The Office of Directorate of Sindh Water Sector & Barrages Improvement is functional under the administrative control of Planning & Development Department, Government of Sindh for providing management support, guidance, effective monitoring mechanism and coordination among the multiple implementing agencies involved in execution of selected donor’s financed development projects especially in irrigation and agriculture sectors.

This office is remained become second home for financing agencies and the respective implementing department/agencies and hosting with proper professional care for providing important connectivity for readiness and conceptualization of new development program/projects for future investment.

It is confined with two key functional aspects: (i) implementation support to selected donors funded ongoing projects in water & agriculture sectors become Project Coordination & Monitoring Unit (PCMU) and (ii) planning and preparation support/services become Shared Services Unit (SSU) for specific projects/departments with special focus on compliance of fiduciary (covering support on procurement, financial management) and environmental and social safeguards compliance, pre-requisite of future donors funding investment.

The Office of Directorate of Sindh Water Sector & Barrages Improvement is functional under the administrative control of Planning & Development Department, Government of Sindh for providing management support, guidance, effective monitoring mechanism and coordination among the multiple implementing agencies involved in execution of selected donor’s financed development projects especially in irrigation and agriculture sectors.

This office is remained become second home for financing agencies and the respective implementing department/agencies and hosting with proper professional care for providing important connectivity for readiness and conceptualization of new development program/projects for future investment.

It is confined with two key functional aspects: (i) implementation support to selected donors funded ongoing projects in water & agriculture sectors become Project Coordination & Monitoring Unit (PCMU) and (ii) planning and preparation support/services become Shared Services Unit (SSU) for specific projects/departments with special focus on compliance of fiduciary (covering support on procurement, financial management) and environmental and social safeguards compliance, pre-requisite of future donors funding investment.

The Office of Directorate of Sindh Water Sector & Barrages Improvement is functional under the administrative control of Planning & Development Department, Government of Sindh for providing management support, guidance, effective monitoring mechanism and coordination among the multiple implementing agencies involved in execution of selected donor’s financed development projects especially in irrigation and agriculture sectors.

This office is remained become second home for financing agencies and the respective implementing department/agencies and hosting with proper professional care for providing important connectivity for readiness and conceptualization of new development program/projects for future investment.

It is confined with two key functional aspects: (i) implementation support to selected donors funded ongoing projects in water & agriculture sectors become Project Coordination & Monitoring Unit (PCMU) and (ii) planning and preparation support/services become Shared Services Unit (SSU) for specific projects/departments with special focus on compliance of fiduciary (covering support on procurement, financial management) and environmental and social safeguards compliance, pre-requisite of future donors funding investment.

Presently, this office is dealing with following foreign funded ongoing projects become as Project Coordination & Monitoring Unit:

  • Sindh Barrages Improvement Project (SBIP) for rehabilitation and modernization of Guddu & Sukkur Barrages finance by World Bank being executed by Sindh Irrigation Department.

  • Sindh Water & Agriculture Transformation (SWAT) Project financed by World Bank and is being executed by Irrigation Department through SIDA and Agriculture Department through Agriculture Delivery Unit.

This Directorate is performing the functions of Shared Services Unit (SSU) by providing a range of services support to various foreign funded specially World Bank financed development projects in Sindh. In this regard, during the year 2023-24, support has been provided to following projects with special focus on procurement, environmental and social safeguards compliance which are pre-requisite of donors funding for conceptualisation of future investment projects:

Accelerated Action Plan

(Stunning Project WB)

Strengthening Social Protection Delivery System

(WB)

Sindh Integrated Health & Population Project

(WB)

Sindh Post Emergency Housing Reconstruction Project
Sindh Coastal Resilient Project
(PC-I Preparation)
Coordination Support to K-4 Augmentation Project
Additionally, oversees the coordination efforts for updating the implementation progress of all ongoing foreign-funded projects in Sindh.
 
Furthermore, this office has been assigned responsibility of Recovery & Reconstruction Unit (RRU) Sindh in March 28, 2024 for providing coordination support and implementation facility to all Project Directors of post-floods projects in Sindh through oversight committee headed by Chief Economist, P&D Department under overall guidance of notified 4RF Provincial Steering Committee headed by Chairman P&D Board.
  • Organised four meetings of Oversight Committee Sindh during year 2023-24 under the Chairmanship of Chief Economist P&D Department , Government of Sindh participated by committee members and Project Team of 4RF projects,
  • Arranged consultative meeting on May 02, 2024 at P&D Department Karachi with Advisor, UNDP participated by 4RF project team and officials of P&D and RRU Sindh discussed 4RF Integrated Result Based Framework and M&E Plan.
  • Organised visit of technical team of M/O Planning Commission visited P&D Department, Government of Sindh Karachi on May 17, 2024 and also coordinated training sessions for project teams of 4RF projects in Sindh for operationalization of dashboard developed by RRU for 4RF projects.

In order to coordinate the implantation of first ever Sindh Rehabilitation & Resettlement Policy (RRP) approved and notified in June 2023, a Desk has been in established in Directorate in August 2023 for pursuance of policy implementation actions.

  • Series of meetings held during month of February 2024 with various department/offices to explain the policy implantation actions required to be taken.
  • Printed copies of policy documents and shared with all the concerned government departments / authorities / offices.
  • Translated policy document in local languages of Sindhi and Urdu

  • In order to sensitise and facilitate policy implementation actions arranged five days awareness consultative workshop held on 13-17 May, 2024 with technical support from World Bank participated by Secretaries of various departments, Commissioner Karachi and around 200 officials from various departments/offices of provincial and federal government.

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Mr. Nazeer Ahmed Memon

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