THE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

FOR

ACHIEVING THE PAKISTAN WATER VISION 2025

Introduction

AS a first step, the National FFA Coordinator therefore, decided to establish a close linkage with the FAU by tapping its website and by procuring directly all the relevant material for the formulation of the FFAs which had been put together by FAU.

The FFA Coordinator, at the same time established a linage with Dr. P S Rao Regional Coordinator on Vision and Framework for Action for the South Asia Regional, which apart form Pakistan covers Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. This linage, made it possible to take cognizance of the South Asia Regional Water Vision 2025 and also the depredations of the SASTAC (south Asia Technical Advisory Committee) for the formulation of the Regional FFA. 

To make initial Consultation as fruitful as possible, the FFA Coordinator put together all relevant material, in the form of a Consultation Paper. In this consultation paper, the approach to the FFA as advocated by the FAU was brought out and Country's Water Vision 2025., was broadly presented. Also following the treatment in the Regional Water Vision a set of objectives strategies and Actions under the different Vision elements were set out for consideration. 

Apart form the Consultation Paper, the FFA Coordinator, compiled copies of i) Country's water vision for the 21st century, ii) Documents prepared by the FAU for achieving the vision iii) South Asia Regional Water Vision 2025 and iv) The Toolbox drafted by the FAU as a guide for the choice of the strategies and action. 

All these documents were distributed by the Chairman, PWP to the participants well in advance of the First Consultation which was held at Islamabad on November 16, 1999. The Consultation was attended by a wide cross section of stakeholders in Water, representing Federal and Provincial agencies, research organizations, universities, consulting firms, NGOs gender related bodies and donor.