Paniirselvam Jayaraman

Mr. Paniirselvam Jayaraman is a Ecosystem enabler and the Director of the Policy Solutions Department at the Secretariat, All-Party Parliamentary Group Malaysia on SDGs. He has 20 years of experience and expertise in social work, project management, monitoring & evaluation, coaching, mentoring & training. For the past 3 years, he has dived into policy-related solutions. He is involved in research on community needs, curating solution plans for issues on the ground, and building the capacity of APPGM-SDG partners to take up sustainable solution management targeting grassroots communities. He is the President of the Inspiring Bharathiyar Association (INBHA), an NGO working with teenagers (girls & boys) to create a sustainable human capital among them with the required living skills. Paniir contributed to the Asian Solidarity Economy Council (ASEC) as a member and promotes the establishment of Cooperatives and Social Enterprises among community organisations in Malaysia as part of the Social Solidarity Economy agenda. He also serves in the Human Resource Development Corporation (HRDC) Sectoral Training Committee (STC) on Community Development. He published a number of journal articles & wrote newspaper articles, contributed to a few other publications and contributed in planning & recommendations to National Plans & Policies.

Impact means sustainability and culture. A funder and delivery partner can measure impact of a project while the project is running and immediately after completion but impact is suppose to be the long lasting sustainability in livelihood, income as well as the next generation development of participants. Impact is also about what we do with our participants, patners and community beyond the funding relationship. Impact creating should be a culture.