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nssd Country Dialogues in Pakistan

Pakistan is involved as a parallel collaborating country in the project "OECD/DAC Donor-Developing Country Dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development" (nssd).

These pages provide country specific information relevant to the implementation of nssds by the in-country lead team and includes reference material and in-country project reports

Experience gained during the process of developing Pakistan's National Conservation Strategy is highly relevant to the nssd process

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Pakistan's National Conservation Strategy

Final Report from the NCS Mid term Review

An Introduction to the NCS Mid term Review

Individual Reports from the NCS Mid term Review

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nssd Country Dialogues in Pakistan

Reports from country dialogues


Background

Agenda 21, agreed at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, called on all countries to introduce national strategies for sustainable development (nssd). Since then, two international targets have been set: a Special Session of the UN General Assembly (Rio +5) set a target date of 2002 for nssds to be introduced; while the OECD  Development Assistance Committee (DAC) has set a target date of 2005 for nssds to be in the process of implementation. 

To assist in meeting these targets, the OECD/DAC initiated a project to develop policy guidance for development assistance agencies on the development and implementation of nssds. This project, 'OECD/DAC Donor-Developing Country Dialogues on National Strategies for Sustainable Development', involves a review of experience with nssds (and other strategies for environment and development) in a number of developing countries, on the basis of consultations with a range of stakeholders. The project focuses in particular on the kinds of processes and conditions required to make nssds work in practice.


Pakistan's National Conservation Strategy (NCS)

Final Report from the NCS Mid term Review

NCS Mid-Term Review Final Report pages

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Executive Summary

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Contents

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1. Meeting the challenge of sustainable development in pakistan
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2. The NCS Review
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3. NCS Impacts: 1992 - 2000
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4. Financing and Managing NCS
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5. The Changing Context
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6. The Way Forward
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7. Conclusions and Recommendations 92 KB
Annexes 118 KB

Pakistan's NCS Mid-Term Review report is the culmination of a one-year effort to undertake a Mid-term Review (MTR) of the achievements, impacts and prospects of Pakistan's National Conservation Strategy (NCS) since the beginning of its implementation in 1992. The report was prepared by an independent review team, based on materials and information developed through an intensive consultation and review process coordinated by the Government of Pakistan. The information gathered includes studies, various background documentation, plus the results of consultative meetings held throughout Pakistan and involving government, civil society, the private sector and international donor agencies. The key studies are available as separate reports.

Irrespective of the considerable methodological challenges attending the task of reviewing the outcomes of such a wide-ranging initiative as the NCS, with its 14 major objectives and some 68 programs, plus related local initiatives including provincial conservation strategies, the authors are confident that the overall conclusions and recommendations of this report will provide a strong basis for achieving enhanced outcomes during the next phase of the NCS. The review results are directed to each of the major sectors participating in the implementation of the NCS-federal, provincial and local governments, civil society organizations including major conservation bodies such as IUCN-Pakistan, and private sector bodies.

Go to NCS Mid-Term Review Final Report pages

The NCS Mid Term Review: An Introduction:

The Pakistan National Conservation Strategy (NCS) situated Pakistan's socio-economic development within the context of a national environmental plan and sustainable development. Pakistan's NCS was approved by cabinet in March 1992, and has been regarded as one of the largest and most comprehensive documents of its kind in the world. The five years of planning that led to the formulation of Pakistan NCS, made it both a process and a product i.e. a multi-sectoral consultative process of consensus building and mobilisation of a constituency; and a strategic framework of 405 pages.

In order to take stock of the implementation of prescriptions and recommendations made by the NCS, a major review was mandated mid-way through its ten-year implementation (1992 – 2002). As a result an extensive Mid Term Review of the Pakistan NCS was undertaken by the Ministry of Environment Local Government and Rural Development in partnership with Environment Section of the Planning & Development Division (P&D Division); IUCN the World Conservation Union and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) during May 99 – April 2000. CIDA, DFID, SDC, UNDP, the World Bank and NORAD funded this exercise.

With several nations gearing up to develop their national strategies for sustainable development in response to a call from United Nations General Assembly and in the process are reviewing their environmental or sustainable development plans. The Pakistan NCS MTR experience provides a rich learning ground for all those nations. For Pakistan the strategic significance of the NCS MTR was marked by the fact that its results would provide direction for convergence of several strategic initiatives in the development scenario of Pakistan such as the Poverty Reduction Strategy, the Comprehensive Development Framework (CDF) and the Devolution Plan. 

The NCS MTR process was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 consisted of information collection that was completed over a period of 10 months. During this phase various aspects of the NCS implementation including environmental legislation, mass awareness, financial resourcing, institutional development, provincial and district strategies and contribution of private and NGO sectors were reviewed. Moreover, consultations were carried out at national level. The NCS Unit also developed a database of all NCS related projects and programmes that were undertaken for NCS implementation at national and provincial level. Altogether nine studies were developed and these studies can be downloaded from this web site.

Phase 2 of the NCS MTR was an external review conducted by an independent team led by Dr. Art Hanson of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), including Dr. Aziz Bouzaher of the World Bank, Dr. Stephen Bass of International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), and Dr. Ghulam Mohammed Samdani, a senior development professional from Pakistan. The external review was a month long process primarily based on background studies and extensive consultations with NCS stakeholders.


During a one-day stakeholders workshop the External Review Team shared the findings of the year long process of NCS MTR while putting forward key recommendations. A large number of stakeholders from public, private and NGO sectors across Pakistan were present to mark the event. The team has proposed that the NCS Mark II should be:

A sustainable development model that must encompass three key dimensions:

Poverty Reduction
Economic Growth, and
Environmental Sustainability

The draft version of the NCS MTR report is available for downloading as a series of individual documents from this web site in Acrobat PDF format (see below):

 

Pakistan's National Conservation Strategy: 
Reports from the Mid-term Review

Mid-term Review of the National Conservation Strategy: A Review of Provincial and District Conservation Strategies.  29 February 2000 Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
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Pakistan's National Conservation Strategy: Renewing the Commitment to Action. Draft Report of the Mid-term Review. July 2000. Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
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Mid-term Review of National Conservation Strategy: Environmental Legislation. Final Report. IUCN-The World Conservation Union. Islamabad. February 29, 2000.  Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
305 KB
Mid-term Review of National Conservation Strategy. Mass Awareness Initiatives.  IUCN-The World Conservation Union. Islamabad. Final Report. February 16, 2000.  Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
231 KB
Pakistan National Conservation Strategy, the Mid Term Review: A Process Overview. Ministry of Environment. Local Government and Rural Development. National Conservation Strategy Unit. March 2000. Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
88 KB
Pakistan National Conservation Strategy Mid Term Review. The Report on Public Consultation at Federal and Provincial Levels. Ministry of Environment. Local Government and Rural Development. National Conservation Strategy Unit. March 2000.  Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
291 KB
Mid Term Review of Pakistan National Conservation Strategy. A Study of Resourcing for National Conservation Strategy (NCS) Implementation.  Ministry of Environment, Local Government & Rural Development Government of Pakistan. Hai, A.A., Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi. Final Report. March 2000 Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
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Mid Term Review of Pakistan National Conservation Strategy. A Study of the Contribution of the Private Sector and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) Towards the Implementation of the Pakistan National Conservation Strategy (NCS). Ministry of Environment, Local Government & Rural Development Government of Pakistan. Arshad Zaman Associates. January 25, 2000.  Main report
Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy381 KB
Annex
Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
413 KB
Mid Term Review of Pakistan National Conservation Strategy.  Institutional Development for NCS Implementation. Ministry of Environment, Local Government & Rural Development Government of Pakistan. Aamir Matin & Aquil Shah, Sub regional Resource Facility, UNDP Islamabad. March 2000.  Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
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Mid-term Review of Pakistan National Conservation Strategy – What’s Next?

The strategic significance of the NCS MTR was marked by the fact that its process and results provide direction for convergence of several strategic initiatives in the development scenario of Pakistan. The changing global scenario and it implications on Pakistan also emerged as an important aspect of MTR findings.

Mid-term Review Pakistan National Conservation Strategy
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Links to other relevant sites

SDNP - Sustainable Development networking Programme, Pakistan:

 

A gateway to development information for Pakistan - envisioned as a one stop site for all significant development information on Pakistan that exists on the web. 'Pakistani Links' are indexed web resources from both Pakistani and international websites about Pakistan. 'International Links' pertain to international/global information from selected websites under the same categories.

http://www.sdnpk.org/

nssd Country Dialogues in Pakistan

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OECD/DAC Country Dialogue on NSSDs. Final Workshop: Santa Cruise, Bolivia. February 12 –6, 2001. Pakistan Country Report

 




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