District-Level Project Advisory Committee

District collectors and officials from other concerned departments should be engaged in rural development at the district level and below. Thus, a district-level project advisory committee will be formed to engage them in the Project so that inter-sectoral linkage is enchanced through the Project. Four district-level project advisory committees, which will each be responsible for one of the four districts in Sikkim, will be formed. Table 6 lists the proposed members of the district-level project advisory committee.

Table 6: List of proposed district advisory committee members

Title

Name Of Post And Department

Chairperson

District collector

Member

District-level officer, Animal Husbandry, Livestock, Fisheries and Veterinary Services Department

Member

District-level officer, Horticulture and Cash Crops Development Department

Member

District-level officer, Rural Development and Management Department

Member

District-level officer, Tourism

Member

Representative, civil society organisation

Member

secretary Project Coordinator, JICA Project

The roles and responsibilities of the advisory committee will be as follows:
  • To dovetail the other line department with the project activities;
  • To hold meetings to review project progress twice in a year;
  • To provide advice and/or resolve interdepartmental issues;
  • To provide guidance to the DFU in the course of project implementation if required.