CANOPY CONNECT – A helpdesk from the Canopy Lab

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The international development sector has undergone a dramatic shift, facing new constraints with fewer resources.

In response, the Canopy Lab is introducing CANOPY CONNECT—an innovative helpdesk designed to provide on-demand support for (market) systems thinkers, development practitioners, and organizations driving impact. Whether you need help with identifying new funders, rapid technical reviews, surge business development support, or hands-on facilitation, CANOPY CONNECT offers flexible, high-quality assistance grounded in systems thinking. Our expertise spans monitoring, evaluation, and learning; gender equality and women’s economic empowerment; inclusion; climate change; and the environment.

As a one-stop resource for discrete inputs to projects, new business initiatives, and organizational support, CANOPY CONNECT provides the expertise needed to navigate the uncertainty facing our industry in a cost-conscious manner. Whether assisting understaffed new business teams to pivot towards new funders or supporting project teams with expert technical reviews, we deliver timely, high-quality insights across multiple languages and contexts.

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Andrew Panton

Senior Consultant

I am committed to improving human livelihoods and resilience in balance with nature. At the Canopy Lab, I provide research and advisory support to projects working on biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and resilience, nature-based solutions, sustainable tourism, and market systems development. Outside work, I’m a keen guitarist, cyclist and bookworm, with a love for food, travelling and learning languages.

JESSICA RUST-SMITH

Senior Consultant

I work across markets, business and supply chains, impact investing, agriculture, and women’s economic empowerment. I am an experienced monitoring, evaluation, research and learning consultant and project manager with expertise in the use of mixed methods, theory-based approaches and data collection and analysis. I have been working in M&E for market systems development for 10 years now, and going strong.