International Development Advisory Services (IDAS) IDAS

The developing world faces a number of critical challenges in strengthening the capacity of government, business and civil society to provide and deliver basic services and stimulate sustainable and inclusive growth.

Global implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030 will demand innovative and bold solutions to tackle these challenges.

We work with public and private stakeholders to create sustainable change and effective service delivery in countries around the world. 

Our professionals are dedicated to enhancing the capacity of all actors in the development space – government, civil society and the private sector – to maximize their impact in emerging and growing economies.

IDAS provides tailored services to help development actors achieve their goals in four major areas: enhancing impact, ensuring value-for-money, driving accountability, and advancing service delivery.

KPMG Finland is part of the global IDAS network. We provide various types of management consulting, assurance and audit services for development programmes and projects internationally.

The IDAS team in Finland consists of 20+ development professionals with diverse on the ground experience on all continents and deep experience in the renewable energy sector in Africa. Our team is supported by KPMG colleagues with expertise in advisory, audit and assurance, tax and legal services.

• Performance and financial audits
• Business development support
• Internal control audits and reviews
• Capacity assessments and evaluations
• Challenge fund management
• Efficiency audits
• Programme management
• Strategic services

• Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
• Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
• Nordic Development Fund
• EuropeAid
• EEA and Norway Grants
• World Bank

KPMG Finland was the Service Provider for EEP Africa, a multi-donor financing facility for early-stage clean energy projects in Southern and East Africa, during 2014-2022. The IDAS team conducted 11 calls for proposals and managed a diverse portfolio of over 200 projects in 15 countries. KPMG supported grantees with investment facilitation, business development and knowledge sharing activities and services