ISLAMABAD: An agreement was signed on Wednesday between the government of Balochistan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to establish the Policy Support and Reform Unit in Balochistan. The agreement was signed today in Islamabad by Aslam Shakir Baloch, Additional Chief Secretary Balochistan and Marc-André Franche, Country Director UNDP in Pakistan. Chief Coordinator to the Chief Minister Balochistan Dr. Ishaque Baloch also attended the meeting.
This unit is part of the Strengthening Participatory Federalism and Decentralization project recently launched by UNDP Pakistan. This unit will be located at the Civil Secretariat in Quetta and will work under the guidance of the Chief Minister Dr. Abdul Malik Baloch. The establishment of the unit will be facilitated by the Planning and Development Department of the government of Balochistan.
The policy support and reform unit will be focused on providing technical assistance, generating requisite analyses and facilitating policy research to develop the post 18th Amendment policy and institutional framework for an effective transition management in the province. The unit will also be responsible for studying the legislative, institutional and fiscal spaces provided to Balochistan by the 18th Constitutional Amendment and the 7th NFC Award. It will provide technical assistance to the respective tiers of the government on developing inter-sectoral policy frameworks.
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