Essentially, a risk advisor learns about the pressures, risks and opportunities surrounding your specific business and the wider market. Everything from political risk to financial crime is analyzed in the right perspective, showing how it may affect what you do. Research and analysis of critical data is a major element of risk advisory services, but so is deep industry knowledge, as well as the ability to collect and draw insights from complex information. It is essential for organizations hoping to anticipate and mitigate risk and develop risk management strategies in the face of turbulence. You can plan ahead for risk.
The best risk consultants are a trusted advisor, helping you develop risk strategy unique to your industry and specific business goals. We leverage proven methodologies and models built on what we’ve been learning for many decades. Therefore, you have a confident response to the rich, ever-changing variables that affect business around the globe. It’s not just about managing and recuperating the cost of risks, but preventing them from ever happening – and turning them to your advantage to advance profit, capital, and innovation opportunities.
With our assistance, you’re able to:
- Make smarter decisions: Our risk consultants have a deep understanding of the type of risks you may encounter, such as the industry or political risk, based on a significant amount of trend and data analysis. In addition, we are embedded within regions ourselves for even sharper insights. We’ve developed extensive risk mitigation and management strategies, helping our clients plan for unforeseen events.
- Effectively communicate risk goals and strategies: Getting everyone on the same page is crucial for risk management to launch and thrive. We can help you facilitate an ongoing conversation between key stakeholders, so you have buy-in and a shared realistic understanding of the outcomes you are working towards.
- Increase productivity: Many risk departments are being forced to do more with less. Risk consultants can extend your team, scaling up or down with business needs. We also allow you to tap into a pool of highly specialists that may be needed for a specific situation or challenge.
- Improve operations: We can work with you to build proactive business risk management processes and practices, thereby reducing and preventing the chance of business interruption. We conduct a full audit of risk management processes, assessing gaps and streamlining changes. This can reduce compliance risk that could result in fines or criminal charges.
In the framework of the European Union/Council of Europe “Horizontal Facility for the Western Balkans and Türkiye” (Horizontal Facility III), the Council of Europe is currently implementing seven actions (in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and regional) on “Protecting freedom of expression and of the Media” (PRO-FREX).
The actions aim at strengthening the capacities of key domestic institutions and actors (including, relevant governmental structures/ministries, independent authorities in the field of media, access to information and data protection, judiciary and legal professionals, public service media and other media outlets, and CSOs in the field of journalism and media) in implementing European standards on freedom of expression and freedom of the media.
The consultancy services (legal and policy advice, and training design and delivery) foreseen under this call for tenders include the following areas: Freedom of expression, Access to information, Protection and Safety of Journalists, Media law, regulation, co-regulation, and self-regulation and Protection of personal data.
The activities foreseen under the project, in the subject areas indicated above, include technical assistance and advice on legislative and policy review, institutional capacity building and human capacity development, as well as awareness-raising.
The services of selected consultants may be sought for any relevant activity implemented by the Council of Europe, not just for the aforementioned PRO-FREX actions under the Horizontal Facility 3.
Expected timeline for the provision of services: 02 January 2024 – 31 December 2026 (Renewable until 31 December 2028)
The deadline for submission of applications is 11 December 2023.
All information and documents about the procedure are available at the following here.
* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence