Maximum Standard House

Not all of you have submitted your plans of the “Maximum Standard House” according to the Section 6.14, Standard 5.1 of the PFM 2.0. The Global Compliance Date was 31-Dec-2011. The lack of the “Standard House” approved would imply on some difficulties in case your country needs approval of proposals including constructions of houses for beneficiaries in a disaster event or even most at risk within their communities. I’ve heard some doubts about this process, so here goes some comon question and the answers:

1) Will Area Office approve the house’s design/blueprint?

    Yes, however Area Office will not check on technical and engineering aspects, but will assure these steps were followed by each Field Office. It’s Field Office’s responsibility to get approvals from engineering and other approvals that may apply;

2) Do I need a “Maximum Standard House” approved to send IFP proposals which includes construction of houses to beneficiaries?

    Yes, after 31-Dec-2011 all Field Offices have to have approved their plans of  “Maximum Standard House”. If this has not been accomplished, they will have to submit it or ask for an exemption of PFM standard.

 

If you have any further question, don’t hesitate to contact us!

PFM 2.01

Maybe we got surprised seeing a new version of the PFM. The trainings of the 2.0 version were finished a couple of months ago and new changes were incorporated. Despite these new changes we believe a training event will not be necessary, specially related to the CIV section. The changes for our section were, in general, in 4 main aspects:
 

1. Consolidation of HIV/AIDS funds;
2. Changes in EDU, NFE, IGP and PED funds to give enable LDP students as beneficiaries;
3. Addition of a new fund named Learning Materials (LMT);
4. Other small changes based on CIV Blueprint commitments;

You are invited to read the document on this link to be aware of these changes with more details. Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have doubts. All these changes will be effective within the next FY (starting next July).