Empowerment thru Creative Integration

Research Study on the State of Cooperation between TVETs and Potential Employers in KPK and FATA

In collaboration with CSRED, ECI conducted a research study regarding the state of cooperation between public and private Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions and potential employers/private enterprises in Khyber Pakthunkhwa and FATA region. Conducted under the aegis of a larger GIZ program, the aim of the project was to provide a general evidence-based overview of the number, and forms of cooperation, between TVET institutions and potential employers, especially enterprises active in production and service sectors.

8-day Capacity Building Workshop for Taraqee Foundation Staff, Quetta

7th-14th January, 2012: On behalf of Taraqee Foundation, ECI designed and implemented an 8-day capacity building workshop for Taraqee Foundation Staff in Quetta. The primary objective of the training was to orientate staff members to the “Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation Project”- a combined initiative of Taraqee foundation and PPAF, which was implemented in District Ziarat, Baluchistan.

Enterprise Development Trainings for beneficiaries of the Benazir Income Support Program Waseela-e-Haq scheme

December 2011: ECI designed and delivered twenty-eight (10-day) EDTs for 851 recipients (both men and women) of the BISP Waseela-e-Haq scheme during Phase V of the project. The ten-day enterprise development and skill training program culminated in an assessment of participants’ entrepreneurial abilities as well as development of business plans, based upon which loan-funding was released.

Design & Development of a two-day Financial Literacy Course for non-literate audiences across Pakistan, for Bearing Point and State Bank of Pakistan

Oct-Dec, 2011: Responding to a Training Needs Assessment and Gap Analysis conducted by Bearing Point, ECI has designed a specialized Financial Literacy Program to improve the financial capabilities of vulnerable and non-literate men and women across pakistan.

Training of Trainers and Conduct of Value Chain Research & Analysis, for AfghanAid

Nov-Dec, 2011: As a next step to the Institutional Capacity Building of AfghanAid in enterprise development, the ECI team implemented a ToT and an action learning process, spread over 32 days, to train AAD staff and communities in value chain research and analysis of key agro and non agro sub-sectors.

"Creating Winning Teams" -UNWomen Islamabad Retreat

21 December, 2011: A one-day retreat was designed, organized and implemented by ECI, to bring together 40 UNWomen Islamabad staff members to engage in a spirit of fun and positivity. In order to promote the idea of ‘winning teams’, participants were taken through a series of experiential activities that facilitated maximum interaction between staff members and provided opportunities for effective teambuilding and action-planning in a relaxed and informal setting.