Programme Support for Northern Pakistan is a watershed agreement between the SDC and IUCN Pakistan. This marks the shift after a decade of productive partnership, from project mode of financing to programmatic support. PSNP runs concurrently with the run off SPCS Support Project to benefit from, and carry forward the essential institutional mechanisms developed over the past three SPCS support phases. It is also unique in being a sub-national framework support covering Northern Areas along with NWFP. Its governing philosophy is the integration of IUCNP initiatives in Northern Pakistan and subsequently to include all NRM/sustainable development initiatives funded by SDC and other environmental donors.

The Programme support has two distinct objectives and two distinct sets of target beneficiaries. The objectives include institutionalization of a culture of learning, remembering and reorientation through effective knowledge management and promotion and sustainability of sustainable development processes and initiatives in Northern Pakistan. IUCN Pakistan and key partners in sustainable development in Northern Pakistan, comprise the target beneficiaries side of the matrix. The resultant conceptual framework of PSNP is given in the box.

Other projects: BP - ERNP - MACP - PEP - PSNP - SP - SPCS - WCD - SDNP