Islamabad, 10 June 2022 (TDI): The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Pakistan’s Assistant Resident Representative, Rana Kaiser Ishaque, met with the delegate from Pakistan Customs, Federal Board of Revenue, traders, and clearing agents to implement a pilot digital dashboard for digital transformation in the country.
Program officer Anita Usama Bakhtiar and Policy analyst UNDP Umer Akhlaq were also present during the meeting. According to the sources, the digital dashboard aims to monitor trade processes and develop Pakistan’s first online complaint redressal mechanism. The forum has been carried out as a part of the digital transformation structure.
Promoting local talent
Earlier, the UNDP human resource colleagues visited the FAST National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Islamabad campus, to review to final year projects of the graduating students. The visit aimed to promote industry-academia liaison and potential future work opportunities at UNDP.
#UNDPinPakistan‘s Human Resource colleagues visited FAST-NUCES, Islamabad campus yesterday to review graduating students’ final year projects and to promote industry-academic liaison for potential future work opportunities at UNDP. pic.twitter.com/RLyUaceex6
— UNDP Pakistan (@UNDP_Pakistan) June 10, 2022
Reducing the gender gap in the digital economy
Meanwhile, UNDP Pakistan is strongly committed to accelerating the representation of women in the digital realm of Pakistan. For this purpose, UNDP Pakistan and Jazz are collaborating to promote digital inclusion among the women of Pakistan through enhanced access to Infroamtionand Communication Technology (ICT).
Currently, UNDP is supporting the Government of Baluchistan to increase access to public services for women to achieve agenda 2030. In addition, Meaningful consultations and negotiations have been arranged with the key stakeholders and social welfare departments to address critical challenges and mitigation measures.
.@UNDP🇵🇰 is supporting the Govt. of Balochistan to increase access to public services & achieve #Agenda2030
To this end, we met key partners #WomenDevelopment & #SocialWelfare Departments Balochistan, & held consultations with community members to understand their challenges. pic.twitter.com/weGG6GfSvn
— UNDP Pakistan (@UNDP_Pakistan) June 9, 2022
