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defined; for others, a distinction has not been made
between the advisory and decision making functions.
While the SPCS committees have been meeting,
albeit infrequently, the Executive Council and
COMPOSITION OF THE BOX
SPCS STEERING COMMITTEE
Chairman Additional Chief Secretary,
Planning & Development Department 1
Members Sardar Ghulam Nabi, MPA
A b b o t a b a d
Mr. Lal Khan, MPA Malakand Agency
Joint Secretary, NCS Unit, Ministry of
Environment, Urban Affairs, Forests &
Wildlife
Secretary, Finance Department 1
Secretary, Food, Agriculture, Livestock
& Cooperatives Department 1
Secretary, Forests, Fisheries & Wildlife
Department 1
Secretary, Communications & Works
Department 1
Secretary, Industries, Commerce,
Labour, Mineral Development &
Transport Department 1
Secretary, Irrigation & Public Health
Engineering Department 1
Secretary, Physical Planning &
Housing Department 1
Secretary, Information, Sports, Culture
and Tourism Department 1
Director-General, EPA 1
Director, PCSIR Peshawar
Vice Chancellor, NWFP Agricultural
University
President, Pakistan Environmental
Protection Foundation
Javed Saifullah Khan, KK Company
Haji Abdul Ali, Member, Executive
Committee, Sarhad Chamber of
Commerce & Industry
Begum Zari Sarfraz
Mr. A. Rahim Masood
Media Representative
IUCN Pakistan Representative
Secretary Chief of Section, Environment,
Planning & Development Department 1
Source: Environment Section, PE&D Department, Government of NWFP.
1 From the NWFP.
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Executive Committee for the EPA have never met
since their creation in 1989. This situation needs to
be rectified.
Institutional coordination for development planning
at the provincial level is well established, and efforts
for further improvement continue. Such coordination at
the district local level is still weak. The Deputy
Commissioners, who have a mandate for such coordination,
do not have adequate resources. A system of
District Development Advisory Committees (DDAC)
was created a few years ago; it considers only the
identification of schemes, however, and works mainly
with the line departments, with little public input. (See
Box 16.5). Social Action Programme priorities are
determined by the Social Action Boards constituted by
the Federal Government, and tension often prevails
between these groups and the DDACs. Local council
elections have not been held for a few years now,
and the councils are currently managed by appointed
administrators. This weakens any sense of local
responsibility for programmes and has implications for
their efficient implementation and sustainability. The
existing mechanisms benefit very little from input at the
grassroots level. Implementation of public programmes,
including the SPCS, runs a serious risk of
neglecting true public needs.
Except for the Business-Industry Round Table set
up by IUCN a few years ago following approval of
the NCS, there is no mechanism for effective coordination
with the private sector. Even this Round Table
has been largely dormant. The NWFP EPA has been
interacting with different industries, but there is a
need to institutionalize and increase the interaction.
COMPOSITION OF THE BOX
SPCS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman Additional Chief Secretary, NWFP
Members Director-General, NWFP EPA
IUCN SPCS Coordinator
Secretary Chief of Section, Environment,
Planning & Development Department
Steering Committee Representative
Other (Resource Persons)
The ‘Other’ member(s) can be co-opted at the discretion
of the chairman, as may be necessary.
Source: Environment Section, PE&D Department, Government of NWFP.
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