For donors, government and companies
Reach the communities others can’t.
SIA designs and delivers enterprise programmes in Pakistan’s frontier regions, and measures every result.
Six reasons to partner
Why funders work with SIA
01
Reach
Hubs in Quetta and Loralai, and local facilitators across Balochistan, reach women and youth that most programmes cannot.
02
Proof
73,800+ people reached, 3,500+ microentrepreneurs trained and 100+ enterprises incubated, each figure defined and dated.
03
Firsts
The first STEAM lab in Balochistan, Pakistan’s first social enterprise network, and the first university incubator in Loralai.
04
Transparency
Open data, audited reports and independent evaluations, from Year 1 of the Strategic Plan.
05
Track record
Programmes delivered with international and national partners, including the European Union, GIZ and the Government of Balochistan.
06
A pathway, not a project
Participants move on through Ideate, Incubate, Accelerate, Invest and Alumni for Life, so results last beyond one grant.
For donors and partners
What your funding can do
Move the slider to see how many early ventures a grant could back through Incubate seed grants.
Incubate seed grants
10–50 early ventures
at PKR 500k each at PKR 100k each
Based on the published Incubate seed grant range of PKR 100,000–500,000 per venture. Training, mentoring and hub costs are set out in a proposal.
Plan this with usWays to work together
- Co-design and fund a programme or cohort
- Sponsor the SIA Summit
- Training for your organisation
- Government Innovation Lab services
- Co-invest through the Catalyst Fund
Partners & funders
Archaeo Agency LLC- European Union
- World Bank
- UNICEF
- UNFPA
- GIZ
- JICA
- PPAF
- Islamic Relief
- USEFP
- Prime Minister’s Youth Programme
- Govt. of Balochistan
- BUITEMS
- Univ. of Loralai
Logos appear with each partner’s written permission. The capability statement is available on request.
Book a 20-minute call
Thank you. The team will email you to agree a time for the call. Your reference is {ref}.Create a free My SIA account to keep everything you do with SIA in one place.
How it works
From a first call to a programme
- 1A 20-minute callTell us what you want to achieve, where and with whom.
- 2Co-designTogether we shape the programme: who it reaches, where it runs and how results are measured.
- 3A written proposalScope, timeline, budget and the figures we will report. CONFIRM: usual time from call to proposal.
- 4DeliveryThrough the hubs in Quetta and Loralai and local facilitators, in Urdu or English.
- 5ReportingEvery figure with a definition, a source and a date, on the Live Impact Dashboard and in your reports.
Track record
Who we have worked with
| Partner | Work with SIA |
|---|---|
| Government of Balochistan | Women Entrepreneurship Development Program |
| European Union | Climate-smart agribusiness |
| Islamic Relief & Manzil | Microenterprise training |
| GIZ & WESS | Refugee & host-community bootcamps |
| USEFP | Public Policy Hackathon in Quetta, December 2023 |
| Prime Minister’s Youth Programme | Letter of Intent (November 2024) and SIA Summit 2.0 (April 2026) |
| University of Loralai | CEUL, the first university incubator in Loralai |
What you get
- Figures with a definition, a source and a date
- Programmes that lead somewhere: every participant has a next stage
- Reach into communities through local facilitators
- Reporting in your format. CONFIRM: reporting options offered to partners
Questions
Before you book a call
Is there a minimum budget?
CONFIRM: smallest programme or cohort SIA can deliver. Every programme is quoted in a proposal, based on the number of participants, length and location.
Can we fund a programme in a particular district?
Yes, tell us where. SIA works from its hubs in Quetta and Loralai and through local facilitators.
Do you work with companies?
Yes. Companies can sponsor the SIA Summit, fund a cohort or book training for their staff. Start with a 20-minute call.
How do we see results?
On the [Live Impact Dashboard](/impact/dashboard/), where every figure has a definition, a source and a date, and in the reports agreed in your proposal.
Can our staff mentor founders?
Yes. See [Mentors](/pathway/mentors/) for how mentoring works.
Already a partner? Get your partner area
Partners and funders see the documents SIA shares with them, the figures for the programmes they support and key dates, in one private place.
- Agreements, reports and files in one place
- Figures for the programmes you support
- Key dates, and requests straight to the team
Free. The SIA team checks each request and emails you when your area opens.
