This component of the Programme aims at providing customized consultancy service to social sector organizations to enable them to assess their problems, analyze issues, and to suggest possible solutions.

LUMS resource persons/students are provided for consultancy and organizations from a variety of sectors are selected. It is hoped that such challenging assignments will lead to the development of organizations and the community as a whole.

What are our services?

1. Faculty Consultancy Project

• Phase 1- Problem Identification
• Phase 2- TOR Finalization & Consultancy

2. Student Projects - MBA and BSc Students

3. Student Internships - Student Internships in NGOs across Pakistan
4. SEDP Staff Consultancy - Short-term projects e.g. proposal writing etc.

Areas of Expertise

a) Resources Mobilization Strategy
b) Human Resource Development
c) Organizational Design and Structure
d) Feasibility Studies
e) Strategic Planning / Governance Issues
f) Management Information Systems
g) Marketing Management
h) Training Need Analysis and Assessment
i) Project Evaluation
j) Impact Study
k) Fundraising Strategies

Faculty Consultancy Projects

List of Projects Completed
•  A workshop on Social Organization and Mobilization for Alfalah Development Organization

•  Sustainability Options for Child Care Foundation, Lahore

  Evaluation of Micro Credit project of Soon Valley Development         Program for OPP-Orangi Charitable Trust, Karachi

•  Evaluation Report of Financial and Management processes at Gulbahao Trust, Karachi

•  Technical proposal on adult literacy programme in a tehsil of Faisalabad for Child Care Foundation, Lahore

•  Feasibility Study for a hospital, Zarar Shaheed Trust, Lahore

•  Study of operations of Journalist Resource Centre and the development of concept papers for its various trainings , Lahore

•  Selection and recruitment of an administrator for Roshni Association, Lahore 

 On Going Faculty Consultancy Projects

•  Fundraising strategy, setting up an endowment fund and its management for Indus Earth, Karachi

•  Study of human resources, organizational structure and support system of Ghazali Education Trust, Lahore with recommendations for improvement

For more details about BSc. and MBA projects go to Student Projects link on the right hand column.

 Views of some of our Clients
'The LUMS Project marks the first concerted effort to formulate a marketing plan for SDNP and has been an extremely useful exercise for us.'  - IUCN Islamabad
'The LUMS team identified several issues for us that we had not reviewed previously. We have found their work very thorough.'  - PEN Lahore

Benefit For You

By contacting LUMS for consultancy, you will be able to design, implement and monitor your programmes more effectively.     more ...

What are the Costs?
The project will charge a subsidized amount from the organizations depending upon the nature of the project and organizational features.

Summer Internship Symposium, 2004
Summer Internships 2004 was a great success. 74 students were placed in 26 NGOs across Pakistan. The students and the respective NGO’s benefited from this programme in enhancing the learning of the students and facilitated the NGOs in their various activities. LUMS (SEDC), on the other hand, was successful in bridging the gap between the social sector and the students.

To celebrate this success and to encourage our students to work in the social sector a Symposium was arranged where students were awarded certificates on successfully completing the programme. The Summer Internship Symposium was held on 5th of April, 2005 in LUMS.

SEDC - Summer Internship Award & Orientation Programme -2005
In the year 2005, 105 students were placed in 45 NGOs. The Summer Internship Award & Orientation Programme was held on May 12th, 2006. The officials of various NGOs participated in Orientation session and shared their views to boost the effectiveness of future programmes. Students were awarded with their certificates after their successful completion of the Internship in 2005.

Summer Internships 2006

The year 2006 again provided another marvelous opportunity for LUMS student body to undertake Summer Internships. 95 students were placed in NGOs within Pakistan. Internees are in the process of submitting their deliverables.

The OJA Process

1. Faculty Consultancy Project

Once an NGO/CBO contacts LUMS for consultancy and describes its requirement, we will evaluate a number of factors like the scope of the assistance (long-term or short-term), the type of help, resource persons, logistics, and costs involved. These will be incorporated in the Terms of Reference (TOR). This is Phase-1 of the consultancy process termed as Problem Identification.     more ...

For further details, please contact:

Mr Azmat Malik
Task Leader
E-mail:amalik@lums.edu.pk
Tel: +92 (042) 572 2670-9
Ext: 2157

Farid Aftab
Research Associate
E-mail:faridaftab@lums.edu.pk
Tel: +92 42 572 2670-9
Ext:2804