SPO

With the passage of time the activities of SPO has diversified to cover the emerging issues in the particular socio-economic and political context of Pakistan. Currently, SPO’s core areas are democratic governance, social justice and peace and harmony. In addition, SPO has a component of special projects that deals with disasters and emergency situations, such

SPO is a national civil society organization. Its national centre is in Islamabad, but it has eight regional offices in Multan, Hyderabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Karachi, Lahore, Turbat and Dera Ismail Khan. Besides that one project office in Muzafarabad and six temporary project offices are contributing to achieving SPO’s goals. The national center’s role is to

SPO’s governance lies in the hands of a 14 member Board[1] of Directors which comprises of 13 elected members and the Chief Executive.  The Board is elected for a three-year term from a General Body[2] with equal representation from all four provinces of Pakistan and reserved seats for the Federal Capital Territory. Members of the

Recognized as a leading proponent of participatory development and good governance, SPO is the executive member of the Pakistan Committee of IUCN-The World Conservation Union and executive member of the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Network for Electoral Processes (NEP) formed jointly by UNDP and Election Commission of Pakistan. SPO is also a member of

SPO began life as a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) supported organization. However, it soon started attracting more funding and sponsorships from a wider range of contributors. These include bilateral and multi-lateral aid givers like British High Commission (BHC) Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), European Commission (EC), Embassy for the Kingdom of Netherlands (EKN) and

Canadian International Development Agency Emergency Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority Election Commission of Pakistan Free & Fair Election Network Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Islamabad Official web gateway to the Government of Pakistan Pakistan Coalition for Education Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy United Nations Development Programme UN-HABITAT

List of SPO Partner Organizations of the current programme: D.I. Khan District Matiari Ghotki Gwadar Karachi Kech Mianwali and Khushab Multan Peshawar Quetta Shikarpur

International Trainings Program Review Meeting June 2012 Program Review Meeting December 2010 Gender Training October 2010

Staff at SPO   SPO Offices & Staff   SN Offices Men Women Total 1 D I Khan 20 02 22 2 Hyderabad 17 08 25 3 Islamabad (NC*) 39 15 54 4 Karachi 12 08 20 5 Lahore 22 11 33 6 Multan 30 14 44 7 Muzzafarabad 04 01 05 8 Peshawar 16