THE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

FOR

ACHIEVING THE PAKISTAN WATER VISION 2025

At this Consultation, the Executive Secretary of the GWP, Mr. Khalid Mohtadullah, elaborated the roles of VVWC and the GWP in mounting concerted Initiatives, at the Global, Regional and Country levels, for tackling the issues posed by the ever growing demand for the limited water resources He also highlighted the need for a holistic approach to tackle the core challenges identified m the Vision, by putting into practice the accepted principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) He hoped that the Country's F FA could not only benefit the country but would also contribute to the work of the GWP Thereafter, Ms Maliha H Hussain, the Vision Coordinator, presented an overview of the Pakistan Water Vision bringing out the main Issues to be addressed This was followed by an elaboration of the Consultation Paper by the FF A Coordinator, Mr. Muhammad Munir Chaudhry, before the consultation participants took it up for deliberation, In groups and at a plenary session

As a result of the first Consultation, ideas were generated on the key elements of the Country's FFA and a number of recommendations were made. Taking these into consideration and following largely the outline which was endorsed by the Consultation participants, the FFA Coordinator, prepared a Draft FFA, incorporating, as a point of reference, the present position as it impacted on the future prospects.

For the review of the Draft FF A, the PWP organized a second Consultation on the 13th January, 2000 at Lahore Like the earlier Consultation. it was attended by many stakeholders in water and was presided by the Chairman of the Interim Steering Committee of the PWP, Sardar Muhammad Tariq The Executive Secretary of the GWP, Mr. Khahd Mohtadullah, was the chief guest.

At this Consultation, while welcoming the chief guest, Sardar M. Tariq, highlighted the pressing problems facing the country due to the dimimisting water resources per capita. He drew the attention of the participants to the importance of the task before them and requested them to give all they could to make the FFA a worthwhile document. Mr. Khahd Mohtadullah, emphasized the need for the broadest consultation among the stakeholders in water to secure a commitment for the FFA and said that the country's interest demanded that it comes out with the most appropriate actions in a holistic framework which could be supported by the world community.

Following the preliminaries the participants of the Consultation broke up in groups to review the component Sections of the Draft FFA and reassembled again in a plenary session for the presentation of the group views and further deliberation thereon.

Taking into account the suggestions and the recommendations that were made at this Consultation, the FFA as presented herein has been finalized

In the format of this Report, the Pakistan Water Vision 2025, the achievement of which forms the basis of the FFA. has first been presented briefly. This is followed by a Section on Overarching Elements of the FF A, which takes cognizance of the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) and treats the important elements thereof including Gender Mainstreaming The subsequent Sections are sector related. Under each of these Sections the core challenges/issues have been brought out leading to the statement of the objectives. This is followed by the strategies and the proposed actions for achieving the objectives. The concluding Section provides the rationale for the Way Forward