Learning & Development

The Challenge:

Pakistan's energy transition is held back not just by policy gaps but by a deep and widespread knowledge gap. Higher education institutions struggle to prepare job-ready graduates for energy sector demands, leaving many professionals to enter the workforce without practical skills for contemporary energy challenges or the essential professional competencies such as leadership, creativity, and communication needed to drive collaborative change. Many working in the energy and climate space therefore lack access to relevant, localized, and practical learning that addresses real-world implementation needs. This knowledge vacuum creates a cycle where well-intentioned efforts fail to achieve their goals because the people implementing them lack the specialized expertise needed to navigate complex energy transitions effectively. To build an equitable and informed transition, we must start by building people with the right skills, tools, and shared understanding.

Our Work:

The Learning & Development Program builds the expertise needed to drive informed energy transition through a comprehensive approach that targets different levels of Pakistan's energy ecosystem. The program operates on the principle that lasting change requires people with the right skills, tools, and shared understanding of both technical possibilities and local realities.

Our approach focuses on developing internal organizational capacity, strengthening partner networks, and engaging the broader ecosystem of government agencies, academia, and civil society through targeted education and dialogue. The flagship Margalla School on Energy & Climate serves as the primary platform for developing young professionals with practical skills and critical thinking needed to lead energy transitions in their communities and organizations.

The program creates a multiplying effect where trained individuals become change-agents within their own institutions. This approach ensures that energy transition decisions are made by people who understand both the technical possibilities and the practical constraints of implementing change in Pakistan's context, ultimately building a network of informed advocates who can drive change from within their organizations.