Honored to meet HE Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt on his visit to Islamabad alongside Amb. Dr. Ihab Abdelhamid, embassy officials, Egyptian expatriates & private sector in Pakistan. Shared our @UNDP_Pakistan and @UNinPak work for sustainable development
Sam Rizk
@samuelrizk
Resident Representative, @UNDP_Pakistan
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A warm welcome to @UNDP_Pakistan, Assistant Secretary General (DESA) @NavidHanif_UN. Thank you for your partnership, and for sharing your deep insights on financing for development, debt-for-climate swaps, and new frontiers for SDG investments in Pakistan and globally.
Pleased to extend & expand our partnership w/ @GermanyinPAK on these critical development priorities in #Gawadar and across #KhyberPakhtunkhwa: dignified options for livelihoods & psychosocial support for at-risk groups will promote stability and social cohesion
#UNDPinPakistan Resident Representative @SamuelRizk and @GermanyinPak Ambassador H.E. Alfred Grannas have signed a new rights-based stabilization project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 🇵🇰 to strengthen resilience and rehabilitate vulnerable youth, promoting community stabilization.View quoted post on X
We are also extending our existing partnership in Gwadar, facilitating local governments, academia and youth through psycho-social support and livelihood skills development, focusing on communities vulnerable to #ClimateChange and natural disasters.
Balochistan's coastal communities are threatened by climate-induced disasters & socioeconomic risks. New collaboration launched w/ @GermanyinPAK 4 rights-based coastal governance. I joined civil society, local communities, govt, businesses as they plan together in Gawadar.
Anti-narcotic measures are critical for Balochistan’s Excise, Taxation, and Anti-Narcotics Department. @UNDP_Pakistan is proud to support this goal through crucial officer training, aimed at creating a safe, secure environment for people & communities in the province & the region
Thrilled to share the successful completion of our project with @StateINL and the Excise, Taxation and Anti-Narcotics Department of Balochistan (ETAN-B). Together, we've strengthened the institutional capacity of ETAN-B to build drug-free and #SaferCommunities in Balochistan 🇵🇰.View quoted post on X
Key Achievements:
📚 Developed training manuals with national and international experts
👩🏫 Trained 30 Master Trainers
👥 Trained 160+ ETAN-B officials nationwide including 25% of the women employed at ETAN-B
📝Drafted Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and ETAN-B development strategy for more efficient operations
Our Assistant Resident Representative, @KaiserIshaq, reaffirmed #UNDPinPakistan's commitment to strengthening ETAN-B’s ability to better prepare for future security challenges and improve security sector governance in Balochistan.
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