Caretaker Federal Minister Muhammad Sami Saeed convened performance review meetings on the functions of infrastructure development and Monitoring & Evaluation Wings.
In the meeting, Mr. Waqas Anwar, Member Infrastructure delivered a detailed overview of projects spanning diverse sectors in transportation and communication.
The Minister stressed that Infrastructure Projects play key role in improving connectivity and in meeting the challenges posed by Climate change and Water scarcity. He added that building resilient and weather resistant Infrastructure to embrace the climate induced calamities is the need of the hour.
In another subsequent meeting that reviewed the progress evaluation of the Monitoring and Evaluation Wing, Dr. Zahir Shah, the respective Member, and Project Director M & E, presented a thorough briefing on real-time project monitoring and evaluation.
The presentation also underscored the Intelligent Project Automation System and outlined forthcoming action plans. It was highlighted that with the integration of technology, impact analysis of development projects has become mandatory under directions issued by the Central Development Working Party for comprehensive project assessment.
Caretaker Federal Minister Muhammad Sami Saeed expressed his resolve and commitment to continue the development endeavors, stated that Progress and Development warrants harnessing and optimal utilization of resources with an entrenched Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism in place.
The Minister appreciated that Monitoring and Evaluation wing of the Ministry of Planning and Development function is commendable as it laid the groundwork to employ Information Technology that will improve the quality and timeliness in Monitoring and Evaluation. He added that in a resource constraint environment, robust Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism is indispensable in improving the effectiveness of Development expenditure. The Minister also emphasized to accelerate the pace of implementation and ensure the quality of execution.
In the meeting, Mr. Waqas Anwar, Member Infrastructure delivered a detailed overview of projects spanning diverse sectors in transportation and communication.
The Minister stressed that Infrastructure Projects play key role in improving connectivity and in meeting the challenges posed by Climate change and Water scarcity. He added that building resilient and weather resistant Infrastructure to embrace the climate induced calamities is the need of the hour.
In another subsequent meeting that reviewed the progress evaluation of the Monitoring and Evaluation Wing, Dr. Zahir Shah, the respective Member, and Project Director M & E, presented a thorough briefing on real-time project monitoring and evaluation.
The presentation also underscored the Intelligent Project Automation System and outlined forthcoming action plans. It was highlighted that with the integration of technology, impact analysis of development projects has become mandatory under directions issued by the Central Development Working Party for comprehensive project assessment.
Caretaker Federal Minister Muhammad Sami Saeed expressed his resolve and commitment to continue the development endeavors, stated that Progress and Development warrants harnessing and optimal utilization of resources with an entrenched Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism in place.
The Minister appreciated that Monitoring and Evaluation wing of the Ministry of Planning and Development function is commendable as it laid the groundwork to employ Information Technology that will improve the quality and timeliness in Monitoring and Evaluation. He added that in a resource constraint environment, robust Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism is indispensable in improving the effectiveness of Development expenditure. The Minister also emphasized to accelerate the pace of implementation and ensure the quality of execution.