Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy - IUCN

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For the purpose of the plan, environmental projects
and programmes can be divided into two:
■ Core Environment Projects—only those projects
that are cross-sectoral and would be implemented
by the NWFP Planning, Environment, and
Development Department directly or by contracting
out to other agencies e.g., universities
and research institution. In the ADP, these
projects come under the Environment Sector
c h a p t e r .
■ Sector-Specific Projects—those that clearly fall in
different sectors, such as agriculture and forestry.
In the Annual Development Programme, these projects
are placed and funded under the sectoral
programmes and will be implemented by the
respective departments.
Based on the provincial proposals for
the Pakistan National Conservation Strategy Plan of
Action 1993-98, the NWFP’s draft Eighth Five-Year
Plan includes a total of 37 projects with a financial
outlay of Rs. 3.296 billion to be shared by donors
and the Government—Rs. 2.702 billion and Rs.
594 million respectively. Out of this, Rs. 648.088
million will be invested in the core environment projects,
for which Rs. 118.028 million and Rs.
530.060 million would be raised from, respectively,
local and donor sources. The remaining investment
would be in the sector-specific environmental
p r o j e c t s .
The current portfolio of the environmental
projects of the NWFP under the Eighth Five-Year
Plan is presented in Table 17.2. This portfolio is
generally consistent with the SPCS priorities, though
the action plan of the SPCS is more comprehensive.
This means that the Five-Year Plan will need to be
modified and reinforced, especially with respect to
the potential projects.
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F I N A N C I N G
‘GREENING’ ANNUAL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
Since the effective implementation of the SPCS (other
than institutional and policy interventions) can only
be achieved through the ADPs, efforts will be made
to use the full potential of those plans.
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The focal points created in each key sector of
environment will be used effectively to follow up on
the SPCS recommendations. They will ensure that the
policy and institutional reform recommendations are
initiated, and that the action projects are reflected in
the sectoral ADPs. They will help to conceptualize
project ideas in areas of their expertise, and will
work with other focal points and the SPCS Unit to
conceptualize other projects. They also may, through
the ADP, propose amendments to the initial priorities
identified in the Eighth Five-Year Plan.
The proposal to create a small fund to hire consultants
to develop project proposals through simplified
procedures, as recommended in Chapter 16, will be
implemented on a priority basis.
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CURRENT FUNDING
At the moment, the NWFP’s environmental programme
has four major sources of financing.
Donors have shown great interest, and they have
provided or firmly committed nearly Rs. 1.5 billion
over the past three years. Most of this is grant assistance.
This does not include donor investments in
sectoral programmes related to the environment,
such as forestry, agriculture, urban development
and public health programmes, that already
e x i s t e d .
The Government of NWFP itself has also been
providing increasingly greater resources. When the
NWFP’s environmental programme started in 1992-
93, the allocation for the core environment sector
was Rs. 7.712 million. In the 1995-96 ADP, it is Rs.
86.000 million, which is supplemented by an allocation
of Rs. 26.930 million for sector-specific SPCS
projects.
Although the potential of multilateral agencies to
contribute to SPCS implementation is great, bilateral
programmes have been relatively more successful in
the past. The multilaterals are more bureaucratic,
their projects are usually large and complex, and
they extend across the entire country. While many
bilateral donors have already contributed substantially
towards the SPCS, a significant potential
remains untapped.