1. Climate and Disaster Smart Public Investment
Approval Process in Bangladesh
CAPACITY BUILDING FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION:POVERTY,
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE MAINSTREAMING (PECM) PROJECT
General Economics Division
Planning Commission
Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh

2. Outline of the Presentation
The public investment approval process of
Bangladesh
Role of PECM Project
Activities undertaken to influence/change
the approval process
 Case Studies
 Revision of the project proformas
 Guideline for the Annual Development Programme
 Formulation of an Indicator Framework

3. The Public Investment Approval Process

4. The Approval Process
• The line Agencies/Departments of the Ministries
formulates the projects, based on sectoral plans, national
plans, Ministry’s directives and the ADP guidelines issued
by Planning Commission.
• Ministry’s scrutinizes the project proposals at the DPEC
(Departmental Project evaluation Committee)
• Planning Commission receives the proposals and reviews
them at PEC (Project Evaluation Committee).
• PEC recommends projects for approval either to Minister
of Planning or ECNEC (Executive Council of National
Economic Council).
• Final approval of the project by Planning Minister/ECNEC

5. Role of PECM PROJECT
• Mainstreaming
Poverty-Environment-Climate-Disaster
nexus into national level planning and
budgeting processes.

6. PECM’s Entry Point
Case Project Analysis
Objective: To find out the scope of PEC mainstreaming in
ongoing and new projects.
• 4 Case Study Teams (multi-agency) for four sectors:
 Agriculture
 Rural Development and Rural Institutions
 Water
 Transport
• Sixteen (17) case projects have been analyzed
• Feedback given to the implementing agencies

7. Environment-Climate-Disaster Sensitive ADP Guideline
PEC Nexus
incorporation
in the Annual
Development
Programme
(ADP)
The Annual
Development
Programme
(ADP) Guideline
2012-13 has
incorporated the
PEC Nexus
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8. PECD Smart DPP/TPP Guideline
Revision of DPP/TPP
Objective: To revise Development Project Proforma (DPP)
integrating disaster and climate change risks in feasibility and
design stages.
 Revised DPP/TPP (Draft) prepared in 2011 to incorporate
PEC issues. The newly revised DPP/TPP includes poverty
analysis, environmental impact analysis, and risk analysis
 4 separate consultative workshops organized with
stakeholders in the 4 Sector Division of Planning
Commission in Feb-March 2012 and feedback from
workshops incorporated in the revision
 The Final Revision of DPP/TPP (including the Guideline,
May 2008) is ready for validation through a high level
consultation

9. Key Changes:
• In clause 23, we have emphasized on
environmental management, bio-diversity
conservation, natural resource management,
and gender and diversity issues
• In clause 28, we have included disaster risk
reduction and climate risk management under
“risk management”.
• In feasibility and pre-appraisal stages, we have
emphasized on poverty-environment-climate-
disaster interrelationship analysis as a priority.

10. Deepening PECD Nexus Into Development Culture
Indicator Framework
Objective: To provide a framework of Indicators to be
used in development project design, approval,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation process
• A draft concept paper on “”Proposal for a
Framework of Pro-poor, environment friendly, low
emission, climate resilient development
• The draft IF sent to Solution Exchange for gathering
comments
• The approved IF will be tagged to the DPP/TPP
• A manual will be prepared to support Planning
Professionals in formulating PEC sensitive projects
according to revised DPP/TPP and the IF