Waseem Kundi

Twenty-nine years of increasingly responsible experience in the field of Planning, programme designing and Monitoring & Evaluation, with various national and international organizations of repute.

Senior Planning Officer - Provincial Disaster Management Authority - Provincial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation & Settlement Authority (PDMA-PaRRSA) - Civil Secretariat Peshawar, Pakistan

(2018-03 - 2026-09)

Provincial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Settlement Authority (PARRSA) was initially created to look after reconstruction, rehabilitation and settlement of the affectees of the militancy crisis in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Later the mandate of the organization was expanded to all types of disaster and the organization has been entrusted to provide requisite speed, ease, facilitation, coordination, supervision, and linkages to all stakeholders involved and helping the Provincial Government in its endeavor to rehabilitate the affected areas in a transparent manner. The organization has been entrusted to take up the projects proposed under the various support funds created by the Friends of Democratic Pakistan and other international partners/INGOs/NGOs.

The Authority after the regularization of its staff has been merged with PDMA as Rehabilitation Wing since March 2018.

• Providing assistance in variety of planning assignments to all stakeholders
• Manage planning studies, development applications and reviews reports / proposals
• Reviews and appraise comprehensive reconstruction plans
• Assist in developing project budgets, verifies project expenditures and compliance
• Assist in research and prepares statistical reports on land use, physical, social & economic reconstruction issues
• Works in regional program areas relating reconstruction of infrastructure planning, community development, hazard mitigation, and others
• Performs field inspections to gather data relevant to the development review process and/or to verify that development projects comply with approved plans
• Schedules and conducts meetings with donors / line agencies
• Preparing reports, brief, presentations and work plans
• Coordination with Pak Army, donors, line departments, district governments
• Providing strategic support to the all stakeholders on stabilization activities
• Focal Person for GIZ led project activities
• Focal Person for Pak Army led development activities
• Focal Person for UNDP activities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Heading Planning Section of PDMA-PaRRSA
• Work as acting Program Manager time to time in absence of PM PaRRSA

Chief Planning Officer - Provincial Disaster Management Authority - Provincial Reconstruction, Rehabilitation & Settlement Authority (PDMA-PaRRSA) - Civil Secretariat Peshawar, Pakistan

(2010-01 - 2018-03)

Planning and Monitoring Coordinator - FATA Rural Development Project, Civil Secretariat FATA - Peshawar (Mohmand Agency), Pakistan

(2006-12 - 2009-12)

FATA Rural Development Project was an Asian Development Bank funded (US$ 60 m) project to reduce poverty in the three Agencies of Bajaur, Mohmand and Khyber by assisting the communities to build improved and sustainable livelihoods.

• Headed Planning and Monitoring Section of Project Implementation Unit of Mohmand Agency
• Designed and prepared annual work plans
• Evaluate project activities and monitor their impacts as per indicators and LFAs
• Provided professional planning assistance to management / ADB
• Provided guidance, support and coordination to the staff in the planning and implementation of the project activities
• Assisted the project authorities to manage local subsidiary contracts
• Management of the project performance monitoring and management information system, while assisted in the development of MIS of the Project
• Have developed P&M section with channels of communication for monitoring information between the field levels, PIU and PMU
• Assisted the project authorities in conducting periodic reviews of the Project activities
• Coordinated with the Baseline Consultants and ensuring that benchmarking and impact monitoring done properly
• Coordinated with government line departments, political administration, local communities in cohesive approach toward achieving project targets
• Initial appraisal of subproject and assist in their approval from the competent forums
• Performing any other tasks required by the management

Assistant Monitoring and Research Officer - NWFP Barani Area Development Project – II, Special Development Unit (SDU), Planning, Environment and Development Department, Government of the then NWFP (KP) - NWFP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan

(2004-01 - 2006-11)

NWFP- Barani area development project-II was an Asian Development Bank and International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) funded (Rs. 6 billion) project under Special Development Unit of Planning and Development Department of the Government of the then NWFP to address the comparative backwardness of barani areas of Kohat, Karak, Hangu, Orakzai, Bannu, Lakki Marwat, Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram and Kohistan districts.

• Prepared formats for monitoring of project implementation progress with special emphasis on appraisal, needs identification, restitution, organization, planning, implementation and evaluation
• Assisted in development and refining of performance indicators at various levels and for various activities of the project
• Preparation of physical and financial progress reports and critical evaluation of performance of various schemes in term of financial utilization and physical progress in light of set indicators
• Prepared monitoring forms for monitoring the project activities at various levels of the project including Monthly, Quarterly, and annual reports
• Assisted in evaluation and performance analysis of project implementation based on participatory approach with reference to poverty alleviation, community participation, resource mobilization, human resource development and decentralization
• Assisted in analyzing the implementation process of development projects and suggests remedial measures for course correction
• Assisted in socio-economic surveys, prepared questionnaires for analytical examination and preparation of development packages/ programmes

Programme Manager (Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation) - Da Rorr Lass (NGO) - NWFP (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan

(2001-07 - 2003-12)

Da Rorr Lass was a nonprofit nongovernmental organization working for poverty alleviation and rural development creating livelihood opportunities for the communities through special education (non-formal) and rural health in the remote southern districts of the then NWFP (KP). DRL's approach emphasizes the participation of the marginalized rural communities at all levels of planning, designing and implementation for sustainable development. The participatory approach focuses on motivating communities toward their self-empowerment by raising their levels of awareness and skills and by facilitating their access to necessary resources.

Being the Programme Manager (M&E), duties were to make it certain that community participation is manifested in the total project cycle and that the communities are actively involved in the process of village level development and decision-making.

• To prepare and process programmes, projects and proposals
• To provide programmatic support to the counterpart stakeholder and provide backstopping to the donors to facilitate smooth implementation of the projects/programmes
• Preparation of M&E system for various projects under DRL

Monitoring and Research Officer - NWFP Barani Area Development Project – I, Special Development Unit (SDU), Planning, Environment and Development Department, Government of NWFP - NWFP, Pakistan

(1995-05 - 2000-06)

NWFP- Barani area development project was an Asian Development Bank funded (US$ 40 million) project under Special Development Unit of Planning and Development Department of the Government of NWFP to address the comparative backwardness of barani areas of Abbottabad, Haripur, Kohat and Karak districts.

• Prepared QPR (Quarterly Progress Report) System for project benefit monitoring and evaluation, acclaimed by Asian Development Bank
• Assisted the project to prepare physical and financial progress reports
• Assisted the Project in preparation of annual budgets and work plans etc.
• Assisted the international and national consultants in programming and designing computer systems, software, feasibility and other case studies, specifically PBME
• Member of the committee who prepared PC-I of Barani Project Phase – II (Rs. 6069.3 million). Actively participated in preparation of cost tabs of the PC-1
• Member of the committee who prepared Project Completion Report of Barani Phase-I

Planning & Monitoring Officer - Tribal Area Development Project (TADP), Special Development Unit (SDU), Planning, Environment & Development Department, Government of NWFP - NWFP (FATA), Pakistan

(1990-01 - 1995-04)

TADP was funded by USAID and supervised by the SDU. The aim of the project was to provide the funds for developmental schemes in different sectors like communication, health, irrigation and agriculture to different line agencies for FATA areas.