Program Management Unit. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, the Program Management Unit shall report, through the Director or other officer as designated in the Governing Documents, directly to the Steering Committee, and shall have the composition, roles and responsibilities described below and set forth more particularly in the Governing Documents.
Program Management Unit. 9.1: Towards coordination, strategy, process management and other soft overheads to run programme efficiently. @ Rs 19464
Program Management Unit. The PMU will be headed by a full time Managing Director (MD) that will be appointed by the government. If deputed from Government, the project director will have the rank not below the rank of Joint Secretary in Bihar, and not below the rank of joint Director in Maharashtra. The MD will have the appropriate qualification and relevant project managerial experience and will report to the EA management head. The MD will have the authority to make decisions on behalf of the EA for defined levels of delegations. The PMU will be staffed by full time managers for (i) technical matters (Agriculture marketing/ Agribusiness Infrastructure Development and Horticulture/Agriculture); (ii) financial management; and (iii) legal and administration. The PMU will have a team comprising staff deputed from the EA and associated line departments and/or recruited from the market. The PMU will be assisted by a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and its experts on need basis. For the financial management, the full time Finance Manager8 will lead a team of 4 accounting staff to ensure proper financial management. The technical staff of the PMUs will be either government officers on secondment or selected through a competitive process from the market. The qualifications and terms of reference of such staff is set out below. Table 3.1: PMU Staffing Professional Services Positions Bihar Maharashtra PMU Team Pm pm Managing Director (MD) 1 72 72 Sector Specialists 5/4 360 288 Finance 1 72 72 Accts staff 4 288 288 Support staff 5 360 360 Total 1,152 1,080 TAG Figure 3.1: Organizational Structure of the PMU EA PMU MD PMU Staff Horticulture/ Agriculture Agricultural Marketing (for Bihar only) Agribusiness Infrastructure Financial Management Legal and Administration
Program Management Unit. 3. The Program Implementing Entity shall maintain throughout the period of Program implementation, a Program Management Unit (“PMU”) within its Department of Finance, headed by the Program Director, and with composition, resources, and terms of reference acceptable to the Bank, to coordinate with the Implementing Agencies and to be responsible for the day-to-day management of implementation and monitoring and evaluation of the Program, including organizing monthly review meetings, and compiling data on results and evidence on achievement of DLRs for submission to the Independent Verification Agent and the Bank, all as set forth in the Program Operations Manual.
Program Management Unit
