Roles and responsibilities
- To review the project progress and provide strategic guidance and recommendations to ensure that country-specific project goals and outcomes as set out in the Pro-Doc are met.
- To provide expert advice and guidance to the project team with setting and adjusting project strategy and assisting in identifying and resolving strategic issues and risks.
- To review and advise on interim and final project deliverables.
- To support the project team in convening and guiding the development of partnerships with researchers, practitioners, and policymakers.
- To address any issue that has major implications for the project.
- To provide advice and assistance in communicating and promoting the project and its related outcomes to the sector.
- To assist with the development of links between the project and other relevant sectoral networks.
- To actively participate in meetings through attendance, discussion, and review of minutes, papers, and other PSC papers.
- To facilitate the exchange/sharing of insights.
Membership
BANGLADESH
The C-PMC Bangladesh shall consist of regular members with the following representations:
Chair: Mr S. M. Monirul Islam, Deputy CEO (IDCOL)
Member Secretary: Mr Archisman Mitra, Country Project Manager SoLAR, IWMI
Member: Representatives from IDCOL
Member: Representatives from NGO Forum
Member: Representative of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)
Member: Representative of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA)
Member: Representative of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA)
Member: Representative of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)
Member: Representative of Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC)
Member: Representative of Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB)
Member: Divya Kashyap, SDC Representative
Member: Darshini Ravindranath SoLAR Project Lead
INDIA
The C-PMC India shall consist of regular members with the following representations:
Chair: Dr Alok Sikka, Country Representative-India, IWMI
Member: Rajendra Vala, Representative of Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL)
Member: Veena Srinivasan, Representative of Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE)
Member: Dr Ratan Jain, Representative of Gujarat Water Resources Development Corporation (GWRDC)
Member: Akhilesh Magal, Representative of Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI)
Member: Nilanjan Ghose, Representative of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ)
Member: Divya Kashyap, SDC Representative
Member: Tushaar Shah, Emeritus Scientist, IWMI
Member: Darshini Ravindranath SoLAR Project Lead
NEPAL
The C-PMC Nepal shall consist of regular members with the following representations:
Chair: Dr Manohara Khadka, Country Representative-Nepal, IWMI
Member Secretary: Shisher Shrestha, Country Project Manager, SoLAR IWMI
Member: Dr Laxman Pd Ghimire, Representative of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC)
Member: Sagar Mani Gyawali, Representative of Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA)
Member: Dinesh Rajouria, Water and Energy Commission Secretariat (WECS)
Member: Santosh Raj Paudel, Representative of Department of Agriculture (DOA)
Member: Kumar Raj Shahi, Representative of National Federation of Irrigation Water User’s Association (NFIWUAN)
Member: Pratigya Neupane, SDC Nepal
Member: Hari Shrestha, Representative of SunFarmer
Member: Antonia Elena Flück (SDC Nepal)
Member: Darshini Ravindranath SoLAR Project Lead
PAKISTAN
The C-PMC Pakistan shall consist of regular members with the following representations:
Chair: Dr Mohsin Hafeez, Country Representative-Pakistan, IWMI
Member Secretary: Azeem Ali Shah, Country Project Manager SoLAR, IWMI
Member: Dr Arif Anwar, IWMI
Member: Mr Kifayat Zaman, Representative of Federal Water Management Cell (FWMC)
Member: Bashir Ahmad, Representative of Pakistan Agricultural Research Centre (PARC)
Member: Khalid Jamil, Representative of Pakistan Agricultural Research Centre (PARC)
Member: M Waris, Representative of On Farm Water Management (OFWM)
Member: M Ashraf, Representative of Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT)
Member: Sardar Mohazzam, Representative of National Energy and Efficiency Conservation Authority (NEECA)
Member: Asad Mahmood, Representative of National Energy and Efficiency Conservation Authority (NEECA)
Member: Junaid Memon, Representative of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
Member: Md Zain Akbar, IWMI
Member: Darshini Ravindranath SoLAR Project Lead
Meetings and Procedures
- The C-PMC will meet at least twice a year and discuss project progress, provide advice on the annual work plan and any course correction, as necessary.
- Meetings are generally scheduled weeks in advance, preferably matching with the reporting requirements set out in the project agreement.
- The meeting can proceed if a minimum of 51% of the members are present. The Country Project Manager will support the C-PMC as Member Secretary.
- The Country Project Manager will be responsible for preparing and distributing agendas, the minutes of C-PMC meetings, project updates and other relevant and related project correspondence. Minuted C-PMC proceedings will be considered by Project Steering Committee (PSC) while they review their project progress. PSC can take up any issues or concerns raised in the C-PMC.
Confidentiality Clause
All verbal and written communication and project-related documents, whether in whole or in part, between the project team and PSC members shall be treated as confidential. They must not be made accessible to third parties unrelated to the project nor used for purposes other than those for which they were supplied or elaborated.
Bangladesh is one of the fastest-growing economies in South Asia. However, the country, given its coastal low lying location, is also highly vulnerable to climate change, and as much resilience building is at the top of its agenda. Solar irrigation pumps will help in decarbonizing irrigation in Bangladesh, and in the process, help towards meeting the country’s NDC targets. The Country Project Management Committee (C-PMC) in Bangladesh is a key body within the project governance structure with members from IWMI,IDCOL, SDC, NGOF and representatives from other relevant government organizations, including SREDA, BMDA, BARC, DAE, BADC, BREB, BARI that are actively involved in the solar irrigation sector in the country. The target areas for this project includes some of the Upazilas of the Rangpur division in the north, the Khulna division in the Southwest and the Rajshahi division in western Bangladesh. C-PMC members will guide the project team to ensure smooth project implementation. The key roles of the C-PMC include reviewing the project progress, providing expert advice, and assisting in the communication and promotion of project outcomes, assistance with the development of links between the project and other relevant sectoral networks and knowledge sharing. The C-PMC meets at least twice a year and discusses project progress, and provides advice on a course correction, as necessary. C-PMC Meetings minutes India is the largest South Asian country with over twenty agro-ecological zones. Most of the Indian farmers are dependent on monsoons, but the recent trends of erratic weather patterns have compelled the governance systems to come up with agriculturally resilient policies that are at the core of the food-water-energy nexus. The target areas for this project includes the districts ofAnand and Botad in Gujarat in western India. The PM-KUSUM scheme is one of the main initiatives by the Government of India that aims to augment the mission of solar irrigation in the country. The Country Project Management Committee (C-PMC) in India is a key body within the project governance structure with members from IWMI, SDC, GUVNL, ATREE, GWRDC, GERMI, and GIZ that are working together to promote solar irrigation in the country. C-PMC members will guide the project team to ensure smooth project implementation. The key roles of the C-PMC include reviewing the project progress, providing expert advice, and assisting in the communication and promotion of project outcomes, assistance with the development of links between the project and other relevant sectoral networks and knowledge sharing. The C-PMC meets at least twice a year and discusses project progress, and provides advice on a course correction, as necessary. C-PMC Meeting minutes Nepal, a small landlocked country located in South Asia, is tucked in the mighty Himalayas. With its important geo-strategic location bordering China to the north and India to its south, east, and west, the country has diverse physiographic conditions. Many of its fertile lands are in the Tarai region, where agricultural resilience for the future is needed. The SDC-SoLAR project works in Province 1 and 2 with a primary focus on the Tarai parts. Nepal’s country project management committee (C-PMC) is a key body within the project governance structure with IWMI, SDC, AEPC, NEA, DWRI, DoA, NFIWUAN, MuAN, NARMIN, and SunFarmer Nepal. All these organizations are engaged in promoting solar irrigation in the country. C-PMC members will guide the project team to ensure smooth project implementation. The key roles of the C-PMC include reviewing the project progress, providing expert advice, and assisting in the communication and promotion of project outcomes, assistance with the development of links between the project and other relevant sectoral networks and knowledge sharing. The C-PMC meets at least twice a year and discusses project progress, and provides advice on a course correction, as necessary. C-PMC Meeting minutes Being a region that is part of the wheat bowl of South Asia, Pakistan is heavily dependent upon groundwater. A deep nexus of electricity, diesel, and water resources for ensuring food security is common in this country, encouraging farmers to grow water-guzzling crops like paddy and sugarcane. The Country Project Management Committee (C-PMC) in Pakistan is a key body within the project governance structure, with members from IWMI, SDC, PARC, PIDE, OFWM, Punjab, NEECA, KFUEIT are working together to promote solar irrigation in the country. The committee members meet at least twice a year and discusses project progress and provides advice on a course correction, as necessary. The target areas of this project include the districts of Chakwal, Jhang and Rahim Yar Khan in the Punjab province that is at the forefront of agriculture and well-built irrigation systems and has provisions for the conjunctive use of water. C-PMC Meetings About Bangladesh
4th Meeting
3rd Meeting
2nd Meeting
1st Meeting
About India
6th Meeting
5th Meeting
4th Meeting
3rd Meeting
2nd Meeting
1st Meeting
About Nepal
7th Meeting
6th Meeting
5th Meeting
4th Meeting
3rd Meeting
2nd Meeting
1st Meeting
About Pakistan
4th Meeting
3rd Meeting
2nd Meeting
1st Meeting