Nasir Iqbal

As an employee and/or expert/consultant to various Multilateral Donors, International Organizations and/or Implementing Agencies, served 35 years in the development sector; including leading positions in livelihood, youth empowerment, community & Social development, WASH, Environment, Irrigation, CPIs, Emergency response and rehabilitation, agribusiness & livestock sector strengthening, FFS and collective business approach, value chain development, Access to finance facilitation and SME empowerment in different parts of Pakistan. He has Up-to-date knowledge of Intercultural and political environments and social transformation processes on local and national levels. Significant knowledge of community development, and democracy including citizen participation, good governance, public services, sustainable development, planning, and public administration in addition to research and training capabilities.

He has excellent analytic, strategic, monitoring, reporting, contract, and proposal writing skills. He has also facilitated project designing for International NGOs and National NGOs. Many of these projects contributed to livelihood generation.

He has been working/reporting/Monitoring/proposal writing experience with PPAF, FAO, World Bank, ADB, UNDP, USAID, CIDA and GoB.

Manager Access to Finance/ Provincial Coordinator Balochistan - PAKISTAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION FUND (PPAF) - Balochistan, Pakistan

(2021-07 - 2026-04)

European Union funded Growth for Rural Advancement and Sustainable Progress (GRASP) 48 M Euro project in collaboration with ITC, FAO, SMEDA and implementing partner to strengthen SMEs in Agriculture and Livestock value chains (Grapes, Olive, Dates, onion, Sheep, Goat and Back yard poultry) and overall objective is to support poverty reduction and sustainable and inclusive economic growth in rural areas of Pakistan. The program's specific objective is to support gender-inclusive income and employment generation, enhanced productivity, and profitability of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) involved in primary production, service provision, and value addition, access to finance in and around selected clusters of value chains.

• Provision of assistance to the financial institutions to design the products, assist FI's to develop or adopt financing criteria, conditions, assessment producers and client services, including insurance and leasing options to be appropriate for producers' groups MSMEs, women-led entrepreneurs and young entrepreneurs.
• Establishment of Technical Working Groups of Access to Finance in collaboration with Partner Organizations
• Train Partner Organization staff on new credit, assessment, and documentation
• Facilitating and supporting in geographically low penetration areas.
• Engagement of FIS and SMEs for agriculture/livestock loans
• Identification of financial gaps through profiling the selected MSMEs and linking MSMEs to the relevant funding sources corresponding to their sector and level of maturity
• Sensitize financial literacy, support services and BIOs to the availability of financing solutions and technologies, for farmers' groups, women-led entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs and MSMEs in agribusiness.
• Assist in providing matching grants to producer's groups, MSMEs and ABSPs to be given in coordination with other financing options to improve value-added, productivity and resilience through approved partnership and business cases.
• Data Analysis of Matching Grants
• Business Proposal development
• Working experience with Project partner organizations (local NGOs & CBOs) across the Balochistan Province of Pakistan
• As team member involved in SME Monitoring Tracing Tool in GRASP Project districts and conducted the MTTG of 0.5, 2.5 and 30 million matching grants.
• As team member responsible for Pitch Sessions, due diligence of MG awarded SMEs through physical check of all financial documents/registration of SME, audit reports, Bank Statements documents, stock book, cash book flow of financial matters etc.
• Performed duties in the Australian-funded Australia Balochistan Agribusiness Project at 14 districts in Balochistan worth 8 million USD, to strengthen organizational development for agri-business-oriented organizations
• A focal point for communication with clients, implementing partners (Provincial FAO and ITC and POs) and team about project developments including meetings, events, visits, and other information.
• Coordinating, facilitating, attending, and ensuring self and/or relevant team members' participation in stakeholders/project meetings, visits, events, etc.
• Ensure and facilitate through colleagues, the collection of information and news for PPAF Akhbar and ITC newsletter.
• Soliciting and recording task updates from colleagues.
• Ensure weekly status and monthly or need-based reports are developed, shared, and updated as required.
• Facilitate team in meeting relevant/respective project deadlines.
• Record regular attendance, presence, and work hours of colleagues in the office.
• Explore/communicate issues related to the project as well as those concerning colleagues (if any) and inform the OPs lead or relevant team member.

National Expert Organizational Development - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF UN (FAO) - Pakistan

(2016-01 - 2021-03)

Enterprise (SMEs) and Entrepreneurs, Leveraged keen insight for the provision of technical guidance and supervision of the Farmers Marketing Collectives (FMC's) in the project's districts, also led awareness sessions on small and medium enterprise development (SME's).

Formed Mutual Marketing

Organizations (MMO) and registered with the Cooperative department; awareness sessions and stunting of children due to malnutrition issues and addressed the issue through the establishment of the homestead kitchen garden. Expertly coordinated the target groups with the WFP on Pregnant and lactating Women's nutrition as the FAO emergency project. Acted as a focal person on the identification of pregnant & lactating women in the FAO GRASP Emergency Resilience project to address their nutritional needs through the establishment of Kitchen Gardens and Grants.

• Design and implementation of social mobilization training programs for project staff and line departments representatives.
• Conducted Tots of FMC/MMO.
• Focal point for Community development section of BAP.
• Developed community development training manuals (CMST, LMST).
• Coordination between FAO and the line departments, specifically Agriculture, Livestock, Cooperative departments, financial institutions State Bank, Commercial Banks & SMEDA.
• Formation and capacity building of Farmers Marketing Collectives.
• Assisted International

Various Positions in Different Projects - FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF UN (FAO) - Pakistan

(2010-06 - 2021-03)