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July to Sept 2021 |
SECTOR
RESEARCH
Knowledge development to support your work in the
charitable sector |
Launch of a course on
"introduction to philanthropy"
in two universities |
PCP has taken
the initiative of introducing an academic course on
Philanthropy in collaboration with two leading Universities
of Pakistan: SZABIST Islamabad and Fatimah Jinnah Women
University (FJWU) Rawalpindi. Both universities have offered
a 3-credit hour's course; open for undergraduate students in
the Fall Semester scheduled to start in October 2021. The
objective of the course is to enhance the knowledge and
involvement of youth in philanthropic activities and prepare
them to become skilled development practitioners in future.
The course will be taught jointly by PCP's experienced
research staff and faculty members of the Universities.
A MoU has
also been agreed upon between PCP and FJWU. Ms. Shazia Amjad,
Executive Director PCP, and Dr. Saima Hamid, Vice Chancellor
FJWU, signed the MoU in a ceremony held at FJWU. |
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PCP's blog-post for
WINGS |
In her latest
blog post for WINGS Executive Director PCP explains how
charitable giving by individuals residing outside Pakistan
can be used as a private social investment tool for bringing
economic and social transformation in the country.
The Blog
can be accessed at:
https://bit.ly/3Ac3pAO |
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PCP's article in the
newspaper A
newspaper article entitled "Economic Dimensions of
Philanthropy" was published with the main thought to
highlight why would someone who works hard for his or her
money simply turn around and give to others without
expecting any return?
The Full article can be accessed
at:
https://bit.ly/2ZLjlxo |
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Consultative session with
corporate entities |
PCP prepares Corporate
Philanthropy Survey (CPS) report annually to document the
philanthropic donations of the business sector for various
social causes in Pakistan. Each year, PCP also presents
awards to the three top giving companies as per volume of
donations and as percentage of PBT to acknowledge their
interest and contributions to support social sector
development in Pakistan.
This year, PCP aims to incorporate new information and
analysis in the report to enhance its utility and relevance
to the corporate sector. For this purpose, a consultative
session was held on 11 August 2021 to seek consultation and
input on areas that are of interest to the companies. The
representatives of five leading companies, I.e., Engro
Foundation, Dawood Herculus Corporation, HBL Foundation,
Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited, and Pakistan
Petroleum Limited (PPL) participated in the session. Many
innovative ideas emerged from the discussion for improving
the content and quality of the report. Major suggestions
were to present the contributions of business companies
beyond numbers and look into the motivations behind giving
and highlighting specific case studies as best practices
model. Both parties agreed to conduct such sessions more
regularly to share views and learn from each other for more
productive outcome. |
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Pakistan Giving Index (PGI)
2021 |
PCP Certified NPOs at a
Glance |
PCP Internship Program |
Pakistan
Giving Index (PGI) is the first-ever study initiated
by PCP to shed light on the giving behavior of
Pakistanis. Deriving from the methodology of the
World Giving Index by Charities Aid Foundation, the
study is based on a perception survey of about 2000
respondents across Pakistan to give their opinion
and views on giving practices.
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findings inform that overall Pakistanis demonstrate
a generous giving behavior as more than 80% of the
survey participants reported giving charity in some
form and helping the poor in need during the past 1
year. The report will be published in November 2021. |
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PCP's
Certification Program covers various steps of NPOs
evaluation starting from the submission of
application to the approval for certification. The
whole process captures information on their year of
registration, governing legislation, thematic areas
of work, accounting reporting system, and
geographical location.
To
highlight salient features of the certified NPOs, a
brief report on the process of certification and the
certified NPOs has been prepared to present at a
glance picture of the sector. The paper can be
accessed at
https://bit.ly/3A8u7KE |
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PCP
Research Unit's work plan includes involvement and
capacity building of youth in philanthropic and
community development activities. In this context, a
three month internship program was offered to
students to join PCP to improve their skills and
professional learning.
Two
undergraduate students from the Economics department
of NUST availed the opportunity and worked with
research and communication units for six weeks in
August-September, 2021 |
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NPO CERTIFICATION
Strengthen your organization and
showcase excellence |
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Despite Covid
times, PCP's NPO Certification team is working tirelessly to
ensure timely presentation of NPOs' evaluation reports to
the certification panel members who're participating
online.PCP, the body approved by the Federal Board of
Revenue (FBR) for the certification of nonprofit entities in
Pakistan, has granted certification approval to as many as
51 organizations during July to September 2021. |
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Certification panels held during July
– September 2021 |
Sr # |
Date |
No. of Cases Presented |
No. of Cases Approved |
1 |
27-07-2021 |
20 |
12 |
2 |
10-08-2021 |
18 |
11 |
3 |
30-08-2021 |
19 |
12 |
4 |
29-09-2021 |
20 |
16 |
Total |
77 |
51 |
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Beyond tax
benefits, PCP Certification Stamp helps to bridge the
information and credibility gap between grant-makers and
grant-recipients, builds NPOs' capacity to meet
international standards of Governance, Transparency &
Accountability and last but not the least, build a credible
pool of nonprofits that are reliable and effective
development partners. |
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Consultative session on ICT
charities registration, regulation & facilitation act |
A very fruitful
discussion took place on the ICT Charities Act 2021 which
was arranged by DRI Pakistan with PCP certified Islamabad
based NPOs. All the participant NPOs agreed to support and
facilitate the NPO specific legislations being introduced (&
to be introduced) at the provincial and federal levels so
that they could continue to help the Government in social
development areas. |
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To make the
legislative process more effective, the idea of consulting
NPOs while drafting legislations for non-profits was also
brought up during the discussion. |
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PHILANTHROPY SUPPORT
SERVICES
Making partnerships and
grant-making more efficient
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Meeting of the newly formed
Panagah Advisory Council (PAC) |
Meeting of
the newly formed Panagah Advisory Council was held at
Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal Headquarters. Special Assistant to the
Prime Minister's Office of Pakistan on Poverty Alleviation &
Social Protection, Senator, Dr. Sania Nishtar chaired the
meeting. Being a council member, Pakistan Centre for
Philanthropy was represented by its Executive Director, Ms.
Shazia Amjad.
The Advisory Council has been assigned the mandate to
provide valuable oversight on policy and strategic
direction, institutionalization of audit and accountability
systems, improving the quality of delivery, scalability, and
sustainability of Ehsaas model Panagahs. |
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Live session on the launch of
a course on "introduction to philanthropy"
Executive Director PCP, Ms.
Shazia Amjad, in a live session on August 20th at SZABIST
Islamabad and Zab FM 106.6 discussed a need to introduce
course on philanthropy in universities and impact it can
have on the society at large.
Recording of the session can be
watched here: https://bit.ly/3BxD7uw |
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A grant of $150,000 to
Akhuwat |
The
S&P Global Foundation approved a grant of US$150,000 to
Akhuwat in support of
COVID19 relief outreach in Pakistan. These funds will assist
in efforts to provide personal protective equipment (PPE)
for frontline health workers; distribute ration packages;
and supply COVID-19
testing kits to low-income and vulnerable communities.
This
is the second year that the Foundation has supported the Akhuwat Corona Imdadi Fund to address the ongoing impacts of
the pandemic. |
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Hashoo Foundation (HF)
has its donation page on G2A website |
Another PCP
certified NPO, Hashoo Foundation (HF), became partner under
G2A's Friends Fund Program. This makes a total of six PCP
certified NPOs who have donation pages on the G2A website
featuring their projects/ programs and have the facility to
receive overseas donations. |
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Pakistan
Centre for Philanthropy |
A Company set up under Section 42 of the
Companies Act 2017 |
RDF Centre, G-9/1, Mauve Area, Islamabad. |
051-2286531,32,34,36,528 |
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