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Outline. Namibia Development Planning (NDP)Frameworks Challenges from NDP 2Review of Namibia's development experienceGEF Programming in Namibia. Namibia Vision 2030. Constitution of Namibia Vision 2030National Development PlansNamibia's Green PlanNational Poverty Reduction Action PlanVisi
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1. 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
2. Outline
Namibia Development Planning (NDP)Frameworks
Challenges from NDP 2
Review of Namibias development experience
GEF Programming in Namibia
3. Namibia Vision 2030 Constitution of Namibia
Vision 2030
National Development Plans
Namibias Green Plan
National Poverty Reduction Action Plan
Vision: A prosperous and industrialized Namibia, developed by her human resources, enjoying peace, harmony and political stability
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. Review of Namibias development experience
8. 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, envtal) 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.
9. 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.#
10. GEF Programming cont.
11. 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;
12. 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
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