Dr. Wajid Pirzada [PIRZADA WAJID HUSSAIN SHAH]
Contact: 842, St. 105, Sector III, ACHS (Gulshan-e-ABAD)
Adyala Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Cell : +92 -333-5398625
Area of Interest
and Work Experience:
Professional Expertise & Experience: Development Practitioner,
Researcher and Policy Analyst, Food Security Analyst & Livelihood
Development Specialist, Advocacy & Mainstreaming Specialist,
Evaluation Specialist, Knowledge Manager
& Trainer of Trainers
Work Experience
- Institutional Development
- Policy &
Planning
- Research &
Advocacy
- Training of
Trainers
- Knowledge
Management
- Grass root Development
- Livelihood
(agro-livestock) & Rural Development
- Humanitarian
assistance, food safety/ veterinary public health
- Food
security-climate change, public & agricultural health (SPS) and international trade in food &
agriculture
-Human Rights &
Social Protection
Academic Background:
§ M. Phil
(Natural Sciences) from Quaid-I-Azam
University (www.qau.edu.pk) , Islamabad,
Pakistan
§ Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) from
University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences (www.uvas.edu.pk
), Lahore, Pakistan
§ Postgraduate
trainings in strategic planning, food safety/security, international trade
& market analysis, intellectual property management
Postgraduate
Trainings:
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Trade In Agriculture-World Trade Institute
Bern, Switzerland
-
Intellectual Property Management- Swift Cornell University
-
Specialization in Food Safety &
Agricultural Health- World Trade Organization
-
Strategic Planning- GTZ Germany
-
Analyses
of Market & Market Reforms [IFPRI-ADB-JU, Dhaka, Bangladesh] March 21-25,
2004
-
Quantitative Methods for Domestic Market
Reforms in South Asia,[IFPRI-ADB]-University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan], Islamabad, Pakistan, September20-25,2004-
www.ifpri.org
-
Humanitarian Assistance-HelpAge International (www.helpage.org )
-
Human Safety & Security- UNDSS
-
-Human Safety & Security-redR
Expertise:
- Years long experience as development
practitioner, researcher, policy analyst, advocacy & mainstreaming specialist
§ Have served public sector, UN system, INGOs & CSOs
including humanitarian organizations
§ Working at present with an INGO, as Senior Management
Team, leading Policy Research & Advocacy programs.
§ Demonstrated interest in and track record of institutional development, policy analysis,
research, advocacy and training of trainers (ToT), gender, Age &
disability mainstreaming
§ Proven track record of conducting research on policy/development
issues, and generating evidence for
informed policy making and advocacy
§ Demonstrated experience of Food Security/Livelihood
Analyses.PRA/RRA and impact assessment and DRA related studies, such as vulnerability
analysis
§ Well-connected with national, regional and
international civil society networks, as partners in development
§ Author of more than 150 publications, including
reports done for the World Bank, Oxfam- GB, USAID/FIRMS, Action Aid Pakistan, Grant
Thornton Pakistan etc.
§ Have represented Pakistan in many international fora/
negotiations
§ Have participated /presented research work in more than 25 countries at
regional/international fora
§ Member of number of professional bodies, advisory
boards, steering committees, and technical committees of public sector/CSOs.
§ Proven track record of conducting trainings, as master
trainer, for wide range stakeholders including public/private sectors- business
& rural communities, farmers and media people in Pakistan.
§ Expert, Ad hoc Panel on Genetic Use Restriction [Terminator]Technology [GURT], United Nation's Convention on Biodiversity [UN-CBD]
Work Experience:
- Humanitarian Assistance:
-
UN/World Food Program, as Food Security/Livelihood
Analyst -April 2009-June 2011
( www.wfp.org )
-
HelpAge International, as Senior Manager( Policy
Research, Advocacy & Mainstreaming)-August 2011-present
- Management:
Some of the important programmes that I have managed;
- Director
Research/ Principal Scientist-Pakistan Agricultural Research Council
(PARC)- 1983-2005 (www.parc.gov.pk )
PARC
is an apex setting, in the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) of
Pakistan. I was associated with PARC as researcher & research manager,
working in the areas related to livelihood/rural development, food security
& climate change and international trade in food &agriculture. Besides
active research, I was involved in research management, including funding,
coordination & M&E, and research policy.
2. Team Leader:
i. ADB-assisted
development Project, Ministry of Food, Agriculture & livestock (MINFAL)
§ led the Asian Development Bank assisted
Livestock Development Project as National Coordinator, working with four
provinces.
ii. DFID-funded
Project, Action Aid International
§ led the project on Impact of Import Surges on
developing countries, as 5-country (Nepal, Brazil, Kenya, Ghana & Gambia)
Team Leader
iii. World Trade Organization (WTO) Unit, MINFAL (GOP)
§ as Chief WTO, was involved in evidence-based
policy making/negotiations related to WTO food & agriculture related
matters, including inter alia tariffs
& non-tariff barriers, food safety
& agricultural health (SPS) and Intellectual Property Rights.
§ Promotion of enterprise development
C: Research & Knowledge Management:
- Principal
Investigator/ Lead Author:
Have more than 150 publications, including:
i.
Food Insecurity in Rural Pakistan (SDPI--WFP 2003)
Led the first ever research study on food insecurity in Pakistan, done
jointly by the Sustainable development Policy Institute (SDPI) and the UN/world
Food Program
ii.
Food Insecurity in Urban Pakistan (WFP 2007)
Led
the first ever research study on food insecurity in urban Pakistan, done by the e UN/World Food Program
iii.
Alternative Livelihood Scoping-disaster prone communities
Led the study commissioned by Oxfam GB
iv.
Pakistan’s SPS compliance
Led World Bank Study on Pakistan’s Sanitary & Phytosanitary (SPS)
compliance in the area of livestock & cross cutting legal framework
v.
Impact of WTO regime on
Pakistan’s Agriculture- Action Aid Pakistan
vi.
Power Politics in the WTO- Action
Aid Pakistan
vii.
WTO and OIC Countries-COMSTECH-OIC
viii.
Supporting Pakistan’s Mango Sector-SPS Compliance requirements for the
export of mango from Pakistan, USAID,2012
ix.
Green Skill Development- GIZ Pakistan,2012
NB: A list of some of the publications available on http://old.parc.gov.pk/1SubDivisions/ParcHQ/WtoPub.html
Research Management- Coordination and
M&E
-As Director Research at PARC for around 15 years, it remained my key
responsibility
-As Senior Manager
Policy Research, HelpAge International
- Impact assessment of humanitarian
response to flood-
§ HelpAge International’s commissioned study
§ Oxfam GB studies
-Mid Term Review- Action Aid
Pakistan’s Development Area-1
-Project
Appraisals:
-
Part of assignment as
Director Research at PARC
-
Pre project award appraisal
of Pakistan Dairy Company- USAID/Grant Thornton/AASR, Pakistan
-
Plan International
Pakistan’s End Project Evaluation (Milk
Value Chain)
D. Development Practitioner
- Livelihood Development-
Livestock & Dairy Development Government of Punjab, Pakistan
and Ministry of
Agriculture & Fisheries sultanate of Oman
E. Documentation/
Knowledge Management:
- Research documentation
at PARC, as Director Research and HelpAge International as
Senior Manager Policy
Research & Advocacy
- Editor- more than 5
research journals/periodicals
- Editor Food Security
& Price Monitor Bulletin- UN/WFP, Pakistan
-Editor, Agro-Veterinary
News
-Editor RAHAT (Rehabilitation
& health Aid for Torture Victims) Medical & Human Rights Journal
F. Advocacy & Mainstreaming:
-Human Rights- on right-based planning, Voice Against Torture-VAT/RAHAT,
working with
School of Human Rights/VAT
-Editor RAHAT Medical
& Human rights journal
- Age Demands Action (ADA)
Campaign HelpAge International -old age mainstreaming
-Human Rights & Social Protection
- FIAN International (www.fian.org ) Focal Point Pakistan
- Pakistan Television (PTV),
Geo TV., Sohnee Dhartee TV, Dawn TV
G. Teaching:
Visiting Faculty:
-National Institute of Management/
National School of Public Policy (www.nimlhr.gov.pk)
/
former Pakistan Administrative Staff College, Lahoe, Pakistan
-Fatima Jinnah Women
University (www.fjwu.edu.pk ) for
economics of protection & support
-Islamic International
University (www.iiu.edu.pk ) for IPRs, SPS
& WTO
NB: resource person for many national/international agencies including CUTS,
SAWTEE and WTO
H. Policy Analysis:
- Consultant MINFAL, Government of Pakistan
-Consultant Pakistan Council
for Science & Technology
-Chief WTO, MINFAL, Government
of Pakistan
-Senior Manager-Policy Research-HelpAge
International
-Consultant Oxfam GB
-Analyst: - Pakistan
Television(PTV), Geo TV., Sohne Dhartee TV, Dawn TV
I. Networking:
Partner in Development/ Advocacy:
Have worked as resource person & partner in development for:
- 3 D Geneva (www.3dthree.org)
- Consumers Unity Trust
India (www.cut-.international..org
)
- Bangladesh Environmental
Lawyers Association (www.belabangla.org
)
- South Asia Watch on Trade
Economics and Environment-SAWTEE, Nepal (www.sawtee.org
)
- Sungi, Pakistan (www.sungi.org )
- Consumers Network,
Pakistan(www.thenetwork.org.pk
)
- Sustainable Agriculture Action Group (www.sdpi.org.pk )
- Action Aid, Pakistan (www.actionaid.org/pakistan )
- Lead Pakistan (www.leadorg.pk )
- Voice Against Torture (www.voiceagainsttorture.org.pk
)
- Journalists for Democracy
& Human Rights(www.jdhr.org )
- Research Society of
International Law-RSIL(www.rsilpak.org
)
- Sustainable Development
Institute-SDPI (www.sdpi.org )
- Oxfam GB Pakistan
- Ageing & Disability
Taskforce Pakistan –ADTF
- Cabi South Asia (www.cabi.org)
- Food First international
Network-FIAN (www.fian.org)
J. Institutional Development:
§ Founder Registrar/Secretary- Pakistan Veterinary
Medical Council
§ Founder Chief-WTO Unit , MINFAL, Pakistan
§ Author University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences-UVAS
(www.uvas.edu.pk ) project proposal
§ Author National Animal & Plant Health Inspection
Services-NAPHIS project proposal-MINFAL (GOP)
§ Founder PRAM(Policy Research, Advocacy &
Mainstreaming) Unit, HelpAge International Pakistan
Education
§ M.Phil. Quaid-E-Azam University
(1988-1989)- www.qau.edu.pk
§
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM), University of
Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Lahore (1972-1976)- www.uvas.edu.pk
International Trainings:
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Strategic Planning (Heath)-GTZ Germany
-
Intellectuel Property (IPRs) Management-Swift,
Cornel University
-
WTO-Food & Agriculture- World Trade
Institute Bern, Switzerland
-
Sanitary & Phytosanitary (SPS)
Specialization-WTO Geneva
-
Irradiation as SPS Treatment- IAE-FAO,
Kulalumpur, Malsaysia
-
Market Reforms Analysis- FAO/UNESCAP
Languages
- Urdu, English, Arabic, Punjabi and Saraiki
- Can understand Hindko and Sindhi
Computer Skills
Windows,
MS–Word (Office, Power Point, Internet etc.)
Publications:
150
+ publications
Books/Major Reports:
1.
World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreements
and their Implications for a Developing Economy- a Training Manual, Pakistan,
Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Wajid H. Pirzada.
2.
Action Aid Pakistan, Mid-term Review
Report, 1998 by Ahmad, Jameel; Pirzada, W.H.; Malik, J. Bushra; Batool, Iram
and Malik T.H.
3.
Poultry Health and Management, Pakistan
Poultry Association, First Edition, 1994, W.H. Pirzada.
4.
Managing Biodiversity, ICIMOD,
Nepal, 1999, W.H. Pirzada -Trade,
5.
Managing Change under WTO, WTO/Cambridge
Press : http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/casestudies_e/case35_e.htm
6.
Globalization- Geo-economic World Order,
FRIENDS Pakistan, 2000, Wajid H. Pirzada
7.
Impact of WTO Agreement on Agriculture on
Pakistan’s Agriculture, Action Aid international, Pakistan [2005]- http://www.actionaid.org/pakistan/images/Impact%20of%20Trade.pdf
8.
Impact of WTO Agreement on Seed Industry in
Asia, Asia Pacifc Seed Industry ,APSA Technical Report # 35[2003]- www.apsaseed.org/.../TR_No._35_Sanitary_and_Phytosanitary_Measure
9.
Review of Dairy Sector of Pakistan, AASR,
[2003]
10.
Power Politics in WTO, Action Aid
International Pakistan
11.
Food insecurity in Rural Pakistan-2003,
UN-WFP- www.sdpi.org/publications/publication_details-287-29.htm
12.
Pakistan’s Agro-based Exports and
International SPS Managing the Challenge of WTO Participation: 45 Case Studies,
WTO Geneva /WTO, Cambridge Press, 2006
13.
Alternative
Livelihood Development, Oxfam GB-UK/Pakistan, 2008
14.
Trade
Liberalization in Pakistan: Implications on Livelihoods of Vulnerable Farming
Communities, EJAD-Pakistan, 2008.
15.
SPS Compliance Pakistan -The World Bank,
2005 (www.bnpp-kd.org/.../pakistans-agrobase-exports-and-sanitary-and-phyto...)
16.
The World Trade
Organization (WTO) and Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), OIC Scientific
& Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH), March 2005
17.
Global Change
Perspective in Pakistan (Co-authored), APN, 2005
18.
Role of Sustainable
Agriculture in Reducing Hunger and Sustaining Rural Livelihoods in Pakistan, EJAD-Pakistan, 2008.
19.
International
Assessment of Ag S&T for Development (IAASTD) for CWANA region (as Coordinating Lead Author)- www.unep.org/.../IAASTD/.../Agriculture%20at%20a%20Crossroads_Sy...
20.
Green
Skills/Jobs-Opportunities-2012,GIZ
21.
Exports of Mango
from Pakistan-SPS Requirements , USAID /EPfirms, Pakistan
22.
Pakistan SPS
Action Plan :
References:
- Dr. Amir
Muhammad(Former Chairman PARC)
Rector National University of Computer
& Emerging Sciences (FAST), H-11,Islamabad
Phone(s): 051-2855072, 0300-8552066
- Mr. Shahid
Khan
Partner Grant Thornton Pakistan, 1st Floor,
2-Ali Plaza, Jinnah Avenue, Islamabad.
Phone(s): 051-2274665, 2273883, 0300-8551376
3. Mehnaz Paracha
Oxfam GB, IPC Coordinator, FAO Pakistan
Cell: +92-03468544257
