Pakistan Community Support Project

The Pakistan Community Support Project (PCSP) has become a model of community-driven development for the uplift of the rural communities residing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including the Merged Areas. The development cooperation under the project between the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the World Bank has enabled the community members, government officials, and project management in identifying the priority needs of the citizens, including women, youth, and marginalized groups, through participatory bottom-up planning. The community-led infrastructure activities have been further amplified to improve the lives and livelihoods of the communities by engaging them in development initiatives which are directly benefiting them, under the benefits sharing feature of the CASA-1000 Project.

Within the context of the Pakistan Community Support Project, we have successfully adopted citizen score card as a tool for strengthening community participation. Through a constructive and inclusive dialogue on community issues, our target communities have not only benefitted from these initiatives but have taken full ownership of the development activities and issues around them. The PCSP has created opportunities for further improving citizen participation in local development as well as assessing the quality of service delivery.