OUR STORY

Public Affairs Foundation (PAF) was established in 2003, as a not-for-profit company under Section 25 of the Companies Act 1956 (now Section 8, under the Companies Act 2013). It is primarily a knowledge-based organisation that is dedicated to improving the quality of public governance by providing advisory services which include developing customised knowledge products to improve social accountability.

Dr. Samuel Paul, Founder Chairman – Public Affairs Centre (PAC), established Public Affairs Foundation. He was honoured with the Padma Shri award by the Government of India. Dr Paul was the Director of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and Advisor to the World Bank, UNDP

Vision

To aspire for an ideal state, where the governance and delivery of public services and social development programmes are continuously improved to meet the needs and aspirations of those being served, wherever they may be.

Mission

To integrate the voices of users and providers of public services and social development programmes, using tools of social accountability and evidence based methodologies
To constructively engage with all stakeholders, and, using robust quantitative and qualitative data, enable improved service delivery, enhance impact, increase accountability, and better governance
To train and build capacities within stakeholder organisations on the concepts, application, and institutionalisation of the use of social accountability tools and evidence based methodologies

Values

Integrity, Credibility and Reliability
Collaborative and Constructive Engagement
Ethical and Professional Excellence
Equity and Transparency
Deep respect for individuals and eco system
Responsible social citizenship

CORE ACTIVITES

Product Portfolio

Crisp content and deep-impact products capture the essence of a project. They resonate the rigour of a well-researched, seamlessly implemented action research…

Training

To address the needs of sustainability in a project, capacity building and training has become the norm for the day. Leveraging on the experience and strength of Public…

Partnership

Strategic alliances and collaborations improve outcomes. Joint initiatives are often more effective than individual ones. A network of like-minded players opens up larger…

BROCHURE

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What’s New?

Training and Capacity Building has become a part of everyone’s life-be it a student, a professional or anyone who would like to increase and enhance their knowledge. To address this, customised training modules and workshops have been designed. You can enrol on any of these to gain knowledge and use it in your personal and professional life.

Publications

Annual Report 22-23

Rejuvenating District, Taluk & Sub-Taluk Level Training Institutes

Faculty Development Programme – BMS College of Law

Events

Blogs / Articles

Interview

G Gurucharan, Director, Public Affairs Centre, Bengaluru was interivewed by Agripreneur Sangeetha K B on the adoption of emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in agriculture.

Sumathi, founder of the Sri Rama Ahara Atma Nirbhar, Bhadratha women’s self-help group from Hiriyur taluk, Chitradurga district talking about her success story to the interviewer Srinivas Patil, Agripreneur

Farmer Leader, Kantharaju interivewed by Agripreneur, Srinivas Patil talks about how the farmers are in dire need of training and assistance in the latest scientific methods of farming to prevent crop losses.

VOICE OF STAKEHOLDERS

Late Sheila Dixit

Ex- Chief Minister, Delhi

“I am happy to testify that Public Affairs Foundation’s social audit of Delhi’s service has been valuable aid in my efforts to improve the quality of the state’s governance. It’s findings provided highly useful information to me and my colleagues.”

Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of India

“The CRC method would enable elected leaders and heads of departments to monitor the programmes and services under them and take corrective action in a short period of time.”

Caroline Poirrier

Senior Program Officer at Results for Development Institute Washington, District Of Columbia

“The Results of Development Institute was extremely satisfied with its partnership with PAF. PAF team led a very thorough, practical and engaging workshop on CRC. They worked closely with our team prior to and during the workshop to ensure that the training met our partners’ needs. They were very approachable, encouraging workshop participants to ask questions during and outside of sessions.”

Chief Minister

Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, India

The value of “social audits” as a means to assess the state of public services has been clearly demonstrated by the two social audits conducted by PAF. The independent and professional manner in which the exercise has been carried out has added to the credibility of this approach.

Director General The Egyptian Cabinet - Information Decision Support Centre (IDSC)

Ministry of International Investment & Cooperation (MOIIC), Government of Egypt

My sincere gratitude for all the efforts to make the PM&E Workshop successful and well-organized and for (PAF) sharing with us their fruitful experience. We had a very positive feedback about the workshop with consensus from participants that all the trainers were extremely qualiﬁed and the content of the workshop is highly relevant to their work where the most beneﬁcial topics were the Citizens’ Report Cards (CRC), the impact assessment, and the Community Score Cards (CSC).

Executive Director

Tanzania Local Action Fund (TASAF), President's Ofﬁce United Republic of Tanzania

The outputs of your work have made a remarkable contribution in the design of (the next Phase of) TASAF III. […] We do appreciate for your entire Team on commitment towards helping wider communities participate in the process of development in a more transparent way, feeding the providers with the user’s reactions in order to improve their services by enacting reforms that will revolutionize service delivery in Tanzania to the four sectors.

Thank you partners National and International

We are very greatful and feel honoured to our all partners for being with us