Peshawar, March 17, 2022 (PPI-OT): CERP’s Building Capacity to Use Research Evidence (BCURE) training was organised in collaboration with SEED Pakistan for the PnD KP Government between 14-16 March in Peshawar. The goal of the training was to strengthen the capacity of the KPK government by making them informed consumers of evidence and data.
It included key speakers joining in for guest lectures; Maroof Syed, President and CEO CERP conducted an engaging session on Negotiation and Coalition Building. Dr. Asim Ijaz Khwaja, Director Harvard’s Center for International Development and Professor Public Policy Harvard University gave a lecture on how to become a learning organisation.
Dr. Adnan Qadir Khan, Professor at the School of Public Policy at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), gave a lecture on choosing the right tools for making data driven decisions within the government. The training also included in-class case study discussions on Cost Benefit Analysis and on the Use of Descriptive Evidence. This allowed the participants to apply concepts to real world policy challenges situated within the Pakistani context. Also collaborating were The CLEAR Initiative and Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) Harvard.
For more information, contact:
Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP)
29-P Gulberg II, Lahore – 54660, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-35777844
Email: contact@cerp.org.pk
Website: https://www.cerp.org.pk/