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THE ZAMBIAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

THE ZAMBIAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. Francis Mwape R.Eng ; ICIOB; MBA PRINCIPAL NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL. Presentation Outline. Introduction Advancing Environmental Justice Structure of the Zambian Regulatory Environment Challenges Current interventions

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THE ZAMBIAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

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  1. THE ZAMBIAN BUILT ENVIRONMENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK Francis Mwape R.Eng; ICIOB; MBA PRINCIPAL NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL

  2. Presentation Outline • Introduction • Advancing Environmental Justice • Structure of the Zambian Regulatory Environment • Challenges • Current interventions • Recommendations • Conclusion

  3. Introduction • The Built Environment – is an aggregate total of infrastructure for human, social, commercial and industrial activities. It includes buildings, roads ridges, dams, water and power supply networks, etc. • The Built Environment does not exist in a vacuum – The mother earth’s size is limited • The set up of this infrastructure needs to be managed and regulated from planning to implementation and maintenance stage in order to ensure a safe and sustainable environment for the future generation. • The Construction Industry activities are part of the value chain in the Built Environment arena.

  4. Advancing Environmental Justice • Environmental Justice (EJ) is based on the principle that all people have a right to be protected from environmental pollution and to live in and enjoy a clean and Health Environment. EJ is the equal protection and meaningful involvement of all people with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies and the equitable distribution of environmental benefits (Horsley Witten Group, 2007).

  5. Some key Built Environment Laws in Zambia • The Land Survey Act, CAP 188 • The Engineering Institution Act No…of 2010 • The Zambia Institute of Architects, CAP 442 • The Road Traffic Act No. 11 of 2002 • The National Council for Construction Act N. 13 of 2003 • The Railways Act, CAP 453 • The Aviation Act, CAP 444 • The Environmental and Pollution Control Act (2004) • The Water Supply and Sanitation Control Act (1997) • The Energy Regulation Act, CAP 436 • The Country and Town Planning Act 283

  6. Structure of the Zambian Regulatory Environment

  7. Best Practice for Sustainable Development • Concentrate Development • Be Fair • Restore and Enhance the Environment • Conserve Natural Resources • Provide Transportation Choice • Foster sustainable Businesses • Plan regionally

  8. Challenges • Weak enforcement levels of Built Environment laws due to incapacity in most Local Authorities. • High poverty levels lead to compromised standards in infrastructure development • Impact of Globalization e.g. Increased Foreign Direct Investments • Unlike high income nations, dependent on taxation of their citizens for over 30% of their budgets, many African regimes are primarily accountable to corporations, via secretive development agreements for revenue. They therefore would have no need to engage with their citizens.( ignore collaboration at own peril)

  9. Challenges • Aside from risks to investments in real estate, insurers also face risk from investments in sectors of the economy that have heavy exposure to the effects of global warming. Insurer investment in bonds, preferred stocks, and equities with firms of substantial exposure to catastrophe as a result of climate change will become increasing problematic • “Climate change is not happening in a vacuum. Rather its impacts will intertwine with the continuing impact of the Aids pandemic, worsening impoverishment in some regions, rising competition for scarce land and water resources and on-going conflicts and civil war” (The BBC Oct-Dec-09 Focus on Africa Magazine ).

  10. Current Interventions 1. Promotion of R & D Culture in the sector 2. Registration of Manufactures & Suppliers of Construction materials and services 3. Training of Construction Materials Technician in MLGH,MWS and Consultants 4. Promotion of Continuous Professional Development (CPDs) of players in the industry 5. Conducting Regular Professional Training Workshops

  11. Recommendations • Keep and maintain a robust and dynamic regulatory framework in place. Ensure that the roles of individual regulatory authorities are mutually reinforcing . This will install an effective and efficient collaboration culture. • Invest more in R & Ds in the face of Globalization in order to institute and maintain meaningful and sustainable reforms. • Improve the skills pipeline in the Built Environment arena – (Quality & Quantity) • It is important to examine how climate change will impact the investments insurers hold and establish applicable regulatory standards for the investment practices of insurers

  12. Driving Free Way for the Futuristic Built Environment

  13. Conclusion • Zambian Regulatory Framework requires more collaborative effort to attain Meaningful sustainable development. • Zambia needs to put matching resources in skills development for regulatory professionals as the nation drives towards the attainment of Vision 2030

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