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16 the Chief, Environment. This will allow the Chief to focus on conceptual development of the NWFP’s environmental programme, develop and review policies, and support fund-raising for the implementation of the SPCS by the line departments. The SAP Section in the PE&D Department will also be placed under the new Additional Secretary, Environment. This will ensure the much-needed coordination in the implementation of the SAP in relation to the environment programme, which has also been a problem at the Federal level. It will also facilitate having the SAP better address environmental concerns. 1 6 . 2 . 2 I N S T I T U T I O N A L P R O C E S S E S The Environmental Protection Agency The NWFP Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has steadily grown from a ‘project’ in 1992 into a separate ‘Attached Department’ of the Government. Over the years, it has acquired experienced staff and expertise, and has begun a respectable programme, especially in awareness raising and environmental quality monitoring. The ongoing World Bank support project envisages further strengthening of the EPA, but it does not provide for a meaningful presence and operation in various parts of the province outside Peshawar. The SPCS emphasis on participatory law enforcement requires a strong and effective EPA. This is particularly necessary to bring business and industry into a meaningful dialogue for voluntary compliance with the NEQS. It is important, therefore, to constantly review the EPA strengthening and performance under the World Bank project and to give the agency, on a priority basis, the additional funds necessary for the effective enforcement of the new environmental laws. Equally important is the strengthening of the traffic police department who, with virtually no support under the environmental programme in the past, have done useful work in reducing vehicular pollution. Their requirement for additional support needs to be reviewed, and support provided. The EPA’s main responsibility will become enforcement of environmental legislation, environmental quality monitoring, and awareness raising. 188 SARHAD PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY Due to an institutional vacuum, however, the agency is being involved in programmes that should be done by line departments. This needs to be avoided to allow the EPA to concentrate on law enforcement and, it is hoped, on voluntary compliance programmes. 1 6 . 3 NCS-SPCS COORDINAT I O N The SPCS is designed to implement the NCS in the NWFP. The SPCS commitments adopt and refine the NCS priorities according to provincial needs and aspirations. But the feeling persists that there is a need to coordinate provincial initiatives with NCS implementation at the Federal level. Recognizing this, the NWFP has appointed the Joint Secretary of the NCS Unit in the Federal Government as a member of the Steering Committee for the SPCS. However, for a variety of reasons, the NCS Unit has not participated in any of the Steering Committee meetings. This does not mean that there has been no coordination. All provincial Government projects above Rs. 100 million proceed through approval processes in the Federal Government. Also, the NWFP is represented on the Federal Pakistan Environment Protection Council. Yet a more effective coordination at programming level is undeniably required. And the Federal Government needs to be more aware of provincial initiatives. Therefore, in addition to effective participation with the Federal Government, the SPCS envisages that the NWFP should continue eliciting Federal Government’s participation in provincial bodies such as the Steering Committee. Special efforts to host summits, workshops, briefings, and visits for the Federal Government would also be of value. 1 6 . 4 ROUND TABLES & FOCAL POINTS At its October 1994 meeting, the Steering Committee for the SPCS approved the creation of focal points (new staff) and round tables for key themes of sustainable development in the NWFP. These include Forestry and Biodiversity, Agriculture,
Industries, Urban Environment, Cultural Heritage, Public Health, NGOs, Communication and Education. Figure 16.1 illustrates the concept of Focal Points and Round Tables. The purpose of the round tables is to allow the sustainable development process to benefit from the intellectual resources available in the line departments, academia, research institutions, citizen groups, private organizations, and individuals outside the Government. The round table for each SPCS theme will be constituted from among stakeholders representing Government, NGOs, and the general public. They will further develop and refine the respective component strategies of the SPCS, and will assist in their implementation. To ensure that they do not remain marginal to decision making, the SPCS round tables will have a role in, and be represented on, the decision making bodies of the G o v e r n m e n t . To assist the round tables, staff persons acting as focal points will be hired for each key SPCS theme. These individuals will become the secretariats for SPCS ROUND TABLES & FIGURE FOCAL POINTS Provincial Environment Protection Council Industries Urban Environment CIVIL SOCIETY The circles are the SPCS round tables; FP are Focal Point. FP FP Agriculture FP NGOs & CBOs FP FP Cultural Heritage FP Forestry & Biodiversity FP Public Health 1 6 . 1 Government the round tables, allowing the round tables to concentrate on strategic issues. The focal points will have funds to host the round tables. They will be networked among themselves through the PE&D Department as well as with the proposed focal point of the Provincial Environment Protection Council housed in the Chief Minister’s secretariat (see section 16.5.2). The focal points are Government entities housed in the respective Administrative Departments; while the round tables are outside government. The only exceptions to this rule are the communication and NGO round table focal points, who are the IUCN communication officer and NGO coordinator. This will continue until the SPCS review in 1998, when the arrangement might be revised. 1 6 . 5 C O O R D I N ATION & DECISION MAKING 1 6 . 5 . 1 Existing Arr a n g e m e n t s I N S T I T U T I O N A L P R O C E S S E S 16 The coordination and decision making in the Government with respect to the environment is still too fragmented. This is partly due to the evolution of the environmental programmes of the NWFP in different steps at different times and with different motivations. With the creation of the EPA in 1989 under the instructions from the Government of Pakistan, two coordination structures were established—the Executive Council and Executive Committee. The notification did not specify terms of reference (TOR) for either body, although by implication they would look after pollution control and preservation of environment. The present composition of these two groups is indicated in Box 16.1. The original SPCS planning workshop, held in January 1992, laid out the broad parameters for SPCS development and recommended the creation of a steering committee to guide and monitor the process of SPCS development. In February 1992, in a meeting regarding environmental protection held by the Chief Minister of the NWFP, the decision to constitute an SPCS steering committee was con- SARHAD PROVINCIAL CONSERVATION STRATEGY 189
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