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Practical Action

Acronym: pA

General Information

Identification Code: 13386822830-30
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Entity Form: Registered Charity/INGO
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 12/17/2009
Last Update: 4/15/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: Practical Action is an international development group with over 50 years of experience, with a proven track record of delivering multi-million, multi-year and multi-country programs, managing and engaging multiple stakeholders and supply chain partners throughout Latin America, Africa and South Asia. Practical Action works with communities to develop ingenious, lasting and locally owned solutions for agriculture, water and waste management, climate resilience and clean energy. Practical Action believe big change, starts small. Practical Action has a global annual turnover exceeding £30million. Our long-term country presence provides strong relationships as well as the credibility needed to open new doors in all sectors. We have programme offices in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Kenya, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Bolivia, and Peru; plus reach into a further 15 countries through our technical consultancy services.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Agriculture and rural development
  • Business and industry
  • Climate action
  • Digital economy and society
  • Employment and social affairs
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • External relations
  • Humanitarian aid and civil protection
  • International co-operation and development
  • Maritime affairs and fisheries
  • Research and innovation
  • Youth
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: EU Climate Action initiative Adaptation to Climate Change Policy Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (ECHO) Disaster Risk Reduction (DIPECHO) Sustainable Energy and Energy Access Sustainable Agriculture Financing development What after 2015 Funding instruments and calls European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights
Communication Activities: EUEI PDF Mini-grid Policy Toolkit Published in Eschborn 2014 - reviewer EUEI PDF Building Energy Access Markets February 2015 - authors Education project EU funded related to Technology Justice EDD15 - panel and stand
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: The Robbins Building25 Albert Street
Post Code: CV21 2SD
City: Rugby
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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EU Office

Address: The Robbins Building25 Albert Street
Post Code: CV21 2SD
City: Rugby
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
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Financial Data

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Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 5
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 5
Members F T E: 1.25
Info Members: Difficult to express exactly how many persons involved in policy engagement. Although about 5 people in the policy team have been involved in one off networking and policy engagement events with EU delegations and institutions, producing publications the amount of time they each spend is less than 25%.

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: 35 Members of Practical Action based in UK Practical Action is the parent company of Practical Action Consulting and Practical Action Publishing. Practical Action (Kenya) is closely affiliated and part of the same group. Practical Action Foundation in India is affiliated to Practical Action.
Organisation Members: Some of the development networks, associations, platforms etc. to whom Practical Action is affiliated are: International Liaison/Lobbying Groups: - UN Sustainable Energy For All - Global Village Energy - United Nations Frame Convention on Climate Change - Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) - Duryog Nivaran (South Asia Disaster Forum) - La RED - CONCORD - Clean Cooking Alliance - Devex - InsideNGO - Power for All - Alliance for Rural Electrification - The Climate Coalition - CAN Europe (Climate Action Network) - Sustainable Food Lab - Global Distributors Collective - World Urban Campaign - General Assembly of Partners - Sanitation and Water for All - End Water Poverty - Alliance of Civil Society Organisations for Clean Energy Access - British Expertise Institute National Liaison/Lobbying Groups (UK only) - BOND and its multiple working groups - Sanitation Community of Practice - Development Studies Association - Development Education Association - UK Food Group - Charity Finance Directors Group - GADN Gender & Development Network - All-Party Parliamentary Group Agriculture and Food for Development