Sharing information

An important area of our work is to share learning and exchange information between organisations:

• Exchange visits between partners in different countries to share particular knowledge and expertise.
• National workshops with organisations in similar or related fields.
• Some of the partners with whom we have been working for a long time help in mentoring new or less experienced partners.
• Peer evaluations - staff members from one partner evaluate another partner's project.
• Specific information sheets
• Newsletters for partners

We also have a variety of documents available:

Including Enterprise Development in HIV/AIDS Interventions – A Community Worker’s Manual based upon experiences of The Rural Education and Economic Enhancement Programme (REEP) - 2011

Integrating approaches to enabling the most vulnerable to participate in markets: Alex Daniels and Andy Jeans in Small Enterprise and Microfinance Journal Vol 20 No 2 June 2009

Facilitating small producers' access of high-value markets:  Jonathan Dawson in Small Enterprise Journal Vol 14 No 2 June 2003

Lessons learned and implications for alleviating poverty of the most poor and vulnerable: (from experience in post-Tsunami Sri Lanka on support to medium scale enterprises): Andy Jeans and Adrian Marshall, October 2010

Smart Subsidies in Market Facilitation with a Focus on Agricultural Knowledge and Information Systems (AKIS):  Lucho Osorio, Andy Jeans, Ben Fowler, SEEP network, Feb 2010

Building the Capacity of People with Disability in Northern Uganda to Access their Livelihoods – a Handbook for Disability Advocates and Practitioners – Chintha Munasinghe 2008

Andy Jeans - Keynote speaker for national and international workshops in Sri Lanka:

• Emerging opportunities for Integrating small enterprises into the wider economy
• Impact of micro-finance and BDS on poverty alleviation
• Meeting the cost of BDS (Business Development Services)

Through our collaboration with Bath University's MSc Programme on International Development, two of their students undertook assignments in 2007 that were comparative studies drawing upon APT's project experience:

• Exploring Empowerment in Partnership
• Vulnerable Groups and Enterprise Development - Lessons Learned

External Evaluations are also available, such as:

Enabling Participation: Business development as a tool to promote disabled people’s rights in Sri Lanka: Lorraine Wapling and P.G.Amarapala, October 2010

Rebuilding lives through employment in Sri Lanka: External Evaluation to study lessons learned and focussing on employment created through linkages.  Alan Brewis, June 2010.

Enterprising and Sustainable Rural Communities in Sierra Leone. Sharon Truelove, October 2009

Empowerment and Income for HIV-AIDS affected people, Kenya: Chintha Munasinghe, Vivian Brindon,  Marion Mbabazi June 2008

Reducing Vulnerability of Communities Living on Fragile Lands in Kenya: Jan Knight, May 2008

Cost effective and sustainable model for marketing BDS complementarily to micro-finance, Sri Lanka: Mike Albu, Nov 2006

Improving Business Development Services with Disabled People in Northern Uganda. Mike Albu July 2004

APT Info sheets:

• Sharing Experience, Issue 1 - Livelihoods for those facing Discrimination and Stigma
• Sharing Experience, Issue 2 - Partnerships

Please contact us if you would like any other information.