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Hi - thanks for following us. We are closing this twitter account, but the FCDO Office in Lahore remains open! You can follow our new Punjab Representative Alex Ballinger at @UK_AlexB
Great to see these stocktake routines continue & to be joined by @MichaelBarber9 by videolink for the usual regular assessment of progress against key indicator #roadmaps #delivery xitter.cf/smureforms/status/1017…
The Chief Secretary of the @PunjabGovtpk chaired the #Health, #Education, #Water and #SolidWasteManagement stocktakes and got the latest updates in these sectors from the departments concerned. The stocktakes were organized by @SMUReforms.
Delighted to have our Head of Office @JoannaReid_DFID in Lahore last week for the stocktakes in Lahore, and to thank some of our key partners on the #roadmaps. @DFID_UK’s long-term partnership with the Govt of Pakistan has delivered a lot of good news tribune.com.pk/story/1668561…
Improving the quality of education & access
to education simultaneously is rare anywhere in the world– but Punjab has
achieved this, as @MichaelBarber9 said at roadmaps stocktake last week. Proud
of @DFID_UK role in supporting Pakistan to improve education
Our Senior Education Adviser talking about the education reforms in #Punjab - remarkable improvements and so much learning in enrollment, learning outcomes and facilities #education #Punjab #Pakistan
Today @JoannaReid_DFID hosted a reception for our partners across government, civil society and the private sector in Lahore, who have all worked tirelessly to improve #health, #education, water & clean cities. @MichaelBarber9 @GovtOfPunjab @SMUReforms
Fantastic to be joined by Mayors across Punjab to discuss the Chief Minister’s roadmap on Clean Cities this morning - critical for long term goals on #health & the #environment #cleancities #Pakistan #progress
Brilliant to meet @pkBritish trained experts in teacher training today, & hear their views on methods to improve #quality teaching & learning outcomes in #Punjab. #Education a major priority for us @DFID_UK. Proud to work with @GovtOfPunjab to deliver better results for children
Brilliant to have @MatthewRycroft1 in Lahore today, seeing the work that @DFID_UK and @pkBritish are doing to support #education in Pakistan (amongst many other things) #libraries #Pakistan #digital #development xitter.cf/pkbritish/status/97207…
Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Secretary of the UK's Department for International Development, visits the @pkBritish library in Lahore #HappeningNow #PkLibraries @MaaryaR @ChrisinKarachi @ruthgraham1 @MatthewRycroft1
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Happy International Women’s Day from all of us in Lahore. Girls and women must be at the heart of everything we do, in every sector #education #health #governance #skills #inclusivegrowth @pkBritish #InternationalWomensDay #allies
Great article on why the UK is prioritising girls' education. Since 2011 alone DFID have supported over 6.5 million girls through £750m of funding #education #InternationalWomensDay thenews.com.pk/print/289687-…
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Was great to hear from @JoannaRoperFCO about why girls’ education is such a priority for the UK, and to discuss challenges and successes of work to improve enrollment, accessibility and quality of education in Punjab today #education #Punjab #UKaid #genderequality xitter.cf/ukinpakistan/status/96…
The FCO’s Special Envoy for Gender Equality @JoannaRoperFCO was the Chief Guest at a panel discussion on the Importance of Girls’ Education today. The event was organised by @ChevPakistan Alumni Association at @lahorecollege and is part of @UKinPakistan’s #IWD2018 activity
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Great to meet with delivery leaders in the GoPb Special Monitoring Unit to discuss work to deliver results for hardest to reach in the next few months @SMUReforms #education #health #water #cleancities
Great to have @JoannaReid_DFID visiting Lahore this week, & to participate in today’s high level discussion on women’s empowerment and child protection with Punjab’s Finance Minister, diplomats and senior bureaucrats from around the world #childprotection #Pakistan #equality
Fantastic to host the first donor coordination group meeting for Punjab in 2018 & discuss how to make our collective efforts more effective to end poverty #donorcoordination #Punjab #Pakistan #UKaid #aideffectiveness #endpoverty
Proud that @DFID_UK Pakistan & @GovtOfPunjab came together and pledged to take action to end violence against women & girls, as part of our policy dialogue #orangetheworld #16daysofactivism #endVAWG
We’ll be sharing more insights following our policy dialogue in days to come! So watch this space... #orangetheworld #leavenoonebehind #16days
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We kicked off @DFID_UK @GovtOfPunjab policy dialogue with this power walk,showing how identities,poverty & power intersect #LeaveNoOneBehind
