Sarhad Provincial Conservation Strategy - IUCN

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G O V E R N A N C E & C A P A C I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T
OTHER INSTITUTION-STRENGTHENING
I N I T I AT I V E S
In many areas, the Government of NWFP lacks the
capacity to undertake many of the development projects
so desperately needed in the province. This has
been widely acknowledged for several years because
of the collapse of some rural development projects,
the slow pace of others, and the lack of uptake of
donor assistance. In the language of the day, there is
a need for core capacity development in the central
agencies, to make development activities sustainable.
In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis
on institution-strengthening in addition to field projects.
Table 6.1 lists existing and proposed institutionstrengthening
initiatives in the NWFP.
Initiatives are under way with respect to land use
planning, integrated resource management, and environmental
impact assessment, as noted earlier. Future
initiatives must also relate to areas such as biodiversity,
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parks and protected areas, fisheries, and soil conservation.
These are all very weak functions within
Government, but are emerging as important underpinnings
to sustainable development in the NWFP.
A host of development assistance projects during
the last three decades has led to the establishment of
many long-standing positive relationships between individual
Government agencies, universities, and local
communities on the one hand and donor Governments,
other universities, or sister cities on the other hand.
Usually this has evolved from a series of field projects,
which have presumably been successful. Some projects,
however, have failed and there has been a
growing realization for the last decade that the rate of
environmental degradation has increased. Despite all
the project work thus far undertaken, there has been a
fundamental lack of sustainability.
For Government agency support, after completion
of the strategic planning work and initial SPCS
implementation, it will be useful to establish formal
partnership agreements to aid the long-term sustain-
EXISTING/PROPOSED INSTITUTION-STRENGTHENING INITIATIVES TABLE
DEPARTMENT SPONSOR
Existing
Planning, Environment & Development Department The Netherlands
Environment Section, Planning, Environment & Development Department IUCN/Switzerland
Forest Management Center Switzerland
Environmental Protection Agency World Bank
Public Health Engineering Department Germany/ADB
Food, Agriculture, Livestock & Cooperatives Department The Netherlands
Local Government, Elections & Rural Development Department ADB/World Bank
Proposed
Wildlife Wing, Forest Department GEF II ?
Forest Department ?
Directorate of Soil Conservation ?
Cultural Heritage Department ?
ADB: Asian Development Bank GEF: Global Environment Facility
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