INDIA: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project

INDIA Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (P007985)
First Implementation Support Mission, June 2011
Activity Current Progress Agreed Next Steps & World Bank Recommendations
PEAs. Statutory audit report for 2010-11 has been prepared and is under review of
SICOM. Necessary support is being provided to SPMUs and state level PEAs for
accounting and financial management.
5. The Communication Unit has started working with recruitment of part-time staff
(pending recruitment of full-time staff expected at the current round of recruitment).
The Cell led publication of a monthly newsletter (6 such monthly issues have been
published until now). The website for SICOM is under development, and is expected
to run as a full-fledged website by end-July 2011. SICOM has supported a number of
national and state level stakeholder workshops on the CRZ Notification 2011. It has
specifically organized workshops to facilitate discussion among stakeholders (such as
coastal fisher people) on ways of implementation of the new regulation, as well as to
receive the ideas on the national program for coastal zone management.
6. All legal covenants (as recorded in the PAD) had been complied with within time.
7. Repeated attempts failed to identify any candidate for the position of Additional
Project Director. Attempts will be renewed.
8. Operations Cell is not yet fully staffed. The work processes are also in the midst of
being finalized.
9. Although the project is preparing progress reports, no specific progress has taken
place with respect to systematic monitoring and evaluation.
10. SICOM is involved in discussion with National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration of the USA and other international institutions about knowledge
partnerships. It has engaged in discussions with the Global Forum for Oceans, Coasts
and Islands about organizing the next global conference in India, and is involved in
the discussion between the MOEF and the Secretariat of the Conference of Parties to
the Convention on Biodiversity related to the organization of the conference of parties
in India in 2012.
traditional communities on the coast, etc. Specialists
for these positions could be recruited by October
2011.
4. The Procurement part of procurement and Financial
Management Cell needs strengthening and improved
working. A plan for improving the work on the
procurement aspects should be shared with Bank by
end-July 2011.
5. Communication Cell needs strengthening as planned.
6. Nil.
7. The issue of Additional Project Director is very
important. SICOM shall prepare a plan to recruit a
senior government officer for this position; and if
necessary obtain permission of GC for doing so.
8. It is important to recruit services of consultants
specializing on Human Resources Development to
design the HR systems of SICOM including defining
work processes, responsibilities and performance
management, incentive and disincentives. A fullfledged
HR system should be available by December
2011 for full implementation.
9. QPR (for the period of July-September 2011) will be
prepared using the final QPR format, which will used
for the remaining duration of the project. Also, the
TOR/RFP for the Evaluation consultants will be
prepared by October 2011, so that the first evaluation
report is available by March 2012.
10. Nil.
IMPORTANT: Please note the specific agreements
related to the improvements required in the
Procurement and the Financial Management Systems
– described in detail in Annex 5 and Annex 6.
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