1. Understanding Environmental A core of 400 1. Reports of relevant The officers are of environment capacity in the officers in workshops and interested and available issues among country is limited. economic seminars; for training, and that planners for Much of what exits is development 2. Review of the the respective economic in select ministries and content and resources ministries, departments development in environmental departments are for the workshops and institutions are public sector institutions of the exposed to the and seminars supportive and would governments and essentials of 3. Project Progress enable the NGOs. Officers in environment, Reports organizations of government through 90 4. Participants training and ministries and workshops or feedback workshops. departments dealing seminars at with economic respective development have a ministries or scant exposure to the departments and issues of 12 guest-lectures environment; and in relevant even less to global training environmental institutions. obligations of Pakistan. 2. Access to Past efforts of Develop, design 1. Project Progress The Planning and environmental capacity building for and pilot test an Reports Development Division, expertise and environment have alternate market 2. Existence of one or provincial P&D competence focussed on the based approach more environmental Departments, and EPAs required for environment to capacity experts network are interested to informed functions. Little or no development for 3. Reports of explore, test and economic attention has been environment. research, analysis and support the alternate of decision making paid to economic reviews outsourced to market approach. development sectors thank tanks and where such capacities professional are needed most. networks. Even in the environment functions that were targeted, lasting capacity has been hard to build, affected by the temporary nature of the initiatives and frequent transfers characterizing the civil service in Pakistan.
1. Understanding of environment issues among planners for economic development in public sector Environmental capacity in the country is limited. Much of what exits is in select environmental institutions of the governments and NGOs. Officers in government ministries and departments dealing with economic development have a scant exposure to the issues of environment; and even less to global environmental obligations of Pakistan. A core of 400 officers in economic development ministries and departments are exposed to the essentials of environment, through 90 workshops or seminars at respective ministries or departments and 12 guest-lectures in relevant training institutions. 1. Reports of relevant workshops and seminars; 2. Review of the content and resources for the workshops and seminars 3. Project Progress Reports 4. Participants feedback The officers are interested and available for training, and that the respective ministries, departments and institutions are supportive and would enable the organizations of training and workshops. 2. Access to environmental expertise and competence required for informed economic decision making Past efforts of capacity building for environment have focussed on the environment functions. Little or no attention has been paid to economic development sectors where such capacities are needed most. Even in the environment functions that were targeted, lasting capacity has been hard to build, affected by the temporary nature of the initiatives and frequent transfers characterizing the civil service in Pakistan. Develop, design and pilot test an alternate market based approach to capacity development for environment. 1. Project Progress Reports 2. Existence of one or more environmental experts network 3. Reports of research, analysis and reviews outsourced to thank tanks and professional networks. The Planning and Development Division, provincial P&D Departments, and EPAs are interested to explore, test and support the alternate of market approach.
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