Networking, Capacity building, Business Development & Livelihood

NASIR IQBAL MUGHAL

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Research Livelihood, Coordination, Grants Management, Access to Finance SMEs, Capacity Building Agribusiness, Value Chain, Social/Community Development, Water Resource Development, GOVERNANCE,

Expertise Youth Development: Youth Involvement, empowerment, and community development

Technical expertise as a team member in developing youth policy and designed capacity building of youth through building leadership qualities in strengthening Agribusiness and Livestock sector and involved the youth in developing business plans awareness session in collective business approach and role of SMEs for future sustainability. Involved youth in need identification & prioritization for development projects and linked groups with Govt. Youth initiated programs like Jawan Pakistan Program and designed small scale business with private sector engagement.

Involved young women’s in livestock business which includes Wool sharing, Grading, Colouring Processing and marketing, young women’s involved in establishment of poultry business, establishment of homestead kitchen gardens to fulfil nutritional needs for women’s and children’s, involved young youth both boys and girls in market led activities like value Chain activities of apples, apricots, Wool, Processing of Tomato, Onion and Jams & jellies.

Technical Expertise:

Practical working experience in SMEs-FIs, Agribusiness & Marketing, Value Chain Analysis and studies, Access to Finance to SME, MSME, Business Development. Accomplished INGO Management Executive credited with +20 years’ experience developing and delivering highly valued projects/interventions with world-known organizations including PPAF, UN, AUSAID, CIDA, USAID, and UNDP as well as other development agencies, INGOs, CBOs and government organizations, ministries/departments at the federal, provincial or district levels as well as community level interventions focusing Food Sciences and Agricultural development, Research, and Social Mobilization. Linkage & Coordination Proven track record of managing SME & Value Chain initiatives, commodity-based agribusiness (Apples, Grapes, Dates, Onion), developing business case through involvement of agribusiness groups, entrepreneurs, and capacity building in Leadership & Management, Team building. Gained acute experience & knowledge on Women Economic Empowerment Baluchistan (WEE). Food security & Poverty reduction, egg & poultry business, wool marketing

Knowledge: In Organizing or leading SME, MSME, Farmers Marketing Collectives FMC’s and Mutual Marketing Organization, Problem Solving, Skills Enhancement Conflict resolution concerning business development struggling poverty and malnutrition. Attention to detail, Critical reading/thinking. Persuading/influencing. Quantitative & Quantitative analysis &

Social Mobilization/Governance: Strategic leadership and management • Gender & Inclusion • Livelihood • Poverty Reduction • Policy & Advocacy • Monitoring & Research • Communication & Research • Strategy Formulation, Planning & Implementation • Multi-Cultural & Inter-Disciplinary Team Building • Budgeting & Financial Management • Organizational Controls & Risks Management • Research & Analysis •Coordination & Networking • Program Learning & Documentation • Community /Organizational Development & Management Processes • Conducted PRA Exercise • Baseline Studies

Soft Skills: Strategic Sector Leadership • Community Youth Initiatives on role in Development Sector • Supervised Scoping Study Establish and baseline for reporting to SDG’s for WASH & Health Care Facilities in Baluchistan Pakistan • SDG’s (Poverty Reduction, Zero Hunger, Malnutrition) • Marketing skills of SME’s • Dealing in Agribusiness • Training Manuals & Modules Development • Research questionnaires for Household & Socio-Economic Survey • Linkage Building & Coordination with key Govt. & Private sector Development • Monitoring of Parent Teacher School Management committee’s

EMPLOYMENT CHRONICLE

PAKISTAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION FUND (PPAF) Access to Finance Manager July 2021

Balochistan funded Growth for Rural Advancement and Sustainable Progress (GRASP) Project.

Led advisory services and technical assistance to financial institutions on sustainable/green climate adaptation MSME’s

Financial Products

Key Responsibilities:

Provision the assistance to the financial institutions to design the products, assist Fls to develop or adopt financing criteria, conditions, assessment producers and client services, including insurance and leasing options to be appropriate for producers’ groups MSME’s, women led entrepreneur and young entrepreneurs.

Train POs staff on new credit, assessment, and documentations

Facilitating and supporting in geographically low penetration areas.

Identification of financial gapes through profiling the selected MSME’s and link MSME’s to the relevant funding sources corresponding to their sector and level of maturity

Sensitize on financial literacy, support services and BIO’s to the availability of financing solution and technologies, for farmers groups, women led entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs and MSME’s in agribusiness

Assist in providing matching grants to producer’s groups, MSME’s and ABSP’s to be given in coordination with other financing options to improve value added, productivity and resilience through approved partnership and business cases.

Matching Grant & Partner Organizations

As committee member of Pitching session of matching grant for MSME/SME

As team member and Involved in Evaluation, scoring and processing matching grants applications of SME, MSME

Knowledge on criteria of matching grant small medium and large

Experience in longlisting, shortlisting, and marking of matching grant application

Data analysis of Matching Grants

Business, Proposal development

Working experience with Project Partners Organization (local NGO’s & CBOs across the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. The PO’s responsible for the identifications of MSME/SME’s and other farmers groups in implementation of Project activities livestock, Agriculture and horticulture commodities and development of business plan and matching grant applications.

Due Diligence

As the team member responsible for due diligence of MG awarded SMEs through physical check of aal financial documents /registration of SME, audit reports, Bank Statements documents, stock book, cash book flow of financial matters etc. The physical check was also made of sites like area of commodity cultivation, number permanent & temporary employees male female both. After completion of due diligence

PPAF GRASP PROVINCIAL COORDINATOR (BALOCHISTAN)

Serving as a focal person (and not a supervisor) for active coordination among team

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, collection on information and news for PPAF Akhbar and ITC newsletter.

Soliciting and recording task updates from the 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 office.

Explore / communicate issues related to project as well as those concerning colleagues (if any) and inform Ops lead or relevant team member.

FOOD & AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Jan 2016 – March 2021

Australia Baluchistan Agribusiness Project (AUSAID) National Expert Organizational Development

Led organizational development for agri-business-oriented organization like Farmers Marketing Collectives (FMC’s), known as SME’s Mutual Marketing Organizations (MMO’s), capacity building of FMC/MMO’s, TNA.

Key Responsibilities:

4Built collaborative rapport with UNICEF, WFP, Microfinance institutions, Livelihood activities PPAF, State Bank and other Commercial Banks, Cooperative department, Training for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME’s) and Entrepreneurs.

4Leveraged 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).

4Formed Mutual Marketing Organization (MMO) & Registration with Cooperative department; awareness sessions and stunting of child due to malnutrition issues and address the issue through establishment of homestead kitchen garden.

4Expertly coordinated with the WFP on Pregnant & Lactating Women’s nutrition’s as the FAO emergency project.

4Act as focal person on identification of pregnant & lactating women in FAO GRASP Emergency resilience project to address the nutritional needs through establishment of Kitchen Gardens and Grants

4Emergency project COVID 19

4Worked as the team member of FAO during COVID 19 emergency response interventions was to mitigate effects of Covid-19 by ensuring provision of critical inputs to small producers, with special focus on women, enabling them to continue production. Women entrepreneurs, youth, and marginalized groups such as smallholder farmers were targeted as recipients of the Covid-19 response interventions. As an immediate relief measure, the emergency response activities included animal vaccination, provision of tools, equipment, seeds, fertilizer, fodder, and feeds. The direct input support activities were complemented by capacity building of local farmers/SMEs on good agriculture practices, climate smart practices and value chain development. GRASP also promoted awareness around Government of Pakistan’s financing schemes during the emergency response period. Necessary capability building support was also provided to community and local business institutions so that they continue their services during Covid-19 restrictions.

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FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Jun 2010 to Dec 2015

Baluchistan Agriculture Project (USAID) National Expert Community Development

Served as a resource in all efforts to supervise and lead the formation of community organizations (male/female), needs assessment, action plans, also ensured exceptional care of gender segregated interventions with focus on gender equity.

Key Responsibilities:

4Food security livelihood and Ensured capacity building of COs and other institutions including Train-the-Trainers, integrated production, and marketing intervention into a supply chain mode for productivity enhancement and improved farm incomes.

4Ensured the Women target beneficiaries’ involvement in livestock, poultry, kitchen garden and in wool marketing

4Produced the training manual on Community Management Skill Training (CMST), Leadership Management Skill Training (LMST) and training Manual on Running of Famer’s Marketing Collective (FMC)SME’s.

4Professionalization of Farmers Associations

4Worked in close partnership with the relevant organizations including nation building departments, NGOs, etc.

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP) Jul 2001 to Jun 2010

Area Development Program Baluchistan (ADPB) Community Development Officer

Offered technical guidance and leadership for the community mobilization process in the programme areas, led Livelihood Initiatives on participatory approach as well as monitored and controlled social mobilization process, sectoral interventions.

Key Responsibilities:

4Directed Karez Rehabilitation of CRAW-WFP project; trained community activists in participatory monitoring; also leveraged keen insight to prepare monthly monitoring reports and online data entry on progress achieved.

4Developed synergies between NGO/line departments and public administrations, also steered efforts towards managing and supervising the CARW Program initiated by the World Food Program (WFP) as co-partner of UNDP.

4Conducted trainings include TBA, Cutting & Sewing, Poultry Management Training, Sheep and Goat Management Training and Community Management Skill Training, Installation of Green Houses providing Food stamps as the daily honoraria.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Team Leader Social Mobilization, Baluchistan Trail District Management (BTDM)

United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Nov 1999 to Jul 2001

Research Officer (Monitoring & Evaluation), Baluchistan Primary Education Development Program

USAID Project, Mar 1993 to Nov 1999

Field Coordinator

Pak-Canada Small Project Office (CIDA), Jan 1991 to Feb 1993

Field Assistant

Baluchistan Minor Irrigation & Agriculture Development Project, Oct 1983 to Jan 1991

SCHOLASTICS PORTFOLIO

Master of Sciences

University of Baluchistan Quetta

Publication

Attend two international conferences and presented following papers;

_ Nasir Iqbal, (2021) International Cooperative Alliance SOUEL South Korea “Cooperative & Social Solidarity Economy” Zoom

Nasir Iqbal, (2015), International Cooperative Alliance, Paris, “Formation of Men & Women Community Organizations”

Nasir Iqbal, (2016), International Cooperative Alliance, Almeria Spain “Cooperative & Rural development”

Training & Workshops

Conducted following training/workshops that help target groups/beneficiaries to enhance their leadership, agribusiness, development of business plans, negotiation and contracts management skills.

Workshop on integrated approach including value chain, livelihood system & business development

Workshop on negotiation skills and contracts management

Workshop on leadership & management in agribusiness

Workshop on formation of Farmers Marketing Collectives (FMC)

Workshop on formation of Mutual Marketing Organization (MMO)

Workshop on linkage building and coordination with Govt. line agencies

Linkage building with key financial institutions SBP with other leading commercial Banks, SMEDA, NRSP, IRM

Workshop on Gender & Community Development

Workshop on leadership & management for local bodies representatives, Councillors, Nazims &Naib Nazims

Studies Conducted

Scoping study establish and baseline for reporting to SDG’s for WASH in Health Care across the Baluchistan Province

Pregnant & lactating women’s Identification of nutrition needs

Establishment of homestead Kitchen Garden

NGO’s & CBO’s

Household & Socio Economic

Study on Household/Livelihood System and Bottlenecks Issues

Study on Establishment of Community Support Process School

Developed Training Material

Developed following agribusiness and community management training modules:

Community Development

-Community Management Skill Training

-Leadership Management Skill Training

-Group Capacity Building

Agribusiness/Marketing

Running of Farmers marketing collectives

-Strengthening Leadership and Management of Farmers Marketing Collectives

-Community and Small Farmers engagement in Agribusiness, Value Chain and Market Development

-Value Chain Approach and Development (including value chain analysis and management

-Agribusiness Development and Role of FMCs (mission / vision session) SME’s

-Access to Finance; connecting with Financial Institutions; loans

-(Agribusiness), concepts, development and planning

-Market analysis and development (marketing of FMC products)

-Contracts, prices, negotiating with traders, relationships etc

-From MFMC to MMO; Cluster Approaches / how to achieve scale

-Further professionalization and development FMCs; operating your own facilities etc.

-Common Interest Groups (Afghan Hosted Communities)

Value Chain

-Value Chain of Horticulture, Agriculture & Livestock Commodities

-Conducted Onion Value Chain Study

-Conducted Dates Value Chain Study

-Role of Inputs Suppliers

-Role of Govt.

-Post- harvest practices issues like improper handling of fresh produces like Grapes, Onion & tomato

-Market & Marketing, role SME entrepreneurs

-Market linkages, Grading Packaging and transportation

-Capturing of target markets, planning

-Wool Marketing

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