3-Day Training on Formulation and Project Proposal Development
Karachi: May 19, 2011
A 3-Day training workshop was organized by Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Pakistan under its Balochistan Partnership for Sustainable Development (BPSD) programme with the financial assistance of the Embassy of Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN) at Pearl Continental hotel Karachi.
One of the problems faced by the government and the civil society in Balochistan is the lack of capacity to address the complex environmental issues. Keeping in view the deficiency in the capacity of the stakeholders the Balochistan Partnership for Sustainable Development (BPSD) is implementing its capacity building programme for the government and civil society organizations for better management of the environmental issues.
The participants of the workshop hailed from Gwadar and Lasbela districts of Balochistan. The objective of the workshop was to familiarize the representatives of the Government of Balochistan Line Departments and representatives from CSO with the new and emerging concepts of Project Development and basic approach of the project formation on amended/revised PC-1 format used by the Planning Commission of Pakistan and provincial line departments and district administration.
The Balochistan Partnership for Sustainable Development (BPSD) activities are concentrated in six districts including: Gawader, Lasbela, Mastung, Quetta, Pishin, and Qila Saifullah.
Overall objective of the Balochistan Partnership for Sustainable Development (BPSD) is to support the development of Integrated District Development Visions, promote good environmental governance, and demonstrate pilot projects to promote water and coastal resource conservation using integrated approaches.
For more information or to set up interviews, please contact:
Zabardast Khan Bangash,Â
Manager Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ Balochistan Programme,
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Quetta
Phone: +92 8128240450-2
Fax: +92 812820706
Email: [email protected]
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The world’s oldest and largest global environment network, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥, International Union for Conservation of Nature, envisions a just world that values and conserves nature. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±½á¹ûÏÖ³¡Ö±²¥ helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and developmental challenges. It supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world and brings governments, non-government organizations, United Nations agencies, companies and local communities together to develop and implement policy, laws and best practice. The Union’s headquarters are located in Gland, Switzerland.
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