Services to International
Development Agencies and the Donor Community
The company is currently involved in project approaches based upon analysis of governance or participatory poverty analysis, and has provided support to all sectors in:
Project monitoring, performance assessment and evaluations
Organisational development
Project identification and appraisal
Programme development
Direct budget support approaches
Project implementation with associated management of technical assistance
Sector and Institutional reviews
Country strategy development
Implementation linked to the provision of technical assistance
Services
to Government Departments and Regional/Local Authorities
The company has provided advice and worked in partnership to improve the capacity of a wide range of sectors such as:
Low carbon futures and products
Sustainable procurement
Peri-urban and urban forestry
Agriculture in relation to biodiversity
Bio-Energy
Innovative low carbon housing developments
Health
Education
Waste
This has been achieved through the provision of technical advice and assistance for organisational change in the context of improved sustainable development.
Bio-energy potential
from diverse systems eg energy from rape oil and
short rotation poplar
UK government supported research on silvipasture
and pasture woodlands
Services
to Non Governmental Organisations
The company has played a key role in the development and capacity building of NGOs, by providing assistance for:
Environmental audits and carbon footprinting
Development of environmental principles and procedures
Innovative approaches
Project and programme financing
Joint proposals
Donor liaison and reporting
Monitoring and evaluation systems development
Protected area management
Biodiversity action plans
Organisational development
Identifying key environmental
issues in the Philippines through interviews with
children
Research
Major current research programmes include partnership and joint ventures in:
Bio-energy
Tree improvement
Tree crop development
Participatory evaluation
Agroforestry
Non timber forest products
Ecological and or organic agriculture/horticulture
Forestry in relation to sustainable rural livelihoods
Walnut yield after first
year in the UK using superior grafted varieties
Simple harvest technology for hazel that could be
transferred to other high value tree crops
Education
Major current education and training programmes include partnership and joint ventures in connection with:
Climate change
Sustainable rural livelihood approaches
Ecology and environment
Biodiversity management
Rural development
Agroforestry training
for African students in the UK
Post experience students investigating tree crop
interactions in a poplar and wheat agroforestry
system
Communication and public relations
We have worked with companies and charitable trusts to improve communication and image in the context of environmental and social concerns
