‘Govt, civil society partnership important for development’
National
January 18, 2021
Islamabad: Syeda Adeela Bokhari from Economic Affairs Division has said that the ministry has devised a new draft policy to ensure the accountability and financial transparency of the INGOs/NGOs which will be implemented after the formal approval from the federal cabinet.
Ms Adeela was addressing a webinar on ‘The State of Civil Society in Pakistan’ jointly organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) here Saturday.
Ms Adeela said that her division regulates only those INGOs which receive a financial contribution from the foreign countries and donors. She said that the new policy is expected to respond to various issues and concerns of the sector. Besides, a web-portal is being created to facilitate online applications for the registration of INGOs/NGOs with the EAD.
Govt, civil society partnership important for development
Islamabad
January 18, 2021
Islamabad : Syeda Adeela Bokhari from Economic Affairs Division has said that the ministry has devised a new draft policy to ensure the accountability and financial transparency of the INGOs/NGOs which will be implemented after the formal approval from the federal cabinet.
Ms Adeela was addressing a webinar on ‘The State of Civil Society in Pakistan’ jointly organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) here Saturday.
Ms Adeela said that her division regulates only those INGOs which receive a financial contribution from the foreign countries and donors. She said that the new policy is expected to respond to various issues and concerns of the sector. Besides, a web-portal is being created to facilitate online applications for the registration of INGOs/NGOs with the EAD.
Govt urged to engage with private sector for projects
EAD official says ministry devising new draft policy for transparency of INGOs/NGOs
APP
January 17, 2021
Donor organisations trying to help Pakistan face difficulties as they cannot better plan their support in the absence of timely and credible data on SMEs. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Experts from the public sector and the civil society have urged the government to engage with the private sector to complete development projects and to consider civil society organisations (CSOs) as partners for development of the country.
They expressed their views during a webinar titled ‘The State of Civil Society in Pakistan’ jointly organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP) on Saturday.
Govt urged to partner with CSOs in development
Business
January 17, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The government should engage private sector for completing the development projects and consider civil society organisations (CSOs) as partners for the development of the country, experts said on Saturday.
These views were expressed by speakers including representatives from the government and leading voices of civil society in Pakistan at a webinar on The State of Civil Society in Pakistan jointly organised by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) and Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP).
Syeda Adeela Bokhari, Joint Secretary INGOs/NGOs, Economic Affairs Division (EAD), told the participants that EAD was responsible for regulating only those INGOs which received financial contribution from the foreign countries and donors.
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