MAURICE ILE DURABLE

Osman Mahomed

Executive Chairman

Maurice Ile Durable Commission

Prime Minister’s Office

Republic of Mauritius

omahomed@mail.gov.mu

TICAD V

1 June 2013

MAURICE ILE DURABLE

The Island : 186,500 Ha Population : 1.3 million Population density : 654 persons/KM2 GDP : US$ 11.5billion GDP per capita : US$ 8,900 Literacy rate : 89.8% Working force : 590,000 Welfare state : Education & transport, health

care, old age pension etc… Human Development Index : 8oth worldwide

Mauritius in figures

US$ 301m £235m

US$ 1.1bn £830m

US$ 3.9bn €3.1bn

US$ 9.3bn €6.7bn

Mauritius Diversification and Growth

US$ 6.0bn €4.7bn

GDP Market Price

Diversification by Industry Group

•Calculated as a % of factor cost. “Other national output” includes education, healthcare, government expenditure and non-export

output (construction etc.) among others.

Source: CSO; GDP by industry group ; av. buy & sell XR movements for year (76 & 85 av. rate

used)

1976 1985 1995 2000 2009

USD 200*

USD 1,000

USD 8,000

MONOCROP

INDUSTRIAL

SERVICES

INNOVATION DRIVEN

USD 2,500

US$ 20,000 by 2020s

“Good policy is the result of a protracted

dialogue between Government and Civil

Society”,

National Vision

NATIONAL MAURICE ILE DURABLE VISION

To make Mauritius a model of

sustainable development

We commit to mainstream sustainable development

with particular focus on:

MAURICE ILE DURABLE

1. Government commitment/legislation and action – 16%

2. Reduction of pollution/preservation of natural resources – 16%

3. Sensitisation – 8%

4. Waste management – 8%

5. Energy – 7%

6. Education, research, use of updated technology – 6%

7. Employees’ welfare, culture, family leisure – 6%

8. Transportation – 5%

9. Sustainable Construction and planning – 5%

10. Agriculture/fisheries/food security – 4%

11. Poverty/social cohesion/women/elderly/disabled – 4%

Thank you

« Green Paper »

MID VISION Views from the Public :

National MID Vision

Each Ministry has its specific

MID Road Map

Mid April 2011 –Pr Odendaal

National Consultations

Validation by Steering Committee on MID

Ministries & public consultations + 9 public meetings(municipalities & districts).Preliminary Analysis

MOESD

MOESD - Consultants

Draft Action Plan for the implementation of the MID Strategy Consultants + Ministries

Implementation by relevant Ministries in their PBB 2013& PSIP 2013-2015,and

by other stakeholders

Validation by Project SteeringCommittee& MID Commission followed by Cabinet

April 2011

February -> April

April -> July

August 2012

6 Working Groups – MID 5E Reports and Recommendations (19 August)

Consultations – Internet, Ministries, NNSD Consideration of outcome by MOESD

Formulation of Draft MID Policy and Strategy Consultants

Workshop - Draft Policy and Strategy

Draft Common Shared MID Vision

MID ACTION PLAN 2012-2015

14 June – 29 July

September – >NovemberOctoberOctober

MID POLICY and STRATEGY 2012-2022

Validation by Project SteeringCommittee & MID Commissionfollowed by Cabinet

The Civil Society has drawn the Strategy to

achieve Sustainable

Development

20 April 2012

Workshop - Draft MID Action Plan 4 July 2012

Selection of the Team

ofconsultants

January 2012

P 24 Working Groups meetings produced 600 recommendations on the 5Es

SITAN Report (2011) Major Findings

• Absence or very little coverage of CC related concepts in the school curricula.

• Lack of appropriate climate change education (CCE) resources

• fewer CCE extracurricular activities

• need for appropriate training in CCE

• Need for a proper structure or mechanism to empower the school managers to support their educators in CCE activities were also noted

Situational Analysis of ESD at school level in Mauritius (UNESCO funded Projects)

Source – Mauritius Institute of Education

Working Group n° 5 : EDUCATION Informed, trained and responsible citizens Empowerment of citizens

Education for Sustainable Development

Public Health Education

Mauritius;

• Achieved the goals of universal primary education and gender parity in

enrolment

• Education free at primary, secondary and full time undergraduate levels

• Education is compulsory for age 5 to 16

• Free transport to students of all levels

• Scholarship scheme that takes academic and social merits into account

The Education Sector

MID POLICIES AND TARGETS FOR EDUCATION

Policies

(i) Lifelong learning

(ii)Sustainable Lifestyles

(iii)Access to post-secondary Education

(iv)Natural Disaster and Climate Change Awareness

Targets

• Achieve 100% MID literacy by 2020

• Be an internationally recognized knowledge centre for

Sustainable Development in the region by 2020.

In a nutshell

• 600 recommendations from Civil Society

• Transformed into 138 Actions across the 5Es

• 4 main programmes

(i) Green Economy

(ii) Ocean Economy

(iii) Cleaner and Greener Mauritius

(iv) Energy

• Capacity Building for MID

(a) MID Literacy

(b) Qualifications for Green Jobs

(c) MID Educational systems

(d) MID Scholarship Fund

(e) MID Extension Officers – Knowledge sharing

• Formal - TVET/Professional Education

- Capacity Building for ESD (pilot) i. The Piloting Of The Climate Change In Education For Sustainable Development In Mauritius

ii. UNESCO Climate Change In Education For Sustainable Development

(Structured, Certified, Accredited and recognized)

• Non-formal - MID Clubs with clear TOR

- Sensitization of Members of Parliament

- Sensitization of Local Authorities

(Structured, Recognized, Not Certified, Not Accredited)

• Informal - ECOTV

- Public meetings

(Unstructured, Not Recognized, Not Certified, Not Accredited)

SD in the different Education Sectors

The Education Sector

LAUNCHING OF MID CLUB

TOR of MID Club

• Segregation of Waste

• Recycling and Entrepreneurship

• Composting

• Rain Water Harvesting

• Backyard Gardening

• Endemic Corner

• Community Outreach + Raising Awareness Campaigns

(a) Energy saving bulbs + Water saving devices

(b) kitchen garden + compost as fertilizers + rainwater harvesting.

(d) Solar PV panels as well as solar water heaters.

(e) Encourage the local community to plant trees in their yard.

(f) Encourage the use of recycled bags.

Public Meetings – 5 Municipalities and 4 District Councils

ECOTV

• Launched by the Minister of

Environment and Minister of

Education

• Broadcast every night at prime

time on TV

• 3000 DVDs plus booklet

distributed

• Ecological concepts

• Information and society

• Being Eco at home

• Being Eco at school

• Being Eco at the office

• Eco leisure

www.mid.gov.mu

END

Thank you!

Challenge

Q - How to empower people of all ages to be responsible for creating a

sustainable future?

A - Education sector should be the spearhead of society for a sustainable future!