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Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainable development
into Namibia Development Planning
By Teofilus NghitilaDirector: Directorate of Environmental Affairs
GEF Operational Focal PointMinistry of Environment and Tourism
Namibia
GEF Regional Consultative MeetingNairobi, 14-16 May 2007
Email: [email protected]
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Outline
1. Namibia Development Planning (NDP)Frameworks
2. Challenges from NDP 23. Review of Namibia’s development experience4. GEF Programming in Namibia
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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”
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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
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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
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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
Review of Namibia’s development experience
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GEF Programming in Namibia
Based on 5 principles that all projects should :
1. Be codified within top national priorities and have full country ownership
2. Deliver outcome rather than process orientated results- Must Make a ‘HUGE’ difference
3. Demonstrate national benefits (socio-economic, env’tal) which have greatest contribution to global environmental benefits
4. Clearly fill particular niche/s where no other partners are active5. 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.
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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.#
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GEF Programming cont.
Sector/s of Development (NDP 3)
GEF Programmes/projects
Sustainable utilisation of NRs/ Tourism
SPAN, ICEMA,
Coastal Management NACOMA
Quality of Life/ Environmental Sustainability
CPP for ISLM, CALLC, (CCA), PESILUP
Environmental Sustainability /Climate Change
NAMREP, CCA
Transboundary waters/ regional & international stability
BCLME, DLIST, Orange River,
Capacity building & Enabling activities
INC, SNC, NCSA, CEGEM
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Achievements in partnership with GEF
1. Namibia Renewable Energy Programme (2003-2009)2. CBNRM – ICEMA3. Coastal management - NACOMA4. Strengthening the Protected Area Network (2006-
2012)4. Country Pilot Partnership for Integrated
Sustainable Land Management (CPP for ISLM); 5. Small Grants Programme6. Enabling and Capacity Building activities;
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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!!!