Mr. Akbar Ali Dars is a development professional with wide range of experiences in rural development, social mobilization, capacity building, youth development , advocacy and lobbying techniques offering expertise development sector . He is proficient in strategic planning, innovative thinking, performing in multicultural project team, and has commitment to his tasks.
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• Plan and carry out advocacy /activities at the provincial level to highlight the issue of Maternal Anemia and garner support in bridging the gaps. This may include advocacy meetings with government officials, parliamentarians, policy makers or other influencers, workshops, seminars, citizen mobilization, civil society engagement or other strategy and tactics.
• Maintain strong and cordial coordination with relevant government officials and departments, including the DoH, Education, P&D and Nutrition cell at provincial level and with sector stakeholders for smooth project execution.
• Represent White Ribbon Alliance Pakistan in different advocacy working groups, meetings, workshops, seminar, trainings and briefing sessions as appropriate and ensure proper documentation and circulation of the key updates in this connection.
• Coordinate, engage and update WRA members, campaign partners and officials in Sindh province.
• Prepare consolidated monthly, quarterly and yearly reports encompassing activities, inputs, meetings, new ideas and targets vs achievements.
• Develop strong professional linkages with journalists and other media personnel.
• Explore institutional funding opportunities and take-up requests for proposal and gathering all relevant information from program team, partners, NGOs & INGOs, public bodies etc.
• Support and contribute in review and revision of project work-plan and financial plans, as required by the National/ Global Secretariat;
• Support logistics and event management for workshops, seminars etc.
• Lead WRA membership drive in Sindh
• Facilitated Youth Affairs Department to develop Adolescent Development Policy Framework
• Facilitated Education and Literacy Department to draft Rules of Business and Implementation Plan of Sindh Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2013
• Collate and analyze information about all the relevant stakeholders capacity assessment and plan capacity building training for advocacy on child rights and related issues to feedup the well-matched groups at provincial level. Analyze information and prepare consolidated report about the collected information for effective decision-making and preparation of the advocacy framework for project.
• Ensure timely and cost effective implementation of the advocacy initiatives at provincial and national level.
• Manage the development and implementation of all the sub-components of the strategy such as media campaign, printed materials, and capacity building of stakeholders.
• Coordinate with all the relevant partners/stakeholders for the development and implementation of the advocacy strategy.
• Liaise with journalists and media persons to advocate the good practices within the project/programmes.
• Prepare and maintain a database of useful media contacts – both print and electronic
• Involvement in policy/legislation
• Maintain a database of useful contacts of ministries
• Track policy shifts/legislative developments
• Leading a project empowering the voice of new generation in 38 districts
• Developed Training Manual
• Led 8000 youth members in all four provinces of Pakistan
• Strong linkages development with different government departments like, ( Education, Health, Social Welfare Department, Women Development , Labour Department , Population Department, Home Department, Planning and Development , STEVTA, STEDA,
• Capacity Building ( Youth groups, Children, Community Groups and Partners )
• Coordinated with all the relevant partners/stakeholders for the development and implementation of the advocacy strategy.
• Design and carry out advocacy /activities at the provincial and national level to highlight the issue of education and youth development and support in bridging the gaps.
• Engage government officials, parliamentarians, policy makers or other influencers through workshops, seminars, citizen mobilization, civil society engagement or other strategy and tactics.
• Maintain strong and cordial coordination with relevant government officials and relevant
• Liaisons, coordinate, engage and update youth members and partners across all four provinces in campaign and lobbing.
• Develop consolidated monthly, quarterly and yearly reports encompassing activities,
• Developed data base and built strong professional linkages with journalists and other media personnel.
• Played a lead role in supervision logistics and event management for workshops, seminars etc.
• Facilitated in developing Strategic Plan, develop and implement provincial and national comprehensive framework for local advocacy and policy change efforts for youth , children
• Build strategic partnerships with organizations that will assist project for desired policy agenda outcomes.
• Support the Executive Director in identifying and coordinating additional funding resources (foundations, businesses, leveraging of state and federal funds, etc.) to support the policy, advocacy and programm
• Conduct training workshops in all projects
• Manage all projects
• Implementation of all planned activities in different districts of Sindh
• Regular Monitoring in the field
• Conduct CBOs’ Trainings & Workshops
• Develop different kind of questionnaires for field surveys.
• Proposal writing
• Develop concept papers
• Need assessment of the area
• Need prioritization
• Launch and ensure various schemes in different villages
• Monitoring and Evaluation of on going projects/ schemes
• Quality control work
• Supervision of office staff
• Develop monitoring formats
• Develop Progress /Project completion report
• Manage project activities
• Awareness regarding the importance of vote
• Motivation to cost vote correctly
• Conduct UC, Taluka, and District level workshop regarding the voter education campaign
• Regular coordination with client and higher management
• Child massage collection
• Developed Sponsorship reports
• Documentation of all activities done in field
• Event Management
• Wrote progress reports ,monthly, quarterly and annual reports
• Human Resource Management
• Support in planning and administrative matters
• Providing class based support to class teachers.
• Conduct assessment of teacher’s performance of all classes which include planning, implementation, CR environment, relationship, and classroom observation.
• Need assessment and organizing conducting teachers’ trainings and workshop.
• Monitoring academic and non-academic (co and extra curricular) activities.
• Organizing different events like Taleemi Mela, Theaters, Seminars and dialogues for awareness raising on different social issues.
• Documentation and reporting for internal and external school activities.
Akbar has been doing great job since many years of his professional carrier. He is eager to learn new things and down to earth in acquiring new skills.