Who We Are
Good Governance Forum is the first and only interactive think tank on governance in Pakistan. It comprises 12000+ members from all walks of life including the advocates, businessmen and industrialists, civil and police officers, diplomats, educationists, military officers, judges, parliamentarians and politicians, news agencies, NGOs, columnists and anchors, and corporate executives. Its network includes 600 NGOs, 400 anchors/journalists and 100 newspapers. It is well-connected with the representative bodies of overseas Pakistanis across the globe.
Good Governance Forum is registered as a civil society organization/non-governmental organization with the Dept of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations. It received invitation from DESA for attending and speaking at the interactive MDG Summit at General Assembly in New York from 14-15 June 2010.
Good Governance Forum is associated with Amnesty International, Civil Society Watchdog, Asian Human Rights Commission, Clinton Foundation, The Carter Center and many other trusts and foundations promoting human welfare around the world.
What We Do
Our mission is to improve governance in Pakistan. We do research on key issues, compile our findings, make recommendations and send them to the competent authority for action. If they don't take action, we approach the Supreme Court for taking up the issue with the competent authority, wherever needed. We also initiate actions for suo motu notice from the Supreme Court or the High Court of the relevant province. You can view our petitions at http://judicialpetitionspakistan.blogspot.com.
We create blogs on specific issues and regularly post news, articles and reports on them to spread the message across the globe. We have several blogs on key issues and all of them receive visitors from around the world in large numbers. These blogs also help researchers, columnists, talk show participants to update themselves on major issues. You can see the list of blogs on http://ggfblogs.blogspot.com.
We circulate news, articles and reports among our members belonging to the various segments of our society. To avoid irritating spam, we circulate specific info to specific groups according to their field of interest. You can find our groups on http://ggovernance.blogspot.com/. We receive info from 100+ sources from around the world including media, news agencies, think tanks, foundations, philanthropists, UN Foundation, United Nations etc.
We make press releases in and out of Pakistan on important issues. Off and on, our interviews are published in the print media or broadcast on the electronic media. We generally avoid being on the media and focus on our core functions.
We debate issues on social media including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We have our Good Governance Forum group and page on social media.
We attend seminars, workshops, discussion forums as guest speakers or delegates. Good Governance Forum was probably the only civil society organization in Pakistan to be invited to the MDG Summit at General Assembly in New York in June 2010.
We help individuals as well as organizations in their issues by taking them up with the competent authority. We maintain CM Punjab blog for general public. Its http://cmpunjab.blogspot.com. Over 180,000 people have so far visited the blog. All the complaints are directly forwarded to the Chief Minister Office and almost every genuine complaint receives redressal.
We regularly interact with the parliamentarians, civil society activists, civil and military officers, scholars, NGOs and media.
We have maintained integrity, honesty and sincerity of purpose in the past 6 years since we started our work in March 2007. We do not seek or accept funds from government, political parties, and special interest groups to maintain our independence, dignity and impartiality. We operate with funds from our advertisers, individual donors and members.
Patrons, Advisors, Contributors and Members
Patrons: Citizens who donate Rs 500,000 per year.
Advisors: Citizens who donate Rs 100,000 per year.
Contributors: Citizens who donate Rs 50,000 per year.
Full Members: Citizens who register as full members pay Rs 5,000 per year.
Associate Members: Citizens who register as associate members pay membership fee of Rs 1000 per year. They are entitled to ONLY one privilege listed at (1) below under the Member’s Privileges.
Organizational Members: NGOs, charities and trusts who register as organizational members pay Rs 10,000 per year. Commercial organizations pay Rs 50,000 per year.
Patrons and Advisors are entitled to print their titles on their visiting cards and represent the forum on specific platforms/forums/seminars in and out of Pakistan with the prior written consent of the Chairman of the Good Governance Forum.
Patrons and Advisors are entitled to avail the resources of the Good Governance Forum for pleading any issue at any public forum or at the level of the federal or any of the provincial governments relating to themselves, their organizations or general public with the prior written consent of the Chairman of the Good Governance Forum.
Contributors are entitled to avail the forum's data bank on specific issues for their writings or participation in the issue-related public debates at any forum/seminar/talk show. They can also be assisted on any specific issue by the network members, NGOs and media associates through the Good Governance Forum.
Patrons, Advisors and Contributors are entitled to receive news, articles, and reports from the forum on major national and international issues relevant to their assigned group and can also participate in the discussion on the forum on specific issues of their interest.
Full Members, Associate Members and Organizational Members are entitled to receive news, articles, and reports from the forum on major national and international issues relevant to their assigned group and can also participate in the discussion on the forum on specific issues of their interest.
Advisory Committees and Goodwill Ambassadors
Good Governance Forum is forming Central Advisory Committees and Provincial Advisory Committees on major national issues to help improve working of the government from the district to the federal levels and to help solve people's problems at all levels in the country.
Good Governance Forum is appointing Goodwill Ambassadors within and outside Pakistan from amongst well-known personalities to promote the forum and its mission and help solve people’s problems through their network. Overseas Pakistanis are encouraged to join as our Goodwill Ambassadors for looking after the interests of the overseas Pakistanis living in their countries.
Details can be viewed at http://ggfadvisorycommittees.blogspot.com and http://ggfgoodwillambassadors.blogspot.com.
We provide a variety of services against a modest fee to
(a) facilitate fundraising by NGOs
(b) post jobs on our blogs
(c) post write-ups on our blogs
(d) circulate news, articles and reports in our network of members and associates
(e) promote blogs of individuals and organizations
Details can be obtained by emailing goodgovernanceforum@gmail.com
