ANNUAL REPORT 2006

LEAD Pakistan We believe that the biggest challenge for leadership in the 21st century is

to create, strengthen and support networks of people and institutions promoting change towards sustainable development – development that

is economically sound, environmentally responsible and socially equitable. Hence, our mission for the next decade (2006-2015) is to influence poverty alleviation through leadership and capability enhancement

programs facilitating effective service delivery at all levels with a gender balanced approach

LEAD Pakistan

LEAD House, F-7 Markaz, Islamabad, Pakistan Tel: +92 51 111 511 511; Fax: +92 51 2651512

Email: main@lead.org.pk

March 2007

Table of Contents*

1. Governance, Host Institution Arrangements and linkages within the LEAD family…..………………………………………………………………………….3

2. Finance………………………………………………………………………………………….5 3. Capacity Development Activities……..………………………………………………..8 4. LEAD Pakistan’s activities in Partnership with others……………………….. 5. LEADnet/ Information Technology activities. …………………..………….. 11 6. Involvement of Fellows ……………………………………………………………… 12 7. Raising LEAD’s visibility ……………..………………………………………………… 13 8. Statistics……………………………………………………………………………………...14 9. Plans for 2007 and Beyond …………………………………………………………….14

Annexes:

1. List of MOUs signed in year 2006 2. List of Employees in LEAD Pakistan in year 2006 3. Statement of Income and Expenditure for the year 2006 4. List of Sponsors in year 2006 5. List of Fellows and Associates in year 2006 6. List of Trainers and Trainees in year 2006 7. LEAD Pakistan Organogram 8. IT – LEADnet 9. Cohort-12, Training Schedule

* This report follows the format furnished by LEAD International to LEAD Member Programs for their annual reporting. The report covers only those activities that fit under the prescribed format. For information on our additional activities during 2006, please visit LEAD Pakistan’s website.

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Board of Governors in 2006

1. Mr. Farooq Rehmatullah (Chairman Board)

Director General Civil Aviation Authority 2. Ali Tauqeer Sheikh

CEO & Secretary of the Board, LEAD Pakistan 3. Mr. Shakil Durrani

Chairman, Pakistan Railways & Secretary to Govt. of Pakistan

4. Musharaf Hai Country Business Manager Citigroup Pakistan

5. Sheraz Manzoor Haider

Access to Justice Programme, Ministry of Law

6. Dr. Tariq Hassan Attorney International Legal Services

7. Mr. Shafqat Kakakhel Assistant Secretary General /Deputy Executive Director, UNEP (United

Nations Environment Programme) Kenya 8. Ms. Ameena Saiyid

Managing Director - Oxford University Press

9. Dr. Syed Tauqir Hussain Shah Advisor, International Labor Organization (ILO)

10. Dr. M. Suleman Shaikh Secretary to the Board of Trustees, SZABIST (Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali

Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology) 11. Dr. Fareeha Zafar Chief Executive, SAHE (Society for the advancement of Education)

12. Mr. Vaqar Zakaria Managing Director-Hagler Bailly Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd.

Ex-officio Members

13. Dr. Syed Zahoor Hassan Vice Chancellor-Lahore University of Management Sciences

14. Mian Muhammad Jamil Secretary Ministry of Environment

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1. Governance, host institution arrangements and linkages within the LEAD

family

a. Board of Governors: LEAD Pakistan’s Board of Governors consists of 13 members, including two ex-officio members —Vice Chancellor of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS); and Secretary, Ministry of Environment. The 29th Board of Governors meeting was held on December 19, 2006 at LEAD House, with a pledge to continue to provide effective governance and active support to all LEAD activities.

Three new members were co-opted:

Mr. Shakil Durrani, Chairman Pakistan Railways Mr. Viqar Zakria, Managing Director-Hagler Bailly Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd Ms. Ameena Saiyid, Managing Director -Oxford University Press

Biographical sketches of Board Members’ are available on our website: www.lead.org.pk b. Staff & Institutional Development:

STAFF: Based on its strategic planning in year 2004, LEAD Pakistan underwent a major restructuring and overhaul of its organizational setup in year 2006. Four independent departments were established:

• Project Development Department (PDD), • Project management Department (PMD), • Core Services Department (CSD) and • Operations Department (OP)

Four main programme areas governed LEAD Pakistan’s activities during 2006, namely: CSR, Education, Environmental Management and Governance. LEAD Pakistan now boasts a staff of 44 highly skilled professionals in their respective field of expertise. The first two departments i.e. PDD and PMD are headed by General Managers assisted by Managers, Coordinators, Assistant Coordinators and YPOs; while the latter two departments are lead by Managers and a team of Coordinators, Assistant Coordinators and YPOs. Biographical sketches of team members are available on our website: www.lead.org.pk Each department provides specialist services and has a defined area of focus. The delivery of quality services to its partners, in all the programmatic and operational areas, is ensured through ISO 9001: 2000 & Pakistan Center for Philanthropy (PCP) certification making it distinct from other non-profit organizations in Pakistan Program Development Department PDD: This section specializes in designing of projects/programmes for other organizations. The department has two units - Knowledge Management & Information Management (KM&IM) which help carve the procedural requirements through providing pertinent information based on the up-dated database and the data summaries.

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Programme Management Department (PMD): PMD specializes in effective management and execution of LEAD Pakistan’s projects and grassroots interventions. This department has successfully carried out projects throughout the country with more than 200 professionals in the field and having reached out to grassroots levels. Core Services Department: Core Services Department is further divided into Trainings Unit, Research Unit, Communications Unit, Monitoring & Evaluation Unit and Special Projects Unit (SPU). All of these units carry out activities in their own defined respective field.

Operations Unit (OD): Finance & Accounts Unit (F&AU) : F&AU is responsible for maintenance of financial book keeping. The unit is responsible for periodic auditing of its accounts by A. F. Ferguson & Co.

Administration Unit (AU): AU is responsible for administrative ad logistical support in the head office as well as in various field and project offices. Chief Executive Secretariat (CEOS): THE CEOS houses two units – Human Resources (HR) and Internal Audit. Internal audit is responsible for financial and compliance with our Quality Management Systems (QMS).

LEAD Pakistan project staff consists of 250 people spread in 12 project offices in five districts of Khairpur, Sukkar, Thatta, Abottabad and Kasur.

Refer to Annex-2(a) and (b) for details.

2. Finance From its inception in 1996 through 2001, LEAD Pakistan relied almost exclusively on grant from the Rockefeller Foundation for its survival. All core expenses as well as program activities were underwritten by an annual grant agreement, averaging during this period at Rs.17.7 million. We began to systematically diversify our resource base in 2001. It was during the third year of this drive - in 2003 - that we, for the first time, generated revenue that equaled the grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. This meant that the size of the revenue almost doubled during this year. This trend continued in 2004 when the size of the revenue increased by 18% but, most significantly, the grant component in 2004 declined steeply and constituted only 30 percent of the total. We continued with this hyper growth in 2005 as the size of the revenue pie grew from Rs.41.3 million in 2004 to Rs.105 million in 2005, posting an increase of 154%. Remarkably, the grant share was reduced in 2005 to mere 5.8 percent. The audit for FY 2006 was carried in February 2007 with estimated annual revenue of approximately Rs. 140 million. Once approved, the accounts will be posted on LEAD Pakistan’s website and printed in its forthcoming annual report. Since 2000, LEAD Pakistan has posted its audited account on its website. This action demonstrates LEAD Pakistan’s commitment to transparency and accountability to its stakeholders. The grant from LEAD International that was the lifeline only three years ago - indeed, a sine qua non, become non essential in the overall portfolio of LEAD Pakistan. The rapid growth was unprecedented for LEAD in Pakistan or anywhere internationally within the LEAD Member Programs. The most important message of this development was simple,

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yet important: LEAD in Pakistan can survive without an annual grant from LEAD International.

Project Activities

Status Project Title and Brief Description Funded by:

2006 Underway Democratized Education Management and Ownership (DEMO) USAID *

Underway Training on Social and Environmental Aspects NHA * Underway Establishment of a Forum or Similar Mechanism for Forest Policy

Analysis, Formulation and Monitoring its Implementation FAO/NFP *

Underway Public-Private Partnership in Small Scale Agribusiness and Processing Enterprises (E3P)

IFAD *

Underway Assessing and Developing Capacity to Improve Participatory Environmental Management in Selected Districts of Pakistan

ADB *

Underway Furthering Collaboration between LEAD India and Pakistan on local partnerships

SOIF/LI ***

Underway From Chaos to Coordination: Harnessing the Potential of Volunteerism in Disaster Response

SOIF/LI ***

Underway Establishing Youth Forums for Improved Service Delivery BC *

Initiated Gender Equality Research: An Assessment of Women's Political Participation in Pakistan

NDI **

Initiated Training on Avian influenza USAID/DAI ** Initiated 10 Years Evaluation of Islamabad Traffic Police ADB/ITP **

* Project approved prior to 2006 but implementation is underway ** Projects initiated in 2006 but implemented and completed in 2007 *** Projects approved prior to 2006 but negotiations with LI still underway and funds pending transfer Sponsors of LEAD Pakistan in 2006 During the year 2006, LEAD Pakistan won support from some new sponsors and donors, while continuing to work with the existing ones. The list of donors who supported LEAD Pakistan financially in different projects includes:

• Asian Development Bank (ABD), • Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI) • Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), • International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD), • National Highway Authority (NHA) • United States Agency for International Development (USAID),

Refer to Annex-4 for details.

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Capacity Development Activities

a) LEAD Associate Training activities Cohort 11:

Cohort – 11 was initiated in April 2005. Three training sessions including the Orientation Session for Cohort-11 were completed during the year and appear in the previous report. The 3rd National session was held in early 2006 followed by the Global session in India.

Third National Training Session

Education for Sustainable Development (22 – 28 January)

LEAD Pakistan hosted a 6-day training session on “The political Economy of Education: Education for Sustainable Development in Pakistan” as the Third National Training Session of its eleventh Cohort under the Leadership Development Program (LDP). The session was held in Karachi from 22-27 January, 2006. The session drew attention to the fact that despite policy promises to universalize primary education, the progress towards raising literacy and enrolment targets have been slow and uneven. This has created challenges including rampant poverty; low budgetary allocation to education sector and wide spread provincial and gender disparities in literacy. The objective of this training session was to analyze the potentials and limitations of various education policies and deliberate on the policy issues and initiatives taken at national and regional level. The transition to mass literacy is unquestionably a key goal of economic and social development. Successive international protocols like the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Education for All (EFA) have reaffirmed the importance of universal basic education as a minimal requirement for development. Literacy through emphasis on universal education as an instrument for community construction provides a very useful perspective on the gaps in current policy thinking in the country. The Book Group – a non-profit organization headed by Mr. Sami Mustafa, stressed upon the need to have a paradigm shift from a teacher-centered approach to a child-centered learning where teaching methodologies and educational objectives will invoke cognitive as well as social development. The session also drew home the point that science education covers an important dimension of intellectual knowledge. This was an area, as pointed out during the session that requires greater amount of investment and serious focus. The International Training Session held in Bhopal, India (20 February -1 March, 2006) focused on the theme; Stakeholder Participation in Environmental Governance. The International Training Sessions provide a unique opportunity for LEAD Associates to meet with professionals from other countries and consider key international issues related to sustainability and development. More specifically, LEAD's global sessions provide an environment, where the intercultural and multi-national dimensions of the selected topics are explored, while seeking to view the issue in the domestic context of the host country.

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Within the overall framework of environmental governance, the training session in India focused on consensus building through stakeholder participation for environmental governance. The important stakeholders in this kind of (assumed) social responsibility would include: a) the society at large b) government and state agencies; and c) corporate/corporations and business interests. The training specifically focused on three main sub-themes; CSR, water and forest governance. The Global Session held in India was divided into three distinct stages: The first stage consisted of introductory session on environmental governance and training on consensus-building skills. The Second phase constituted of a case study followed by presentation and graduation ceremony in the last stage. Following Associates of C11 went for Global Training Session.

• Mukesh Kumar • Sahibzada Irfanullah • Muhammad Arif Baloch • Hamid Sarfraz • Mushtaq Ahmed Khan

Leadership Development Programme is unique in the sense that it has strict and rigorous evaluation criteria. The Associates are required to fulfill all the requirements and attend all the training sessions successfully, spread over one year time, to be able to qualify in the end.

Those who could not attend all the training sessions or satisfactorily conduct LAP were disqualified in the end. LEAD Pakistan, considering the interest of its Associates provided a second chance to complete these requirements and graduate with the subsequent Cohort-12.

List of Associates who did not qualify Cohort-11: • Hamidullah Jamali • Iftkhar Malik • Mirza Habib ali • Mohammad Ahsan Rana • Mushtaq Khakwani • Mustafa Talpur • Shazia Tehmas

LEAD Associate Project Summaries (LAPs-Cohort 11)

• Institutional Capacity and Analysis of capacity building needs of CSOs in Haripur District by Sahibzada Irfanullah

• Environmental Compliance Issues for Foundry Cluster Lahore by Mukesh Kumar

• Guidebook on Wetland Conservation and Restoration in Rural China by Qin Liyi

Other topics explored by LAP were Child Labour in forestry, Effects of Drought on Livelihoods of Rural Population and Future Options for Water Resource Management, Millennium Development Goals, State of Governance in Non-Profit sector in Pakistan etc. However, since these were not completed by the Associates they could not included in the LAP-Cohort 11.

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Cohort-12

LEAD Pakistan after a lengthy, competitive and rigorous process of screening and evaluation completed the selection of Associates for Cohort-12 in January 2007. Due care was taken to carry out selection on equitable merit basis. Thirteen Associates were finally selected for the programme. The composition of this Cohort like previous ones, is a mix of mid-career professionals reflecting sectoral diversity from Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Corporate/Business, Academia and Government. All these professionals represent geographical distribution of the four provinces and the Federal Capital. The interview panel for the selection of Associates for Cohort-12 constituted of seven distinguished members including four LEAD Fellows:

• Usman Qazi (cohort 8), • Azhar Quareshi (cohort 5), • Mehmood Nasir (cohort 5), • Amjad Zafar Khan (cohort 10).

In order to reach out to a wider group of professionals and to maintain sectoral diversity with in the selected group, it was decided to have Open houses in different regions of the country. LEAD Pakistan organized Open Houses in major cities namely Quetta, Hyderabad, Lahore and Sukkur in 2006. The broad aim of holding these meetings was to identify, encourage and facilitate the prospective candidates for C-12, and to share the experiences of Fellows and Associates of LEAD training with them. Detailed profiles of Cohort 12 Associates are available on our website: www.lead.org.pk The training schedule of Cohort 12 is provided in the Annexure at the end. 4. LEAD Pakistan’s activities in Partnership with others

a. Democratized Education Management & Ownership (DEMO) (September 04 – April 07)

Democratized Education Management & Ownership (DEMO) project is a consequence of the disconnect that exists in Pakistan between the local communities and the functioning of their local schools. DEMO was designed as a community based project to strengthen School Management Committees (SMC) and involve communities in the running of their schools, DEMO sensitizes the community to the importance of their involvement in their children’s education. This is done by undertaking several capacity building initiatives at the community level and on the whole involving the community into the affairs of their schools through strengthened and better functioning School Management Committees.

DEMO is being implemented by LEAD Pakistan in two Districts of the Province of Sindh, Khairpur and Sukkur with the support of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Education Sector Reforms Assistance (ESRA) Program and also in support of the Government of Pakistan's Education Sector Reform (ESR) plan.

The project was initiated in September 2004 and until December 2006 had been successful in engaging approximately 3,100 government primary schools in the project area through 432,875 village assemblies. Through capacity building of

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local civic institution the School Management Committee 2,849 school improvement plans had been developed through community engagement. Around 24,000 people have been trained in monitoring, record keeping, and grant management. As such through these trainings the communities were able to undertake improvement worth Rs. 201 million in 2,000 schools and a second phase was also undertaken in 1,306 schools.

b. Promoting Data Quality and Use: Sukkur District (March – November 06)

The project Promoting Data Quality and Use: Sukkur District also referred to as District Education Management Information System (DEMIS) is to field test an integrative approach towards educational attainment in district Sukkur. The project stemmed from the belief that the community is the custodian of not just the physical assets but also the statistics required to making decisions for improvement of education. The willingness of the District Government of Sukkur to realize this vision by taking to the communities their Education Management Information System (EMIS) prompted USAID-ESRA to support this initiative. LEAD Pakistan facilitated this venture by providing technical and training support.

In this project the information collated by the District Education Management Information was shared with the communities in particular the School Management Committees (SMCs) and teachers in the form of utility based reports. The trainings capacitated the communities to understand and analyze reports and assist them in comparing performances and thereby enable them to take informed management and policy decisions. In addition to training community members the UC level representative and education department are also trained to manage and update the database.

Under this initiative LEAD facilitated 54 workshops at school level in which 1500 community members were trained, while 8 Union Council level workshops were organized that trained around 200 people from the local government.

c. Assessing and Developing Capacity to Improve Participatory Environmental Management in Selected Districts of Pakistan (August 06- July 07)

The project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) attempts to develop a recognition amongst the decision makers that the vulnerable and poor are the key stakeholders in development planning and implementation. The project initiated the process of responsive governance in the target districts of Kasur and Abbotabad to inculcate the interest of the poor as a core concern in decisions relating to changing land-use, clearing forests for infrastructure development, developing industries or any other activity that directly affects the local ecosystems.

The project was initiated in August 2006 and by December field teams had been hired, the focal offices had been established and the situational analysis through interactive stakeholder dialogues was underway in both the districts.

d. Enhancing Public Private Partnerships (E3P) - (May 2005-March 2007)

LEAD Pakistan in collaboration with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), initiated an 18 month pilot project in Sindh by the name of Pilot Testing of a Public-Private Partnership to Develop Capacity for Small Scale Agri-Business and Processing Enterprises also known as E3P (Enhancing Public-

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Private Partnership) in short. The project aims to improve the livelihood opportunities of small farmers by developing their capacity in small scale agri-business and processing enterprises, with particular focus on livestock, dairy and aquaculture. This project was later granted an extension of 6 months owing to the scale and scope of work.

The project area comprises of nine villages of District Thatta, encompassing 341 households and engaging 2,595 people. Out of the total population, 1,190 are females which are approximately 45% of the total. The villagers have been mobilised towards a self-help development approach, using the process of Village Assemblies† (VAs) and the Farmer Field Trainings‡ (FFTs). LEAD is a pioneer of the VA approach in Pakistan and in this project the VA has primarily been used to disseminate knowledge, hold consultations on Training Need Assessment, in the identification of Master Trainers§, and as a platform for the sharing of results of the FFT classes. The project has held 109 VAs to date.

To ensure that the FFT classes meet high quality training standards and are facilitating rather than instructional, LEAD has developed its own FFT training modules. The 6 FFT modules developed and being implemented are enterprise specific and centre on: milk production, calf and goat rearing, rice and tomato cultivation, and health and household development. Till now the project has successfully completed one full cycle of the FFT on rice cultivation. As a result of the trainings the yield of the rice demonstration plot, since the preceding year increased by 119%, while the yield of the plot compared to the control plot increased by 36%. FFT classes on the remaining modules are currently underway. It is worth mentioning here that two of the modules namely: health and household development and goat rearing have been designed exclusively for the female members, who initiated the need. Till date the project has conducted a total of 122 FFT sessions.

e. Establishment of a Forum or Similar Mechanism for Forest Policy Analysis, Formulation and Monitoring its Implementation (December 2005 – November 2006) With a view to enhancing stakeholder participation in forest policy and creating greater ownership, the National Forest Programme (NFP) Facility of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) was launched in Pakistan in 2004, jointly with the Ministry of Environment of the Government of Pakistan. To achieve the goals of enhancing participation, LEAD Pakistan being partner in the National Forest Programme Facility is implementing a project titled “Establishment of a Forum or Similar Mechanism for Forest Policy Analysis, Formulation and Monitoring its Implementation”. The overall goal of this project is to ensure ownership for the policies in forestry sector among the civil society through participation of stakeholders in review, formulation and implementation of the policies. This will be achieved through

† The VA is primarily a consensus building approach used for males and females independently, to collectively identify and trim expectations, and to resolve issues concerning the development and social needs of the people living in the village. ‡ The FFT is a learning and capacity building program whereby on-ground techniques for managing a specific production system in practice are imparted. Through the sessions the farmers are guided to identify the particular enterprise in which they would like to carry out future interventions through the trainings. § In each village 2 male and 2 female Master Trainer (MT) are identified to act as champions of the project and help in the mobilization of the rest of the community. These MTs are nominated by the villagers themselves in the VA.

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strengthening of existing and where needed, establishing new fora at various administrative levels involving stakeholders in forest policy analysis, implementation and monitoring. Under the project, three activities were agreed upon and have been successfully completed. The first being a gap/situational analysis report (based on thorough analysis of available data, meetings with stakeholders and field visits to various parts of the country). The second activity being a report on the terms of reference for model fora at different administrative levels (as an outcome of 11 consultative workshops conducted in various **parts of the country). The last activity was a proposal for testing a model forum at provincial or district level on a specific issue. It is envisioned that through the project greater understanding and ownership of forest policies will inculcate amongst the stakeholders.

f. Environmental and Social Trainings (Phase-II) - National Highway Authority (Jan 2006 – ongoing) NHA with the assistance of the World Bank implemented a National Highway Rehabilitation Project. NHA commissioned an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for the Project. The EMP of the EIA study called for environmental trainings to be imparted to NHA staff, its consultants and contractors. For this purpose, NHA engaged LEAD Pakistan’s services to impart trainings on Environmental & Social Aspects of Highways Development Projects. The project is running in its second Phase, three trainings were delivered in year 2006: Karachi (16-20 January), Islamabad (6-10 March) and Multan (30-3

February). The trainings were accompanied with area specific case studies developed by LEAD Pakistan, highlighting environmental & social issues prevalent in NHA’s own projects. The overarching objective of the training program was to sensitize the participants on the environmental and social issues and their role in minimizing the environmental degradation and social hazards due to the implementation of the Project. The training caters for senior level professionals, such as Project Managers and Regional Heads involved in highway construction, while the training curricula is designed to achieve maximum learning through participatory approaches such as field visits, case studies, and group work/discussions. Hence the project eventually strives to create a cadre of professionals; engineers, consultants, and contractors, well versed in development issues pertaining to friendly road construction. 2-day Workshop on Avian Influenza Commodities Training (December 2006) In the backdrop of lethal Bird Flu epidemic that led to colossal damage of human lives, birds and eventually disrupting international trade in year 2006, USAID

** 1. Federal Level: Islamabad 2. Provincial Level District Level Punjab – Lahore Punjab - Pindi Sindh – Karachi Sindh - Thatta N.W.F.P. – Peshawar N.W.F.P - Mansehra

Baluchistan – Quetta Baluchistan - Ziarat Northern Areas – Gilgit AJK - Muzzafarabad

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(United States Agency for International Development) planned to step forward and take preventive measures: train professionals, raise awareness and share experiences of handling the deadly flu. The purpose of Avian Flu initiative was to encourage public awareness campaigns and provide essential equipment, supplies, and technical assistance to support governments in effectively containing Avian Influenza outbreaks. USAID provided the assistance in three areas: 1) public awareness campaigns, 2) equipment supplies, 3) monitoring and containment of suspicious cases. In response to the dire need of curtailing human transmission of AI strain, USAID, for the implementation of the said campaign approached DAI (Development Alternative Inc.) a US-based non-profit organization, providing cutting edge development and economic solutions to civil society, corporate, and the public sector, for past 36 years. LEAD Pakistan attaches a lot of importance to the public health. The Avian Influenza prevention and awareness campaign provided the organization with an opportunity to shoulder the responsibility of the much-neglected field of public health. LEAD provided high-quality logistic support for the 2-day Avian Influenza Commodities Training Workshop. Workshop: A two-day participatory workshop was held in December 2006, at LEAD House in collaboration with USAID and DAI. The issues discussed inter-alia were risks of exposure to infected birds, careful use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and safe use of decontamination kits in contagious areas. Another important aspect of the session was the appropriate sample gathering practices and their shipment to laboratories, anywhere in the world globe. The established norms and practices in our region were brought under light. The culling process adopted in NWFP, Sindh, Punjab, and the Federal Territory was discussed. Similarly, problems faced during the outbreak of the pandemic were shared and likely future strategies discussed.

The training provided a chance for the doctors in Pakistan to benefit and share the experiences of Dr. Corrie C. Brown, the trainer, from the University of Georgia. She narrated her experience of working in Afghanistan and Indonesia, and told how inadvertently, an invisible and lethal reservoir of the AI virus is being reared. She highlighted a queer practice in Indonesia, where people would put the carcasses of dead birds in nets, hanging over water. Frequent visiting of flies results in production of maggots, which fall down into the water, serving as food for cat-fish. It was also visited by ducks, which increased the chances of fostering and dispersing the AI virus. This indirect way of inviting a problem served as an eye opener for many, and instigated them to see if any other such practices might be prevailing in their area. Similarly, in case of major outbreaks, live poultry serves as a major threat for spreading the infectious agents, hence the process of depopulation of birds remained an issue. The demand for humane methods (inflicting minimal pain to poultry), was vocalized. Methodology of depopulation adopted in Pakistan, were discussed, and Dr. Brown, after quoting example of Indonesia, suggested popular methods of depopulation – cervical dislocation, use of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and the foaming method. Towards the end of the session, the participants resolved to spread awareness campaigns, in their respective areas. To facilitate the effective working awareness

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programme, USAID had already shipped-in 4500 kits, to be distributed throughout.

5. LEADnet/Information Technology Activities: • Support to LEAD Associate Training: The LEADnet hosted information about

Cohort 12 and designed a database for this purpose. http://www.lead.org.pk/c12.htm provides detailed information about the activities related to Cohort 12.

• Distance learning course and discussion boards:

http://www.lead.org.pk/ppw In year 2006, Distance Learning Courses were advertised by LEAD Pakistan on its official website. The system enabled the users to get registered online to the course. The candidates could also participate in the Interactive chat fora on the website and share their valuable idea. Distance Learning Programme on Project Proposal Writing-3 offered under the Management Development Programme was advertised in 2006 and conducted in early 2007. Implementation of online LDP application forms: Till year 2006, all applications forms were received and fed in the database, manually. The process was cumbersome and prone to errors considering the large number of entrants. However, with the implementation of online LDP application system, the registration forms are already linked with the databank. All the information is automatically fed in it making the process easier, expedient and error-free.

• Implementation of New Filing system for data management:

LEAD Pakistan implemented Electronic Data Management System (EDMS) for greater efficiency and better information management. This system enables documents to organize, identify and retrieve files quickly and accurately from their specified standard locations.

• Developed Organizational Outlook shared Calendar

Use of Staff Calendar in Outlook 2003, enables the user to confirm free/busy status of team members or another group of people. Group schedules can be used to help identify when team members are available for tasks, meetings, or other events.

Shared Official Calendar helps keep track of everything going on at work: keeping up with schedules and integrating work events. It provides the power to enhance communications and keep all informed at work.

• Implementation and Upgrading of IT Infrastructure: Planned and

implemented up-gradation of old Windows 2000 environment to Latest Microsoft -Windows 2003 Servers and Microsoft-Exchange 2003 email system on Dell Xeon Based servers which improved the reliability of infrastructure. Implemented Internet Security & Acceleration (ISA) enterprise Edition as a Proxy and firewall Server for client access and security purposes. This ISA server contains more Security features and logging system for user activities. Upgraded to DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) for faster and secured internet connectivity and data movement over internet line. Implemented FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server for moving files between LEAD Pakistan project offices and Head Office (the FTP server now requires a LIVE-IP so it can be published on web for its availability on the internet. Implemented Latest version of Internet Information Server (IIS) for secure website hosting. This new version provides

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more security features for web hosting. Upgraded and implemented separate server for Routing and Remote Access (RAS) on windows 2003 for providing access to internet for office users.

• Developed the ICT-Help Desk Strategy and Logging history system to establish a complete workflow for providing efficient and timely helpdesk support to end users of organization’s IT Networks.

• Implemented the Information Technology Manual/Polices and Quality Management system (ISO 9001:2000) for LEAD Pakistan. This policy document is an introduction to the issues of legitimate use, information security, and privacy that arise from the use of computers, software, and electronic information. The total focus of this manual is to improve LEAD Pakistan’s efficiencies in order to respond promptly to our users needs.

• Implemented Wireless Networking, and Software Licensing

Wireless network was installed at LEAD Pakistan in year 2006, enabling use of laptop computer anywhere in the office. There's no need to roll out a network cable to each room; network can be accessed from anywhere in the office– wire free! Through this we can use Internet-sharing, data transmission, emailing, while protecting all wireless transmissions with 128-bit encryption. The new Speed-Booster technology increases wireless network performance by up to 35 percent plus a Wi-Fi Protected Access. LEAD Pakistan is moving to legalize its software usage. We are already using licensed software Peachtree for Accounting. Similarly, our network servers are also licensed.

6. Involvement of Fellows Achievements:

Mukesh Kumar (C-11) Mr. Mukesh Kumar was selected for a highly prestigious training program ‘International Visitor Leadership Program’ in USA.

Mr. Hammad Naqi Khan (C-7) from WWF has been a part of the report on the deteriorating water quality in the country ‘Pakistan waters at Risk’, with reference to which an 'Appeal' was also printed on the front page of the leading national dailies. Mr. Hammad has been instrumental in keeping the issue alive by writing to different organizations.

LEAD Pakistan has developed an extensive database of all its Fellows and

Associates. These Fellows and Associates are kept in loop by regular information sharing through emails etc. All Cohort Meeting (ACM), LEAD Club meetings and our News Letter ‘Making the Difference’ (MTD) are the activities specifically carried out in order to keep our network intact.

In year 2006, two exposure visits were undertaken by LEAD Pakistan in its project areas of Sukkar and Khairpur. These visits involved the ††Fellows and Associates through different activities like sharing of technical expertise and

†† Sajjad Haider; Muhammad Javaid Cheema; Basit Khan; Mahmood Nasir; Aftab Rana; Waqas-ul-Hassan

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advisory role. Around six of LEAD Pakistan’s Fellows and Associates participated in each trip. The field trips also gave them to familiarize themselves and learn more about LEAD Pakistan’s portfolio, its services and activities.

7. Raising LEAD Pakistan’s Visibility

Over time, many nonprofit organizations have started realizing that communication is a vital tool for their social change work. In other words, communications and visibility tools are critical to achieving organization’s mission. Today nonprofit organizations need to communicate effectively if they are to increase public awareness, secure public and private funding, and ensure the delivery of their important services. An understanding of communication principles and application of communication practices can support an organization to achieve these goals.

2006 was a significant year for LEAD Pakistan as it saw the launch and print of some important brochures like Distance Learning Course – Project Proposal Writing and Leadership Development Programme, resumption of newsletter series and up-gradation of its website. During the year, LEAD Pakistan worked towards better visibility of its portfolio and raising its public awareness.

In this regard, the first step was to revamp and restructure LEAD Pakistan’s official website and make it more interactive and user-friendly.

Suhai Suhai – a quarterly newsletter featuring education activities in the districts of Sukkur and Khairpur was published after a short pause during this year. The wide circulation of the newsletter has been significant in promoting awareness about education, and at the same time, in sharing the progress of DEMO project. Two issues of SUHAI (3 & 4) were published during the year. SUHAI 3 focused on the Democratized Education Management Ownership (DEMO) activities and events, School Improvement Grant (SIG), disbursement plans, training updates, and more. It also carried an interview of Taluka Coordinator, Mr. Mir Muhammad Baloch. SUHAI 4 was more thematic and focused on Social Mobilization. It explains how communities were mobilized and village assemblies were convened. Activity Update about DEMO was published in this edition. An interview of a Senior Social Mobilizer, and her experiences were also highlighted. Video Documentary: LEAD Pakistan initiated two video documentaries in year 2006. The first documentary focusing on primary education in Sindh and the initiatives undertaken was completed, while the second documentary focusing on LEAD Pakistan portfolio will be released this year.

E-Newsletter - MTD LEAD Pakistan has a unique family of Fellows and Associates spread all around. To provide a platform for sharing of information and experiences with each other and that for the benefit of others, LEAD Pakistan publishes an electronic newsletter – Making the Difference. This newsletter carries contributions and suggestions of the professionals, working for sustainable development. This newsletter would be published in the year 2007.

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Publications: The ultimate aim of all research activities undertaken by LEAD Pakistan is to consolidate knowledge that makes an impact on the daily lives of the people at large. LEAD Pakistan promotes and sponsors production, dissemination and application of research work leading to policy formulation that facilitates data driven decision making to improve the lives of the poor people in Pakistan. Research in the form of case studies, occasional papers, and updates is carried out on regular basis in the fields of education, governance, environment, health, Social Responsibility, poverty alleviation, and other issues related to sustainable development.

LEAD Pakistan commissioned a number of research papers during 2006. i. Informal Justice Sector in Pakistan

This Occasional Paper focuses on the informal justice sector prevalent in Pakistan. The writer evaluates the existing norms and traditions common in the informal justice sector. The Paper attempts to give a balanced assessment of the functioning of the informal justice sector in Pakistan – not only the headline-grabbing negative aspects but also the less newsworthy positive work done by jirgas and other such bodies. ii. CCB Initiatives in Pakistan: Review and Possible Synergies This occasional paper reviews major projects on Citizen Community Boards - participatory local community institutions established under Local Government Ordinance 2001. The paper outlines a framework to assess various dimensions of projects and suggest possible areas of synergies. iii. Village Assembly: Organ for Community Involvement in Education

This case study, through interviews with the project team, attempts to investigate a number of innovations and interventions practiced by LEAD Pakistan under its DEMO project in Sindh. The report aims to introduce three main aspects of the DEMO experience, namely: The approach to community participation that DEMO evolved, the community initiatives that DEMO introduced, and the associated targets and achievements. It also covers the overall approach and step-by-step process followed by DEMO in organizing the project, mobilizing communities and helping them with school improvement and CCB registration.

iv. Social Capital Formation In DEMO (Democratized Education Management and Ownership) By

The paper reviews and analyses project database consisting of over three thousand schools in Sukkur and Khairpur where LEAD Pakistan is involved with the School Management Committees (SMCs) and villagers to mobilize people in helping themselves. Moreover, the research also conducted field interviews, focus group discussions with SMCs and community members and also participated in various activities of the project.

v. Education Sector Reform In Pakistan

This occasional paper reviews, under broader development goals like EFA, Millennium Development Goals, the education reforms introduced by the present government, the issues being faced in the implementation, the role of stakeholders and the progress or lack of it in improving education sector

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performance. The paper proves useful for those new to the education sector in Pakistan, as well as for those working on education issues for years.

vi. How Has Demo Contributed To The Participation And

Empowerment Of Women

Women in Pakistan and particularly in Sindh live under various cultural restrictions and taboos that inhibit their mobility and participation in various social and economic activities. Their movement, education, marriages and family life is controlled by the males of their family. This research attempted to explore women participation in education related activities in Democratized Education Management and Ownership-DEMO project implemented by LEAD Pakistan. The study also focuses on issues regarding female participation in community activities. It explores the problems faced by the Social Mobilizers in mobilizing females for school improvement.

vii. Analysis of Sindhi Print Media

This research report focuses on the analysis of selected Sindhi newspaper to gauge change in demand for education in response to educational intervention at grass root level in Sindh. The study involves content analysis of three Sindhi papers (Kawish, Ibrat and Awami-Awaz) from September 2003 to September 2006. The objective of the report is to assess change in demand articulation by community and pattern of coverage of educational news particularly in districts covered by Education Sector Reforms Assistance Program (ESRA).

8. Statistics:

Fellows and Associates: LEAD Pakistan has a total of 126 Fellows and Associates out of which there are 99 Fellows and 27 Associates. This figure comprises of mid-career to senior management professionals hailing from wide-ranging sectors including academia, business and industry, civil society institutions, NGOs, donors and government etc. This group represents a diverse geographical distribution of all four provinces of the country, the Federal Capital and a number of foreign countries like UK, USA, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia etc. Among the Fellows there are 20 females and 79 males while among the Associates there are 4 females and 23 males. All of them are successful professionals and leaders in their own field possessing dynamic profiles. For detailed analysis kindly refer to annex-5 Trainings: LEAD Pakistan selected trainers on different projects during year 2006:

• For DEMIS (Democratized Education Management Information System) project in Sindh, 50 trainings were carried out and 2 trainers hired.

• For E3P (Enhancing Public-Private Partnership) project 82 trainings were carried out and 2 trainers hired.

• For DEMO (Democratized Education Management Ownership) 569 trainings offered and 17 trainers hired.

• LDP had 5 trainings and 51 trainers. • Development Alternative Incorporation (DAI) had one training and 2

trainers. For details, refer to annex-6.

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Annex-1 List of MOUs signed different Organization in year 2006

Date of Signing

Partner in Memorandum of understanding

Scope of Work

Oct-2-2006 Sweetwater International Development Initiative (SIDI) and LEAD Pakistan (LP)

Assist LP in identifying areas where developmental programmes can be effectively used, improving agri-production

July-21-2006 ADB's Poverty & Environment Programme and LEAD Pakistan

Assessing and developing capacity to improve Participatory Environmental management in certain districts of Pakistan

July-17-2006 Capital Development Authority (CDA) and LEAD Pakistan

Developing & implementing capacity building opportunities for the staff of CDA and related departments.

April-18-2006 District Government Sukkur and LEAD Pakistan

To work jointly towards the social uplift and poverty alleviation of communities of Sukkar District through participatory development initiatives.

March-25-2006 DG Khairpur- LEAD Pakistan & Sindh Devolved Social Service Programme (SDSSP)

Strengthening of the School Management Committees in Khairpur district and identify areas in education and health for possible collaboration.

March-14-2006 Sindh Devolved Social Service Programme (SDSSP) and LEAD Pakistan

To provide a framework for collaboration in the areas of health, education and water supply and sanitation in Sindh.

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Annex – 2 List of employees in LEAD Pakistan in year 2006 S no. Department Employee Name Designation

1 CEO Secretariat Maryam Haider Administrative Assistant to the CEO

2 CEO Secretariat Sahibzadi Faiza Noor Assistant Coordinator-Research & Partnerships

3 CEO Secretariat Nageen Rehman YPO - 4 PDD Hina Lotia 5 PDD Shumaila Rifaqat Coordinator

6 PDD Ms. Aisha Assistant Coordinator 7 PDD 39Zain-Ul-Abedin YPO 8 PDD Imran Lodhi Coordinator – Knowledge & Info. Unit

9 PDD Danish Mughal Assistant Coordinator 10 PDD Zain ul Abidin YPO 11 PMD Amjad Zafar Khan General Manager 12 PMD Hammad Raza Manager - Projects 13 PMO Shahzad Ashraf Coordinator PMO 14 PMO Naseer Ahmed Memon Project Manager 15 PMO Gul Muhammad Mastoi Project Manager 16 PMD Sabrina Saeed Khan Assistant Coordinator 17 PMD Aisha Mansur Assistant Coordinator 18 PMO Hyder Sher YPO 19 Special Project Office Rehmat Karim Coordinator - Special Projects 20 Special Project Office Syed Arsalan Sabah Zaidi Coordinator - Special Project Section

21 CSD – M&E Muhammad Kamran Khan Durrani Manager Development Planning Unit

22 CSD - Training Sabina Ahmed Manager 23 CSD - Research Nadeem Ahmaed Coordinator 24 CSD – Research Majid Hassan 25 CSD - Communications Humayoun Awan Assistant Coordinator - Publications 26 CSD - Training Fauzia Shabbir YPO 27 CSD - Training Sobia Faisal YPO 28 CSD - Training Iram Ayub Trainee

29 OD – Administration/HR Sabrina Qizilbash Manager

HR Sobia Fatima YPO 30 Finance & Accounts Atif Haider Manager - Finance & Accounts 31 Internal Audit Muhammad Javed Assistant Coordinator

32 Finance Syed Zulfiqar Ahmad Assistant Coordinator - Finance & Reporting

33 Finance Asif Mahmood Finance 34 Finance Waseem Shaikh Assistant Finance 35 Administration Abubaker Waqar Coordinator - Admin & QMS 36 Administration Raja Rooken Zaman Assistant Coordinator 37 Administration Azfar Hassan Ansari 38 OD Imran Butt Coordinator ICT Section 39 OD Muhammad Yousaf Help-Desk Incharge 40 OD Manzar Incharge - Front Desk 41 Support Staff Ejaz Ali Head of Support Staff

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42 Support Staff Imtiaz Baig Tea boy 43 Support Staff Saqib Dispatcher 44 Support Staff Javaid Janitor 45 Support Staff Tariq Driver

LEGEND: PDD: Project Development Department PMD: Project Management Department PMO: Project Management Office CSD: Core Services Department OD: Operations Department

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Annex-3 Sponsors – 2006 Donor Organization Projects Sponsored

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR)

Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI) Avian Influenza Commodity

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Forum for Forest Policy (FFP)

International Fund for Agriculture and Development (IFAD) Enabling Public-Private Partnership (E3P)

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Democratized Education Management Ownership (DEMO); Democratized Education Management Information System (DEMIS)

World Bank (WB) NHA

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Annex-4 Graphical Representation of Number of Fellows & Associates

Distribution of Fellows and Associates by Sector

8% 3%

6%

7%

21%4%

35%

10%6%

Academia and Education Business and IndustryBusiness and Industry; Oil and Gas ConsultantDonor GovernmentMedia NGOOther

Distribution of Fellows and Associates By Region

15%

11%

19%10%

2%

1%

29%

1% 2% 4%

Sindh NWFP Punjab BalochistanBangladesh Canada Federal FranceMalaysia Northern Area Romania Saudi ArabiaTanzania UK USA WesternAl Qahirah Other

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Annex-5

Fellows and Associates Fellow Associate

Sector Male Female Male Female Total Academia and Education 7 3 0 0 10 Business and Industry 6 2 0 0 8 Business and Industry; Oil and Gas 4 0 0 0 4 Consultant 6 1 0 1 8 Donor 6 1 2 0 9 Government 14 1 10 1 26 Media 5 0 0 0 5 NGO 25 7 9 2 43 Other 6 5 2 0 13 Total 79 20 23 4 126

Fellow Associate Region Male Female Male Female Total

Sindh 15 2 1 1 19 NWFP 8 2 3 1 14 Punjab 15 4 4 1 24 Balochistan 6 3 3 1 13 Bangladesh 0 0 2 0 2 Canada 1 0 0 0 1 Federal 25 3 9 0 37 France 1 0 0 0 1 Malaysia 0 1 0 0 1 Northern Area 1 0 0 0 1 Romania 1 0 0 0 1 Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 0 1 Tanzania 1 0 0 0 1 UK 1 0 0 0 1 USA 0 2 0 0 2 Western 1 0 0 0 1 Al Qahirah 1 0 0 0 1 Other 1 3 1 0 5 Total 79 20 23 4 126

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Annex-6

Trainings in Year 2006 Trainings Trainees

Abbreviation Project Male Female Total Trainers

DEMIS District Education Management Information System 50 1352 151 1503 2

E3P Enhancing Public Private Partnerships 82 575 490 1065 2

DEMO Democratized Education Management and Ownership 569 7176 1178 8354 17

LDP Leadership Development Program 5 15 4 19 51

DAI Development Alternatives Inc. 1 8 0 8 2

Total 651 9126 1823 10949 74

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Annex- 7

LEAD PAKISTAN

Chief Executive Officer

Programme Development Department

Core Services Department

Executive Assistant

Project Management Department

Operations Department

Internal Auditor – Finance Manager - Human Resource Unit

Coordinator – HR Section

Assistant Coordinator – HR Section

YPO – Human Resource Unit

YPO – Internal Audit (Finance)

CHIEF EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT

Internal Auditor - QMS

YPO – Internal Audit (QMS)

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Annex - 8

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Annex -9

Training Schedule – Cohort 12 (February – November 2007)

Training Session Themes Date Venue Orientation Training Session (OTS)

Multilateral Environmental Agreements

6 – 10 February 2007 Islamabad

First Distance Learning Training (1 DLT)

Writing Project Proposal

19 Feb – 30 March 2007

Online Course

First National Training Session (1 NTS)

Alternative Energy and Business Opportunity

9 – 13 April 2007 Islamabad

Second National Training Session (2 NTS)

Small Enterprise and Micro Finance

28 May – 1 June 2007 Islamabad

Regional Training Session (RTS) Natural Resource

Management

27 – 31 August 2007 AIT-Bangkok

Second Distance Learning Training (2 DLT) Conflict Resolution

8 – 29 October 2007 Online Course

International Training Session (ITS)

Climate & Energy November 2007 (6 days)

Bali, Indonesia

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