Twelfth Sustainable Development Conference: 21—23 December 2009
Fostering Sustainable Development in South Asia
Responding to Challenges
The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) is holding its Twelfth Sustainable Development Conference (SDC) from 21-23 December 2009 in Islamabad, Pakistan. This year’s Conference is titled ‘Fostering Sustainable Development in South Asia: Responding to Challenges’. ...........more ....
Women and ICTs: Exclusion or empowerment?
The availability of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has risen rapidly in Pakistan during the past years. The number of computers has increased ten-fold between 2003 and 2007. Teledensity, i.e. telephone lines per 100 inhabitants, be it fixed PTCL, wireless loop lines or mobile phones, has risen from 12 to 61 percent between 2005 and 2009. In 2007, more than half of the country’s households owned a TV set. ..........more .....
Development: Does the world really mean it?
If development is the process of gradual progress aimed at alleviating sufferings by enhancing prosperity, the world with its nation states and development organizations still lags far behind in achieving the goal of development.........more ......
Global Inventory Project: A report from polluted site at Salhad (Abbottabad)
Blacksmith Instituted (BSI), USA; and, Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) and entered into a partnership to cooperate in chemically polluted sites in Pakistan as a part of "The Global Inventory Project (GIP)." In continuation of the MoU signed by the (SDPI); and, BSI, USA, for the GIP project called Mapping of Chemically Contaminated Sites in Pakistan......more ......
Understanding identities and conflicts
The issue of identity and conflict is complex and puzzling. What prompts human beings to re-prioritize identities and re-adjust group affiliations, which seek to redress grievances against a distinct other? There may be a diverse range of answers to this question. These answers could emerge from a range of perspectives such as cultural and ideological to political and socio-psychological..........more ......
In Retrospect
Workshops and Trainings at SDPI
- Training Workshop on Developing Leadership Skills 7—9 July 2009
- Training Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects 14—16 July 2009
- Training Workshop on Effective Reading 28 July 2009
- Training Workshop on Effective Project Management using MS Project 18—20 August 2009
- In-House Training Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects 1—3 September 2009
- In-House Training Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Projects 10—12 September 2009
