# Baseline Syria — MEAL / third-party monitoring example

Captured: 2026-05-05  
URL: https://baselinesyria.com/  
Purpose: Development reference for plausible fictional protagonist role in LIONESS. Use as evidence that Damascus/Syria-facing consulting roles exist around MEAL, third-party monitoring, evaluation, data collection, financial/risk management, and supply/procurement monitoring.

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Baseline is the starting point for every organization or partner wants to engage with the scene in an effective way.

To ensure interventions have structural effects in the Syrian context.

## About Baseline

Baseline is a consulting company specialized in the fields of MEAL, monitoring, evaluation, assessment, and data collection established in the Syrian capital, Damascus, during the prolonged Syrian Crisis by group of Syrian experts.

At the time of the continued prolonged Syrian crisis, one of the harshest humanitarian crises in recent history, a group of Syrian experts established the “Baseline” company in Damascus; as a consulting company specialized in the fields of monitoring, evaluation, assessment, and data collection.

The company’s staff has diverse experiences in various aspects of humanitarian work, in addition to an in-depth comprehension of the dynamics of the Syrian conflict and its humanitarian and local implications and consequences.

With the increasing number of humanitarian interventions directed to Syria, Baseline provides its consultations in the fields of evaluation and monitoring to a wide range of partners, aspiring to provide them in a transparent and evidence-based manner concerning the Syrian context in its various levels and sectors.

The company has a professional and trained staff spread across the fourteen Syrian governorates, excellent relationships with local actors in different regions, and multi-level access to local communities.

## Services relevant to LIONESS

### Monitoring & Evaluation

Third-party monitoring, baseline and end line assessments, evaluation of projects in mid-term and final stages.

### Data collection

Qualitative data, quantitative data, and customised data assessment tools.

### Financial & Risk Management

Financial management assistance, auditor services, accounting training, and capacity-building/system expertise.

### Supply & Procurement

Monitoring and verifying supply chains, donor dashboards, managing humanitarian supplies in the field, procurement of goods and services, and technical assistance to enhance partner agencies' procurement processes.