K NO is an international leader in the field of performance improvement and institutional capacity building. Founded in the United States in 1979, and operationally headquartered in Central Europe for over 25 years , KNO is able to offer our partners and clients an integrated core of capacity building, organization improvement strategies , and improved and durable results.
KNO teams have conducted numerous capacity development and performance assessments for USAID, World Bank, and EU partners during the past two decades. The partners, M. Mari Novak CPT, Steven J. Kelly CPT, and Anna Čermáková PhD CPT, have managed donor-funded subcontract projects in over 25 countries in the former Soviet Union, Central Asia, Latin America Africa, and the Middle East since 1992.
KNO is joined exclusively for capacity building initiatives by senior performance practitioners from around the world. Many of our experts are certified performance experts credentialed from the International Society for Performance Improvement. Combined, these professionals are premier theorists, practitioners, assessment and evaluation experts who are able to train, deliver, and provide consultation on all aspects of capacity building for civil society, government, and the private sector.