Enabling Environment for Nonprofit Organizations in Pakistan: Challenges of Financial and Regulatory Mechanisms

Financing and funding are the most important concerns of the civil sector in the wake of ongoing pandemic of COVID. A number of small sized NGOs rely on lump sum funding from a certain-local or foreign-source, as on-going pandemic has hit had to every sector, civil society is also going through the hard times. In such difficult situations, if Government will not come forward to support them, many of these organizations will close their operation and then there is no replenishment. This session will focus on abovementioned financial resource constraints for NPOs to find quick solutions. Given this, the panel may deliberate on the following questions? • Is the space shrinking for NPOs in Pakista, • What are the major legal and fundraising challenges for NPOs in Pakista, • What mechanism can be proposed to inform civil society regarding available indigenous funding sources? • How to determine a direction to make secure fund-raising strategy? • How public private partnerships can be promoted? • What measures can NPOs take to better cope with the changing policies of the government? • How and what media channel can be used to improve the trust deficit of public and government on NPO sector