Introduction
While PILDAT continued to assess performance of many policies and institutions related to governance since 2002 while facilitating Parliamentarians, Political Parties, Governments and Media to institute required reforms in areas including health and education, national and provincial affairs, water resource management and sharing as well as foreign policy and regional relations, in 2013 PILDAT developed an indigenous framework for systematically assessing quality of governance in Pakistan’s Federal and 4 Provincial Governments. The framework has included two-tier assessments – seeking and documenting of public opinion poll annually on the quality of governance in Pakistan and the performance assessment Score Cards based on obtaining published data from Federal and Provincial Governments.
Based on this framework since 2013, PILDAT has carried out annual assessment of quality of governance in Federal and Provincial Governments in the shape of Score Cards. Through developing the governance assessment framework and compiling annual scorecards from 2013-2016, PILDAT’s endeavour sought to understand the extent to which Pakistan’s democratically elected governments have delivered to their respective citizens in terms of providing good governance.
As the PILDAT assessment of quality of governance at the Federal and Provincial levels have been carried out as collaborative efforts by seeking published data from Governments, these assessments highlight areas of strengths and potential areas that may require improvements with the objective that policymakers, Government officials and politicians, alongside citizens and media, will benefit from the perspectives highlighted in governance assessment score cards.
Not only that the Federal and 4 Provincial Governments have been forthcoming in sharing data on governance every year reflecting Pakistan’s commitment to requirements of openness and transparency, the Governments have been very keen to receive, analyse and use the governance assessments and score cards annually.
.Key Areas
- Systematic analysis and documentation of quality of governance across Pakistan’s Federal and Provincial Governments
- Providing comparative analysis of quality of governance across Provinces to give provinces positive impetus to improve governance
- Informing Citizens to have fact-based analysis and overview of governance of elected governments
- Providing systematic assessments that contribute to fact-based analysis on quality of governance in the media
Approaches & Methodology of our Work
PILDAT is a dynamic organisation and continues to evaluate, calibrate and adapt its approaches and methodologies to reach the desired goals in our work. Following are some of the key approaches to our work:
- Objective, fact-based and non-partisan Research and Analysis focussed on reforms arrived at through working with our eminent groups and learning from regional and international good practices
- Working with ALL stakeholders including Governments, Parliament & Provincial Legislatures, Political Parties, Judiciary, Media and Citizens
- Advocacy for reforms
Key Strengths
PILDAT is widely recognised for the following key strengths:
- Convening Power: Owing to our track-record as a serious, non-partisan organisation focused on quality of its work, PILDAT has developed a unique convening power that brings together diverse political spheres and voices from across the country on important national and global issues to affect policy reform.
- Relationships across the Political Spectrum: Because of PILDAT’s work over a decade in a non-partisan capacity, PILDAT enjoys relationship of respect with all key political parties. Not only political parties receive PILDAT’s reform proposals with an open mind, they often seek PILDAT’s support and advice on various policy issues relating to policy as well as internal governance. This also means that regardless of a party in opposition or in power, they are receptive to our analyses and proposals.
- Relationship with Media: Over the years, PILDAT has worked with the media to develop it as an ally. PILDAT’s work is sought and often quoted in the media. We take media as an important ally to further the work on reforms.
Our Services
Following key services are offered by PILDAT:
- Systematic analysis and documentation of quality of governance across Pakistan’s Federal and Provincial Governments
- Comparative analysis of quality of governance based on published Government data
- Effective and efficient evidence-based information and advocacy with all stakeholders on required reforms
Following major projects have been conceptualised and delivered successfully by PILDAT in the area:
- Workshop for Parliamentarians on Federal Budget process and poverty reduction
- Workshop on WTO Regime
- Capacity Building Program of Legislators on Labour Issues
- Promoting Safe Migration Practices to Prevent Trafficking in Pakistan
- All Parties Conference on Education for All
- Supporting Citizens Group on Reforms in Federally Administered Tribal Area
- Advocacy for Anti Money Laundering (AML) Resolution in Pakistan
- Briefing to Parliamentarians on Microfinance
- Consultations on Narcotics Control Policy
- Promoting Immunization Programme and related policies among parliamentarians and District Nazims
- Inter-Provincial Water Disputes
- One Day Conference on Threat Financing: the Killing Nexus
- Enhancing the effectiveness of Anti-Polio Drive
- Dialogue on Pakistan India Trade
- Democracy and Governance Programme
- Pakistan-India Legislators and Public Officials Dialogue on Governance and Democracy
Our Partners
Following are some of the key development partners who have supported PILDAT’s initiatives in this field:
- Department for International Development – DFID
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – UNESCO
- American Solidarity Center – SC
- United Nations International Children Fund – UNICEF
- British High Commission – BHC
- Danish International Development Agency – DANIDA
