Supplying volunteer consultancy expertise to developing countries

Not all volunteer engineering services are provided purely for community-related projects. Developing economies also need a flourishing private sector, yet many of their businesses lack the skills to overcome technical and managerial challenges and are unable to buy in the necessary advice. This paper describes the wide-ranging volunteer consultancy services provided by British Executive Services Overseas to organisations in both the public and private sectors worldwide. The assignments also provide a valuable opportunity for volunteers and their sponsors to get involved at the earliest stages of major development projects.