Practical Action Consulting Asia - Kathmandu Office

Welcome to Practical Action Consulting, Asia - Kathmandu

Purna Bahadur Chepang carrying tomatoes in a basket using a head strap to marketThe Kathmandu office is the new wing of PAC Asia, we offer high-quality consultancy services to NGOS, development agencies, government departments, research institutions, community groups and the private sector throughout the Asian region with a focus on Hindu Kush region.

Practical Action Consulting draws its expertise from Practical Action's professional staff world wide and from a pool of independent associate consultants. We specialise in assignments that add value to the development work of Practical Action, contribute to knowledge-based development and enable the dissemination of ideas and best practice throughout the region. Practical Action Consulting has a long-term vision to expand its sphere of influence and partnership working throughout Asia.

Strengthening People's Resilience

In this sector we provide consultancy services to reduce vulnerability of the poor by introducing new technologies to cope with natural hazards and disasters, environmental degradation, food security and to increase their resilience to adapt to climate change.

Our areas of expertise are:

  • Climate Change
  • Disaster Risk Management
  • Disaster mitigation
  • Early warning system
  • Food security
  • Mining and Environmental issues
  • Carbon markets

Making Markets Work for the Poor

In this sector we provide consultancy services to the poor communities to help increase access to establish markets. Our services aims to increase the livelihood of these communities by making market work for the poor applying technological, productive and networking skills to engage effectively in fairer markets.

Our areas of expertise are:

  • Rural development
  • Agro-processing and food production
  • Diary and Livestock development
  • Business development services, Marketing and SMEs
  • Value Chain Development

Promoting Infrastructure

In this sector we provide consultancy services to enhance the lives of rural poor by providing access to basic services through simple innovative solutions. With our services we try to increase the rural productivity by complementary means of transport and renewable energy. Studies and consultancy services for policy development, technology assessment and feasibility studies on renewable energy options, rural energy, knowledge dissemination and capacity building. Developing and testing affordable, sustainable and effective transport solutions for village communities. Consultancy services for the management of roads and transport options.

Our areas of expertise are:

  • Energy (solar energy, wind energy, micro and mini hydro, biogas etc)
  • Irrigation, Water and Sanitation
  • Intermediate Means of Transport (gravity ropeway, tuin suitable for hills)
  • Infrastructure (low-cost building materials, labour based road construction)
  • Urban waste management
  • Healthy homes (indoor smoke alleviation, improved cooking stoves)

Responding to new Technologies

In this sector we try to enable poor people to assess and respond to the challenges of new technologies and to develop and adopt applications that improve their livelihoods.

Our area of expertise is:

  • Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)

In order to develop sustainable solutions we work across the areas of technology, community, capacity, environment, enterprise and policy. For this reason we combine technical skills with economic, institutional, planning, finance, management, environmental and social expertise. We also provide consultancy services in the following areas:

  • Policy and strategy development
  • Feasibility studies
  • Monitoring and evaluation
  • Project design and implementation
  • Participatory approaches using Asset Based Community Development (ABCD), Community Based Planning (CBP), Participatory Market Chain Analysis (PMCA), Participatory Extension Approaches (PEA) and Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), Value Chain Development
  • Development policy research, socio-economic and baseline studies, needs assessments to identify constraints and sustainable small scale production, involving genuine participation by users and their local communities
  • Institutional development particularly to government research and extension management and efficient modes of delivering services.
  • Enterprise development and assistance, providing technical, business and marketing advice to NGOs, Community and Government Departments that support small enterprise.
  • Training, facilitation and participatory planning in the process of technology change, project management and specific technical and business subjects.
  • Capacity Building
  • Mainstreaming Gender and Good Governance
  • Environmental assessments

PAC Asia is currently recruiting consultants in the above mentioned sectors. Please contact Country Manager Moushumi Shrestha for more information.

Meet the Kathmandu Team

Recent projects

Contact us
Practical Action Consulting Nepal, Pandol Marga, Lazimpat, P O Box 15135, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: +00 977 1 444 6015 and +00 977 1 209 4063 | Fax: +00 977 1 444 5995| Email: nepal@practicalaction.org.np

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