Annual Report

2015-16

TM

Jan June Dec June

2015 2016

C ontents

Testimonials

ForewordMessage fromthe

Managing Director

Organizational

Profile

Organizational

Structure

ECI's

Contribution

Our ClienteleECI’s

Highlights

Awards &

Certificates

Looking BeyondOur Proud

Moments

Support

Mechanism

Memberships

& Strategic

Partnerships

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07

10

12

24

26

Brief Description

of ECI’s Services

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I am delighted to report that 2015-16 has proved

to be a phenomenal period for ECI, in terms of

b o th fin a nc ia lp erfo rm a nc e & p ro g ram

accomplishment, as we successfully achieved

almost all the goals that we chalked out for this

duration.

The firm was founded in 1989 by Shahnaz

Kapadia Rahat and was taken over by new

management in 2013. The founder built an

institution from which strong programs of national

level impact have been implemented. The current

management is successfully taking forward the

agenda and mission of Ms. Kapadia and the firm

is recognized today nationally and internationally

as one of the best capacity building organizations

and curriculum design experts. The roster of

international clients is rapidly increasing where

this year 65% of projects were funded by Donors

and International-NGOs and the firmis also proud

to announce that over 60% of the Clients are

recurring. It is the vision of the Directors,

dedicated efforts of the whole team and support

of fellow organizations that has strongly

contributedtothis success.

The period of 2015-16 was remarkable for ECI for

many reasons, one of them being that the firm

took a step of moving from its Residential Training

Center in Barakahu to a central office in

Islamabad making the firm more accessible to

our Clients. Moreover, the firm added another

thematic area "Health & Nutrition" to its scope of

work and is actively pursuing this theme. ECI has

also diversified its portfolio from Micro-Enterprise

development toa self-initiativeof promoting Health

& Nutrition to other aspects of Livelihood &

En te rp rise De ve lo p ment.Bu t the b igge st

achievement for this time period has been the

introduction of Virtual College for Community Based

Changemakers (e-CCBC) and onlinecourses.

The edge of the firm's work is that it envisions

strengthening people and local communities for the

express purpose of making them independent &

self reliant instead of inundating them with external

input, which keeps them dependant on others. It is

this sustainability aspect that has led to

extraordinary results in most of ECI's work. Some

successful interventions of ECI in this year included

replication of ECI’s Changemakers Model in district

Lasbela in collaboration with ILO, training roll-outs

on Effective Agriculture Extension Skills for JICA,

Peace-Poetry Project implemented in Multan for

Umeed Jawaan, Implementation of Gender

Approach in IT Sector for GEP, Designing &

Implementing Financial Literacy Program for JICA

Beneficiaries and Technical Skills Training Program

inUC Musazai forUNDP.

In times ahead, ECI willventure more in the practical

implementation and placement of trainees/

beneficiaries rather than just disseminating

knowledge and concept in a training hall. The e-

learning practice for the community will also serve

as a new&innovativehallmark.

In closing, I would like to extend my heartfelt

gratitude toall our worthy clients and fellowpartners

who joined hands with us to work on various social

causes and issues. Furthermore, my entire team

also deserves sincere appreciation who left no

stone unturnedforachievingthis success.

ForewordMessage fromMD

Organizational Profile

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ECI is a development

consulting organization with a

mission to bring about

sustainable socio-economic

change through capacity

development initiatives for

empowering individuals,

institutions and communities.

We seek a world where

institutions, communities and

individuals are more

empowered and poverty,

inequality and discrimination

has been overcome.

Our Missi n

Empowerment thru Creative Integration (ECI) is a Pakistan based capacity development organization witha

mission to create 'change-makers' who promote socio-economic transformation in their respective areas.

Established in1989, ECI’s Vision&Mission and thematic areas ofworkareas follows:

ECI’s Vision &Mission

ThematicAreas

Our Visi n

1 Sustainable Livelihood&

Enterprise Development Sustainable Livelihood and Enterprise Development –

services under this thematic area include asset based community development, individual/ partnership/

cooperative model of enterprises, economic

development of disabled and vulnerable communities.

2 Peace, Education

& Life Skills Peace, Education and Life Skills – to promote messages

of peace, tolerance & awareness among masses and develop skills, attitudes and behaviors to co-exist in

harmony.

3 Gender &Women

DevelopmentGender and Women Development – including rights,

advocacy and economicempowerment.

4Good Governance &

Institutional Strengthening

Good Governance and Institutional Strengthening – with

a bottom up community developmentapproach.

5 Health & Nutrition

Health & Nutrition - to mobilize, build capacity and

create awareness regarding healthy lifestyle among rural and urban communities ofPakistan.

Brief Description of ECI’s Services

Under its thematic areas of work, ECI provides a range of pre, during and post project services,

including:

Material Design &

Development

ECI has gained national and international

acclaim for this service. The Material Design

team at ECI comprises of Content Experts,

Instructional Designers, Graphics Team,

Illustrator, Animators and Translator. The unit is

continuously working towards developing new

curricula and updating previously designed

modules according to latest content and

methodologies.

Other than curricula, the firm has also designed

and developed documentaries, training videos,

innovative learning games, and is now moving

towards animations.

Cascade Trainings

In the past decade, ECI has rolled out over 40

cascade trainings. Under this methodology, a

large number of people are trained in the

shortest possible time where ECI not only

provides training services but also takes care of

all the logistical arrangements. These types of

roll-outs have been possible because the firm

has a network of associate trainers in all districts

of Pakistan who can conduct trainings in local

languages and according to cultural context.

The firm also has a very strong Admin

Department who manages the logistical aspect

of thesetrainings.

Long TermTechnical

Assistance

The firm has several long-term innovative

projects in its portfolio where our team

conceptualizes these ideas, mobilizes the local

resources required to implement the project,

designs curriculum, provides capacity building

s e rv ic e s , m e n to rs & ha n d h o ld s th e

beneficiaries, monitors the results and

documents the successes. ECI has been

implementing such services for areas ranging

from urban cities to vulnerable areas of KPK and

Baluchistan.

Printing & Stationery

Services

To date, ECI has provided printing and

stationery services for over 200 projects where

the firm has provided in-house and off-set

printing services including panaflex printing

along with provision of training stationery. The

printing service also includes delivery of the

material anywhere inPakistan.

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Sadia Kanwal

Project Assistant

Iftikhar Ali MemonProgram Officer

Organizational Structure

Shahid Rasool Qazi

Director Admin/Fin.

Saleem Jahangir

Managing Director

Tehmina Safeer Instructional

Designer

NaeemAhmad

Program Officer

The Directors of Empowerment thru Creative Integration

Private Limited drive the company forward with their passion

for excellence. Bringing a mix of professional experience to

the table that varies across Project Management, Financial

Management and Business Management, they explore new

vistas and aimtotakethecompany tonewheightsofsuccess.

Management & Field Implementation Team

Comprising of a mix of individuals from the Program unit and the field team, this department defines the

operational strength ofthecompany by executing projectsand alltherequisiteproject-relatedactivities.

Graphics, Communication & Data Management Team

The Graphics, Communications and Data Management team facilitate the Program unit by carrying out all

thestart-to-endprojectsupport activities.

Admin, Accounts & Support Team

The Admin &Accounts teamsupport theorganizationby facilitating theentireteamofECI in theirday-to-day

operations and ensures thateverythinggets done smoothly.

Core Team of ECI

Directors

Salman Ibrahim

Graphics DesignerAkhtar Shah

Cartoonist

Ali Abbas

Communications

Assistant

Javed Khan

Communications

& Data Assistant

Sakina Younus

Communications

Assistant

Muhammad Usman

Program Assistant

Adnan Bukhari Senior Graphics

Designer

Syed Waqas

Front Desk OfficerJameel Ahmad

Office Boy

Waqas Ahmad

Office Boy

Aakash binYounas

Asst. Manager AdminRauf Ahmad

Accounts Officer

Raja AbdurRehman

AdminOfficer

BakhtyarAhmad

Manager Projects

Rabia Khan

Manager Projects

Rehana Niamat

Manager ProjectsJawadGhauri

Program Officer

NaveedBangash

ProjectCoordinator

Anum Mughal

Director ClientRelations

Support Mechanism ofECI

Panel of 7 Mentors

Dr. Amjad Saqib

Founder & Chairperson

Akhuwat Foundation

Munawar Humayun

Chairperson Sarhad

Rural Support

Program (SRSP)

Prof. Khalida Ghaus Chief Executive

Of cer Social Policy & Development Center (SPDC)

Marcela Ondekova

Deputy Country Director

Action ContreLa Faim

Ammar Jaffri Chief Executive Of cer Pakistan Institute of ICTs

for Development(E-Pakistan)

Ramesh Singh Arora Peter JacobMember Provincial Executive Director

Assembly, Punjab Center of Social

Justice (CSJ)

Arshad Mehmood Peace, Human Rights &

Advocacy

15 Years

Syed Yasir Jawad Editor,Encyclopedist,

Translator

13 Years

Sha q Shah Program Management

& Development

17 Years

Rehana Shaikh

Project Management /

Monitoring & Evaluation 20 Years

Ghulam Qadri Education & Child

Rights

15Years

Dr. Zahid Shahab Intellectual Writer &

Peace Expert

13 Years

Syed Hassan AhmedCapacity Building,

Project Management & Research

15 Years

Irshad Danish

Nutrition & Project

Management Expert 16 Years

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ECI has a panel of 7 mentors hailing from various disciplines who provide technical input on an ideological

and philosophical level for theorganization. They serve as our ambassadors and are an integral component

ofECI intheircapacityas eminentthinktanks.

Team of 24 Senior Associates

ECI has amassed a team of senior associates who are the top players in their fieldof expertise, which range

from Local Governance to Project Management, Gender Advocacy & Human Rights to Information

Technology, Nutrition to Livestock & Dairy Development. They are consulted on project-to-project basis and

their technical input is enlisted during conceptualization from inception to completion of the

project/program.

Wajid Usmani Local Government &

Financial Management 15 Years

Nazar NaqviPublic Financial

Management & Governance 15 Years

Tariq Sheikh Local Government &

Financial Management Expert

20Years

Rao Akram Khurram

Advocacy, Human

Rights & Governance 23 Years

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Talent Pool of 174 Associate Trainers

ECI has brought on board a pool of associate trainers who represent ECI on various platforms as trainers.

They are spread geographically across the country and carry out the field operations. They are responsible

for liaising withthe program unit and providing social, economic and cultural information of a particular area

along withprojectbased activities.

KPKPunjabSindh Baluchistan Gilgit Baltistan

2127100 1115

Khuram Qureshi Corporate Law

Affairs

16Years

Zeeshan Manzoor

Information Technology&

Communication Expert 8

Years

Shehzad Malik

Accounts, Taxation &

Corporate Law Affairs

15 Years

Tanvir Malik

Communication &

Marketing Expert

21 Years

Dr. Sanaullah Rajper Livestock & Dairy

Development

7 Years

Dr. Sohail Saleem Dairy Development

& Marketing

15 Years

Abdul Razaque Soomro

Agricultural Research,

Breeding & DiseaseExpert 30 Years

Kashif ur Rehman

Information Technology&

Communication Expert 14 Years

Robeela Bangash

Gender &

Institutional Development

19 Years

Dr. Humaira Ishfaq

Researcher,Writer

& Trainer

12 Years

Zunaira Shafaq Gender, Advocacy &

Human Rights

12 Years

Tasneem Raza Women Economic Empowerment &

Enterprise Development 12 Years

2015-1

6ECI's Contribution

The period of 2015-16 further enhanced ECI's standing in the national development sector as the firm

managed to bring in new innovative dimensions in training & program implementation. The under-

mentionedstatistics show our recentachievements:

45Capacity Building

Projects

185Project Based

Trainings

40Open

Trainings

The well-structured Curriculum Design Unit also played a vital role in achieving these milestones by

designing customized curricula on a range of topics catering to the specific needs of target audience i.e.

literate,semi-literateornon-literate.

Till date, ECI has developed 354 curriculums along its thematic areas. Specifically during 2015-16, it has

modeled 241 curriculums.

Curriculums Designed in2015-16

21 32Peace, Education Gender & Women

& Life Skills Development

139Sustainable

Livelihood &

Enterprise

Development

48 01Good Governance Health & &

Institutional Nutrition

Strengthening

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3557

MaleTotal

BeneficiariesFemale

37

Awareness

Sessions

270

No. of

Trainings

2579 6136 50075

Indirect

Beneficiaries

35%National

Clients

65%International

Clients

Our Clientele

EU R OP E A N U NI ON

The Fred HollowsFoundat ion

Aga Khan Rural Support Programme

R

Aurat Foundation

Balochistan Rural Support Programme

BHANDAR SANGAT(BhS)

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ECI’s Highlights

Capacity Building of Staff & Strategic Planning at ECI

Enhancing the capacities and competencies of its staff, for the express purpose of ensuring sustainable

progress and development of the organization, has always been a primary focus of every organization and

institution. Following the same line, ECI organized capacity building sessions to strengthen its staff's grip

over variousdomains.

The internal capacity building initiative culminated into strategic planning session where the whole team

worked towards formation of a solid, workable and practical strategic plan. The plan mapped out immediate

steps to be taken for filling out the existing gaps in the organization along with long-term planning for

expandingthebusiness oftheorganization.

Based on thestrategic planchalkedout,forthefirsttimeevertheorganizationhas achievedthefollowing:

◼ Formation of Harassment Committee

◼ Provision of Life Insurance to the field

staff,

◼ Development of Standard Operating

Procedures (SOPs) for the following:

Pre - During - Post Training

Preparation Community based Change-maker

Program Report Writing & Submission Training & Event Photography

File & Data Management

Protocols for Field Staff

Further keeping in view the strategic plan,

donor preferences and demands of

Clients, ECI has implemented numerous

projectsundereach thematic area.

Please note, the following projects

comprise of selected projects only. For our

complete list of projects please visit our

website:www.eci.com.pk

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Sustainable Livelihood and Enterprise Development

Financial Literacy Trainings to JICA's Project Beneficiaries1

Financial Literacy is fast gaining popularity among the

masses and even among donors. After the successful

interventions of ECI with State Bank of Pakistan for

designing and implementing National Financial Literacy

Program and then various financial literacy courses with

International Finance Corporation, International Labor

Organization and World Bank, ECI is now implementing

Financial Literacy program for JICA beneficiaries. Three

customized modules have been designed for the first time

in Pakistan for students, farmers and mothers. 1000

beneficiaries belonging to seven different JICA projects

across Punjab and Sindh were trained. A project of this

nature is being implemented for the first time and ECI has

been selected as one of the implementing partners in

collaboration withGrant Thornton.

In order toensure sustainability of the project, selected staff

of all thegovernment implementing agencies of seven JICA

projects were passed through Training of Trainercourse.

For the very first time ECI implemented a full fledge Te c

h n i c a l Tr a i n i n g p ro g r a m fo r U N D P ' s Yo u th

Empowerment Project which targeted 150 youth (including

30% women) of UC Musazai, District D.I. Khan. The trades

identified for technical trainings were selected after a

thorough market and area assessment and trainings were

designed and developed for the following trades:

Commercial Tailoring, Grocery & Trading Business, Cloth

Sh op , A d vanc e Tra in ing Tec hniques, L ivest ock

Management and Computer Skills. At the end of the project

the community requested that the trainings should be

continued as they were resulting in increased household

income. Due to this highly positive feedback, ECI has been

awarded a contract extension where ECI willbe training 160

additionalbeneficiaries fromD.I.Khan and Bannu.

Skills and Technical Trainings for Youth – UNDP2

This initiative was taken so that in future this

staff can be used to train beneficiaries on

FinancialLiteracy.

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Community based Changemakers Program to provide Business

Solutions to Local Issues – ILO3

Changemaker Program is a flagship idea of ECI which has

been developed on the notion that "solution to any problem

comes from within". Under this program, ECI identifies and

selects individuals (changemakers) from within the

community and builds their capacity to find local solutions

toproblems intheirarea.

After successful close of ECI's initiative with International

Labor Organization (ILO) in District Thatta, Rahimyar Khan

and Lahore where Changemaker model was implemented

to promote job placement and self-employment, ECI was

re-contracted to implement the same model in District

Lasbela.

30 changemakers were trained being trained in Lasbela

through this community based mechanism for combating

increasing unemployment in the area through a four

semester program which comprised of class room trainings

and field tasks. These 30 changemakers will work with 510

beneficiaries to facilitate them in self-

employment in unconventional trades

example, fruit storage and care, solar panel

making & battery making and selling, to

improvelivelihoodconditions inthearea.

Job Fair – SUNGI4

For SUNGI Development Organization, ECI successfully

designed & implemented one day Job Fair benefitting

almost 70 jobseekers in districtHaripur. The objective of the

job fair was to serve the dual purpose of bridging the gap

between businesses that are recruiting and hiring people

and familiarizing them with the resources available in the

market, while also matching those businesses to qualified

jobseekers withinthetargetpopulation.

Financial Literacy Program – Pakistan Microfinance Network5

For Pakistan Microfinance Network (PMN), ECI is

developing financial literacy orientation material for existingand potential borrowers of MFIs. The firm will thenundertake ToTs in all provinces for partner organizations of

PMN, and conduct awareness sessions for the borrowersand potential borrowers of MFIs where the orientationmaterial will be rolled-out. Under this project ECI is also

designing a comprehensive, national level mediacampaign to spread messages regarding how toapply foraloan, effective use of loan, repayment of loan and role of

Credit InformationBureau.

Sungi

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Training of TrainersTechnical TrainingsTrainings

◼ Finishing, Designing,

Coloring and Value

Addition in existing

products

◼ Tailoring, Color

Combination, Finishing &

Designing in existing

products

5

◼ Business Development

Service Providers (BDSP)

◼ Enterprise Development

◼ Tailoring & Stitching

3◼ Financial Literacy,

Business Development,

Linkages Development

& Value Addition

◼ Formation &

Strengthening of

Common Interest

Groups (CIG)

◼ Enterprise Development

29◼ Leadership & Business

Development Training for

AKRSP

◼ Enterprise Development

Training for VTCG

◼ Facilitation Skills Training

for NARC

◼ Advanced Marketing &

Selling Training for SUNGI

◼ Planning, Monitoring &

Evaluation Training for

JICA

◼ Business Development

Training for IRC

◼ Naukri Ya Karobar

Workshop for PPAF

◼ Cooperative Management

Skills Training for PFF &

Trocaire

◼ Value Chain & Marketing in

Agri-Business Training for

SRSP & SDF

◼ Capacity Building Training

of “Community Health

Worker as Social

Entrepreneur” for BRSP &

PIDS

◼ Workshop on Marketing &

Building Business

Linkages for Indus ET

◼ Facilitation Skills Training

for World Vision Intl.

◼ Financial Management &

Record keeping Training

for PDI

◼ Livestock Value Chain

Training for SVDP

◼ Training on Managing

Business Facilitation

Centre for Akhuwat

◼ Enterprise Development

Training for SAP-PK

◼ Dairy Value Chain Training

for SRSP

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Summary of other Project Trainings6

Poetry Competition for Promoting Peace & Tolerance-

Umeed Jawan – Creative Karachi2

Using poetry as a medium topromote peace, ECI arranged

"Aman Mushaira" (Peace Poetry Competition) in District

Multan under USAID's initiative, Umeed Jawan. Universities

and colleges in the district were targeted from where 30

talented Poets were identified touse poetry as a narrative to

express &pass on theirpeace messages especially among

the youth. The Mushaira was given massive print and

electronic media coverage to spread the peace messages.

Also a smartly designed Peace Poetry Booklet was printed,

comprising of poetic works of the Mushaira participants,

and distributedamong therelevantstakeholders.

Peace, Education and Life Skills

Social Changemakers Program – Karachi Youth Initiative1

Based on ECI's successful performance in the previous grant with

Karachi Youth Initiative (KYI) on “Social Changemaker Program,”

it was awarded an extension to implement the same program in

District East (Gulshan Town – Sachal Goth) and District Korangi

(Shah Faisal Zone specifically the areas of Natha Khan Goth, Pak

Sadat Colony, Reta Plot, Rafeh Aam). This was a 6-month

capacity building program which was supported by USAID. The

selected changemakers underwent trainings and awareness

sessions on Countering Violence & Extremism (CVE), in order to

equip them to design CVE interventions as well as to implement

socialactionprojectseffectively.

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Life Skills Based Education (LSBE) – Plan Pakistan3

For Plan International, ECI Private Limited, successfully

devised and formulated a customized & user friendly Life

Skills Based Education training curricula, catering to the

needs of young boys & girls of three different ages (9-13

years old, 14-16 years old & 17-19 years old). After a

thorough Rapid Need Assessment & Curriculum review (of

the curricula obtained from WPF, AHANG, ROZAN, FPAP &

PLAN International), the 06 detailed learner's workbooks &

trainer manuals (03 for boys & 03 for girls) were formulated,

being completely mindful of the sensitivity of the topic, that

is reproductive health of youngsters & the traditional &

orthodox set-up of the concerned communities. An

additional aspect of these modules was that each module

had a section on work readiness where age group 9 -13 had

session on career orientation, age group 14 - 16 focused

towards career building, while for 17 - 19 year old mentoring

sessions were built in regarding moving into professional

world.

After devising the customized course, ECI went a step

ahead and arranged a roll-out of two TOTs simultaneously,

in district Thatta& Kot-addu, Muzaffargarh, in order to train

the trainers for taking the said cause forward. The 03-day

TOT was specifically designed to enhance the capacities &

competencies of the trainees around essentially required

training skills on Life Skills Based Education. Also 8 street

theatres (4 in each district) were designed and conducted

to create awareness & realization among

parents & youngsters about essentially

required knowledge on Gender equality,

Counter Harassment & Sexual Abuse, Life

Skills Based Education, etc followed by

group discussions at the end with the

presentaudience.

Social Changemaker Program South Punjab – Creative Karachi4

The Social Changemaker Program stems off from the

original changemaker program to promote peace and CVEin targeted areas. After successful implementation of thismodel in Karachi, the same program was replicated in

South Punjab where the program sensitized 80 (50%females) at risk youth around Peace & Countering ViolentExtremism (CVE). These 80 youth implemented 16 CVE

Projects (ingroups if5) on the theme of peace and CVE thatreached outto7173 indirectbeneficiaries.

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Strengthening & Mentoring of Parent Teacher Councils (PTCs) – ASI5

The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa undertook an

initiative, in collaboration with DFID and Adam SmithInternational (ASI), to improve the educational standardprevalent in the province through community/parents

involvement and ensuring effectiveness of Parent TeacherCouncils. In this context, a training program wasconceptualized for Deputy District Education Officers

(DDEOs) and Assistant Sub-divisional Education Officers(ASDEOs) to increase effective role of PTCs in impartingqualityeducation.

Empowerment thru Creative Integration signed a contract

with Adam Smith International in collaboration KhyberPakhtunkhwa Elementary & Secondary EducationDepartment to design the training module and conduct

training of the targeted District Education Officers of twelvedistricts. The currenttrainingprogramme is thecontinuation

Elementary and Secondary Education Department KhyberPakhtunkhuwa

of district official training on PTC in 2014-15.

In phase - I (2014-15), ECI designed trainingmodules and delivered trainings for districtofficials while in Phase-II (2015-16) trainings

forthe245 districtofficialswereconducted.

1Supporting Female Graduates Access into Information Technology

Sector through Internship Program”

ECI is currently working on a GEP Grant where the project

aims to place 120 fresh female IT graduates for a 6-monthinternship program after equipping them with ITEmployable skills along with knowledge on Women friendly

environment & sexual harassment at work place, throughcustomizedtraining courses.

This is one in a kind of an initiative where for the first time

work is being done on mainstreaming gender into the ITsector. Not only is ECI working tobuild capacity of female ITgraduates but simultaneously work is being done on

building capacity of IT employers to mainstream genderintotheirorganizationatpolicyand workplacelevel.

Gender and Women Development

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2Curriculum Development for Skills Enhancement of Female Beneficiaries

involved in Marble Mosaic, Inlay and Handicrafts - PASDEC

A cross-cutting project between Gender Development and

Sustainable Livelihoods & Enterprise Development, inwhich ECI designed and developed technical curriculumson Handicrafts, Inlay and Marble Mosaic according to

NAVTTC format and standards. For each trade a workinggroup was formed comprising of curriculum designspecialists and experts of the trade, and with input from this

working group competency standards, textbook andteaching & learning material were designed anddeveloped.

Simultaneously ECI also worked with 401 womenbeneficiaries from Abottabad and Islamabad to empower

women economically by imparting enterprise developmentskills. These women were technically trained and thengiven8-day Enterprise Development Training followed by one

month mentoring support. During this period thebeneficiaries were linked to the market, guided andsupported in making their products according to the

demand of the market. By the end of this program, ECI wassuccessful in assisting the beneficiaries in generating abusiness ofPKR 166,070.

3 Awareness Sessions on Gender Equality & Women Inclusion –

TRoCAIRE

In an on-going capacity building endeavour for Trocaire

partner, PDI, to raise awareness on Gender inclsuive rolesand responsbilites, ECI conducted a 2-Day awarenesssession on Gender Equality and Women Inclusion in

Businesses for 31 participants who enhanced their learningcurve around Gender Awareness. Through the training, theessential need of women inclusion in all walks of life,

specifically economic activity and promoting a genderbased approach for socio-economic development wasreinforced.

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4 Awareness Sessions on Gender Mainstreaming for Women

Beneficiaries – Indus Resource Center

For 120 women beneficiaries of District Dadu, Six

awareness sessions werecondcuted toacuqiant and equipfemales aournd the essenatil aspects of womenmainstreaming and inclusion and its long-term socio-

economic benefits. The sessions helped develop anundertsanding amongst females to adopt moremainstream roles as contributing agents towards

communityupliftment.

5 Khawab Say Tabeer Tak': A Training Course for Adolescent Girls – ECI

ECI's self initiative to promote gender equality and

empowerment where a 7-day Training of Trainers (ToT) for21 young girls in Hyderabad was organized to help exploreand develop their growth potential. This innovative initiative

helped build the youth's knowledge-base on life skills,enhancing their confidence and leadership skills, andcreating awareness regarding professional development.

Hence, a wholesome approach was developed thatencouraged females to identify and avail opportunities forprogression.

INDUS

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Good Governance and Institutional Strengthening

Baluchistan Rural Support Program (BRSP) implemented

the Baluchistan Community Development Program

(BCDP) which emphasized the capacity building of elected

representatives for enhancing their efficacy in accelerating

the socio-economic development process of Baluchi

denizens. To this end, ECI was developed comprehensive

training modules of trainers, handbook for trainees and

conducted rollout of 6 ToTs for 170 Master trainers. The

project had 11,730 indirect beneficiaries, both females and

males, and was carried out across 32 districts of

Baluchistan.

1 Development of Comprehensive Training Modules and

Rollout of Training of Trainers – BRSP

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Under Usaid's Citizen Voice Project (CVP) Cycle 10, ECI was awarded a contract to conduct thetrainings of 1,698 representatives including Village/Neighborhood Nazims and Naib Nazims andCouncilors of District Council Mansehra, Tehsil Council Mansehra and Village/NeighborhoodCouncils falling in Tehsil Mansehra. Each trainee will be trained on three modules designedspecifically for their respective tierof LG. The training willcommence on the modules and cover thefollowingareas:

1.LG Laws,StructureandMandate2.ResourceManagementandBudget Oversight3. Participatory Development Planning

2 Enhancing Capacity of Female, Youth, labor and Minorities Elected

Representatives for Efficient & Accountable Democratic System

Institutional Development Trainings for Farmers

Milk Cooperatives - PLAN Pakistan

An initiative of PLAN Pakistan, "Rural Women'sEconomic Empowerment through EnhancedParticipation in South Punjab's Dairy Sector" aims toincrease access and control of economic resourcesfor women. For this purpose institutions of Farmer MilkCooperatives are being organized which will serve asplatforms for achieving the objectives of the project.For this purpose, ECI has been contracted to buildcapacity of the Executive members of the FMC so thattheycan run these platforms as formal institutions. Theproject, which was launched in January 2016, iscurrently intheinitialphase and theteamis conducting

pilot trainings after designing thecurricula. ECI plans to wrap up thetrainingprocess inMay 2017.

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Since 2014, ECI has been collaborating with Agriculture

Department of Government of Gilgit-Baltistan for JICA

funded project "Promotion ofValue Added FruitProducts in

Gilgit-Baltistan". ECI has conducted multiple trainings for

building capacity of extension workers and LSOs for

effective value-chain development, along with conducting

a ToT on Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation for ensuring

sustainability, provided training services and designed

curriculumson apricotand applecultivation.

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CITIZEN’S VOICE PROJECT

Based on development of popular curriculums by ECI in

which graphic skills are highly appreciated by the client, the

firm designed and conducted training on “Graphic

Designing Skills” for Communication Staff of World Vision

Organization. The training aimed for professional growth of

the staff through imparting knowledge and concepts of

graphic designing & various related software features e.g.

CorelDRAW& In-page.

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Under self-initiative of Health & Nutrition, ECI hasdesigned orientation sessions on “Balanced-Dietleads to a Healthy Life” which have been conductedacross various districts of Pakistan over the past fewmonths. These informational dissemination sessionstargeted a wide range of age groups that coveredschool children to their teachers and parents, home-based workers to adolescent girls and boys, with theaim to impart learning on importance of good healthandnutrition.

ECI has been selected by UNICEF for a Long Term Agreement (LTA) for providing training servicesto UNICEF in support of the Pakistan government following the National Emergency Action Plan(NEAP). The contract involves the implementation of a 'Training Roll Out' – a series of trainingsinvolving 250 trainings across various districts of Pakistan which will target 5700-6000 participants.The LTAalso stipulated that 'Other trainings' – trainingactivities conducted as a one-time event – willalso be conducted by ECI. The trainings will focus upon the capacity building of Polio Healthworkersforimplementingpolioeradicationinterventionsineachprovince.

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Memberships & Strategic Partnerships

International

National

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ECI has 42 IFC trained trainers in its pool,

along with 1 certified designer and 2

candidates for ID certification. The firm

ha s a lso adap ted , loca lized and

translated IFC modules and has also

been the first IFC partner to develop

modules for micro-entrepreneurs for IFC

tobe implemented across theregion.

Innovative Program Implementation

Training Resource Centers:

B a l t i s t a n C u l t u r e a n d

D e v e l o p m e n t F o u n d a t i o n

(B CDF)

Awards & Certificates

Mr. Saleem Jahangir - MD

ECI, received his certification

as ID specialist fromIFC.

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IFC Certification

Mr. Saleem Jahangir - MD

ECI, has beenaccredited by

IFC for providing Business

Edge Trainings.

IFC Certification

Mr. Bakhtyar Ahmed

Nabeel - Manager Projects,

received his accreditation

from IFC as a certified

Business Edge Trainings.

IFC Certification

Bakhtyar Ahmed Nabeel

CertifiedTrainer

21 May 2015

Javed Iqbal OperationsOfficer

Awarded by ADB

Mr. Saleem

Jahangir attendedaconference in Georgia to present the project: “From

Dreams to Reality” via Community Based Leadership

Model.Location: Shikarpur.

Beneficiaries: 494

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Looking Beyond

ECI has placed e-learning as its priority area for the upcoming year, where the firm will bedeveloping online courses and rolling them out. For this purpose we have started contactinginternationalfirmsforaccreditation.

Alongside ECI is also planning to work on thematic area of Health & Nutrition and research intourism, trade & commerce at micro meso and macro level. Regarding its current work, the firmplans on taking its technical & vocational training portfolio to scale and work with beneficiariesacross Pakistan.

Our Proud Moments

Annual Dinner

Strategic Planning Meeting

Handing over of car keys under VehiclePolicy

Shifted to new office premises

Birthdays at ECIPerformance Appraisal

Bakhtyar Ahmed Rabia Khan Adnan BukhariManager Projects Manager Projects Senior Graphic Designer

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Implementation

of Sexual

Harassment

Policy at work

place

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Orientationof

new and old

employees

on policy

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Un-biased

decisions

regardless of

gender, age

and status etc

Gender and SexualHarassment Committee

“Under UNDP's Social Cohesion & Conflict Prevention Project services of ECI were hired for "Skills & Technical

Trainings of Youth in UC Musazai". Our experience with ECI has been one of the best where ECI built capacity of 150

youth in trades of: Commercial Tailoring, Grocery & Trading Business, Cloth Shop, Advance Farming Techniques,

Livestock Management and Computer Skills. The firm was involved in identification & selection of beneficiaries,

training needs assessment (including identification of most valued trades in the area), curriculum designing,

arrangement of logistics, conduct of trainings and documentation. All the activities were conducted according to

workplan; and nowtheproject is towards itsclosing phase.

The current situation on-ground is that every day people from the community visit ECI team and Local Government

Representatives officetocontinue withtheprogram as some ofthebeneficiaries trainedduring theprojectcourse have

increased household incomes. This situation indicates success ofeffortsofECI.”

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Afzaal Haider

National Project Coordinator

UNDP

“ECI has proved to be one of our most effective and reliable implementing partners and I would recommend them to

anyonewho is workingon enterprise,gender equalityand community leadership particularly.”

Munawar Sultana

Senior Programs Officer

ILO

“The efforts of ECI, in making the project “Strengthening & Mentoring of Parent Teacher Councils (PTCs)” a success,

are highly commendable. In my professional experience, I have never come across such marvelous organization

meeting and understanding theclient's expectations indesigning curriculums and delivering trainings ina professional

manner”.

Habib-ur-Rehman Orakzai

Advisor-PTC Training

Javed Akhtar

Deputy Director Agriculture

DOA-GB, focal person of

JICA)

“TheJICA and DOA-GB got technical support of ECI, a national level capacity building organization. ECI has theexpert

curriculum designers, content experts, and master trainers. Bearing a potential and expert team, ECI has proved to be

one ofour potential partners, assisted us in implementing a capacity building program tobenefit all the stakeholders of

JICA assisted project. It is a reliable organization and I would recommend their services with full confidence for large

training rollouts.”

Elementary and

SecondaryEducation

Department

Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa

“ECI team reviewed the material on Life Skills Based Education (LSBE) particularly on the adolescent sexual

reproductive health and rights (ASRHR) by technical experts and developed customized training manuals and

workbooks targeting both gender of adolescents, young people and parents. From the beginning till the end of the

assignment the ECI team was very organized and technically sound. They accomplished the assignment with keen

interest in developing the customized Life Skills Based manual in the light of our suggestions and requirements.

During the training of trainers (ToT) and Training of Young People ECI trainers transferred knowledge and skills

successfully. They have used interactive theatre technique (culturally appropriate) to introduce the sensitive topic of

Lifeskills withparents intheremotecommunities ofThattaand Muzaffargarh”.

“ECI and PMN partnered for thevery first timeon "Financial Literacy" in2012 where services ofECI were hired todesign

and develop Financial Literacy Module for the World Bank after which the firm conducted ToT's nationally on the

module. Our experience ofworking withECI was one of the best last timeand this timearound when through a bidding

process ECI was brought on-board theycontinue toperformeven better.Under thecurrentcontract ECI is mandated to

design the orientation package for borrowers, design and develop IEC material, conduct ToT's and develop &

implement a media campaign on radio/TV. The firm has already completed the development of orientation package

and IEC material both of which have been highly appreciated by IFC and PMN. We are sure thatwiththe effort that ECI

team is putting into this project the financial literacy messages will reach out to thousands of borrowers and will have

positiveeffecton responsible loan management by borrowers.”

Syed Mohsin Ahmed

CEO - PMN

“ECI pioneers in capacity building initiatives, their work is focused on diverse thematic areas with demonstrated

performance on women empowerment and livelihood development. ECI is an implementing partner of Gender Equity

Program under the support of USAID. Under a competitive sub-grant; ECI has implemented a project titled

“Supporting Female Graduates Access into information Technology Sector through Internship Program” in Islamabad

Region. The focus and aim of this project was to encourage young women IT graduates to join work force in this field.

ECI worked towards integrating gender into the ITsector.Through this project,ECI trainedand successfully placed 120

female IT graduates on a 6-month internship program with relevant employers. It also worked with the employers to

orient them about the Sexual Harassment at Work Place Act 2010; how they can work constructively in making the

working environment gender friendly. This helped ECI in not only helping 15 IT organizations change their human

resource policies by making separate work stations for female staff, assigning separate washrooms for women

employees but ithas helped ECI in building and managing partnerships. The project is in its last quarter and so far 30

interns have received fulltimejobofferswhilst theyarecompleting theirplacements.”

Sabir Mehmood Baig

Project Manager

PLAN International

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Mahpara Shakil

Director Capacity Building

Aurat Foundation

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Acknowledgments

ECI has came out with its first annual

report for 2015-16. This would not have

been possible without the valuable

feedback of Mr. Saleem Jahangir and

Ms. Anum Mughal. The designing of this

report is owed to the creative efforts of

Adnan Bukhari & Salman Ibrahim. The

content was provided by Ali Abbas,

Mehreen Ramzan& Sakina Younus.

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