Tag: (CERP)

Lahore, November 10, 2021 (PPI-OT):It gives me great pleasure to celebrate the wonderful news that Adnan Q. Khan (CERP co-founder and board member) will be Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)’s next Chief Economist and to share this with a wider community. This is not only an incredible honour for any economist, but also a source of immense pride for CERP and all Pakistanis.

Adnan spent 15 years in the policy world as a practitioner, a policymaker and an activist, and an additional 10 years in research and teaching. He combines rigorous research with his invaluable experience working in the government to inform his approach to the most pressing policy problems. He has always championed other people’s research as well. Above all, Adnan has incredible humility that makes him accessible and inspiring to young researchers and practitioners.

Adnan’s personal and professional journey has uniquely positioned him to provide leadership at a crucial time for the world. FCDO could not have made a better choice and it reflects well on the institution as it tackles economic growth at home and development support abroad. On behalf of all CERP board members, alumni who have worked with and for Adnan, and the entire staff, we wish Adnan, Samia and Rabeal the best as he embarks on a new exciting chapter.

For more information, contact:
Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)
29-P Gulberg II, Lahore – 54660, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35777844
Email: contact@cerp.org.pk
Website: https://www.cerp.org.pk/

Karachi, November 03, 2021 (PPI-OT):In keeping with CERP’s aim to enable government decision making through evidence and data, CERP Executive Education conducted an exclusive 5-day training programme from 25-29 October 2021 in Lahore, for a team of 15 executives from the Planning and Development Department (P and DD), Govt. of Sindh.

Over the period of a week participants were immersed in a full day of training from experts in the field of programme evaluation and design to equip the participants with necessary theoretical and practical skills to effectively design evidence-based programmes. The training modules included Evidence-Based Programme Design, Theory of Change, Impact Evaluations, Becoming a better Consumer of Descriptive Evidence, Qualitative and Quantitative Evaluation Methods, and Cost-Benefit Analysis among others.

CERP’s President and CEO, Maroof A. Syed, opened the training with a session on “Evidence-Based Program Design” and stated “In Evidence-Based Program Design, we dig deep into the problems and come up with root cause solutions instead of superficial ones”. Dr. Adnan Khan, Co-founder and Board Member CERP and Professor and Academic Director, School of Public Policy, LSE while delivering a session on Building State Capacity said “Bureaucratic effectiveness is contingent on creating a ‘Learning State’ with evidence-based decisions and active learning.”

The training modules conducted by Dr. Athar Osama, Founder and CEO of STEMx and Pakistan Innovation Foundation, and former member of the Planning Commission and Dr. Fareeha Armughan, Research Fellow at Sustainable Development Policy Institute, proved particularly engaging. This training was first of a series of capacity building workshops that will be conducted as part of CERP Executive Education’s collaboration with the P and DD, Govt. of Sindh.

For more information, contact:
Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)
29-P Gulberg II, Lahore – 54660, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35777844
Email: contact@cerp.org.pk
Website: https://www.cerp.org.pk/

Lahore, October 12, 2021 (PPI-OT): CERP organised its first ever tree plantation drive on Monday, October 11, 2021 at the Nawaz Park in Shadman. The tree plantation was held as part of the Employee Engagement Initiative, through which the entire CERP community, including all the employees along with their families were invited to plant Jamun, Sukh Chayn, Amaltas, and Kachnar trees in the small scenic Nawaz Park.

The activity was facilitated by the Pakistan Horticulture Authority (PHA) as part of the larger Clean and Green Pakistan initiative. Tree plantation is one of the key strategies to address climate change, helping to improve climate levels and biodiversity in the region. Through this, the employees of CERP were encouraged to take part in the larger campaign and raise awareness regarding the dire need for environmental initiatives.

For more information, contact:
Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)
29-P Gulberg II, Lahore – 54660, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35777844
Email: contact@cerp.org.pk
Website: https://www.cerp.org.pk/

Lahore, October 08, 2021 (PPI-OT):CERP Executive Education and The Training Management and Research Wing, Government of Sindh signed an MoU to enhance evidence-based policymaking in Pakistan as part of its Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) programme. In this programme, policymakers and policy implementers are trained to use research evidence and rigorous data to inform their decisions.

The MoU was signed by CERP’s President and CERP, Maroof Ali Syed and Tameezuddin Khero, Secretary Training Management and Research. Rafique Mustafa Sheikh, Chief Instructor at TMR Wing, Amna Aaqil, Director Executive Education at CERP and Imran Zia, Executive Vice President Business Development at CERP Analytics attended the event.

For more information, contact:
Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)
29-P Gulberg II, Lahore – 54660, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35777844
Email: contact@cerp.org.pk
Website: https://www.cerp.org.pk/