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Data Collection & Management

Quantitative and qualitative field data collection, with quality assurance and documented datasets.

Data collection covers the design of instruments, the fieldwork itself, and the handling of the data that results. CGS runs collection at scale across multiple governorates, and for smaller qualitative exercises where depth matters more than sample size.

Work is delivered either as a standalone service to organisations running their own analysis, or as the field component of a wider study.

What it includes

  • Instrument design and translation
  • Sampling frame and enumerator recruitment
  • Enumerator training and piloting
  • Supervised fieldwork with back-checks
  • Data cleaning, coding and documentation
  • Cleaned datasets with a codebook

Our approach

Instruments are piloted before full deployment and revised on what the pilot shows. Enumerators are trained on the instrument they will use, not on a generic module.

Quality assurance runs during fieldwork rather than after it: supervision, back-checks and consistency checks while collection is still open, so problems can be corrected in the field.

Clients served

Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), CairoMAISGIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit)International Labour Organization (ILO)Save the Children International (SCI)

Selected assignments

Current

Monitoring and Evaluation of Decent Employment and Mobility Opportunities for Egyptians (DEMO)

August 2026 - September 2028

CGS provides the monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning service for DEMO, which works to increase employability and labour mobility for Egyptians in Egypt and Italy through an Italian Egyptian centre for decent employment and mobility. The service covers a MEAL framework built with the PMU and the implementing partners, an open source management information system, partner training and six monthly reporting to September 2028.

Training & Coaching Cairo, Giza, Qalyubia
Current

Labour Market and Skills Gap Analysis for Youth Apprenticeships

July 2026 - September 2026

MAIS ONG commissioned CGS to deliver the primary labour market assessment and skills gap analysis behind TAKE STEPS, an AICS-funded apprenticeship programme for 600 young people. The assessment spans Greater Cairo, Damietta and Sharkia across three components.

Needs AssessmentMarket AssessmentLarge-scale Data Collection Cairo, Giza, Qalyubia and 2 more
Current

Agriculture Innovation Project (AIP)

September 2025 - February 2027

Data collection and analysis support across multiple rounds among project beneficiaries, delivering high-quality datasets and reports for results-based monitoring.

Large-scale Data Collection Beni Suef, Assiut, Minya and Sohag
Current

Private Sector Innovation Programme (PSI II)

November 2024 - October 2027

Designing mixed-method data collection tools and delivering baseline, end-line and periodic surveys for PSI II's results-based monitoring framework, under EU and Egyptian data protection compliance.

Large-scale Data Collection Egypt
Current

Partnerships and Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion (JP-SME)

October 2024 - February 2027

Monitoring, data collection and results measurement for 36 public-private partnerships, tracking upgrades in Industry 4.0 skills, organisational competencies, HR systems and gender diversity.

Tracer StudyLarge-scale Data Collection Egypt

Tracer Study Data Collection for the PROSPECTS Programme

April 2025 - September 2025

Data collection for a tracer survey and focus group discussions with around 750 PROSPECTS beneficiaries, supporting assessment of outcome-level indicators.

Tracer StudyLarge-scale Data Collection Cairo, Alexandria and Damietta

Multi-Sectoral Needs Assessment in Alexandria

March 2025 - August 2025

Comprehensive assessment of needs, vulnerabilities and service gaps across health, education, child protection, cash assistance and youth livelihoods for Egyptian and refugee communities.

Needs AssessmentLarge-scale Data Collection Alexandria

Other services

Monitoring & EvaluationResearch & AssessmentsCapacity DevelopmentProgramme Design & SupportPlanning & Event Management

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