About us

PEMconsult was established in 1995 by a core team of development consultants seeing a critical need for combining cross-sectoral expertise. Over the past 25 years, we have built a strong reputation for a high impact, integrated and people-centered approach. One of the leading Danish firms within international development cooperation, we have completed more than 1100 assignments in 98 countries worldwide, including Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. We have 9 partners and four staff managing operations at PEM’s headquarters in Copenhagen. In addition to our partly-owned subsidiary PEM East Africa, we have formalised cooperation agreements with a number of key senior international and national experts in the regions where we work and a vast international network of consultants.

Our expertise includes comprehensive experience in programme and project design and formulation, design and implementation of capacity building and training programmes, studies, reviews and evaluations, and actual project implementation. The crucial foundation in all of our work is the importance of understanding the perspective of the people involved in these processes, and empowering them as groups and individuals. As experts in development cooperation, fulfilling our role as listeners and facilitators in these processes is vital to achieving sustainable solutions.

Immediate actionable insights

PEM East Africa has extensive expertise in socio-economic analysis of projects and their impact on local communities, including conducting SSEAs which integrate environmental and social considerations into policies, plans and programs, particularly in sector decision-making and reform. In short, we identify pertinent issues to consider when developing environmental projects to minimise possible negative impacts to livelihoods of communities.

LATEST NEWS

PEM recently finalised the formulation process of the Danish Energy Partnership Programme 2025-2029 with Brazil, India and Kenya. The programme will be presented in UPR...

UN GLOBAL COMPACT

PEMconsult is a participant of the United Nations Global Compact initiative — a voluntary platform for the development, implementation and disclosure of responsible business practices. The UN Global Compact is a call to companies everywhere to align their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption, and to take action in support of UN goals and issues embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Transparency International

PEMconsult supports the work of Transparency International Denmark whose priorities are to take strong action against corruption in Denmark and worldwide. Through our support we form an active part of TI Denmark’s efforts to increase the integrity of Danish society and business.