We are the consulting arm of the international NGO Practical Action, formerly known as Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG).

Practical Action is an international development charity that uses technology to challenge poverty, working with poor women and men around the world.

Practical Action is a charity which works with poor communities to develop appropriate technologies. Practical Action has a unique approach to development - we don't start with technology, but with people. The tools may be simple or sophisticated, but to provide long-term, appropriate and practical answers, they must be firmly in the hands of local people: people who shape technology and control it for themselves.