PEA
Power, Equity and Access — a practical and meaningful framework for making the invisible visible.
Making The Invisible Visible
Our focus on PEA is to make the invisible visible. These concepts can be difficult to understand, acknowledge and recognise, as they are subjective. We believe that these intangible concepts are critical to the development and innovation sector, but they are not appropriately addressed or integrated into this work.
We created the PEA tool to offer organisations a way to practically engage and understand how they might impact or be impacted by PEA. It provides an assessment of an organisation’s PEA and action-orientated recommendations for teams to implement changes immediately.
Power
Recognising and challenging unequal power dynamics in relationships. Understanding the (power) dynamics and relationships between actors across the global north and south.
How principled are you in your power?
Equity
Understanding who is involved and how their needs are addressed for just engagement. Developing equitable practice for greater impact across partnerships and communities.
Are you just and fair?
Access
Being aware and removing barriers that prevent the acquisition of resources. Understanding the effect of cultural, linguistic, economic, religious, political, physical, social, technological and geographic factors.
Are you making opportunities available to all?
How We Assess PEA
To analyse PEA in a given context, we look at the people, programmes and processes in an organisation or context through our bespoke tool.
Variables are assessed and scored from 1–10 through each lens (Time, Space, Info, Ability), aggregated to provide a total PEA score with a RAG rating.
How PEA Works In Practice
Our approach is grounded in participatory methods and co-design principles.
Understand
We begin by mapping the current dynamics of power, equity and access within your context.
Assess
Using our bespoke PEA tools, we assess perspectives of all stakeholders — from communities to leadership.
Co-Design
We work with you to co-create solutions, strategies and frameworks that address what we’ve found.
Implement & Learn
We support implementation and embed learning and accountability throughout the process.
Want to apply PEA in your work?
Get in touch to explore how our framework can support your organisation or programme.