PSI combines deep research and technical expertise together with communities' own lived experiences to address the challenges in socio economic development. Keeping local needs and experiences as the foundation of the work, it helps in strengthening their institutions. This foundation leads to offering solutions that are adaptable and could be used in different social contexts.
The involvement of communities promotes local ownership, self reliance and the equitable use of resources. Its work experience of more than three decades shows that this approach can support large scale development and sustains the efforts on ground for a much larger time.
Research and innovation are central to PSI’s work. The organisation focuses on developing and testing new technologies and approaches to community mobilisation along with supporting their adoption and wider use. PSI places research at the core of its development work. Its interventions are informed by the needs and priorities of local communities. This approach guides its work across watershed development, environmental quality monitoring, climate change, disaster management and livelihood improvement.
If research guides PSI’s approach to development, then collaboration supports its implementation on the ground. The organisation works closely with government institutions and local voluntary organisations to put its findings and plans into practice. PSI continues to build skills and institutional capacity through technical support, consultancy and knowledge sharing. interventions into policy discussions and incorporations in governments’ larger welfare programmes.
