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South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC)
RETA 5936: Identification and Prioritization of Sub-Regional Projects in South Asia
Overview | Objectives | Scope | Implementing Structure
The project supports cooperation dialogue in the south asian subregion through technical studies, workshops and other related activities. This will eventually lead to financing of subregional investments in the public and private sector.
The main objective of technical assistance project is to identify and prioritize subregional projects for Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal. The specific objectives are as follows:
Support the identification of potential subregional programs and projects that have cross-border benefits
Assist the countries in addressing key cross-border coordination issues that may arise at the project level
Support the main agencies and organizations that can facilitate economic cooperation of the participating countries
The Project will focus on identifying subregional projects, preparing project profiles, and developing action programs for subregional cooperation in five priority sectors:
Technical reports will be prepared for each sector, containing:
A review of current subregional projects and cooperating institutions
Identification and prioritization of potential subregional projects in the sector, including loan as well as TA projects
Preparation of project profiles for high priority projects
Preparation of a rolling three-year action program for each sector
Preparation of a needs assessment, including human resource development for implementing the action program in each sector.
A group of Country Advisers is constituted to provide guidance and support on issues pertaining to the policies, priorities, and procedures of their respective countries. The country advisers include senior government officials from the participating countries. For a full member listing, go to Contacts/Country Advisors.
Sector working groups for each sector form the third tier of the consultation process. These sector working groups are operational groups composed of senior government officials from the concerned line departments, nominated by the participating governments, and/or private sector representatives as appropriate. The working groups determine the detailed terms of reference of the sector studies, and support and monitor their implementation. The sector working groups meet at the inception of their respective sector studies and again at the finalization meetings to review and finalize the draft reports. View Organizational Structure
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