Sponsors – PLF Islamabad 2014
Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA)
ITA was formed and registered in June 2000. ITA’s primary focus is comprehensive education reform beginning with public sector schools, which are in a state of decay and degeneration. It also works with other sectors of basic education in non-formal and literacy programs for the disadvantaged groups such as child labor, destitute, women and youth. ITA works across formal, non-formal education from, ECE up to secondary levels and for teacher education, in pre-service, in-service and certification programs. Policy and advocacy are an embedded focus of the organization. ITA is in the business of developing workable and upgraded education models as well as social policy guidelines. These are appropriate for urban and rural situations alike across the education spectrum for public and non-elite private schools/institutions. It believes in working through and with partners across local communities, districts and provinces. ITA’s critical partner for action is the public sector at all levels and its institutions.
ITA’s partners include Community Based Organizations (CBOs), NGOs, INGOs, district governments, provincial/federal governments, private corporate sector, philanthropists, expatriate Pakistanis and donors.
The current work and partnerships extend across Lahore, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Rawalpindi, Sahiwal, Gujrat, Jhang, Chiniot, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Chakwal, Rahim Yar Khan, Miyanwali, Faisalabad, Nankana, Sindh, Balochistan (Gwadar, Jaffarababad, Quetta, Sibi) NWFP (Charsadda, Swabi, D.I.Khan/Peshawar), FATA, Islamabad Capital Territory and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). ITA is open to working in contiguous districts within and across provinces. In all four provinces and areas ITA works through its teacher educator/professional development program “teachers without frontiers’
Contact Information:
Address:Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi
41 - L Model Town Ext. Lahore, Pakistan
Tel:(+92) (42) 35173005-7
Fax:(+92) (42) 35173005
E-mail:info@itacec.org
Website:www.itacec.org
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. OUP Pakistan is committed to promoting the reading culture and to improving the intellectual content of life in Pakistan. It has an extensive school and college textbook publishing programme, which addresses the need for books that are both of high quality and specific to the environment. It has gained a reputation for publishing well-researched academic and general books, which are considered to be authoritative and definitive works on Pakistan.
Contact Information:
Address:No.38 sector 15 Korangi Industrial Area Karachi 74900, Pakistan
UAN:+92-21-111-oxford
Tel:+92-21-35071580-86
Fax:+92-21-35055071-72
E-mail:oup.pk@oup.com
Website:www.oup.com.pk
Open Society Foundations
The Foundation Open Society Institute–Pakistan’s key areas of activity are education, media, government transparency and accountability, justice and human rights, and economic policy. The largest efforts continue to be in the area of education. The office is committed to ensuring quality education for all children in Pakistan by supporting research and advocacy work by NGO coalitions, research and educational institutions, and teachers’ associations.
The office supports a number of pilot projects in both rural and urban areas that bring the government and civil society groups together to improve education quality in public and private institutions, especially through projects for teacher training, early childhood education, and school governance.
Dubai Cares
Dubai Cares is a philanthropic organization working to improve children's access to quality primary education in developing countries. Launched in September 2007 by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, Dubai Cares expresses the UAE's commitment to achieving, by 2015, United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UN MDG) 2 and 3 - namely, to guarantee universal primary education and to promote gender equality, respectively. Dubai Cares is also helping to forge a global partnership for development, as represented by UN MDG 8.Alif Ailan
Alif Ailaan was founded to bring together and empower all those Pakistanis who want to respond to the country’s education emergency, and equip our children to succeed for themselves and for Pakistan.Oxfam GB
Oxfam GB is a leading aid, development and campaigning charity with a worldwide reputation for excellence and over 60 years of experience. Oxfam GB started its operation in Pakistan in 1973. Our purpose is to work with others to overcome suffering and find lasting solutions to poverty.European Union (EU)
The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 28 member states that are primarily located in Europe. The EU operates through a system of supranationalindependent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states. Institutions of the EU include the European Commission, the Council of the European Union, the European Council, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the Court of Auditors, and the European Parliament.
The EU maintains diplomatic relations with nearly all countries in the world. It has strategic partnerships with key international players, is deeply engaged with emerging powers around the globe, and has signed bilateral Association Agreements with a number of states in its vicinity. Abroad, the Union is represented by a network of 141 EU Delegations, which have a similar function to those of an embassy.
The EEC and Pakistan signed their first agreement in 1962. Their partnership has since progressed in tandem with the European integration process. Today, the EU is not only Pakistan's largest trading partner but also an important political and development partner. Their political and security relations are getting stronger, as evidenced in the EU-Pakistan Five-year Engagement Plan , underlining the dynamic nature of the relationship.
Habib Bank
HBL was the first commercial bank to be established in Pakistan in 1947. Over the years, HBL has grown its branch network and become the largest private sector bank with over 1,500 branches and 1,000 ATMs across the country and a customer base exceeding five million relationships.With presence in 25 countries, subsidiaries in Hong Kong and the UK, affiliates in Nepal, Kenya and Kyrgyzstan and rep offices in Iran and China, HBL is also the largest domestic multinational. The Bank is expanding its presence in principal international markets including the UK, UAE, South and Central Asia, Africa and the Far East.
HBL is currently rated AAA (Long term) and A-1+ (Short term) with 'Stable' outlook and has a balance sheet size of USD 13.82 billion. It is the first Pakistani bank to raise Tier II Capital from external sources.
Federal College of Education
Federal Collage of Education (FCE),a center of excellence with a mandate to cater the needs of Pre-service as well as in-service teachers, sharpening their sensibilities and assisting them in furthering their professional acumen.
The dynamic, inspirational and vigorous field of education demands well equipped and motivated teachers. Teachers are human engineers for future generations and are thus assigned the prophetic duty to harness the human potential in the right direction.
Federal Directorate of Education
FDE provides an environment of teaching and learning with focus on academic excellence, surging desire for knowledge, attitudinal change, inculcating tolerance and compassion, developing a sense of purpose and high achievement with the vision for tomorrow.
Capital Administration and Development Division
Capital Administration and Development Division has been created in wake of the 18th Constitutional Amendment. The Division is mainly responsible to execute all such functions being previously performed by the abolished Ministries/ Divisions within the jurisdiction of the Federal Capital Area. As such, functions of the Division are multifarious capturing a range of subjects like health, social welfare, education, rehabilitation of persons with disabilities, population welfare, etc.
