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The seminar titled 'Why Waste Water: Rethinking Water Resource Management in Pakistan' was organized in Islamabad with the collaboration of Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), World Wide Fund (WWF) and Nestle Pakistan. The current status of water related issues were discussed while focusing on the conservation of water in the region. While moderating the session on Why Waste Water: Rethinking Water Resource Management in Pakistan, Dr. Imran Khalid Research fellow at SDPI, stressed on the lack of implementation strategies for effective management and conservation of fresh water resources in our region. We have laws and regulations for water management but they are not being implemented properly. Head of Cooperate Affairs at Nestle Pakistan, Mr. Waqar Ahmed, emphasized on the water by addressing its application in agriculture which consumes 60% of the entire water of our country. Nestle and government of Punjab are collaborating in providing subsidies to ...

Panel Name: Regional Cooperation in Light of Paris Agreement Donor : HBS, Pakistan Chair: Mr. Nisar Memon Speakers: Mr. Skhaeel Ahmed Ramay Dr. Imran khalid, Ms. Nazma Shaheen Mr. Mehmood Nasir Mr. Sanjay Vishast Mr. Shafqat Khakakheel Panel Organizer:  Dr. Imran Khalid; Ahmed Awais Khaver, SDPI   and HBS 19th Sustainable Development Conference took place from 6th-8th December 2016 in Marriott Hotel Islamabad. While the conference focused on many aspects of sustainable development; onepanel was exclusively focused on the global emissions and the follow-up of Paris Agreement in context of South Asia. The details are given below:                         While addressing a session Regional cooperation in light of Paris Agreement, on Mr. Nisar Memon, chairman water and environment forums , human security is not possible if we don’t address the issue of climate issues in polic...

Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) is the annual flagship conference organized by sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Islamabad, an independent Non-Profit Organization working for the promotion of sustainable development in the region. This organization focuses on three main areas, research, advocacy and capacity building. SDC connects different researchers, policy makers and practitioners with each other under  with the aim to promote sustainable development. This year 19th Sustainable Development Conference was organized with the overarching theme 'Envisaging the Future Together' from 6th-8th December 2016 in Marriott Hotel Islamabad.The  conference focused upon all the three components of sustainable development. i.e. Cooperation between developed and developing countries for Sustainable Development Human centerd-ness Sustainable Development Goals (SDG's) During the three days event; 150+ panelists from over 16 countries partici...

The Special training on "Effective use Of Social Media Outreach; Blogging and Training Session  was organised at sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Islamabad on 26th July, 2016 for their interns from Summer Internship Program (SIP) . The session started with the opening remarks Mr. Asif Mehmoood, Associate Trainer at Centre For Capacity Building (CCB) in SDPI who described the purpose of the training and introduced the trainer, Mr. Yasir Dil  who works in Digital Campaign and Communication, SDPI. This aim of thisone hour training was  to urge the trainees to use social media in effective manner. Objectives of the training: 1.  To familiarise the trainees with the key concept of content writing and sharing on Social Media. 2. To help the trainees to adapt better to the technological advancements in Social Media and its tools. After formal introductions; the trainer mentioned the five pillars of Social Media i.e.  1. People (whi...