Local Councils Association of the Punjab as a designated organization in Pakistan, LCAP ensures that local government's voice is heard within the Organization and that it gets full recognition and support of the organization. LCAP works closely with private and international organizations such as the Commonwealth Secretariat, UCLG-ASPAC, FSLGA, USAID to promote and support democratic local government and advocate for local government's role in delivering development goals.
For more than 60 years, the United States and Pakistan have worked together to forge a relationship that benefits the people of both countries. This cooperation has produced transformative ideas and institutions that are still considered landmark accomplishments for Pakistan.
In 1947, the United States was one of the first countries to recognize an independent Pakistan and to extend considerable assistance for the establishment of key institutions. With U.S. support, Pakistan was able to undertake many notable development projects, such as the Institute for Business Administration, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, the Indus Basin Project, Faisalabad Agricultural Institute, and a variety of other efforts that laid the path for Pakistan's Green Revolution.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the United States was a major donor for the construction of the Mangla and Tarbela dams, which at the time of their completion accounted for 70 percent of the country's power output. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the United States helped build the Guddu Power Station in Sindh and the Lahore University for Management Sciences, which is now considered to be one of the nation's top business schools.
Under the special initiative of the Chief Minister of Punjab, the Government of Punjab has established the Punjab Saaf Pani Company (PSPC) with a mandate to develop, design, plan and execute projects for providing safe drinking water solutions,prioritizing underserved areas, especially in rural and peri-urban areas of the province. The PSPC was incorporated in March, 2014 under Section 42 of the Companies Ordinance 1984, and is currently in the process of planning and designing projects in the province. The process involves various technically feasible, socially acceptable and financially viable water supply solutions, depending on the nature and level of brackishness and contamination in the worst affected areas of the province. Keeping in view the deteriorating situation of water quality, the unique feature of this program is that it is being executed on war footing with a participatory approach with the end users and other stakeholders.
The Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation (the Guangzhou Award) is co-hosted by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the World Association of the Major Metropolises (Metropolis) and the City of Guangzhou. The aim of the Guangzhou Award is to recognize innovation in improving social, economic and environmental sustainability in cities and regions and, in so doing, to advance the prosperity and quality of life of their citizens. Presented biennially, the award encourages innovation in public policy, projects, business models and practices. The Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation ("GIUI") was established in 2012 under the framework of the Guangzhou Award. The Institute is conceived as an international network of experts and institutions dedicated to furthering urban innovation concepts, tools and methodologies. Its members include research and academic institutions, professional associations, community-based organizations, industry leaders and individual experts.
CLGF was founded in 1995 and its establishment was endorsed by Commonwealth Heads of Government at their meeting in New Zealand later that year. It has received further endorsement at subsequent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings and in 2003 was given official recognition as an associated Commonwealth organization of elected representatives. It also has official recognition with some UN agencies and other international organizations. As an associated Commonwealth organization, CLGF ensures that local government's voice is heard within the Commonwealth and that it gets full recognition and support in the Commonwealth family. CLGF works closely with other Commonwealth and international organizations such as the Commonwealth Secretariat, the Commonwealth Foundation, the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the United Nations, including UN-Habitat and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to promote and support democratic local government in the Commonwealth and to ensure that local government is recognized as an important sphere of government in development. CLGF works to promote and strengthen democratic local government across the Commonwealth and to encourage the exchange of best practice – through conferences and events, technical assistance projects and research.
Association for Gender Awareness & Human Empowerment (AGAHE) is an independent, non political and not for profit organization established in 2001 by a group of highly professional and dynamic sociologists and social workers with a vision that societies need..
Germany and Pakistan have been partners in sustainable development since 1957. The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has been working in Pakistan since 1963 and has maintained a country office in the capital, Islamabad, since 1990. Currently 320 national and 41 international employees and 1 integrated specialist are working in the country (as of 31.12.2017).
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