Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS)
Maqsood Alam is a seasoned professional in the education and social development sector, currently serving as a Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS) since January 2016. Alam has extensive experience in liaising with donor agencies and assessing private sector school performance. Prior roles include Senior Research Fellow at Socio Engineering Consultants, where responsibilities included managing programs in Early Childhood Care and Education and consulting recruitment. Alam has also held various program officer positions with USAID, focusing on professional development, monitoring and evaluation, and training program coordination. Earlier experience includes community development management with USAID/ESRA and area field coordination for the National Education Foundation, alongside educational project execution responsibilities with UPE. Alam holds an MA in Social Development from the University of the Punjab.
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Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS)
Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS) is mandated to undertake multi-disciplinary research, develop human resources, inform public policies and engage state and market in informed policy dialogues for sustainable development. At the heart of I-SAPS’ mission lies the provision of scholarly expertise, research based evidence to the policy makers, academia, and print and electronic media leading to an informed process of development. As a policy research institute, I-SAPS put great emphasis on creating synergies between technical and political sides of reforms. We understand that politicians and political parties are instrumental not only for policy making and reform design but also for execution and successful implementation of policy and reform initiatives. Keeping this in mind, our institutional approach has focused on leveraging policy debate through evidence-based informed policy options. I-SAPS has been implementing various initiatives for policy improvement, institutional strengthening, transparency in financial flows and improvement in the governance of public-sector. The programme teams possess expertise in review of laws, policy analysis, public finance analysis, generating evidence-base for system improvement and undertaking institutional assessments. The programme areas include: a. Education and Literacy b. Health c. Disaster Risk Reduction d. Governance and Law e. Conflict and Stabilisation f. Devolution and Decentralisation g. Development and Social Change