Title: Organizational Profile
1Organizational Profile
Innovative Development Organization (IDO)
(June 2010)
2Brief Particulars of the Organization
Name of the Organization Innovative Development Organization (IDO)
Type of Organization Non-Profiteering, Non-Governmental Organization
Registered in 2003
Registration Details Registered under the voluntary social welfare agencies (Registration and Control) ordinance 1961 (XL VI of 1961) with registration number DSW-1245
Name Designation of Contact Person Ali Ahmed Khan, Chief Executive Officer
Number of Offices Head Office, Quetta Field Office, Killasaifullah Field Office, Zhob Field Offices, Barshore Field Office at Khanozai Field Office at Mastung Governance Resource Center and a Training Facility in the Office of Commissioner Quetta 14 Information/Resource Centers in various districts of Balochistan.
3Vision
- A developed and empowered society with every one
enjoying easy access to basic needs and services
without any discrimination
4Mission
- To undertake a holistic approach leading to the
empowerment of marginalized groups and work for
sustainable development by taping interventions
in all relevant sectors.
5Porgramme Areas
- Governance
- Education
- Water, Environment and Sanitation
- Cross-Cutting Themes
- Equality
- Information Communication Technologies for
Development (ICTD) - Disaster Management/DRR
6Governance Structure
- The Governing body of IDO is headed by the
President, supported by General Secretary and
Board Members. IDO has several sections headed
working under the direct supervision of CEO.
Management Structure
7Memberships
- Balochistan AIDS Network (BAN)
- NGO Network for Political Participation (NGO-NEP)
working under Election Commission of Pakistan and
SDEPP-UNDP - Gender Based Violence (GBV) Working Group
- Balochistan Gender Network
- WES-NET.
- Networks Patronized by IDO
- Cross-Party Women Network for enhancing
participation of women in political/electoral
processes - CCBs Network in Balochistan (Patronized by IDO)
- CCB Network, Quetta District.
8Major Supporters/Donors
- European Commission
- Concern Worldwide Pakistan Programme
- Balochistan Education Foundation (BEF)
- British High Commission, Islamabad
- Save the Children (UK)
- CIDA
- UNHCR
- Gender Equality Project (GEP) funded by DFID and
managed by British Council - Planning Development Department Government of
Balochistan - Education Department Government of Balochistan
- UNICEF
- Mercy Corps, Quetta (Financial Funding from
European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office
(ECHO) and Bureau of Population Refugees
Migration (BPRM) US State Department) - Decentralization Support Programme, (DSP/PPSO
Sindh ADB) - Election Commission of Pakistan ECP-UNDP-SDEPP
- Devolution Trust for Community Empowerment
(DTCE-UNDP) - UNESCO
- AGRPB-UNDP
- WHO
- CRS.
9Currently in Progress Education Sector Projects
of IDO
10Balochistan Education Programme
Duration of the Project
2010 to 2014 (Five Years Project)
Funding Agency
RNE through Save the Children (UK)
Key Interventions
- Up-gradation of 10 middle schools to High level
- Up-gradation of 25 primary schools to middle
level - Infrastructure improvement and provision of
missing facilities in 305 primary schools of
which 105 will have ECE centres - Teachers training (about 5000)
- Capacity building of PTSMCs and development of
SEPs in target schools - Introduction of formative assessment methods in
all target schools - Development implementation of sports/extra
curricular activities Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) activities - Strengthening of provincial planning systems
establishment of monitoring cells - Research based support to improve education
expenditure utilization
11Towards Joyful Learning
Duration of the Project
2008 to 2009 (three Years Project)
Funding Agency
Save the Children (UK/NL)
Key Interventions
- Up-gradation of 2 primary schools to middle
level - Infrastructure improvement and provision of
missing facilities in 10 primary schools - Teachers training (about 40)
- Capacity building of PTSMCs and development of
SEPs in target schools - School health component
- Development implementation of sports/extra
curricular activities Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) activities
12Strengthening DEMIS
Duration of the Project
July 2007 to Dec 2010 (3.5 Years Project)
Funding Agency
UNICEF
Key Interventions
- Development of DEMIS (EMIS online databases,
web-based database application, Desktop GIS
application and integration of EMIS with Google
Earth) - Establishment and strengthening of DEMIS-Cells
- Providing technical assistance for conducting
annual school census - Data analysis and publication of Education
Statistics Year Books and Education Atlas at
district level - Development of District Education Development
Plans - Support to Education Department in conducting
annual school census, OM of DEMICs and capacity
building of concerned staff - Pilot model for automation of High Schools and
their integration with DEMIS - Development and Implementation of FMIS and TEMIS
for District Education Departments.
13Balochistan Education Support Project
Duration of the Project
2007 to 2010 (40 months Project)
Funding Agency
World Bank through BEF
Key Interventions
- Establishment of 57 community schools in District
Killasaifulah, Zhob and Sherani - Provision of operatinalization support and
monitoring of 57 schools on regular basis - Capacity building of Parent Education Committees
on operationalization of schools - Teachers Training
14Other Projects that Focuses Education as a
Component
- Quetta Integrated Urban Development Project
Focusing School DRR, Health Hygiene education
in schools, Adopt a School Campaign. (Funded by
Concern Worldwide) - Improving Access to Water Sanitation Facilities
in District Killasaifullah and Pishin Focusing
School WES and Health Hygiene Education (Funded
by European Commission and Concern Worldwide) - Improving Access to Education and Drinking Water
Facilities Focusing the Improvement of school
infrastructure, provision of missing facilities
and health hygiene education (funded by
CIDA-BRF) - Education, Skills and Protection for Afghan
Refugees and Host Communities Focussing the
non-formal basic education and adult literacy
components (Funded by CRS/BPRM) - MICS Survey 2010 Focusing multiple sectors
including Education (funded by UNICEF/PDD GoB) - Preparation of District Development Profiles and
Development Atlas for all 30 districts of
Balochistan Focusing Education as a separate
chapter (funded by UNICEF/PDD GoB)
15Organizational Experiences
16Projects Undertaken
Donor/Organization Project Project Dates
Concern Worldwide Pakistan Programme(CWPP) Quetta Integrated Urban Development Project 1st Oct 2006 to 31st Dec 2011
Save the Children (UK) Towards Joyful Learning, a School Improvement Programme with focus on Girls in Balochistan 1st Jan 2008 to 31st Dec 2010
UNESCO Capacity building of Teachers on Disaster Management (Education in Emergency and Psychosocial Well-Bing). Oct to Dec 2007
Save the Children (UK) and RNE Balochistan Education Programme (BEP) 1st Jan 2010 to 31st Aug 2012
17Organizational Experiences
Donor/Organization Project Project Dates
Balochistan Education Foundation (BEF) (funded by World Bank) Establishment of 57 Community Schools in Rural Areas of Balochistan (especially for girls) Sep 2007 to Dec 2010
UNICEF Establishment and Operationalization of District Education Management Information System (DEMIS) (especially focusing the provision of sex-disaggregated data in education sectors) July 2007 to Dec 2010
CIDA-BRF Improving Access to Potable Water in Rural Communities of District Pishin June 2009 to Jan 2010
18Organizational Experiences
Donor/Organization Project Project Dates
UNHCR- Concern Worldwide Refugees Affected and Hosting Areas- Quetta Urban Development Project Oct to Dec 2009
European Commission Improving Access to Water and Sanitation in Districts Pishin and Qilla Saifullah Jan 2010 to Dec 2012
CIDA Naseerabad District Flood Response Project (NDFRP) July to Nov 2007
19Organizational Experiences
Donor/ Organization Project Project Dates
Balochistan Education Foundation Capacity Building of Parent Education Committees in Noth-A, North-B, Southwest-A and Central-A Regions of Balochistan (About 16 out of 31 districts). Jan 2007 to Aug 2009
UNICEF/CIDA Conducting Baseline Survey for Primary Education Support Programme. March to July 2007
DSP/Sindh Development of Fiscal Policy, conducting survey to assess and enhance the revenue potential and Development Institutionalization of TMA Revenue MIS at TMA Tanod Adam Sep 2006 to Dec 2008
20Organizational Experiences
Donor/ Organization Project Project Dates
UNICEF Capacity building of district governments on Preparation of Gender Sensitive Child Focused Annual Development Plans. Sep 2005 to Dec 2005
DTCE-UNDP Capacity Building of CCBs and Secretary UCs on Gender Sensitive Project Cycle Management in District Pishin and Killasaifullah and undertaking CCB Mobilization campaign in 38 UCs of District Pishin. 2006 to 2007
UNICEF/ PHE Department GoB Establishment and Institutionalization of PHED MIS/GIS Sep 2008 to Dec 2009
British High Commission Economic Empowerment for Peace and Development April 2008 to Dec 2010
21Organizational Experiences
Donor/Organization Project Project Dates
British High Commission Gender Sensitization and Capacity Building of Provincial/District Public Safety and Police Complaints Commission to combat gender based violence Nov 2006 to Mar 2007
UNICEF / PD Department Government of Balochistan Development of Provincial Plan of Action and Pilot District Plans of Action for Children Oct 2004 to Aug 2005
Gender Equality Project funded by DFID and managed by British Council Community Empowerment through Formation and Strengthening of Female CCBs in City District Quetta for undertaking local level projects in health, water sanitation sectors. July 2004 to May 2005
22Organizational Experiences
Donor/Organization Project Project Dates
Mercy Corps Conducting Survey and Impact Assessment Study of Health and WAT/SAN Projects of Afghan Refugees Programme of Mercy Corps Under the Bureau of Population, Refugees Migration US State Department. Aug 2005 to Sep 2005
- Mercy Corps, Pakistan - (ECHO) External Evaluation of Host Communities Rehabilitation Project (Having components of community development, water sanitation schemes) June to July 2005
UNICEF Conducting Survey, Development of MIS and GIS Applications for Mapping of Education Sector Development Interventions in Balochistan June to Aug 2006
23Organizational Experiences
Donor/Organization Project Project Dates
Balochistan Education foundation (funded by World Bank) Development of Complaints Management System and establishment of Complaints Management Cell for Balochistan Education Foundation. June 2006 to Dec 2007
UNICEF Capacity Building of Government Officials on Use of Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey in gender sensitive and child focused Planning Process for Achieving MDGs. May to July 2006
Mercy Corps Capacity Building of Citizen Community Boards in Refugee Hosting Areas of Killaabdullah and Mastung Districts, Balochistan. June to July 2005
24Organizational Experiences
Donor/Organization Project Project Dates
Mercy Corps Capacity Building of Staff of Mercy Corps in Community Based Disaster Preparedness Planning March to April 2006
Planning Development Department Government of Balochistan Development of Gender Sensitive Entity Improvement Plans and Formulation of Project Document (PC-1) for Public Sector Capacity Building Project July to October 2006
SDEPP-UNDP / Election Commission of Pakistan Mainstreaming Women Socially Excluded Groups in Political and Electoral Processes in Balochistan. April 2006 to Dec 2006
25Organizational Experiences
Donor/Organization Project Project Dates
CIDA-BRF Improving Access to Basic Education and Drinking Water Facilities in District Pishin July 2010 to Jan 2011
UNICEF (DFID/AUS-AID) Updating of District Development Profile and Preparation of District Development Atlas for 30 Districts of Balochistan June to Dec 2010
CRS / BPRM Education, Skills and Protection for Afghan Refugees and Host Communities June 2010 to April 2011
UNICEF Third-party validation and monitoring of MICS-IV Feb to Aug 2010
26- Other Short Assignments Undertaken by IDO
- Establishment of Governance Resource Center at
Quetta - Establishment of Career Counseling Unit in two
Universities, RDA and DCO Office Gawadar - Distribution of relief items for purification and
storage of drinking water in Jhall Magsi District
affected by heavy rains and floods funded by
UNCEF - Conducting detailed assessment of damages caused
to schools due to heavy rains and floods in 17
districts of Balochistan funded by UNICEF - Conducting detailed assessment of damages caused
to sanitation facilities due to heavy rains and
floods in 17 districts of Balochistan funded by
UNICEF and supported by Local Government and
Rural Development Department Government of
Balochistan
27- Other Short Assignments Undertaken by IDO
- Development of Training Curriculum for capacity
building of PTSMCs comprising of Trainers
manual, Participants handbook and activity based
training material combined into a training kit
funded by UNICEF and supported by Education
Department Government of Balochistan - Study on reasons for reluctance among female
public sector employees of Health Department GoB
to work in periphery - Development of Website for City District
Government Quetta - Development and institutionalization of HRMIS for
City District Government Quetta - Independent Monitoring and Evaluation of Polio
Eradication Campaign for the last three cycles on
regular basis with the support of WHO
28- Other Short Assignments Undertaken by IDO
- Development of website for Provincial Public
Safety and Police Complaints Commission in
Balochistan - Assisted the voter registration campaign in 8
districts of Balochistan through the NGO-NEP
supported by Supporting National Elections in
Balochistan (SNEP-UNDP) - Provision of Resource Persons to National
Institute of Public Administration Institute NIPA
for regular Lectures on Gender Development - Development of Directory of elected women
councilors 1999 - Case Study of 10 female councilors in
Balochistan - Adopt a School Campaign in Collaboration with ECF
29IDOs Publications
- Print Material
- A booklet on CCBs
- A booklet on Micro-Enterprise Development
- A booklet on Important Amendments in Local
Government Ordinance 2001 - A directory of female CCBs
- Directory of all CCBs in Quetta
- Two types of posters on the registration process
of CCBs - Posters on importance of female CCBs
- Posters on the process of Annual Development Plan
Preparation - Posters on the importance of gender sensitive
child focused ADP preparation - More than 10 volumes of newsletters on quarterly
and bi-annual basis on Governance and Economic
Empowerment on regular basis - Training Modules
- Capacity building of Parents Teachers Management
Committees (PTSMCs) - Strengthening of CCBs for GEP/DFID/British
Council - Strengthening of CCBs and Health Hygiene
Education for Mercy Corps - Disaster Preparedness Planning and Development of
Community Based Disaster Preparedness Plans for
Mercy Corps - Strengthening of Parent Education Committees
(PECs) - Orientation on Local Government System for
UNICEF
30Human Resources
Job Title/Type of Staff Quantity of staff Male/ Female Full time/ Part time/ Volunteer
1. Board Members 10 8 (Male) / 2 (Female) Volunteer
2. Chief Executive Officer 1 1 Male Full time
3. Governance Gender Advisor 1 1 Female Full Time
4. Director of Programmes 1 (Currently GGA hold this charge) 1 Female Full Time
5. ICT Manager/ ME Manager 1 1 Male Full Time
6. Finance Manager 1 1 Female Full Time
7. Finance Officer 2 2 Male Full Time
8. Admin/Finance Officer 1 1 Male Full Time
9. Programme Officer 4 2 Female and 2 male Full Time
10. Coordinator Governance Resource Center 1 1 Male Full Time
11. Admin/Finance Assistant 1 1 Male Full Time
31Human Resources
Job Title/Type of Staff Quantity of staff Male/ Female Full time/ Part time/ Volunteer
11. Project Managers/Coordinators 6 2 Female/4 Male Full Time
12. Software Developers 2 2 Male Full Time
13. Systems Analyst 1 1 Male Full Time
14. Consultants 4 3 Male/1 Female Part Time
15. Trainers 8 8 Male Part Time
16. Social Organizers 23 15 Male/7 Female Full Time
17. Data Collectors and Supervisors 30 data collectors and 3 supervisors 28 Male/5 Female Full Time (for two months period spread over 4 months)
18. Engineers 2 2 male Full Time
19. Computer Operators 2 2 Male Full Time
20. Support Staff 10 10 Male Full Time
21. Research Associates 30 20 Male/ 10 Female Full Time
22. Internees 3 2 Male/ 1 Female Volunteers
TOTAL no. staff volunteers 147 (114 Male 33) TOTAL no. staff volunteers 147 (114 Male 33) TOTAL no. staff volunteers 147 (114 Male 33) TOTAL no. staff volunteers 147 (114 Male 33)
32Thank You