2. Enhanced Much of the laws, policies 2.1. Planning and 2.1. Project There are no major capacities for and guidelines for development Progress risks as such but it is integrating integrating environmental functions in the Reports assumed that the environment in consideration in government of 2.2. target organizations economic development projects exits Pakistan, Punjab and Interviews and their staff will be development by but capacities to implement KPK have enhanced with key interested to the they are patchy, mostly access to participating participate in the Government of residing in ministries and environmental organizations environmental training Pakistan as well departments directly knowledge and 2.3. and exposure as the provinces related to environment. capacity; Feedback programs. It is also of Punjab and Even here, the needs for 2.2. About 400 from a assumed that the KPK. exceed the capacities, and Officers or more sample of governments will be the environmental from Ministries or target interested and capacities in the ministries departments dealing beneficiaries. supportive of trying the and departments dealing with economic 2.4 Records alternative approach of with economic development development, the of capacity building are almost non existing. federal and provincial participants through professional level in Punjab and in of networks. KPK have basic different training and training exposure to the workshops essentials of and sessions. environment and development; 2.4.One or more professional networks of environmental experts is in place and accessible to P&D Division and PD departments in Punjab and KPK for help with environmental reviews of development projects; 3. A Market There is little, if at all any, A market based 1. Project It is assumed are mechanism for market based approach to approach to reports enough willing and able sourcing and sustainability in capacity sustainability in 2. participating entities supplying building for environment. capacity building for Verification for the market based environmental environment is from approach to be information. successfully pilot participants initiated, tested and tested for replication of experts’ established. and scaling up later. network making a part of the market based approach: 3.
2. Enhanced capacities for integrating environment in economic development by the Government of Pakistan as well as the provinces of Punjab and KPK. Much of the laws, policies and guidelines for integrating environmental consideration in development projects exits but capacities to implement they are patchy, mostly residing in ministries and departments directly related to environment. Even here, the needs for exceed the capacities, and the environmental capacities in the ministries and departments dealing with economic development are almost non existing. 2.1. Planning and development functions in the government of Pakistan, Punjab and KPK have enhanced access to environmental knowledge and capacity; 2.2. About 400 Officers or more from Ministries or departments dealing with economic development, the federal and provincial level in Punjab and KPK have basic training and exposure to the essentials of environment and development; 2.4.One or more professional networks of environmental experts is in place and accessible to P&D Division and PD departments in Punjab and KPK for help with environmental reviews of development projects; 2.1. Project Progress Reports 2.2. Interviews with key participating organizations 2.3. Feedback from a sample of target beneficiaries. 2.4 Records of participants in of different training workshops and sessions. There are no major risks as such but it is assumed that the target organizations and their staff will be interested to participate in the environmental training and exposure programs. It is also assumed that the governments will be interested and supportive of trying the alternative approach of capacity building through professional networks. 3. A Market mechanism for sourcing and supplying environmental information. There is little, if at all any, market based approach to sustainability in capacity building for environment. A market based approach to sustainability in capacity building for environment is successfully pilot tested for replication and scaling up later. 1. Project reports 2. Verification from participants of experts’ network making a part of the market based approach: 3. It is assumed are enough willing and able participating entities for the market based approach to be initiated, tested and established.
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