In light of the discussions of the PI Annual Performance Review workshop, the Pakistan country team has fine tuned the country programme AWPB for the following 5 key areas:
1. Managing for results
Project level
Generic recommendation: IFAD to provide projects with continuous refresh courses on RIMS
2. Knowledge management (KM)
Project level
3. Sustainability
Project level
4. Innovation
Project level
5. Loan/grant linkage
Country programme level
1. Managing for results
Project level
- All projects to focus more on RIMS, with more regular / consistent reporting on RIMS indicators
- Project management to have contingent plan for ensuring continuity in occasions when M&E officers are transferred
- PPAF to organise 6-monthly review meetings with POs on results of MIOP & PRISM
- To strengthen capacity of country office to back up / assist projects on M&E in general and RIMS in particular
Generic recommendation: IFAD to provide projects with continuous refresh courses on RIMS
2. Knowledge management (KM)
Project level
- Projects to host 1 KM workshop to operationalize country programme KM strategy / action plan, with support of KM facilitator
- PPAF-managed projects to: (a) standardise MIS system / software for POs; & (b) have a greater focus on reporting good practices under PPAF-supported activities, e.g., IT-based monitoring (used by CMDO)
- To develop a country programme KM strategy & action plan
- To organize at least one KM workshop with participation of main stakeholders
3. Sustainability
Project level
- All projects to focus more on CO sustainability
- All projects to focus more on supporting union-level legally-registered apex bodies (for ensuring linkage with government institutions and services)
- Supervision / implementation support missions to pay particular attention to sustainability
- To update & expand the use of the “Institutional Maturity Index” (currently used by AJK CDP)
- To explore PPAF collaboration in dealing with NADP sustainability (in addition to the planned small country grant)
4. Innovation
Project level
- Projects to visit PPAF to explore possibility of replicating innovative practices such as IT-based monitoring
- AJK CDP and PPAF-implemented projects to reinforce implementation of the “innovation” component under these projects
5. Loan/grant linkage
Country programme level
- To ensure small country grants are linked with, and/or enhance, loan project(s)
- To facilitate EAD/ENRAP cooperation in M&E capacity-building
- To include grant projects in country portfolio review meetings