AKTIS Strategy AKTIS

We specialise in delivering measurable results for community resilience, national security and conflict-affected development problems. We apply our proprietary analytic frameworks and field-proven implementation tools to enable our clients to make sense of their challenges, and to affect meaningful and sustainable positive change.

Middle East

Aktis’ expertise in strategic security and development consulting has been developed through the team’s work throughout the Middle East and North Africa. We are fortunate to be able to draw on an incredibly diverse group of regional colleagues to deliver locally-relevant solutions, in the most appropriate local languages, and aligned to the international standards that donors demand.

Recent project engagements in the region include:

• Support the Syrian Civil Society Centre, Baytna, Syria (Transtec, 2014)
• Evaluation of DFID Support to United Nations Relief and Works Agency Lebanon, Jordan & Palestinian Territories (UK Independent Commission on Aid Impact [ICAI], 2013)
• Evaluation of DFID Palestine Gaza Food Security Programme (DFID, 2012-2015)
• Support to the Lebanese security sector (EU, 2013-14)
• Strengthening Civil Society in Syria (Coffey/FCO, 2013)
• Pilot Capacity Building of Emerging Governance Structures in Syria (Coffey/DFID, 2013)

In 2013, Aktis Managing Director Andrew Rathmell also republished his classic work on Syria:  Secret War in the Middle East: The Covert Struggle for Syria (available here).

North Africa

Our team of international and local experts has extensive experience of evaluation in fragile and conflict-affected states within the North African region. Recent project engagements in North Africa include:

• Building Community Based Approaches to Border Security in North Africa (FCO, 2014)
• Ministry of Interior Strategic Planning Programme (FCO, 2014)
• Libya Citizenship and Gender Empowerment Evaluation (DCA, 2014)#
• For a more extensive description of our projects in Tunisia, (click here)