In pursuance of United Nation’s General Assembly Resolution on Agenda 2030, National Assembly
of Pakistan passed a resolution declaring Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as National Goals
for Pakistan in February 2016. As part of Pakistan’s institutional arrangements under the “National
Initiative on SDG”, Planning & Development Board, Government of Punjab established Punjab
SDGs Support Unit in June 2016.
In the light of the lessons learned from the MDGs era, the government of Punjab under the National
initiative on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) established Punjab SDGs Project at Planning &
Development Department (P& DD) in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP). The overall purpose of the SDGs Project is to support provincial government and line
departments for mainstreaming SDGs at provincial and district level — integrating different
dimensions of SDGs into planning and budgeting processes.

Description of actual services provided in the assignment:
AiD is conducting the following activities under this project:
– Secondary data analysis of MICS, PSLM, and MPI statistics
– Undertaking situation analysis- Understand community needs, engage with them and use data
(quantitative and qualitative)
– Local budget and expenditures analysis
– Developing District-level SDGs Localization Plans and M& E Framework
– Developing Guidelines & Communication Strategy for District-Level SDG Localization