Climate Change
IC addresses climate change and variability both directly and as a cross-cutting theme in its activities since IC believes that changing climate has a strong links with people’s livelihoods. IC is actively engaged in mainstreaming climate change related disaster risk management and preparedness (adaptation and mitigation) in its current programmes and projects. Climate change is addressed through, among others:
- Promoting energy efficiency at domestic level
- Introducing adaptation to climate change based on climate scenario, particularly in the field of agriculture
- Strengthening community-based early warning systems strengthened through climate forecast application
- Building capacities on climate change concepts and mechanisms under UNFCCC (government, NGOs)
- Active engagement in disaster risk reduction measures (while most of the disasters have been hydrological in nature due to climate variability) – using structural and biological means
- Building capacities in communities for coping with disasters efficiently and effectively (preparedness)
One of the initiatives of Intercooperation was the training the officers from the newly established Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM) Cell and forest officers of the departments in all the provincial forest departments of the country specifically in writing Project Design Documents on Forestry so that in future they are able to sell Carbon Credits from the new plantations that they raise. Another one was a comprehensive training on Adaptation to Climate Change, Mitigation and REDD+
IC News
Helvetas and Intercooperation merger
On 1st July 2011 – the two organizations merged to become one with a new corporate name “Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation HSI”. Both the organizations have a collective work experience of more than 80 years, hence a rich set of experiences is being merged to pool all the competences for a more effective well-being of people.
Helvetas was founded in 1955 as the first private organisation for development co-operation in Switzerland. Helvetas is a denominationally and politically independent association, supported by approximately 38,000 members, more than 40,000 sponsors and 15 regional volunteer groups. With 18 partner countries, Helvetas currently operates in Africa, Asia – including Central Asia and the Caucasus – and Latin America.
In case of Pakistan, the merger initially arrives with a change of name since Helvetas is not presently working in the country. The organization will enrich itself for combining its forces against poverty and or gaining more competences.
IC New Website is Live now
We are pleased to launch our new website which has a new fresh look and more content oriented. Thanks to our highly skilled web development team who worked hard for bringing this website Live for you. Please feel free to contact the admin if you have any questions. Also please keep visiting us for new updates and / or if you are looking for archived projects and publications. Your thought will be highly valuable for us
The IC annual report 2011
The IC annual report for 2011 is in process of compilation. The report will be uploaded to the website soon after its publication process completes.
The annual report of 2010 along with other publications of IC are available on the publications section of the website.