The potential of the livestock sector is realized by
improvement of farmers’ livelihoods through better
provision of livestock services, especially of disease
control, and through enhancing productivity.
To strengthen the GOP capacity for strategic
planning and management for effective delivery of
livestock services by public and private sector
service providers.
The SLSP will be implemented throughout Pakistan; however, activities will be initiated in focus
districts before being extended more widely. The criteria for the selection of focus districts included considerations of livestock densities, eco-agrological features and provincial priorities. The project covers Balochistan, NWFP, Punjab and Sindh provinces and includes Azad, Jammu and Kashmir
(AJK), the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northern Areas (NAs).
The Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture & Livestock (MINFAL), Government of Pakistan, is the Executing Agency of the project. It is represented by its Livestock Wing and provincial Livestock Departments.
The Strengthening Livestock Services Project (SLSP) has a ‘process’ approach and
is not a technical blueprint.
The SLSP supports
- Development and maintenance of a conducive policy and legislative framework
- Animal disease surveillance
- Communication of livestock information, and
- Enhanced delivery of effective livestock services through effective Project Management.
The SLSP’s major
cross-cutting themes are
- Gender
- Private sector promotion and,
- Capacity building.
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Essential facts
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Financed by |
The European Union and the Government of Pakistan |
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Financing agreement number |
PAK/RELEX/2001/0129 |
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Project number |
EC/GOP Project ALA/01/129
PC-I revised 1995 & 2004
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Financial commitment
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Total= €25 942 000
Comprising €22 900 000 from EU
€ 3 042 000 from GOP (equivalent in Rupees) |
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Duration |
6 years |
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Commencement |
16 September 2003 |
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Completion
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31 December 2009 |
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Implementation partners
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Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock
(MINFAL) (Executing Agency) represented by its
Livestock Wing, and Provincial departments in charge of livestock
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Technical Assistance |
Consortium comprising Agrotec Spa (lead firm),
AHT GmbH, NR International |
Project Design
The Strengthening
of Livestock Services Project was conceived in the early 1990s, as a means to combat
the upsurge of rinderpest in the country. The Government of Pakistan’s basic planning
document (the PC-I) was revised in 1995 and again in 2004 (click here to view).
The European
Union provided grant support for the project, which is the subject of a Financing
Agreement that
was signed in March 2002. Implementation started 18 months later (click here to
view) in
accordance with an Overall Work Plan and Budget (OWP/B).
Project Objectives
The project’s goal is to assist the Government
of Pakistan (GOP) to realize the potential of the
livestock sector, by improvement of farmers' livelihoods through better provision
of livestock
services, especially of disease control, and through enhancing productivity.
Its purpose, or specific objective, is to strengthen the GOP capacity for strategic
planning and management for effective delivery of livestock services by public and
private sector service
providers.
- Leadership programme to develop and maintain an appropriate policy and regulatory framework, and strategy formulation has been transferred to GOP.
- An operational model for national animal disease surveillance that meets international requirements has been transferred to GOP.
- The delivery of livestock services by public and private sectors promoted effectively.
- Appropriate systems to generate, manage and communicate information related to livestock are operational.
- Effective and efficient Project Management Units established and operational