NATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - ZANZIBAR

1. NATIONAL INITIATIVES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - ZANZIBAR Zanzibar Planning Commission 21st OCTOBER, 2013

2. ZANZIBAR Unguja Island Pemba Island

3. Outline • Country Profile • Planning & Development Framework in Zanzibar 2000 – 2020, The Vision • Implementation of Vision 2020 • 2012 at a glance, Zanzibar in figures • ZSGRP I (MKUZA I) • ZSGRP II (MKUZA II) • MKUZA II Implementation Plan • Government Objectives (True North for Zanzibar) • Challenges • Conclusion

4. Country Profile • Zanzibar consists of two main islands, Unguja and Pemba • Located in the Western Indian Ocean, about 30 km off the East Coast of Africa between latitudes 5 and 7 degrees south of Equator • Zanzibar has a total area of 2,654 sq km , out of this, Unguja has an area of 1,666 sq km and Pemba has an area of 988 sq km. • Population of Zanzibar reach 1,303,568 according to 2012 Population and housing Census from 981,754 2002

5. Country Profile • Constitutionally, Zanzibar is one of the two countries that united in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania • Zanzibar has its own government; the Executive, Judicial System and Legislative Assembly • Zanzibar has its own autonomy in its domestics affairs include Economic planning and Management • Administratively the islands are divided into five regions (three in Unguja and two in Pemba) with ten districts (two each).

6. Planning & Development Framework in Zanzibar 2000 - 2020

7. The Overall Development Objective for Vision 2020 Transform Zanzibar into a middle income country and enable it to eradicate absolute poverty in the society through: • Building a strong and competitive economy; • Achieving high quality livelihoods for citizens • Improve good governance and the rule of law without compromising Zanzibar’s rich culture. • By 2020 Zanzibar should have gone through an unprecedented economic transformation and development to achieve middle income status characterized by: • High levels of industrialization, • Competitiveness, • Quality livelihoods,

8. Vision 2020: Economic Targets • Middle-income status. • Annual economic growth of 9-10% by 2020. • 60% of GDP derived from tourism, trade, manufacturing and construction. • 50% of employment concentrated in tourism sector and free zones and 20% from agricultural sector.

9. VISION 2020 – SOCIAL TARGETS • Access to safe water. • Access to basic, high-quality healthcare. • Infant mortality rate of 20 per thousand. • Life expectancy of 65 years. • 100% enrolment in primary education (by 2005).

10. Implementation of the Vision THROUGH MEDIUM-TERM STRATEGIES AND PLANS • Zanzibar Poverty Reduction Plan (ZPRP) 2002-2005 The ZPRP involved a strategic selection of priority sectors deemed to have a more direct impact on poverty reduction. Hence these priority sectors (education, water, health, HIV/AIDS, good governance, infrastructure) were allocated more resources relative to other sectors

11. Implementation of the Vision, cont… • Zanzibar Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (ZSGRP I) 2007-2010 • The ZSGRP I, which is more popularly known in its Kiswahili acronym, MKUZA I, was adopted to retain and scale up achievements as well as addressing the challenges and weaknesses of the ZPRP. • It was outcome-based and thus it clustered the strategies and interventions around linked goals and outcomes.

12. Implementation of the Vision, cont… • Cluster I • Growth and Reduction of Income Poverty Primarily addresses Zanzibar’ s Growth Challenges • Cluster II • Social Services and Well Being Aims at improving wellbeing and social services • Cluster III • Good Governance and National Unity Aims at putting in place an improved governance systems

13. ZSGRP II (MKUZA II) • Zanzibar Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (ZSGRP II) 2010-2015 • The ZSGRP II or MKUZA II was adopted to maintain and scale up achievements as well as addressing the challenges and weaknesses of the ZSGRP I. • Like ZSGRP, It is outcome-based and thus it clustered the strategies and interventions around linked goals and outcomes to MDG goals. • Both ZSGRPs mainstreamed all crosscutting issues including HIV/AIDS, gender and environment.

14. The FOCUS includes • implementation of Growth Strategy by coordinating and linking with other sectors and scale up growth-related interventions • To harness and scale up the Public Private Partnership • Implementation of Core Reforms

15. MKUZA II 5 years Implementation Plan • Developed an actionable program/project plan which sequences interventions in a logical manner arising from MKUZA II outcomes, the flagship projects. • Developed and costed the Investment Plan based on priority areas as stipulated in MKUZA II and the Growth Strategy • Ensure actionable program/projects plan strengthen the credibility and consistency of MTEFs in accordance with MKUZA II outcomes

16. Priority areas…….. • Cluster I: Growth and Reduction of Income Poverty focus on:- • Tourism, Trade, Agriculture, Services (particularly ICT), and manufacturing/value addition, • Energy, harbours, Roads network, land development (including land use planning)andWater for irrigation

17. Priority Areas ………. Cluster II: Social Welfare and Well-being Focus on:- • Provision of quality health, education and water • Skills development relevant to the planned activities of clusters I, II and III. Cluster III: Good Governance, the Rule of Law and National Unity focus on:- • Filling the gaps in governance and leadership, particularly reform the way leaders and public servants act at all levels, such that they operate using result-based management approach.

18. Priority areas………. • Implementing major reforms like Zanzibar Public Service Reform, Zanzibar Local Government Reform, Zanzibar Legal Sector Reform, etc • Enhancing the tracking of governance indicator . • Building effective governance institutions. • Undertaking institutional reforms in the public services by reforming the way bureaucracy operates and making it more responsive and efficient through nurturing, selection, training and retaining able and dedicated civil servants.

19. Structure of Prioritization of projects and programs • On going Programs/projects • New Programs/projects (Flagship) flagship projects consist three Categories characterized by:- • Their potential for achieving Vision 2020 aspirations; • those that are strategic and/or important pre-requisites for the implementation of other programmes/projects; • readiness of their implementation; and • financial availability and cost implications.

20. Structure of Prioritization of projects and programs.......... Category I consists of programs and projects with the following attributes: • feasibility Study is Completed, • require less pre requisite from other programs/projects; • it is critical for economic growth and employment generation and; • have higher chances/potential for being financed. Category II is of those programs and projects with the following main attributes: • they are dependent on the completion of programs/Projects from other Sectors • feasibility Study is under Pre preparation. Category III are those programs and projects, which are on concept note stage.

21. Sequencing of Programmes and Projects Rank I • Infrastructure projects energy, • water, roads, ports are ranked highest for implementation Rank II • Special Economic Zones (SEZs), which is crucial not only for increasing production for both domestic markets and for exports, but also to establish synergies among sectors such as agriculture and value addition, tourism and trade. • Improvement in ICT and health infrastructure

22. Sequencing of Programs and Projects • Rank III • Institutional reform, • capacity building, • environmental management; etc. Rank IV • Remaining programs and projects are found under all three clusters

23. REQUIRED FINANCING FOR THE INVESTMENT PLAN- CLUSTER I,II &III

24. Source of financing • Conventional/Traditional Sources • Tax collection • Non tax collection • Foreign Grants and Concessional Loans • Climate Change Financing Mechanism • Bolstering Skills Development Financing

25. Source of Financing cont…. B. Non-Conventional Approach • Sovereign Borrowing • Utilization of Diaspora • Regional Arrangement • Private Sectors and PPP

26. 2012 at a glanceZanzibar in Figures as of 2011 and 2012

30. Defining the True North for Zanzibar • Transforming Zanzibar ......through an unprecedented socio-economic transformation and development to achieve middle income status; characterized by increasing levels of industrialization, competitiveness, quality livelihoods and good governance and rule of law; and having in place an educated and pro-learning society with distinct culture and values (ZDV 2020) • Zanzibar true north is to attain high GDP growth rate • anticipated to be 7.5%

31. GOVERNMENT OBJECTIVES • Economic Transformation Programme • Enablers • Human Capital Development • Government Transformation Programme • Crosscutting issues

32. Economic Transformation Programme • Tourism

33. Trade

34. Light industries

35. Agriculture

36. ENABLERS…. Infrastructure

37. Energy

38. Water

39. Skills development

40. Entrepreneurship

41. Private sector

42. Quality and standards

43. HUMAN CAPITAL……Health

44. Education

45. GOVERNMENT TRANSFORMATION PROGRAMME.. Government Performance and Delivery

46. Anticorruption

47. Capacity building

48. CROSS CUTTING ISSUES...Climate change, environment and Disaster

49. Gender

50. Vulnerable groups