SELA Advisory Group’s team of consultants has expertise in a number of specialist areas within the field of international development and capacity building, some of which are outlined below.
Capacity Building and Community Development : assists non-profit organisations and communities in creating an efficient and sustainable management environment, which harnesses the human and organisational resources of a community.
Gender Mainstreaming : ensures that gender perspectives are incorporated into project activities. Gender mainstreaming aims to embed gender equality in areas such as policy development, research, advocacy/dialogue, legislation, resource allocation, and the planning, implementation and monitoring of programmes.
Humanitarian Aid and Logistics : encompasses the efforts to provide basic needs relief at times of natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes or human-compounded disasters such as famine and wars.
International Finance and Business Development : designs and elaborates the business and financial prospects of any company or organisation within the international legal framework.
Peace Making : entails understanding and utilising the tools of mediation and the dynamics of human negotiations within a community. The ultimate goal is to achieve mutual agreement and prevent the recurrence of hostilities by understanding and addressing the root causes of conflict. This can facilitate the establishment of a sustainable and lasting peace.
Policy and Geo Strategy Analysis : involves a critical understanding of the political, legal, geographic and diplomatic parameters at the national, regional and/or international level; changes in which can impact the stability, international legitimacy and economic viability of a country or region.
Poverty Alleviation : entails the design and implementation of policies and economic reforms which reduce poverty for people living on less than one dollar a day, and which strive to achieve social and economic justice for impoverished societies.
Public Health : focuses on protecting and improving the health of a community through preventive medicine, health education, the control of communicable diseases, the application of sanitary measures and the monitoring of environmental hazards.
Renewable and Environmental Policies : ensure that the environmental impacts of a project are considered and current resources are managed in a sustainable and responsible manner.
Security Sector Reforms : aim to develop a secure environment based on development, the rule of law, good governance and local ownership of security actors.
Transitional Justice and Post Conflict Reconstruction : supports the transition from conflict to peace in a conflict-affected country or region through rebuilding the socio-economic and judicial framework of a society.
