Consultancy
PEI consulting activities include the provision of expert
advice, briefing materials, and the organisation of training and
other short courses. These services are offered to government,
business, and the non-governmental and charitable organisation
sectors.
Academic staff associated with PEI have been engaged in
important external advisory work for national and international
projects. This work included
- The EU TACIS project ‘Social Consequences of Economic
Restructuring at Local Level in Russia’.
- The EU TACIS project "Developing a System of Social
Services for Vulnerable Groups in Russia".
- The EU TACIS project ‘Strengthening the State of Law and
Legal Education Under New Market Relations’
- The Department for International Development’s
Consultancy on Law Reform and Human Rights in Russia, won by
the University’s Human Rights Centre in conjunction with
PEI
- The EU TACIS project on Human Rights Education in
Secondary Schools in Russia and Kazakstan
PEI works with leading commercial consulting firms, with a
view to entering into partnerships when making bids to funding
bodies. There are a number of such initiatives, involving
particularly Poland and Russia.