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ACS International is a principle-driven organization. It values positive, multiple relationships and creativities. It believes to be part of the common good rather than expert. We are flexible and responsive to our client needs. We always seek enhancement of the core strengths that ‘give life’ to a project and organization while growing its health and vitality. We believe that reality and situations are constructed by both local and global factors, and are multiple in nature. Theories and standards can only create meaning being related with particular contexts thus, there is no single way of doing things but multiple creativities. Instead of claiming ‘we know’, we form co-learner relationship of sharing with our clients, partners and counterparts by which action and learning becomes co-progressive and effective as well. |
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| Our purpose is to provide and promote exercising leading edge consultancy services to government, private sector organizations, development partners and NGOs with an approach that focuses on strengths and prospects than problems and deficits. |
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Appreciative Consulting Services (ACS) International is a multidisciplinary consulting firm registered in Bangladesh as a Private Limited Company. It brings out a new era of consulting services to add values and to create sustainable impacts of what we can by its distinctive and innovative approaches. Building on experiences, ACS offers services to positive change and transformation. Expressed by its name, distinction of ACS lies with its approach that recognizes the best in people and the world around us, and focuses on strengths and prospects than problems and deficits.
ACS Announcement
ACS International Ltd. announces its Training Programme for the Year 2012. This includes most significant development perspectives and professional demands in the form of tailor-made courses such as: (1) Foundation on Appreciative Inquiry (AI), (2) Community Managed Significant Changes, (3) Projects Design, Monitoring and Evaluation (DM&E) and (4) Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (two courses based on increased demand).
Please see the course briefs by browsing 'Download' from the menu-bar and/or contact ACS International directly through: +880 2 8811388; 8832642; or mail for additional information to: info@acsibd.com; or, kashem.md@gmail.com
Consultancy works are going on: (1) Study on Mainstreaming DRR into GOB Schemes on Water Supply and Sanitation: Gap Analysis and Way Forward awarded by NARRI Consortium and to be conducted during Dec 2011 to March 2012, (2) Baseline Study and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning of REECALL Project of Oxfam GB Bangladesh for the period of three years (Jan 2012 to December 2014)
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Dr. Saha mobilizes local communities of Habashpur village under Pangsha Upazila of Rajbari district in 1990. He applies participatory approaches and ensures local leaders to get involved. This eventually brings out of a development organization named “VORD”. VORD is now at full of involvement for and with local people fostering people’s self-esteem and self-help in development.
In 2005, M. Kashem and Dr. Saha took part in a study to assess functionality and effectiveness of sanitation ladder in WaterAid supported and VERC implemented WSS project in Bangladesh. The study is placed in an IRC publication titled ‘Beyond Construction’ in 2008. This adds value to scaling up of CLTS approaches recognized worldwide.
The WSP-World Bank Bangladesh, in 2001, undertakes the first study on community managed piped water supply scheme in Harirampur village under Bagha Upazila of Rajshahi district. It was intended to provide mitigation of arsenic poisoning in drinking water, as discovered in Bangladesh during mid 90’s. Kashem, as an independent consultant, has designed and conducted study and recommended community management system for the project to be piloted afterwards.
