PACS launch event 2009
10 December 2009
The UK Department for International Development (DFID) launched its largest civil society projects in India on 10 December 2009 to an audience of more than 200 representatives from government, the donor community including the World Bank, UN, media, academia and civil society organisations in New Delhi.
The event focused on inclusive development and the power of civil society as change makers.
DFID’s two civil society projects, Poorest Areas Civil Society Programme (PACS) and the International NGO Partnerships Agreement Programme (IPAP), represent a UK commitment of £45 million (Rs 360 crores) over the next five years.
Michael Anderson, Head of DFID India, gave the welcome address and, noting that the event took place on International Human Rights Day, stressed that DFID was working in partnership with civil society to support excluded communities to claim their rights and entitlements.
Addressing the audience, Mark Lowcock, Director General, Country Programmes, DFID emphasised that civil society ‘is part of the solution in fighting discrimination and exclusion and realising human potential for all’ and how DFID wishes to partner with them in this process.
Journalists that have a media enquiry can contact PACS national office by telephone at +91 11 24372660/24372699 or via email: query@pacsindia.org.
