Jobs and Economic Transformation Programme Pakistan (JETPAK)

Description

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is developing a business case for a seven-year private sector development programme in Pakistan, titled Jobs and Economic Transformation in Pakistan (JETPAK). The programme aims to catalyse economic transformation by adopting a market systems approach to enhance productivity, attract investment, and boost value-added exports across multiple high-growth sectors. The purpose of this EME is to sought market feedback and test assumptions during the programme design. Please note that information provided is tentative and may change with the design of business case without any prior notice. Lot 1: The JETPAK programme will require the implementing partner (s) to deliver targeted support to secondary market actors such as banks, skills providers, and industry associations while also providing direct technical assistance and grants to medium and large firms. The programme will primarily be funded through Resource-DEL (RDEL), with a Capital-DEL (CDEL) component. The programme will focus on achieving outcomes in the following areas: • Increase in value-add exports • Investment mobilisation • Development of local consultancies in standards, operations, GESI, business support services etc • Improved financing offer in high growth sectors Interested suppliers are invited to participate in an Early Market Engagement (EME) event on Thursday, 2nd October, from 10:00 to 13:00 BST / 14:00 to 17:00 Pakistan Time. Please follow this link for registration details: EME - Jobs and Economic Transformation Programme Pakistan (JETPAK) https://forms.office.com/e/jh22DZ0UpE During the session, further details about the programme will be shared. Suppliers will have the opportunity to ask questions, provide feedback on the scope and design, and express their level of interest helping inform the route to market.