PUNJAB CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM

PRMP has initiated Punjab Capacity Building Program with the help of funds available from World Bank. Under this program, officers of government of the Punjab are being sent for one year degree programs to universities identified for this purpose. In this regard, PRMP took the help from the list of universities/programs identified by CSRU, Establishment Division, Islamabad. PRMP also wrote to Secretaries of all Administrative Departments for comments on this identified list. They were also invited to propose universities/ programs that may be relevant to their department but have not been included in the list identified by PRMP. Their input was received and courses proposed by them were added to the already identified list. Applications were invited from interested candidates through advertising in the local press. Women were given special preference.

A total of 74 officers applied for the scholarship. One of the basic requirements of application was that the officers should have a valid offer of admission in one of the identified disciplines/ institutes. By applying these criteria, 43 officers were short-listed and they were invited to appear before the Capacity Development Interventions Committee headed by the Chairman P&D Board, Government of Punjab.

Finally, 15 Officers (List) have been selected by Capacity Development Intervention Committee for the year 2007-08 for Masters degree courses in the universities of UK. They are going to leave by end September to join their respective study programs.

The list of officers selected is available here