About Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia)
As part of Cardno’s Emerging Markets Division, Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) draws on a collective history of innovation, passion and commitment to international development, and an established reputation for high-quality, demand-driven client services.
Cardno’s Emerging Markets Division encompasses registered international development assistance companies in Brisbane, Brussels, Colombo, Jakarta, Melbourne, Nairobi, Oxford, Port Moresby and Washington. Through merger, our companies have joined forces and coordinated operations to harness a broad range of experience and talent which we offer to donors, private clients and beneficiaries. We also function as a global network, synthesizing practitioner experience to contribute to development knowledge and impact.
At Cardno’s Emerging Markets Division, effective development is our core business. We believe that effective development is best achieved by challenging the causes of poverty, fostering mutual commitment and partnerships between local communities and development organizations and applying our knowledge and expertise to improve physical, economic and social infrastructure. Together, our global network includes more than 3000 thought leaders, managers, technical advisers and project management professionals who bring together multidisciplinary teams to provide holistic solutions to promote social and economic development.
Our member businesses include: Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia); Cardno Emerging Markets, Belgium; Cardno Emerging Markets (East Africa); Cardno Emerging Markets (UK); Cardno Emerging Markets USA; and Cardno (PNG).
Cardno’s Emerging Markets division is part of Cardno, a global professional services group working with clients to shape a better future.
History and Growth of Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia)
Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) was founded in Australia in 1968 as an agricultural consultancy. Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) entered the international development field in mid 1969 when it was awarded a contract to manage a Food and Agriculture Organisation sponsored project in Ethiopia.
Cardno Emerging Markets’ (Australia) international growth continued through a role in a project developing rural infrastructure and agricultural systems in the Philippines. This AIDAB (now AusAID) funded project secured the Company’s reputation in international development.
Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) has pursued business growth through the expansion of new clients and services. Since the mid 1980s Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) has progressively diversified its professional services from rural development and natural resource management to include the whole spectrum of development – from roads and bridges to healthcare and justice.
Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) has worked successfully on over 600 projects, across 63 nations in Asia, Eastern Europe, the Pacific and Africa. Headquartered in Melbourne, Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) has expanded to include offices in Brisbane, Port Moresby, Colombo and Jakarta.
Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) has around 50 staff in its Australian offices and more than 750 leaders, managers, consultants, technical advisers and support staff bringing together social and physical infrastructure teams to provide holistic solutions on programs in developing nations.
Official Development Assistance
Official Development Assistance (ODA) is primarily managed through the aid agencies of national governments and multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. Each organisation has its own objectives. A unifying focus is provided by the Millennium Development Goals – agreed targets set by the world’s nations to reduce poverty by 2015.
Governments look to managing contractors, such as Cardno Emerging
Markets (Australia), with expertise, scale and proven track record to implement large and increasingly complex assignments.
Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) is one of AusAID’s largest contractors by value of contracts under management.
Private Clients
Cardno Emerging Markets (Australia) assists companies align business imperatives with community expectations to lower risks and bring a project to realisation more quickly. With over 30 years experience operating on the ground, we facilitate productive engagement between industry, governments and communities. Click here for more information.
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