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Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainable development into Namibia Development Planning. By Teofilus Nghitila Director: Directorate of Environmental Affairs GEF Operational Focal Point Ministry of Environment and Tourism Namibia GEF Regional Consultative Meeting Nairobi, 14-16 May 2007
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Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainable development into Namibia Development Planning By Teofilus Nghitila Director: Directorate of Environmental Affairs GEF Operational Focal Point Ministry of Environment and Tourism Namibia GEF Regional Consultative Meeting Nairobi, 14-16 May 2007 Email: nghitila@dea.met.gov.na
Outline • Namibia Development Planning (NDP)Frameworks • Challenges from NDP 2 • Review of Namibia’s development experience • GEF Programming in Namibia
Namibia Vision 2030 • Constitution of Namibia • Vision 2030 • National Development Plans • Namibia’s Green Plan • National Poverty Reduction Action Plan Vision: “A prosperous and industrialized Namibia, developed by her human resources, enjoying peace, harmony and political stability”
Namibia Development Plans • At heart of Vision 2030 are Five –Year National Development Plans (NDPs) • NDP 1: 1995 – 2000, • NDP 2: 2000-2005 • NDP 3 for period 2007/08 – 2011/12 • Theme: Accelerated economic growth through deepening rural development • Adopted integrated result based management and thematic focus instead of sectoral focus • 8 Key Result Areas (equality, macroeconomic, quality of life, etc) • Notably Key Result Area 6: Productive Utilization of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation with two thematic working groups : • Sustainable utilization of Natural Resources and • Environmental Sustainability • Five Mandatory Cross-Cutting Themes (integral parts of all programmes and activities) • Environment, HIV/AIDS, gender, poverty reduction & pro-poor interventions and partnerships
National Poverty Reduction Action Programme • NPRAP sets out a broad analysis of the incidence and causes of poverty, and strategies to address it • In 2005: NPRAP reviewed to mainstream gender, HIV/AIDS and environment & sustainable development concerns • To be implemented within NDP 3 timeframe
Challenges from NDP 2 • Unemployment • Poverty Incidence • HIV/AIDS • Rural-urban disparities • Inadequate coordination • Limited capacity • Weak National Monitoring and Evaluation System • Environmental degradation, in particular adaptation to climate variability and climatic change • Information and technology • Which threatens Namibia's attainment of the MDGs
GEF Programming in Namibia Based on 5 principles that all projects should : • Be codified within top national priorities and have full country ownership • Deliver outcome rather than process orientated results- Must Make a ‘HUGE’ difference • Demonstrate national benefits (socio-economic, env’tal) which have greatest contribution to global environmental benefits • Clearly fill particular niche/s where no other partners are active • Add value to the advancement of policies and implementation At all levels, projects and programmes must be undertaken in a participatory fashion, involving stakeholders partnership: GRN, Civil society, Private sector and IAs and contributing to building successful partnerships.
GEF Programming cont. Interventions: • Providing more livelihood opportunities and reducing the Poor's vulnerability to environmentally related factors (drought, water, energy, sanitation) • Holistic approach to ISLM -NRs for productive use (agriculture, fisheries, wildlife & forests) • Conservation and protection of NRs to ensure adequate provision of water and energy services. • Holistic capacity assessment/development • Fixing issues at the systemic, institutional and individual levels.#
Achievements in partnership with GEF • Namibia Renewable Energy Programme (2003-2009) • CBNRM – ICEMA • Coastal management - NACOMA • Strengthening the Protected Area Network (2006-2012) • Country Pilot Partnership for Integrated Sustainable Land Management (CPP for ISLM); • Small Grants Programme • Enabling and Capacity Building activities;
Conclusion • Namibia has demonstrated a successful partnership with GEF and its IAs, notably with the World Bank & UNDP teams; • Climate change is now emerging as one of the critical threat to the MDGs and national goals; • Development and implementation of projects to be managed in a timely manner; • Namibia remains committed to ensuring environmental sustainability Thank you so much for listening!!!