Pakistan Hydromet and Climate Services Project (PHCSP)

The development objective of the Hydromet and Disaster Risk Management Services Project for Pakistan is to strengthen Pakistan’s public sector delivery of reliable and timely hydro-meteorological and disaster risk management services. It has three main components. 1) First component, Hydro-meteorological and Climate Services. This component will include four sub-components. (i) Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building; (ii) Modernization of the Observation Infrastructure, Data Management, and Forecasting Systems; (iii) Enhancing Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Service Delivery and Building Partnerships with the Private Sector; and (iv) Project Management, Systems Integration, and Monitoring and Implementation Support of PMD; 2) Second component, Disaster Risk Management will consist of three subcomponents. (i) Legal Policy and Institutional Strengthening; (ii) Infrastructure for Resilience; and (iii) Project Management, Monitoring, and Implementation Support of NDMA; 3) Third component, Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) will support preparedness for and rapid response to climate and natural disasters, emergency, and/or catastrophic event as needed.