Welcome to S•E•B Strategy
S•E•B STRATEGY LIMITED is an international consultancy providing in-depth policy analysis and strategy development for governments, international organisations, multinational companies and non-governmental organisations.
S•E•B STRATEGY LIMITED specialises in helping to build partnerships across wide-ranging sectors and in providing practical strategic advice to governments.
Our principal focus is on developing strategy, particularly on public sector reform issues, and also on issues which involve reconciling the positions of different stakeholder groups such as governments, the private sector, and civil society groups.
S•E•B STRATEGY LIMITED has a strong focus on good governance and anti-corruption issues and have a particular focus on natural resource governance issue. We are the leading experts on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) – the major international programme established specifically to improve transparency and accountability in oil and mineral rich developing countries.
NEWS AND CURRENT PROJECTS
- June 2010: Looking at future transparency and accountabiity needs in natural resource sectors. S.E.B. Strategy Ltd has been hired by a consortium of private and public sector donors to carry out a strategic review of transparency and accountability issues in the oil, gas, mining, forestry, fisheries and water sectors globally. The Transparency and Accountability Initiative (housed in the Open Society Foundation) has the objective of shaping the future work of donors working in this area.
- April 2010: Sefton Darby is featured in two interviews - one in Indonesia and one in New Zealand. To access the interviews click here.
- March 2010: Taking transparency to the local level: S.E.B. Strategy Ltd is working with Indonesian civil society group Pattiro and the Revenue Watch Institute to help local civil society groups to develop transparency mechanisms for revenues flowing to local governments in the Blora and Bojonogoro regions of Indonesia.
- December 2009: Promoting transparency in the Solomon Islands: The Solomon Islands is a country in which several new mining developments are underway. Working with the World Bank and the Solomon Islands Government, Sefton Darby is involved in considering the transparency issues in these new developments.
- November 2009: Designing a transparency process for Bayelsa State in Nigeria: Bayelsa State in Nigeria is in the oil-rich but conflict-ridden Niger Delta region. The Government of Bayelsa State has recently launched the Bayelsa Expenditure and Income Transparency Initiative (BEITI) and a team from S.E.B. Strategy Ltd has, on behalf of the Revenue Watch Institute, helped to design the implementation strategy and disclosure process for the initiative.

