Sustainable Development Unit

• Established in 1984 with the financial assistance of United Nations Office for Drug Control
• Aimed at coordination, planning, monitoring & evaluation of integrated rural areas development projects for substituting poppy cultivation
• UNODC withdrew support in 2001, Federal Government and International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs (INL – P US Embassy) supported till June, 2008
• PDWP approved the PC-I of SDU in 2008 till 2013 with time extensions till June 2016
• Special Development Unit was renamed as Sustainable Development Unit in 2016 with adoption of SDGs
• SDU regularized under the KP Regularization Act 2018

1. Implementation and coordination arm of P&DD for MSD Projects (ADP & Donor funded)
2. Provision of technical backstopping to PMUs housed in SDU
3. Focal point for Permanent Reconstruction Project (being executed through Special Forum) in Merged Areas
4. Focal Entity on SDGs for coordination with Federal and Provincial Govt.
5. Planning and designing of new initiatives for least developed areas
6. Custodian of AIP for merged areas.

I. Preparation and processing of PC-I for approval (KPRISP, KDDP, DDIs, IADP etc.)

II. Coordination with relevant stakeholders (Provincial, Federal, Development Partners)

III. Budgeting and Release of Funds

IV.  Progress Reviews, support in implementation, and technical backstopping

V. Representation on various fora (Quarterly review meetings, Project Steering Committees etc.)

VI. Representation on PAC, DAC

VII. Litigations