Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy - IUCN

Environment Section will work as a focal point and
secretariat for the Steering Committee. The revised
composition of the Steering Committee will be as indi-
REVISED COMPOSITION OF BOX
THE SPCS STEERING COMMITTEE
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Chairman Chief Secretary
Vice-Chairman Additional Chief Secretary
Members NCS Unit, Environment Division,
Government of Pakistan
Secretary, Finance Department
Secretary, Agriculture Department
Secretary, Forest , Fisheries and
Wildlife Department
Secretary, Communication
& Works Department
Secretary, Local Government
& Rural Development Department
Secretary, Industries Department
Secretary, Population Welfare
Department
Secretary, Public Health Engineering
Department
Secretary, Irrigation Department
Secretary, Physical Planning
& Housing Department
Secretary, Culture & Tourism
Department
Director-General, PCSIR, Peshawar
Director-General, Pakistan Forest
Institute
Representative of Federal Agencies in
NWFP (WAPDA, PTC, Sui Northern,
Military Lands and Cantonments)
Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and
Industry Representative
Sarhad Chamber of Agriculture
Representative
Women’s Representative
Four NGO Representatives
Media Representative
Country Representative, IUCN
Pakistan
Mr. A. Rahim Masood, Islamabad
Chairman, Department of
Environmental Planning &
Management, University of Peshawar
Secretaries Additional Secretary, Environment,
PE&D Department
Director General, EPA
cated in Box 16.7. Representatives of different groups
will be nominated by their respective organizations
and associations. The Committee may co-opt any
other person as a member, at the discretion of its
c h a i r m a n .
The TOR of the SPCS Steering Committee will be to:
■ guide SPCS development and monitor implementation;
■ implement and monitor implementation of the policies
and decisions of the Provincial Environment
Protection Council;
■ raise finances and decide resource allocation for
the SPCS implementation consistent with the priorities
established by the Council;
■ ensure complementarity between the SAP and the
SPCS in accordance with the overall policy laid
down by the Council;
■ work as an Executive Committee of the Provincial
Environment Protection Council; and
■ carry out any other task delegated to it by the
Council.
Local Coordination
To complement the coordination mechanism at the
provincial level, similar arrangements must exist at
the district and local level to ensure effective implementation
of the SPCS in the field. To this end, it is
important that elected local Government institutions
be revived as soon as possible, and that the DDACS
and Social Action Boards receive greater grassroots
inputs by giving suitable representation to NGOs. In
addition, it would be of value to assess the feasibility
of setting up Environmental Coordination Committees
at the district level. These could be set up under the
chairmanship of Deputy Commissioners. They would
consist of stakeholders and be similar to round tables
set up at the provincial level. In the NGO component
of the SPCS, establishment of NGO networks at the
district level is envisaged. These networks could support
the operation of the local committees.
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P R I VATE-SECTOR INVOLV E M E N T
Harnessing the private sector’s support for SPCS
implementation and getting companies to comply with
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