Punjab Public Management Reforms Program

Overview
Punjab Resource Management Program is a policy and governance reform program of Government of the Punjab. PMU, PRMP will aim to ensure continuity of reform process in an efficient and effective manner, through replication and next generation reform initiatives in Government of Punjab. As of 2013, the PMU, PRMP will provide support to Government of Punjab for implementation of the Punjab Public Management Reform Program to be funded by the World Bank and Sub–National Governance Program of Department for International Development (DFID).

PMU, PRMP also provides a platform to PPRA for an ongoing research experiment "Evidenced Based Procurement Reform" in selected departments of Government of Punjab. PRMP has collaborated with research team of the leading international academic institutions and a capacity building program of officers in the Punjab Government.

The PMU is being administered by the Planning and Development Department, Government of Punjab. The parent department, is the principal planning organization at the provincial level coordinating and monitoring development programs and activities of various inter-government departments. The department also prepares an overall medium term development framework of development activities across Punjab. The medium term development framework lays down the development activities to be carried out in the province in various sectors of the provincial economy. In this manner the planning & development department is one of the main actors in the growth of the economic potential of the province.

The mandate of P&D department includes, provision of technical support and coordination to various Government departments in their planning activities. It is also the main government agency working with foreign donors in the province.