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Forest Management Centre Support Project (FMC) 1994-2004

FMC funded by SDC and Government of Pakistan was the first project which was directly aimed at contributing at policy level. Forest Department, NWFP was the direct partner of the project. It contribute towards conservation and sustainable management of forest resources in upland areas of NWFP with a special focus to further improve the development of participatory forest management methodology, technological innovation and policy dialogue. The project revamped colonial forestry planning methodology with a three-tier planning system (strategic planning, operational planning and village planning). The project also supported establishment of a GIS facility. The project made frontline contributions to the forestry sector reforms in the province.

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Helvetas and Intercooperation merger

On 1st July 2011 – the two organizations merged to become one with a new corporate name “Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation HSI”. Both the organizations have a collective work experience of more than 80 years, hence a rich set of experiences is being merged to pool all the competences for a more effective well-being of people.

Helvetas was founded in 1955 as the first private organisation for development co-operation in Switzerland. Helvetas is a denominationally and politically independent association, supported by approximately 38,000 members, more than 40,000 sponsors and 15 regional volunteer groups. With 18 partner countries, Helvetas currently operates in Africa, Asia – including Central Asia  and the Caucasus – and Latin America.

In case of Pakistan, the merger initially arrives with a change of name since Helvetas is not presently working in the country. The organization will enrich itself for combining its forces against poverty and  or gaining more competences.

IC New Website is Live now

We are pleased to launch our new website which has a new fresh look and more content oriented. Thanks to our highly skilled web development team who worked hard for bringing this website Live for you. Please feel free to contact the admin if you have any questions. Also please keep visiting us for new updates and / or if you are looking for archived projects and publications. Your thought will be highly valuable for us

The IC annual report 2011

The IC annual report for 2011 is in process of compilation. The report will be uploaded to the website soon after its publication process completes.

The annual report of 2010 along with other publications of IC are available on the publications section of the website.