Catalog

Pakistan: Sindh Coastal and Inland Community Development Project

(Financed by the Japan Special Fund)

Technical Assistance Consultant’s Reports

The scope of work as identified in the Technical Assistance (TA, or Project Preparatory TA – PPTA) documents requires the formulation of an investment project (Sindh Coastal and Inland Community Development Project – SCICDP, or the Project) able to

• address or at least contribute towards improving the condition of coastal and marine fisheries and related resources and
• increase incomes of coastal communities.

This is to be accomplished by improving the management of coastal resources and ecosystems and minimizing threats to their ecological integrity. The Project is intended to alleviate poverty and improve the environment in coastal Karachi and in eight coastal talukas of Thatta and Badin.

The Executing Agency (EA) is the Sindh Government Planning and Development Department. Practical implementation of day-to-day Project matters will be managed through the (Sindh) Coastal Development Authority (CDA). CDA is the Sindh Government’s coordinating authority, established by the Sindh Government under the CDA Act of 1994. CDA is tasked with the “development, improvement and beautification of the coastal areas of the Thatta, Badin and Karachi coastal districts”. To accomplish this, CDA works with line agencies to identify, develop and oversee the implementation of projects and to ensure the disbursement of project funds once these have been allocated. CDA works with its constituents to identify suitable interventions, evaluate such proposed interventions, seeks funding for them and subsequently supports and monitors their implementation. Actual implementation is usually undertaken by the line agencies, which in turn often work with non governmental organizations (NGOs) and stakeholders.

The design is intended to improve coastal zone management and economic outcomes in the coastal talukas of Badin and Thatta and around coastal Karachi. The need for improvement has arisen from the continued deterioration of social, economic and environment indicators, in part due to reduced flows in the Indus River, which has affected the coastal talukas, and in part due to the relentless growth that has occurred in and around Karachi. The ensuing consequences for the people and the environment are little short of catastrophic.

Inception Report [ PDF: 451kb | 39 pages ]

Midterm Report

Volume 1:   Main Report [ PDF: 29,444kb | 475 pages ]

Volume 2:   Appendixes [ PDF: 3,197kb | 253 pages ]