About

Abid Jan has extensive experience in Canadian and international development work. As an experienced nonprofit management executive, Abid has more than 22 years of experience in poverty alleviation, community economic development, project management, capacity building, and organizational development.

Abid Jan has 15 years of experience in executive leadership and senior management roles which involves working with local and international funding agencies. Abid has a successful record of leading organizational and community change initiatives and capacity building programs.Abid’s work experience includes being CD consultant to the City of Ottawa, a former Executive Director of Integrated Regional Support Program in Pakistan, as an advisor with GTZ-German and as a consultant with UNDP, Unicef and World Bank. His extensive project management and non-profit capacity building experience enabled him to work with more than 200 organizations and various levels of government in Canada, Pakistan and Afghanistan.Abid Jan is currently working with United Way East Ontario as Director Capacity Building since 2010. He has more than 20 years of experience with developing place-based approaches to community development, Collective Impact initiatives, and building cross sector collaborative solutions to making Ottawa a safer and welcoming City for all.Abid Jan has an MS in Environmental Management University of London and Masters in Applied Chemistry from the University of Peshawar. He has attended several training courses – recently completed a train the trainers course from Fiscal Institute Santa Fe in Result Based Accountability. Abid is AMPG Licensed project management specialist.For details please see:
https://commdev.ca/abid_ullah_jan/
 

AWARDSKindness Award
February 14, 2020, Kindness Week – Ottawa.
Abid Jan was awarded the Kindness Award for addressing bigotry and hate in Ottawa through mainstreaming a hate prevention initiative called United For All.
(Video).
Abid Jan – HeroesAmong Us award by OCISO in recognition of his CD work.

 

 

Heroes Among Us Award – 2010 – OCISO Ottawa, March 2010.
Every year, the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organisation (OCISO) awards prominent contributors to community health.
These awards are given in journalism, community development, media, business, etc. Abid Jan was awarded the Heroes Among Us award in 2010 for his work in making neighbourhoods safe and strong.

Community Safety Leader Award – 2009 by Crime Prevention Ottawa (CPO), 2009.
Crime Prevention Ottawa awarded Abid Jan with the Community Safety Leader award in 2009 for conceptualizing and implementing the No Community Left Behind community safety initiative which was replicated as Together for Vanier, United Neighbours and Lower Town Our Home before the City of Ottawa adopted it for replication city-wide as Community Development Framework.



Child-Friendly Man of the City Award – 2008 by ECIS Ottawa, 2008; See details here.Honoured with Child Friendly Man of the Village award in 2008 by ECIS for innovative youth initiatives to keep youth out of harm during critical hours.

Abid Jan – EPIC Award for the Crime Prevention initiative in Ottawa

 

 

 

EPIC Award – 2007
Association of the Ontario Health Centers (AOHC) 2007: Details here.
Abid Jan accepts the Epic Award in the Community Development category for the No Community Left Behind (NCLB)initiative in Ottawa. Presenters are former AOHC President France Gélinas (L) and New AOHC President Simone Hammond Executive Director, Parkdale CHC.

Abid Jan receives Community Builder Award for his crime prevention work in Ottawa

Community Builder of the Year Award – 2007 by United Way Ottawa.

– Helping Others Help themselves,: http://nocommunityleftbehind.ca/Archive/may09,2009.html

– No community Left Behind an Award winning program, June 28, 2007.

– CBA – Capacity Building. May 31, 2007.

On May 31 2007, United Way Ottawa celebrated the work of Ottawa’s dedicated citizens and organizations at the Community Builder of the Year Awards.

This event was a celebration of the organizations, partnerships, agencies, and neighbourhood groups that strive tirelessly, passionately, and collaboratively to make Ottawa a better place to live, work and raise a family.

Awards were presented in several categories. Abid Jan received the Community Builder of the Year Award for the No Community Left Behind initiative that he conceptualized and implemented in close partnership of South East Ottawa CHC with other service providers and community leaders.

2021
2007

Select Courses

1 United Way World Wide Leaders Engaged in Accelerated Development (LEAD) program in 2021
2 Project Management Professional (PMP) certification course offered by the Project Management Institute, UK – 2015
3 Train the Trainers Course in Results-Based Accountability (FPSI Santa Fe, New Mexica, US) – 2014.
4 Collective Impact (Tamarack Institute) 2013.
5 Canadian Health Promotion (La Crosse, Univ. Of Wisconsin) – 2010’
6 Constituent Relations Management (CRM) course (United Way Ottawa) – 2010
7 Becoming Third-Party Neutral Course, Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution (CICR Ottawa) – 2009.
8 Community Policing and Mobilization Program 2006 – Queens University (Ontario Police College)
9 Results Based Accountability (Train the Trainer), (Fiscal Policy Studies Institute, Santa Fe, new Mexico, US) 2012
10 Commonwealth Course in Organization and Human Resource Development (Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) – November 20 to December 10, 1997.

Publications

 
Implementing NCLB (Manuals) 2008

Authored, with financial assistance from HRSDC, Implementing NCLB – a document explaining the crime prevention through social development approach of the NCLB Strategy and implementation process – as well as evaluation tools and a Coordinator’s Guide for the front-line staff working on the implementation of the residents’ approach in vulnerable neighbourhoods.

View PDF version here

Click Here to view online flipping book version. (80 pages)

French Version.

Complete set of guides is available here

Crime Prevention through Social Development
Title: Developing Meso-level Institutions

Type: Book. Year: 2001 ISBN: 969-8608-00-1 Pages: 270

A guide for development practitioners, policymakers, program staff, and donors – comparing different approaches and models of development in Pakistan. Also includes tools for the field workers and an explanation of the process to develop Meso-level development institutions.

Developing Meso Level Institutions for Poverty Alleviation
Title: A Comprehensive Guide for Community Empowerment

Type: Book. Year: 2000 ISBN: 969-8544-14-3 Pages: 357

2nd Edition of the Hand Book for Social Organizers – detailing the tools and concepts for social mobilization

A Guide for Community Empowerment
Title: Environmental Planning for Small Communities

Type: Book. Year: 2002 Pages: 120 A-4 size

A guide for undertaking an integrated approach to protecting the environment. This guide can be used as a tool by local decision-makers at the community level, as well as staff of the community development programs, who can take advantage of the seven steps explained in it for involving the communities in the environmental planning process.
Title: A Hand-Book for Social Organisers in Rural Support Programs in Pakistan

Type: Book. Year: 1999 Pages: 170

A collection of tools for the field workers for social organization and community participation in the RSP network in Pakistan.

A handbook for Social Organisers by Abid Jan
Title: Understanding Meso-level Institutions

Type: Booklet. Year: 2001 Pages: 38

An introduction to meso-level institutions in rural communities when it comes to poverty alleviation and development in developing countries.

Understanding meso-level institutions for poverty alleviation
Title: A Handbook for developing Community Information System

Type: Reference Book Year: 2002 Pages: 100

A guide for development specialists and field worker about developing a unique information system for local-level planning in developing countries.

Community Information System by Abid Jan

Articles

Abid Jan has extensive experience in Canadian and international development work. As an experienced nonprofit management executive, Abid has more than 22 years of experience in poverty alleviation, community economic development, project management, capacity building, and organizational development.

Abid Jan has 15 years of experience in executive leadership and senior management roles which involves working with local and international funding agencies. Abid has a successful record of leading organizational and community change initiatives and capacity building programs.Abid’s work experience includes being CD consultant to the City of Ottawa, a former Executive Director of Integrated Regional Support Program in Pakistan, as an advisor with GTZ-German and as a consultant with UNDP, Unicef and World Bank. His extensive project management and non-profit capacity building experience enabled him to work with more than 200 organizations and various levels of government in Canada, Pakistan and Afghanistan.Abid Jan is currently working with United Way East Ontario as Director Capacity Building since 2010. He has more than 20 years of experience with developing place-based approaches to community development, Collective Impact initiatives, and building cross sector collaborative solutions to making Ottawa a safer and welcoming City for all.Abid Jan has an MS in Environmental Management University of London and Masters in Applied Chemistry from the University of Peshawar. He has attended several training courses – recently completed a train the trainers course from Fiscal Institute Santa Fe in Result Based Accountability. Abid is AMPG Licensed project management specialist.For details please see:
https://commdev.ca/abid_ullah_jan/
 

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