-operation (GTZ), the German Development Bank (KfW), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank (WB). 

• Health Policy and Financing
• Health Facilities and Services
• Primary Health Care, Sexual and Reproductive Health

EPOS is audited and certified on an annual basis for developing, planning, organising, implementing and monitoring projects and services in the Health Sector according to the ISO 9001:2000 Certificate of Quality Management.

The company also holds an office in Beijing (EPOS China). More information on EPOS can be found at www.epos.de

GOPA Consultants is the leading independent private German development consultancy and one of the strongest consulting groups in Europe. Since 1965, GOPA has successfully implemented over 3,000 projects for national and international donors in more than 130 countries and has established a solid track record with contracts financed, among others, by the EU, GTZ, KfW, WB and ADB. The firm’s reputation for excellence and efficiency is built on fourty years of planning and implementing technical assistance projects in developing and transition economies.

The net result is an extensive and proven global expertise in development issues as well as access to a network of qualified specialists and partner organisations around the world. Currently, GOPA is working on over 100 projects throughout the world. GOPA has project offices in over 60 countries and its departments provide services in the following technical areas:

• Economic Development and Good Governance
• Human Resources and Social Development
• Infrastructure Development
• Rural Development and Environment
• Information Technology for Development

Learn more about GOPA's services at www.gopa.de

BBJ Consult AG is the result of the 2001 merger of several previously independent BBJ companies operating in Germany and abroad. All these companies have their common roots in BBJ e.V  the Registered Association for the Promotion of Cultural and Vocational Training for Youth and Young Adults founded in 1982. In the course of the years, BBJ has developed into one of the largest social consultancy companies in Germany. BBJ is particularly involved in

• labour market and employment social policy
• public administration reform
• vocational education and training
• youth policy and
• regional and structural policy including SME support

It provides policy advice, technical assistance and administrative services, project design and management at national and international level. Expertise is offered to German federal and regional ministries, to private and public companies and institutions and, particularly, to the European Commission.

BBJ Consult AG maintains a network of three regional offices in Germany as well as offices in the Russian Federation, Poland, Belgium, Italy and Hungary and a representation in Vietnam.

Since the beginning of the nineties, BBJ has increasingly been engaged in international consultancy particularly in the fields of public administration reform and labour market and social policies concentrating on Central and Eastern Europe, but also South-East Asia, the Mediterranean area, as well as, recently, in Africa and in Latin America using the company's wide experience gained in the development and implementation of projects and programmes under transition conditions in the new federal states of Germany.

More information on BBJ can be found at www.bbj.info

Established in 1975, Callund Consulting Ltd. (CCL) is an independent firm of economists, actuaries and public sector specialists providing dedicated advice to governments and industry on pensions in the public and private sectors and wider social security reform, specialising in policy development, the implementation of policy and private sector involvement.

CCL has over 30 years experience providing policy advice and assisting with the design and implementation of administrative, legislative and regulatory frameworks in the pension sector.

It is recognised as a leading practitioner in the field, and offers a wealth of skills and practical experience to any government or company involved inrestructuring their social security or pension systems.

The company s public policy activities date from 1978, when its Managing Director, David Callund, was appointed special adviser to the Chilean government on pension reform. Now, CCL works primarily with governments, social institutions and enterprises in transitional and developing economies. This work is commissioned by the institutions and enterprises and is frequently supported by international funding agencies and bilateral donors, such as WB, EU and the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Based in the United Kingdom (UK), CCL has a unique international perspective, having worked in more than 50 countries across Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Africa.

Its expertise covers the full reform cycle, from preliminary analysis of system weaknesses and reform options, financial and actuarial analysis and budgetary projections, through to assistance with the prudential regulation of institutions, governance, reform implementation and institutional change management.

If you are interested in more information please visit www.callund.com