External Social Safeguards Monitoring
The Punjab Intermediate Cities Improvement Investment Programme (PICIIP) awarded a long-term contract to the dev~consult for external monitoring of the social safeguards compliance as prescribed by ADB’s Safeguards Policy Statement. In its first phase, the PICIIP is being implemented in Sahiwal and Sialkot to transform these into liveable cities by providing essential urban services and facilities. The assignment entails periodic visits, hands-on capacity building of the counterpart staff, collection of field data and monitoring, and progress reporting.