INDIA: Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project

INDIA Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (P007985)
First Implementation Support Mission, June 2011
COMPONENT TWO: PILOTING I.C.Z.M. APPROACHES IN GUJARAT
Activity Current Progress Agreed Next Steps & World Bank Recommendations
[2A]
ICZM plan for
Gulf of Kutchch
[2B-1]
Capacity
Building of
Forest and Env
Department &
Gujarat
SCZMA
[2B-2]
capacity
building of the
Gujarat State
Pollution
Control Board
(GSPCB) for
monitoring
coastal waters
of the Gulf of
Kachchh
1. The project has initiated a number of communication activities to
gradually build awareness about integrated management plan.
2. A 2-day national workshop was organized on the issue of scope and
objective of ICZM planning process. In this stakeholders representing
academia, industry, civil society and government agencies participated.
3. The RFP for ICZM Plan is not expected until mid-2011. SPMU is
collecting all information and stakeholder views which should be
useful in formulating the ToR.
1. Gujarat SPMU shall coordinate with the other SPMUs and NCSCM to
gradually build up enough information to finalize the ToR.
2. A specific brief from the National Workshop relevant to ICZM
planning process should be prepared and shared with all states and
NCSCM.
3. By January 2012, a formal process for finalizing ToR for ICZM plan
should start.
1. Nil. 1. A detailed proposal for capacity building of the Forest and
Environment Department, including the needed capacity building to
start using a part of the SPMU as the secretariat to SCZMA (if
recommended by GoG) should be prepared by December 2011.
1. GSPCB has signed MOU with SPMU, nominated a senior officer as
the nodal officer; has opened the required bank account; delegated
technical and financial powers to the nodal officer; and has installed
the financial management and accounting software.
2. The new regional office at Bhuj has been set up; and setting up of its
laboratory is underway.
3. Appointed 10 new scientific staff for analytical works; and each has
been sent for a 1-month in-house training.
4. GSPCB has applied for NABL accreditation, and the pre-audit for such
accreditation is complete.
5. Bid document for purchase of equipment was finalized and is expected
to be advertized in July 2011. A technical committee was established to
finalize specifications. SPMU and GSPCB organized meetings with
suppliers and manufacturers to finalize technical specifications.
6. Prepared proposals for upgrading the laboratories at Gandhinagar,
Rajkot and Jamnagar.
1. Nil.
2. A full description of the objective, staffing, resources and work
program for the Regional office at Bhuj and Jamnagar should be
prepared and shared with NPMU and Bank by October 2011.
3. GSPC will finalize and include requisite details in the plan for
monitoring the coastal waters of the Gulf of Kachchh, and ascertain
whether the scientific staff is adequate to cope up with the workload.
4. Nil.
5. SPMU (and GSPCB) will finalize issue the bid document for
procurement of office equipment by July 2011, and the bid document
for scientific instruments by August 15, 2011 (and schedule receiving
Bank’s no-objection for prior review contracts with these final targets
in mind).
6. A separate detailed note describing the improvement proposals, and
the relevance to achievement of the project’s objectives will be
finalized by October 2011; and if required the cost table should be
modified during the next round of approval of annual action plans
(January 2012).
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