The SDGs Citizens’ Watch Pakistan Program is a blend of social accountability and risk management for measuring SDGs implementation processes and progress by ensuring capacity building and inclusion of citizens’ including young volunteers, local government representatives, key decision makers and Parliamentarians. It is being implemented in Lahore, Rajanpur, Peshawar, Mardan, Karachi, Tharparkar, Quetta, Ziarat, Gilgit, Hunza, Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Rawalpindi & Islamabad from July 2019-February 2020.

Objectives:

  • Strengthening national, provincial and regional (AJK & GB) SDGs Task Forces for better policy reforms, setting priority indicators frameworks and parliamentary oversight mechanisms to achieve SDGs
  • Strengthening Pakistan Development Alliance’s provincial, regional and district partner organizations and capacitating 28 SDGs Champions (volunteers) in 14 districts across Pakistan to further sensitize and support concerned local/district governments to set their SDGs priority indicators framework
  • Developing youth led advocacy and engagement strategy for district / community level sensitization interventions on SDGs