Various projects funded by the Federal Foreign Office
Whereas most of the cooperation programmes are funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by German organistations such as GIZ or KfW, there are various individual projects implemented by Pakistani organisations which are funded directly by the Federal Foreign Office.
Germany pursues its funding of 'Communities for Change in FATA' with the Pakistani non-governmental organization "Community Appraisal and Motivation Programme" (CAMP) in 2012.
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Germany has been supporting the National Police Bureau and the Gender Crime Centre with its Gender Responsive Policing (GRP) project since 2009.
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Nov. 2011: Representatives of the German Consulate General Karachi visited the newly-renovated Dr. Hanne Glodny School at the Afghan Refugee Camp near the Northern Bypass, Karachi.
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Germany provided motorcycles and vehicles to rebuild police capacity after flood damage
The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) handed over 100 motorcycles and 22 vehicles to law enforcement agencies of Pakistan. These vehicles serve to build up the police capacity after the damage caused by the devastating floods in 2010. The ceremony was held on 16 March 2011 at the Police Lines Parade Grounds in Islamabad. The equipment was mainly purchased with the financial support of the Government of Germany amounting to EUR 330,000 (about 39 million PKR).
Germany supports internally displaced persons in the Mohmand Agency
Germany supports the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) with EUR 1,500,000 (PKR 177,000,000) in providing humanitarian assistance to the internally displaced population in the Mohmand Agency. The project is a response to the basic needs of more than 5,000 internally displaced families living in the Nahqi Camp and the Danish Kol Camp. It is aiming to ensure adequate shelter and maintenance of the camps’ infrastructure and registration of the displaced population.
Pakistan: Strengthening federal governance through informed dialogue
The Federal government of Germany supports - in cooperation with the Canada-based NGO, Forum of Federations, and its local Pakistani partner, the Center for Civic Education Pakistan (CCEP) - a dialogue programme on federalism (August 2009 to December 2011) in Pakistan. The aim of this cooperation project is to facilitate and enhance dialogue between the central and provincial governments by increasing the capacity of decision-makers, including political parties, central and provincial civil servants, civil society leaders and the media, and to evaluate and analyze options for the creation of a stronger federal system based on international best practices.
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Women Leadership, Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
In this project, implemented by the local NGO PAIMAN, 105 male and female youth from five different universities of Peshawar as well members of the civil society were trained in the art of leadership, conflict transformation and peacebuilding with an emphasis on women leadership.
The "Trained Peace Practitioners" conducted orientation sessions with their university fellows as well member of their communities reaching out to some 65,000 women and men in the conflict affected and conflict prone areas of Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa and FATA. This initiative was the first of its kind in Pakistan.
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