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Lincoln Corners Pakistan – Programming Support

Thematic Area

Education and cultural exchange

Project Duration

September 2016- March 2020

Donor Agency

US Embassy Pakistan

Location

Across Pakistan

Project Objectives

  1. Providing a comfortable and safe venue for civil discourse, conversations between individuals with diverse views and perspectives – a practice at the heart of strong democracy.
  2. Providing a place for community to come together to increase mutual understanding between Pakistani and Americans, between scientists and artists, between old and young, between innovators and traditionalists.
  3. Providing a location for civil society organizations to develop their proposed improvements for society and share their ideas with the public.
  4. Providing a classroom for lectures and workshops to cultivate new ideas and develop new skills in a cooperative group atmosphere; and least but not the last,
  5. Providing place-cum-gallery for exhibiting art and music from American and Pakistani artists and musicians, generating conversations about common themes of humanity

 

Achievements

➤ Established a prudent and efficient administrative support system through:

  • Hiring of coordinators

  • Establishing 17 Lincoln Corner (LC) venues

  • Monitoring of supplies and equipment

➤ Established a quality programming support system for knowledge sharing by:

  • Connecting with speakers

  • Planning program activities

  • Building citizens' capacities through various workshops

➤ Organized 5 district workshops to train and orient LC Coordinators on:

  • Overall program management

  • Scope and objectives of the LC Pakistan program

➤ Conducted 3 Tech Camps and 1 follow-up Tech Camp to orient:

  • Persons with disabilities

  • Police officials

  • Journalists
    —on the use of information technologies to improve their efficiency and responsiveness

➤ Provided administrative and logistical support for the execution of monthly events at 18 Lincoln Corners

➤ Organized 1 National Workshop for all LC Coordinators to:

  • Foster connections between coordinators and IRC officials

  • Improve strategic planning, public engagement, and digital/programming tool skills

  • Strengthen communication and problem-solving skills (including MBTI testing during the workshop)