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RESEARCH:
Expanding Knowledge
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Corporate giving has increased to PKR 16.45bn
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PCP
has completed its 16th report on "Corporate Philanthropy in
Pakistan: A Potential Resource for Social Development". The report
reveals that the corporate sector in Pakistan including the Public
Listed Companies, Public Unlisted Companies, and Private Limited
Companies have contribution PKR 12.77 billion in the year 2018 which
has increased to PKR 16.45 billion for 2019. These findings uphold
the fact that Pakistan's business sector continues to be a
great potential resource to support various social causes in
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How Pakistani youth is contribution towards SDGs?
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The
recently completed report on "Youth Philanthropy in Pakistan:
Contribution Towards SDGs" features case studies of youth
philanthropic initiatives in Pakistan such as Rizq, Sehat Kahani,
WonderTree, Goats for Water (UpTrade) and TechJuice amongst many
others. Such philanthropic initiatives, in some direct or indirect
way contribute towards the attainment of the SDGs, with a special
focus on mitigating hunger and poverty, providing health services to
the poor, improving environmental conditions, etc. The youth
philanthropic initiatives chosen to be highlighted as case studies
have been included on basis of their innovation, sustainability and
impact. To access the complete report, visit:
https://bit.ly/3poa45H |
Occasional Paper Series
This year PCP- Research Unit has taken the
initiative to introduce the Occasional Paper series covering various
research topics related to philanthropy in Pakistan. These research
papers are available publicly and accessible online on PCP website.
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first completed paper is on "Monetary Giving Patterns
of Pakistani Diaspora in the UK" which examines the
effect of socio-economic and demographic characteristics
of Pakistani Diaspora in the UK on monetary giving
patterns. The study presents a bivariate and
multivariate analysis of the important determinants of
diaspora monetary giving to charitable causes both in
Pakistan and in the UK. To access the complete paper,
visit:
https://bit.ly/30AwHK1 |
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Second
Occasional Paper on "Socio-economic and
Demographic Factors Affecting Individual Monetary Giving
in Pakistan", examines the relationship
between selected socio economic and demographic factors
and household monetary giving across three provinces of
Pakistan, -Punjab, Balochistan, & KP using data from PCP
conducted sampled survey of about 10,000 households.
To access
the complete occasional paper, visit:
https://bit.ly/3rQ8Faa |
PCP's Articles in the Newspapers
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Philanthropy
is indeed a powerful tool for boosting social progress,
provided the donors focus to direct it towards social
causes. A newspaper article entitled "Call for a
new normal: Catalytic Philanthropy" was published with the
main thought to highlight that for a global pandemic and
need for global solutions. John Gardner's words, Wealth
is not new. Neither is charity, best explain the vision
of PCP aimed at using private wealth imaginatively,
constructively, and systematically to attack the
fundamental problem of mankind. Full article can be
accessed at:
https://bit.ly/2Kxbv3k |
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As the need of innovative solution to combat the
severity of the Corona pandemic is crucial, PCP's
newspaper article entitled "Empowering the
Non-profit Sector", attempts to highlight the
possible ways for government and NPO sector to
collectively strive to bring out society from economic
hardships caused by Covid-19. Full Article is
accessible:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1610032 |
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PCP Talks
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Webinar Series
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PCP started its
webinar series in the beginning of this year and held three
webinars in collaboration with different partners. In
January, 2021, PCP and Sustainable Development Policy
Institute (SDPI) hosted an online panel discussion on the
"State of Civil Society in Pakistan". The panel discussed
various challenges CSOs are facing presently and the ways to
resolve them. The speakers included Dr. Attiya Inayatullah,
Begum Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Ms. Shazia Amjad, Ms. Ayesha Khan,
Mr. Javed Ahmed Malik, Dr. Roomi S. Hayat, Dr. Shafqat Munir,
and Ms. Syeda Adeela Bokhari. Recording of the webinar can
be watched at:
https://bit.ly/2QVacOl |
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In February, 2021,
PCP in collaboration with Pakistan Institute of Development
Economics (PIDE) conducted another webinar on the "Enabling
Environment for NPOs in Pakistan", with special focus on the
challenges NPOs face in Financial and Regulatory Mechanisms.
A group of well reputed panelists from both government and
non-government sector participated in the discussion and
shared their thoughts on pertinent issues of the NPOs in
Pakistan. The panel included Dr. Nadeem ul Haq, Ms. Shazia
Amjad, Ms. Syeda Adeela Bokhari, Mr. Mohammad Naeem Khan,
Mr. Hammad Naqi Khan, and Ms. Sabira Qureshi who discussed
the challenges in creating an enabling environment for NPOs
in Pakistan and the measures to be taken to redress the
prevailing conditions. Recording of the webinar can be
watched at:
https://bit.ly/2PNVuIG |
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The third webinar on "Role of PCP in Creating an
Enabling Environment for NPOs in Pakistan"
was held in March 2021 in collaboration with Shirkat Gah,
Lahore. The speakers included Ms. Shazia Amjad, Ms. Khawar
Mumtaz, Mr. Irfan Mufti, Ms. Rashida Dohad, Mr. Arshid
Mehmood Mirza, Ms. Saima Batool, and Ms. Farida Shaheed. The
discussion was quite revealing in terms of highlighting how
PCP could facilitate resolving NPOs operational and
regulatory mechanisms. Recording of the webinar can be
watched at:
https://bit.ly/3utUc4H |
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Philanthropy
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PCP has initiated to
introduce a course on Philanthropy in the Fall term, 2021 at
SZABIST Islamabad Campus to create awareness about the
underlying dynamics of philanthropy among young students.
This is the first-ever initiative by PCP which will be
replicated later in other universities, too |
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During January to March this
year, PCP which is authorised by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR)
to certify non-profits in Pakistan, has approved certification of 66
non-profit organisations whereas 31 applications were deferred/
rejected for failing to fulfil the rudimentary requirements.
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Certification panels held during
Jan-Mar 2021 |
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Sr #. |
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No. of cases
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No. of cases
approved |
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26th January |
23 |
14 |
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23rd February |
25 |
17 |
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10th March |
25 |
20 |
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24th March |
24 |
15 |
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97 |
66 |
PCP's NPO Certification is entirely a
voluntary process involving an objective evaluation against
predetermined standards in areas of governance systems, regulatory
and policy frameworks, taxation, financial management and
transparent program delivery. The whole process of certification
does not compromise on quality of evaluation due to which NACTA also
places PCP certified organisations in the category of safe
charities.
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Donors & Grants' Management
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PepsiCo Foundation's grant of US$ 678,763 in October 2019 to support Amal Academy's career-prep fellowship program has been successfully
concluded. Under this, Amal Academy ran three semesters of Fellows
hailing from 120+ different universities. The next grant of US$
600,000 has been facilitated in January 2021 for 49 new Career-Prep
Fellowships benefiting 2100+ graduates across Pakistan. |
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Grants of US$150,000 for the Covid19 relief projects of 2 of PCP
Certified NPOs under PepsiCo Foundation's "Millions of Meals"
campaign. With this amount (i) AGAHE distributed one-month ration
packages to 4318 households in 17 districts of Punjab; and (ii)
Mehnaz Fatima Foundation distributed one-month ration packages to
1000 households in 5 districts of GB. |
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Grant of US$ 50,000 from S&P Global Foundation to Shaukat Khanum
Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (SKMCH&RC. This is to
support SKMCH&RC in arranging PPEs for their frontline health
workers who're bearing the brunt of the Covid19 pandemic. |
Partnerships Development
| With the support of European Union in Pakistan,
PCP being consortium partner of Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) UK and Aga
Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) aims to build CSOs' capacity to mobilise and engage youth, and improve access to economic
opportunities for marginalized groups. More details:
https://tinyurl.com/24s8rrpt
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In March this year, PCP
went into discussion with American Pakistan Foundation (APF),
which was founded in 2009 by Pakistani American community
members who wanted to create a platform for giving back to
Pakistan and to the United States. PCP went into partnership
with APF under which PCP is to host couple of U.S. based
students/ professionals as a fellow for ten weeks (June 2021
onwards) who will seek experience in working in
philanthropic sector of Pakistan. Here is the quick link to
the program page:
https://www.americanpakistan.org/apf-virtual-fellows.
Also, PCP and APF are planning a joint webinar on PCP, how
it operates, as well to hold a discussion on how to engage
the diaspora. |
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On
World NGO Day i.e., February 27th, PCP participated in
Orange Tree Foundation (OTF)'s roundtable for a
virtual session with Pakistan's thought leaders in the
non-profit sector. Executive Director PCP talked about the (i)
regulatory environment for NPOs in Pakistan; (ii) how to
encourage small, medium & large philanthropic organizations
to register/ work for greater impact; and (iii) importance
of partnerships and collaborations. Recording of the session
can be watched at:
https://bit.ly/3cOQNaz |
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Early this year, PCP went for a joint
webinar with HRD Network (HRDN) digging into how PCP's NPO
Certification program works and what are the benefits
featuring Executive Director PCP and CEO HRDN. Recording of
the webinar can be watched at:
https://bit.ly/3dtZ4zI |
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