Disclosable Version of the ISR - Governance and Policy Program for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) - P156410 - Sequence No : 08 (English)

As a result of consistent satisfactory performance the project was granted additional financing of US$8million (approved in July 2020) and was restructured to process (i) revision of the Project Development Objective; (ii) revision of the Results Framework; (iii) scaling up and revision of project activities; (iv) change in disbursement categories; and (v) extension of the closing date to June 30, [...] The project has been supporting the strengthening of KPRA’s appellate tribunal and has helped establish a court room at the collector’s office. [...] KPRA has also completed the sector notes and audit guidelines for Oil and Gas and Mines and Minerals sectors, and will soon initiate related trainings. [...] The PFM law has been drafted and submitted to the Cabinet for approval. [...] The Planning and Development Department (P&DD) has issued a notification on project preparation on September 8, 2021 to departments, making it mandatory to prepare development schemes by the end of September to ensure their inclusion in the Annual Development Plan.