Government of Odisha (GOO) initiated the Institutional Development Strategy Study with a vision to reform and enhances the policies, capacities and resources in planning and management of road and road transport effectively.
As an integral part of the new project, the GOO desired to develop and implement an integrated institutional strengthening action plan (ISAP) in a phased manner during the term of the new road improvement project. The present ISAP is developed on the findings and recommendations of the IDS made by M/s. SMEC. To ensure that the formulation of the ISAP benefits form the experience and insights of wide range of OWD Engineers, the GOO has constituted a "TASK FORCE" for preparing the draft of the ISAP for joint consideration of GOO and World Bank with the assistance of the Consultant facilitator.
The Institutional development priorities and strategies for Odisha Road sector are developed keeping in view of various external and internal drivers which are making the Road Sector to reform through out the world. The ISAP matrix is developed accordingly.
The processes of developing ISAP were completed in 4 phases:
The final ISAP is developed duly considering the Task force inputs, Stakeholders open ions and the views/suggestions expressed by the higher-level officials of GOO. This is appended at annexure-I. The ISAP action plan is finalized under 3 major components i.e.