ACCOUNTABILITY LAB PAKISTAN
AL Pakistan has expanded our programs to include capacity building and accountability leadership training for local governments, in addition to our core programs including Integrity Icon and the Accountability Incubator. The regions we work in include some of the most neglected areas in Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The AL Pakistan team has worked with more than 30,000 participants over the past year, successfully implementing our Integrity Innovation Lab, Accountability Incubator, Civic Action Teams and Integrity Icon. Through our programs, more than 350 government officials were trained on good governance, solidifying their commitment to accountability and transparency in their work. The Youth Peace Incubation program saw the participation of over 3,000 young individuals, 55% of them women, who were introduced to groundbreaking ideas to contribute to the peace of society effectively. To build community resilience to Covid-19, AL Pakistan engaged 339 women leaders who reached out to vulnerable and high-risk populations to help them cope with ongoing challenges linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more about our work below.
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Pakistan asks its young people to vote, speak up and engage, while giving them surprisingly few places to learn what meaningful participation looks like. Forty-two years after the nationwide ban on student unions, many young Pakistanis have grown up without the institutions through which earlier Read moregenerations learned to organise and negotiate.
In her latest blog, Momina Sahar, Program Coordinator at Accountability Lab Pakistan unpacks the 2024 general election and how only 48% of young voters cast a ballot. Sustained participation requires more than electoral turnout; young people need meaningful roles in schools, political organisations and local decision-making. Democratic agency grows through repeated opportunities to raise concerns, influence decisions and see institutions respond.
Read the full blog.
Link: https://pakistan.accountabilitylab.org/practice-makes-perfect-democracy-and-spaces-for-young-people-to-practice-it/
Pakistan’s policy questions often remain disconnected from local research.
Dr. Ali Salman, CEO of PRIME, discusses stronger links between government, universities and think tanks to produce research grounded in real policy needs.
Podcast coming soon
Pakistan’s policy ecosystem generates questions every day, but many of them rarely reach the institutions best placed to study them.
Dr. Ali Salman, CEO of Policy Research Institute of Market Economy (PRIME), speaks about building a stronger connection between government, universities Read moreand think tanks, using existing public data and institutional expertise to produce research that responds to real policy needs.
Stay tuned for our upcoming podcast, “The Role and Relevance of Think Tanks and Their Work in Pakistan.”
What happens when civil society organisations are misunderstood and their space to work begins to shrink?
Dr. Shafqat Munir, Deputy Executive Director (Policy) and Head of the Sustainability and Resilience Programme at Sustainable Development Policy Institute, discusses the role of civil Read moresociety, from NGOs and think tanks to trade unions and citizen groups, and why their space matters for a functioning democracy.
Stay tuned for our upcoming podcast, on "The Role and Relevance of Think Tanks and Their Work in Pakistan",” for an insightful discussion on civil society, civic space and the role of institutions in shaping public discourse.
What happens when civil society’s space begins to shrink?
Dr. Shafqat Munir, Deputy Executive Director (Policy), SDPI, discusses the role of NGOs, think tanks, trade unions and citizen groups in a functioning democracy.
Stay tuned for our upcoming podcast.
Is a university degree enough to build a career? What skills are actually in demand in today’s labour market? Can international certification translate into better wages and global opportunities? And how can young Pakistanis prepare for a changing world of work?
Accountability Lab Read morePakistan’s Momal Nawab and Momina Sahar sat down with Ms. Gulmina Bilal , Global TVET and International Certifications Advisor and former Chairperson of NAVTTC, for a conversation on skills, certification, Artificial Intelligence, changing labour markets and how Pakistan’s youth can better navigate their career pathways.