Annual Activity Report

Annual Activity Report Strategic Partnerships

All project managers are to complete section 1 and 2 of this report form This report should be e-mailed back to Muhammad Ali at muhammad.ali@britishcouncil.org.pk Please also send a hard copy of section 2 only with accompanying financial evidence to the Inspire Team at: Muhammad Ali British Council British High Commission Diplomatic Enclave Ramna-5 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN Your report will be reviewed by the Inspire team and the next year grant will be released depending upon the progress

Project Reference Number: SP_221 SECTION 1: ACTIVITY REPORT As a recipient of INSPIRE Project funds you are required to fulfil reporting obligations as outlined below. The UK project co-ordinator must submit the reports to the INSPIRE Project Team, British Council, Ramna-5. If the British Council requires further reports or information project co-ordinator will be notified by e-mail.

1. General Information UK Contact Name UK Contact e-mail CSA Contact name CSA Contact e-mail Start Date of Project Project duration Dr. Sarah Ansari S.Ansari@rhul.ac.uk Professor Azra Asghar Ali azraasg@yahoo.co.uk 1
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November 2010
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3 years (31 October 2013)

1. Has this information changed since the start of the project? If so, please give details

2. Progress against outputs and impacts stated in the proposal To what extent have the outputs and impacts in the research proposal been achieved? If they have not been fully achieved, please explain briefly why not and say whether they are likely to be met in the future. (200 words max.) Give the Outputs here (as outlined in the proposal) Due to the non availability of funds for 2 year 2012, the BZU team could not make exchange visit between the link partner to share the experiences could be accrue by getting involve into the community development activities. However, our UK partners will arrange a five day work shop in November, 2012 at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Pakistan on Dilemma of governance and the participation of Women Councillors. The tangible out put this exercise will culminate into inculcating the knowledge of administrative and imparting the skill of governance. On the paert of BZU team some important work was done by faculty members and students. activities were completed by our own sources. For instance some filed surveys of rural urban union councils were conducted by teachers and students. The data of 10 union council out of 29 (selected) was collected and feeding of data is in progress.
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Give the progress against outputs As mentioned earlier, without the releasing of funds and non cooperation of HEC, the BZU team of INSPIRE was not in position to continue the sustainable progress of the project.

Give the Impacts here (as outlined in the proposal) the HEC has lost its image as an active part regarding funds and cooperation with its stakeholders

Give the progress against impacts here. Nil

3. Work plan What research activities have been undertaken? Has the research proceeded as planned in the proposal? Have exchanges taken place as planned? To some extent without funding 3. Curriculum Development Please provide details of any curriculum, developed; course name, number of students enrolled including if new / revised, completed /ongoing and levels (i.e. modules / postgraduate / other). Five set of courses on gender & political system will be introduced in Master program in Gender th Studies. It is an optional set of course which will be offered to students of 4 semester as specialised courses on gender and political system.

4. Dissemination. Please list any publications resulting from the research award either in professional or institutional journals. Could these be made available to INSPIRE?

5. Sustainability and future activity

Please give examples of the sustainability of the institutional partnership, for example, new planned activity. How do you see the relationship developing and how do anticipate the partnership will be maintained?

The partnership between the two institutions is going well and despite of all financial constraints nd and difficulties the activities for 2 year continued. The department of Gender studies is actively involved in research activities by its M. Phil students particularly with the reference of women empowerment and their active participation both in local and national levels are the prime part of research. In the same way internship is an essential part of training and education students at master level. Many of them are associated with those NGOs who are working for the emancipation of women as well for their empowerment. Some of them offered their services to train ladies councillors to elevate their political and social roles in society. Do you or your partner have plans to work with any other institution in your partners country or the UK respectively? Not yet

6. Staff development How has work on the project contributed to staff development in your institution and in the partner institution? The staff of Gender Studies department both teaching and non- teaching actively participated in field surveys and workshops conducted by the department to understand the real spirit and importance of women political empowerment in the area of south Punjab. 7. Overview Please summarise how the project has gone, including details of successes and areas of difficulty. Have lessons been learned which may be useful to future research collaboration on the INSPIRE model? The desired targets of the 2 year of the project were not achieved properly as funds were not released by HEC. However, some remarkable work was done by the department itself. For example some works shops were arranged with the collaboration of Doaba Foundation, Awaz Foundation and by some individuals who shared their views on the political role of women and its impact on their social and cultural life.
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8. Recommendations What recommendations would you make to funding bodies and policy makers in order to maximize the effect of: - financial support - supporting activities in UK and in-country The role of HEC is not positive and the concerned office has never bordered to make the financial procedures easier particularly, on the part of BZ university, Multan where the Chair of the Vice chancellor remained vacant for almost six month and it was not easy for the st department of gender studies to release grant for 1 year and till to date we do not know the financial status of our INSPIRE project

9. Additional information Please also include any best practice or news stories you would like INSPIRE to help publicise. The story of two brave, courageous women who not only tried to get rid of baseless social practices of male dominated society but also proved themselves as a source of inspiration for the other women of there area might be a victim of local feudal system, bonded labour and sexual harassment, and physical violence by their men folk. The story is published by British council and also available on it website.

10. Annual Project Statistics Please use totals for the project as a whole for all the years it ran in below boxes

Total number of Inspire project team members Annual number of overseas Inspire visitors to the UK Number of academic staff involved in Inspire research, courses & benefitting from related activities Number of students involved in Inspire research, courses & benefitting from related activities Number of external individuals (outside of HEIs) involved in Inspire research, courses & benefitting from related activities. Please include who these individuals are. Number individuals participated in national and regional conferences. Number of research papers published in national & international journals. Number of new/ revised courses developed in the last 12 months. Indicate level i.e. Postgraduate/ undergraduate/ modules Has the project been working directly with a government ministry or department? If yes, please state which one(s) Additional funds received from other sources. NB: Please state funding source, amount (GBP) & if money is available directly for Inspire activities or for wider related activities.

Male 05 Nil due to non availability of funds 20

Female 08 nil

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4 Doaba Foundation, Awaz foundation Rescue 1122 who provided their services to women victim as well. 03

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Not in this

03 more courses were revised and introduce in gender Studies in Bs-4 years, master in Gender Studies.

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By Doaba foundation working with the collaboration of Oxfam is a big source of funding and inspiration. Under the umbrella of INSPIRE, the Department of Gender Studies has signed an MOU with Doaba which established gender and Disaster management and women empowerment Study centre in the department by spending 03 lakes rupees

SECTION 2: FINANCIAL REPORT Please send a hard copy of this section accompanying financial documentation to

Muhammad Ali British Council British High Commission Diplomatic Enclave Ramna-5 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
Funding Criteria and eligible costs outlined in the guidelines are summarized below: 1. Statement of actual expenditure

Please submit financial spreadsheets detailing expenditure to date using the headings from your business plan. Please include receipts and supporting documentation for:

Travel Accommodation Visas Translation Software

Copies of supporting documentation are acceptable. Please index the documentation to the spreadsheet if possible. 2. Inventory Please include details of any software, books or journals purchased including, date of purchase, original value, location and/or user, person responsible for it.

11. Budget Is the project on budget? If not, please give a brief explanation. Please note that unspent funds must be returned to INSPIRE. (A full financial report with supporting documentation is also required please use the financial report template)

12. Any other financial support Has the project received funding from any sources? If yes then please provide with some details

Signed by UK Project Manager Signature: UK Project Lead Name: Date:

Annex 4 Next Stage Work plan 13. Activity Plan for the Year 3 of the Project: Please outline your 3rd Year work-plan;
include details of which teams will do what and where. Specify what the proposed activity will achieve, which output it is linked to, and how it will contribute to the aim and objectives of the project. (max 300 words)

It will depend on availability of funds. If funds will be released within time then our plan is as under: i. Finalisation of the Developed Modules, ii. Approval of the Developed Modules, iii. Introduction of the Courses, iv. Exchange Visits, v. Conducting Research, vi. Development of policy manual and Publishing of other Research Findings 14. Activity Plan for the Third year broken down by Month: This will help us with monitoring and evaluation of your project.

Months (2012-13) October November December January February March April May June July August September Contingency

Activity

Estimated Cost (in ) own sources 6000 1000 2000

6000 1000 855

Annex 5 - Financial Documentation

INSPIRE - Financial Report Statement of Account Project Title Project Reference Institution Names

Women Empowerment and the Crisis of Good Governance in Pakistan (A Study of South Punjab 2001-2009)
INSPIRE PART 1: UK International Travel Staff and Students Please enter details of INSPIRE-related travel (For each trip, please submit third-party evidence of travel. e.g. airline ticket, travel agents invoice etc) Traveller name nil Journey Details - from/to Dates of trip nil Cost INSPIRE 0 0 0 0 Total PART 2: UK Local Travel Staff and Students Please enter details of INSPIRE-related travel (For each trip, please submit third-party evidence of travel. e.g. airline ticket, travel agents invoice etc) Traveller name Journey Details - from/to Dates of trip Cost INSPIRE 0 0 0 0 Total PART 3: UK Accom/Subsistence (staff) Please enter details of INSPIRE-related accom/subs using standard BC daily rates (if other please specify) Traveller name Daily rate Number of days Cost INSPIRE 0 0 0 0 Total 0 Cost (Match) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cost (Match) 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cost (Match) 0 0 0 0 0 Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Pakistan

PART 7: Translation/interpretation costs Please enter details of INSPIRE-related translation/interpretation costs (For each item, please submit receipts or relevant documentation) Cost Cost Details of expenditure Comment Date INSPIRE (Match) nil nil nil 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 Total PART 8: Software, books or journals Please enter details of INSPIRE- related dissemination costs (For each item, please submit receipts or relevant documentation) Cost Cost Details of expenditure Comment Date INSPIRE (Match) Nil Nil 0 0 0 0 Total PART 9: Other costs (please specify) e.g. Workshop / Seminar / Short courses. Include unit, number, location, length of time, unit costs. Please submit receipts Cost Details of expenditure Comment Date INSPIRE Nil Nil Nil 0 0 0 0 Total 0 Cost (Match) 0 0

0 0

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0