MID TERM REVIEW-PMSIP (28-30th December, 2009)
PMDFC team Amir
Nazeer, Iftkhar Rasool, Shehzad Khan Sherwani,
Talal Ahmad Khan and Ahsan Mehmood visited World
Bank office Islamabad from 28-30th December 2010
for Mid Term Review of PMSIP. The mission
members comprised of; Shahanaz Arshad, Raja
Rehan Arshad, Zia Aljalaly, Hasan Saquib, Anwar
Ali Bhatti, Ayaz Pervaiz and Tahir Akber. The
agenda of the mission was;
Overview of PMSIP (Releases & Expenditure)
Review progress verses achievements against ID
activities and infrastructure sub-projects.
Discussion on PMSIP - ID assessment report
(Performance & process audit of ID activities)
Training Workshop regarding Website Development
& Launching
(17th December, 2009)
A one day, “Training workshop on TMA Website
development & launching” was organized at
Management and Professional development
Department (MPDD), Lahore on December 17, 2009
for computer Operators of Phase-II partner TMAs.
The workshop aimed at providing comprehensive
training regarding website development &
launching, which is one of the important ID
interventions under PMSIP. It comprised of two
sessions: website development & launching. The
training started with the recitation of the holy
Quran. Mr. Shoaib Iftikhar, Manager-ID, PMDFC
explained the training agenda and highlighted
the importance of TMA websites in the light of
PMDFC & TMAs’ responsibilities. Afterwards,
first session started and comprehensive training
regarding website development was given to the
participants by Mr. Mubashar Ahmed - IT
Assistant.
In second session, workshop participants
launched their websites under the guidance of
PMDFC staff. In this regard, seventeen number of
TMA websites have been launched.
PMSIP Workshop on O
& M of
Water
Supply Systems
dated 21 May, 2009
Punjab Municipal
Development Fund Company (PMDFC) was established
for improving municipal services in Punjab under
an agreement with the World Bank (WB). A project
titled Punjab Municipal Services Improvement
Project (PMSIP) has been under taken by this
company. Various sub-projects like water supply,
sewerage, fire fighting, solid waste management
etc. have been conceived for implementation in
partner TMAs after thorough planning process.
Presently, sixteen sub-projects are under
implementation out of which nine (9) pertain to
water supply.
(Full
Report....)
PMSIP Workshop on O
& M of
Water
Supply Systems 28 April, 2009
Punjab Municipal
Development Fund Company (PMDFC) was established
for improving municipal services in Punjab under
an agreement with the World Bank (WB). A project
titled Punjab Municipal Services Improvement
Project (PMSIP) has been under taken by this
company. Various sub-projects like water supply,
sewerage, fire fighting, solid waste management
etc. have been conceived for implementation in
partner TMAs after thorough planning process.
Presently, sixteen sub-projects are under
implementation out of which nine (9) pertain to
water supply.
(Full Report....)
CTS TRAINING - WORKSHOP (12th March, 2009)
A one day, “Training workshop on Implementation
of Complaint Tracking System under Punjab
Municipal Service Improvement Project” was
organized at Management and Professional
development Department (MPDD), Lahore on 12th
March, 2009 for Incharge Complaint Cell & the
Officials who will record complaints of year II
partner Tehsil Municipal Administrations (TMAs).
The workshop aimed at providing hands on
training regarding Standard Operating Procedures
(SOPs) to implement Complaint Tracking System
(CTS) in TMAs. Manager (Institutional
Development), Mr. Shoaib Iftikhar organized this
training.
The training was planned in two sessions:
Presentation
Group Work
After providing detail orientation regarding
SOPs to implement CTS in TMAs, a Group Work was
also arranged for the participants to understand
the implementation procedures clearly. The
participants were also provided PMDFC designed
Complaint Registers, a Booklet (comprising the
complete detail regarding SOPs to implement CTS
in TMAs), Complaint Cell Board and Reporting
Formats. The participants showed great interest
to implement this PMDFC ID initiative.
Training on
Financial Management System Software held on
February 24 & 25, 2009
A two day training session was held at
Management and Professional Development
Department, Lahore on 24/02/2009 and 25/02/2009
regarding orientation and effective usage of
Financial Management System (FMS). Purpose of
this workshop was to provide hands on training
to TMA officials and information necessary to
run the FMS effectively and efficiently. In
these training sessions participants were
invited from Year-1 and Year-2 TMAs. These
training sessions were facilitated by Nauman
Akhtar, (Manager Finance) and were assisted by
Mr. Imran Khan Deputy Manager (IT) and Mr.
Mubashar Ahmad (IT Assistant). Mr. Asim Hafeez
from Sydat Hyder Morshed was also present during
these training sessions.
During these sessions, it was observed that
members of the TMAs in which FMS was installed
during Year-1 have shown great progress in terms
of understanding the system and have grasped the
working of the system very well. It was also
encouraging to see that these members were open
to discussions and were giving their inputs to
make the system better and more effective.
Participants from the Year-2 TMAs welcomed the
implementation of FMS in their TMAs.
The workshop proved to achieve its objectives,
since the participants were motivated to
initiate such practices, other than the out
dated conventional procedures.
Training on
Complaint Tracking Software held on August 07,
08 & 09, 2008
One day training on
complaint tracking software was held on August
07, 08 & 09, 2008 at Leicester College of
Computer Sciences, Lahore for year-I partner
TMAs. 16 officials from 16 TMAs attended the
training. The course encompassed hands-on
training for using complaint tracking software
before implementing in the TMAs. The manual
complaint tracking system is already implemented
in all the year-1 TMAs by PMDFC.
Participants of the
training were Mr. Shahzad Saleem (TMA Bhalwal),
Mr. Abdul
Shakoor (TMA
Chiniot), Mr. Akram Ullah (TMA Chakwal), Mr.
Arshad Ghori (TMA Daska), Mr. Raees Akbar (TMA
Fatah Jang), Mr. Shahid Yousaf (TMA Jehlum),
Muhammad Aslam (TMA
Shorkot), Muhammad Anwar, (TMA Ahmed Pur Sial),
Muhammad Akhtar (TMA Attock), Mr. Nadeem (TMA
Kasur), Mr. Sher Khan (TMA Mailsi), Mr. Sabir
Hussain (TMA Pind Dadan Khan), Muhammad Riaz (TMA
Toba Tek Singh), Mr. Raza Hussain (TMA
Sambrial), Muhammad Hanif (TMA Liaquatpur) and
Fawad Ahmed (TMA Hazro). Mr. Luqman Haider, GIS
Assistant and Mubashar Ahmed, IT Assistant -
PMDFC conducted the training.
Director
Programmes AIT-Extension Visits PMDFC
(November
19, 2007)
Mr. Jonathan Shaw, Director
Programmes Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Extension visited PMDFC on November
19, 2007. Mr.
Jonathan held an extensive meeting with Mr. Tariq
Mahmood Khan MD-PMDFC, Mr. Sajid Siddique GM-ID
and Mr. Hamid Masood Manager-ID. Mr. Jonathan
briefed the participants about the scope of
activities carried out by AIT-Extension and
presented details about prospective training areas
for staff members of LG&CDD, PMDFC and partner
TMAs. Mr. Sajid Siddique explained the working of
PMSIP to Mr. Jonathan whereas Mr. Tariq Mahmood
Khan outlined the specific training requirements.
The participants agreed to explore all possible
areas of collaboration between PMDFC and AIT-Extension.
One
day refresher course
on website updation
was held on October
29, 2007 at Leicester College
of Computer Sciences, Lahore for
partner TMAs. 8 officials from 7 TMAs attended the
refresher course. The course encompassed hands-on
training for website updation by use of MS Front
page and important tools such as Adobe Photoshop
and FTP. 
ID section of PMDFC organized one day workshop for
the sub-engineers of partner TMAs for rating of
TMA roads on October 26, 2007. Mr. Sajid Siddique,
General Manager (Institutional Development) PMDFC
welcomed the participants and Mr. Talal Ahmad,
Planning Consultant PMDFC briefed the participants
explained road rating criteria with illustrations.