The Sindh Chief Minister Justice (retd ) Maqbool Baqar and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Samuel Rizk in their meeting at CM House decided to mark the anniversary 'Resilient Sindh: From Pledges to Reconstruction' conference they had co-hosted last year.
The Sindh government in collaboration with the UNDP had convened the conference on Resilient Sindh: From Pledges to Reconstruction' in Karachi to harness international and local support for the people of Sindh to harness international and local support for the people of Sindh.
The meeting was also attended by Planning and Development Department Chairman Shakil Mangnejo. The CM and the UNDP representatives also discussed the project Risk Governance Framework project.
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The UNDP has started a pilot project Risk Governance Framework. The pilot interventions are being undertaken in three districts- Naushehroferoze, Jamshoro and Thatta, Mangejo informed the meeting.
The UNDP representative said that the parameters for selecting the pilot districts were to cover the most affected districts in terms of housing damages while also considering geographical spread and rural-urban representation for replication and scaling up the programme to the entire province, especially calamity-hit districts, after generating credible evidence for effectiveness.
The CM and the UNDP country chief discussed the progress of the ongoing project. The CM said that the floods of 2022 have had a severe impact on the province of Sindh.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 8th, 2023.
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