A team of World Bank Group comprising of Executive Director Mr.
Omar Bougara and Senior Advisor to Executive Director, Mr. Awais Manzur Sumra
called on Secretary BISP Mr. Omar Hamid Khan today at BISP Secretariat in the
presence of senior BISP officials.
Mr. Omar
Bougara is from Algeria representing constituency of Afghanistan, Algeria,
Ghana, Iran, Morocco, Pakistan and Tunisia on behalf of World Bank. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the
progress of various ongoing initiatives of BISP and the design and
implementation of new interventions aimed at expanding the scope of the
programme for the welfare of BISP beneficiaries.
During the
meeting, BISP team gave briefings on different initiatives of the
organization. Secretary BISP urged
World Bank team to provide technical and financial assistance in the design and
implementation of newly conceived initiative of ‘BISP Endowment Fund’ under
which BISP plans to provide development assistance to the beneficiaries in the
form of medical support, nutrition and trainings for skill development and
entrepreneurship. World Bank Team appreciated the initiative of ‘BISP Endowment
Fund’ and ensured their full support in its design and implementation.
The idea of capacity building of BISP employees through local and
international trainings also came under discussion. It was deliberated that
these trainings would help BISP employees to learn and implement the
international best practices in the field of social protection. For the purpose of knowledge sharing and organizational development, it
was discussed that Research Wing of BISP would be strengthened. BISP team
proposed that World Bank may assist BISP in this regard by providing relevant
human resource and expertise. World
Bank Team expressed great satisfaction over the performance of BISP in the wake
of achieved targets. Mr. Omar Bougara ensured that World Bank, being development partner of BISP and
having global experience of social protection, would continue providing
assistance and expertise in the progress of ongoing initiatives and in the
design and implementation of new interventions.
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