Welcome to Practical Action Consulting Asia - Colombo

Based at the regional office of Practical Action in Colombo, we offer high-quality consultancy services to NGOS, development agencies, government departments, research institutions, community groups and the private sector throughout the South Asian region. Practical Action Consulting draws its expertise from Practical Action's professional staff world wide and from a pool of independent associate consultants.

Energy: studies and consultancy services for energy policy development, technology assessment and feasibility studies on renewable energy options, rural energy, knowledge dissemination and capacity building

Transport: developing and testing affordable, sustainable and effective transport solutions for village communities. Consultancy services for the management of roads and transport options.
Post-tsunami disaster mitigation: developing policy options that address the vulnerability of disadvantaged people through research and pilot interventions, and encouraging governments, donors and NGOs to adopt such options.

Agro-processing and food production: our work aims to strengthen the bargaining and earning capacities of small scale agricultural producers by developing community-friendly agro-processing technologies and sharing them widely.

PAC South Asia is currently recruiting consultants.  Please contact Country Manager Namiz Musafer for more information.

Meet the South Asia Team

Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA)
Practical Action Consulting (PAC) is promoting a new grant-fund called Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA), a £40.5 million research programme that seeks to improve understanding of how to ensure that ecosystem services are better linked into poverty reduction and inclusive growth processes. Read more ...

Recent Projects

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Useful Information

The following are links to details of courses, conventions, presentations and further resources from South Asia.

Contact us for information:  consulting@practicalaction.org.lk

Practical Action Sri Lanka, 5 Lionel Edirisinghe Mawatha, Kirulapone, Colombo 5, Sri Lanka
Phone: +94 11 2829 412 | Fax: +94 11 2856188 | Email: consulting@practicalaction.org.lk