event details - High-level Stakeholder Workshop on Pathways to Resilience in Semi-Arid Economies (PRISE)

9:30 - 10:00 am

Registration

10:00 – 10:20 am

Welcome remarks

Ambassador (R) Shafqat Kakakhel, Chair BoG, SDPI

10:20-10:30 am

Introductory remarks

Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director, SDPI

10:30-10:40 am

Presentation on PRISE objectives

Kashif Salik, SDPI

Points for discussion:

·         Key research questions

·         Proposed methodology

·         Partners in PRISE

·         Timelines

·         Any other

10:40 – 11:00 am

Presentation on implications of climate change for Pakistan

Dr. Fahad Saeed, SDPI

11:00 -11:45 am

Open Discussion

11:45 – 12:00 pm

Launch and introduction to the book titled ‘Action Research and Organizational Capacity Building (OCB)’

Mome Saleem, Research Coordinator, SDPI

Refreshments

12:15 -12:45 pm

Appraisal on PRISE activities

Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director, SDPI

Points for discussion:

·         Year-wise research activities

·         Policy messages and outreach

·         Capacity building activities

·         Communication strategy

12:45 – 1:15 pm

Open Discussion

Lunch & Prayer Break

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Synthesis presentation on work packages

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Deputy Executive Director, SDPI

1.      Climate risk management

2.      Governance, institutions and finance

3.      Climate change and markets

4.      Natural capital

5.      Human capital

3:00 – 4:00 pm

Open Discussion

Points for discussion:

·         Response on questionnaire

·         Inputs by stakeholders regarding any missing research area

·         Discussion on gaps identified in the literature

4:00 – 4:15 pm

Summary of the day and way forward

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Deputy Executive Director, SDPI

Refreshments