Education is one of the world’s fastest growing industries. Globalization, new technologies and a knowledge economy that is dependent on high quality and effective education are rapidly transforming the sector, requiring innovative thinking to deliver performance improvement across the industry.At Connect Options, we provide tailored solutions, practical insights and industry experience to help our clients achieve improvements in service delivery and operational performance. Our key areas of experience are:

• Institution-wide shared services implementation
• Market opportunities and service delivery models
• Major transformation projects
• Major reform projects
• Economic and regulatory analysis including funding models
• Enterprise intelligence, including data integrity, effectiveness of information
• Performance improvement / cost reduction
• Capital planning / asset management
• Internal audit / risk management / governance frameworks
• Evaluation of programs
• Fraud investigation

Connect Options recently acquired Parthenon Group, extending our global expertise extends across public sector and non-profit education providers, foundations, private companies and service providers, and investors.

We have a dedicated practice of professionals with on-the-ground experience across multiple industries and projects in education strategy, reform, innovation and implementation. Our breadth of experience and depth of service as strategic advisors to the education industry is unmatched, with knowledge that spans all levels of education, including early childhood, elementary, secondary, higher, vocational and professional education across both public and private sectors.

Digital Government is a powerful tool to enable the provision of better public services to citizens and businesses. We can provide end-to-end services and consultation for the public sector in implementing Digital Government. From defining Digital Government strategy to the final implementation, with our rich expertise we can fill every element, including strategy development, target group identification and expectation gathering, blueprint creation, process re-engineering, information technology development and audit and implementation.

Infrastructure investment and development is a top priority for governments globally — an indispensable necessity for poverty reduction, social progress and inclusive economic growth. While rapid urbanization is putting pressure on emerging markets to develop critical new infrastructure, developed economies need to expand existing infrastructure due to aging assets and sustained underinvestment.With global population expected to reach 8 billion by 2025, infrastructure investments are needed to supply sufficient water, roads, housing and power.
Governments are also facing challenges in meeting their infrastructure obligations. Infrastructure projects are significant in size, scope, complexity, and in financing arrangements. They also bring increased public scrutiny and more demand for stakeholder engagement.
We provide support from the earliest stages of analysis, from project evaluation to procurement, financial close, construction and operations. We can assist our clients in devising and comparing financial plans and delivery approaches for projects that involve public, federal or private financing, project revenues and/or grants — and provide support to our clients in their implementation of those plans.

Systemic problems continue to echo across developing countries. Extreme poverty and hunger, child mortality, energy security and gender equality are just some of the issues requiring attention. Development assistance remains integral to the fight against global poverty. However, effectively deploying such assistance is rarely straightforward.
Connect Options has extensive experience working on international development projects around the world for more than 25 years and are passionate about our work. We focus on the legacy of building a better working world – not just the completion of a project.

The problem of unemployment has impacted both developed and developing economies, particularly the youth. Over the last few years, the number of people estimated to be out of work has grown to more than 200 million.Governments are turning to entrepreneurs and the private sector in the recognition that they are significant engines of both job creation and economic growth. We believe governments, entrepreneurs and corporations must work together to avoid a lost generation.
We have created a framework to help governments harness private sector development. The framework helps federal and provincial governments, donor agencies, and international economic development agencies and not-for-profit organizations to drive inclusive growth through job creation. It is designed to encourage entrepreneurial activity in organizations of all sizes and attract domestic and international investment.