Welcome to PAI
We specialise in management consultancy and development services internationally and offer expert advice to governments going through political, constitutional, economic and structural change.
Our key objectives are promoting good governance and good practice in delivering public services.
Set up in 1995, we have worked on more than 165 projects in 63 different countries around the world and have welcomed over 3,400 senior policy makers and managers from at least 158 countries to our international professional development workshops and training courses.
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Workshop overview
We design and deliver professional development workshops in the UK and other countries, providing policy makers and senior managers with and opportunity to update their knowledge of public service structures and systems in the UK and elsewhere.
Regular workshops
Tailored workshops
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International Accounting Standards: Implementing IPSAS and IFRS - Dubai -
Consultancy Skills for the Public Sector
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Leading and Managing for Results
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High Impact Leadership
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Advanced People Engagement Skills: Getting the best out of your people
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Public Financial Management: Aiming for excellence
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Strategic Public Financial Management
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Developing Best Practice In Public Financial Management
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Better Regulation of Essential Services
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Innovating in the Public Sector
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Changing Times: Leading agile and adaptable organisations
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Re-Energising the Public Sector: Motivation, productivity and getting results from leaders, managers and frontline staff
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Implementing Change Successfully
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Justice, Fairness and the Rule of Law: Improving legal systems and access to justice
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Corporate Governance and Board Effectiveness
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Fraud and Corruption: Prevention and detection - Dubai
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Communications for Public Leaders: Storytelling, speeches, social media and successful media interviews
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Organisational Performance: Managing delivery within budget
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Smart Cities: Digital and technological solutions
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Next Generation Human Resources: Transforming people management in the public sector
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When Citizens Complain: For Ombudsman, Commissions and complaint handling organisations
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International Accounting Standards: Implementing IPSAS and IFRS
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Accounting Standards week one: Understanding the requirements
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Accounting Standards week two: Towards excellence in practice
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Judicial Administration
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Judicial Administration: Improving people's experience of the delivery of justice
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Judicial Administration: Effective Case Management: Reducing delays and clearing backlogs
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Making Policy More Effective
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Analysing Policy and Using Evidence
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Impact Assessment and Evaluation
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Inspiring Leaders and Managers: Unlocking high performance - Dubai
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Inspiring Leadership: Engaging and motivating individuals and teams - Dubai
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Results-Oriented Management: All about people - Dubai
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning
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From Policy to Legislation
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Advanced Legislative Drafting: Sharpening your drafting skills
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Better Policies; Better Lives: Using behavioural insights to improve policy making
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Emotional Intelligence: A critical element of organisational success - Dubai
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Improving Your Organisation's Pay and Grading System
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Successful Law Reform: Practical issues today
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Digital Transformation of Public Services and the Pros and Cons of Artificial Intelligence
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Government, Media and your Audiences: Strategies and tactics for success
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Putting People First: Practical ways of improving customer service - Dubai
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Parliamentary Administration: Making democracy work
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How to Conduct Functional Reviews: A toolkit for practitioners
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Combating Fraud and Corruption
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Fraud and Corruption week one: Prevention and detection
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Fraud and Corruption week two: Investigations, sanctions and prosecutions
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Translating Strategy into Policies that Work
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Environmental, Social and Governance: Three pillars for building strong organisations
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Gender Matters: Integrating gender into development policy and programming
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Transforming Criminal Justice: Partnership working and multi-agency approaches
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How to Improve an Organisation’s Effectiveness
Consultancy overview
We offer a comprehensive range of consultancy services, particularly for governments and related organisations implementing programmes of reform, democratisation and poverty reduction.
List of project references
We are currently looking for associate consultants in a variety of locations
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Latest news
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PAI re-selected for UK Aid framework contract
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Successful justice sector reform
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Procurement and contract management
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