High Level Policy Advice

Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) has been providing high-level policy advice to the Federal Government of Pakistan, provincial governments, international entities, and various public and private entities.

Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri

As a member of Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s council member
As a member of the COP29 International Advisory Committee
As a member of the Pakistan Climate Change Committee to review climate change governance and mechanisms to access climate funds (2024 – Onwards)
As a member of the Pakistan Climate Change Committee – Subgroup 3 decarbonization of industries in context of CBAM (2024 – Onwards)
As a member of the Technical advisory board on carbon markets (2024 – Onwards)
As a member of the Pakistan Climate Change Council (2024 – Onwards)
As a member of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council/National Economic Advisory Council for three terms (2013-2022)
As a member of the National Advisory Council of the Planning Commission of Pakistan for two terms (2013-2022)
As a member of National Coordination Committee of the Prime Minister’s Agriculture Transformation Plan (2021-2022)
As a member of the Finance Minister’s Task Force on the Effectiveness of Social Safety Nets (2016-17)
As a part of three judicial commissions on environmental issues formed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad High Court, and Lahore High Court
As a Permanent Organizing Committee member of the South Asia Economic Summit
As a member of the Advisory Board of the CAREC (Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation) Think-Tank Network
As a co-chair of the Board of Climate Action Network, South Asia, for two terms
As a lead expert for the World Economic Forum’s “Transformation Mapping” initiative from Pakistan

As the member of Board of Directors/Governors

National School of Public Policy (NSPP)
The National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF)
Benazir Income Support Program (BISP)
Pakistan State Oil (2009-2011)

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed

Convenor, National Network for Economic Think Tanks, Islamabad
Hon. Senior Fellow, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad
Hon. Research Fellow, Partnership for Economic Policy, Ottawa
Member, Steering Committee, Southern Voice, Nairobi
Member, Approvals Committee, Special Technology Zones Authority (STZA), Government of Pakistan
Member, Fauji Foundation Welfare Advisory Board, Rawalpindi
Member, Technical Committee of Government of Punjab’s Spatial Strategy Project, Govt. of Punjab
Member, Working Group for Five Year Plan, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan
Member, Board of Directors, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment & Trade
Former Member, Resource and Revenue Mobilization Committee, Federal Board of Revenue
Adjunct faculty, Pakistan Institute of Trade & Development, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of Pakistan
Member Advisory Council – National Skills University, Islamabad

Dr. Sajid Amin Javed

As a Member Working Group on First Five-Year Plan, Planning and Development department, Government of Balochistan (2020, 2021)
As a Member Sectoral Advisory Group (macroeconomy), Ministry of Finance, Government of Pakistan (2020)
As a Member (expert input) Economic Growth and Equity Strategy, Sectoral Advisory Group (2020)
As a Focal Person (SDPI) for Parliamentary Standing Committee on Decent Work and Economic Growth, Parliament of Pakistan (2020)
As a Member Working Group on Macroeconomic Framework-Growth, Investment and Savings, Planning Commission of Pakistan (2019)
As a Member Working Group on Economic Governance, 12th Five Year Plan, Planning and Development Division (2019)
As an External Reviewer on Monetary Policy and Financial Market, 12th Five Year Plan, Planning and Development Division (2018-19)
As a Member Working Group on Promoting Remittances Inflows through Legal Channels, Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis & HRD (2018)
As a Member Sub Committee for Establishing Pakistan Academy of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities (PASSAH), Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan (2018)
As a Member Economic Seed Community for Track II Dialogue on Economic Cooperation in South Asia] (2015-2017)
As an Expert Review Panelist, National School of Public Policy, National Institute of Management [NIM], Islamabad, 2018
As a Member Sub Committee on Review of Pakistan Social and Living Standard Measurement Survey (PSLM) Questionnaire on Poverty, Labour and Employment, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) (2016)
As a Member Interview Panel, [Subject Specialist-Economics], Federal Public Service Commission [FPSC], Pakistan, 2012
As a Lead for development of frameworks for SDGs localization in Punjab and Balochistan.

Dr. Shafqat Munir Ahmad

As a Member, Technical Committee on Research, at the Justice and Law Commission, the Supreme Court of Pakistan
As a Member Research and Policy Working Group, CVE Media Cell, Press Information Department, the Federal Ministry of Information, the Government of Pakistan.
As a Co-chair of CHANGE- Climate and Humanitarian Action Network for Growth and Engagement, a network of Eight organizations working together on climate and humanitarian action across Pakistan.
As an Ashoka Fellow- News and Knowledge Initiative, Ashoka Foundation, United States since 2008(https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/fellow/shafqat-munir-ahmad)
As a Member, PHAP (Professionals in Humanitarian Assistance and Protection)- Belgium
As a Member International Advisory Board, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economic and Environment (SAWTEE)- Nepal
As an Ex-Member, Working Group of Planning Commission of Pakistan on Social Capital Development
As a Member Board of Directors of Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA)
As a Member Board of Directors of Pakistan Coalition for Education (PCE)
As a Member Board of Directors of The Network for Consumers protection, Pakistan
As a Visiting Faculty at Information Services Academy
As a Visiting Faculty at the International School for Peace Studies, Bangkok, Thailand.

High Level Policy Advice

High Level Policy Advice-SDPI

High-Level Policy Advice

Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri

Dr. Vaqar Ahmed

Dr. Sajid Amin Javed

Dr. Shafqat Munir Ahmad