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Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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: [email protected]
Outline
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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Namibia Development Planning (NDP)Frameworks
Challenges from NDP 2
Review of Namibia’s development experience
GEF Programming in Namibia
Namibia Vision 2030
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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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”
Namibia Development Plans
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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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
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Theme: Accelerated economic growth through deepening rural development
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Adopted integrated result based management and thematic focus instead of
sectoral focus
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8 Key Result Areas (equality, macroeconomic, quality of life, etc)
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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
National Poverty Reduction Action
Programme
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
• 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
Challenges from NDP 2
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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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
GEF Programming in Namibia
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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 active
5. 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.
GEF Programming cont.
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Interventions:
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Providing more livelihood opportunities and reducing the Poor's
vulnerability to environmentally related factors (drought, water,
energy, sanitation)
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Holistic approach to ISLM -NRs for productive use (agriculture,
fisheries, wildlife & forests)
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Conservation and protection of NRs to ensure adequate provision of
water and energy services.
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Holistic capacity assessment/development
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Fixing issues at the systemic, institutional and individual levels.#
GEF Programming cont.
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
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 & BCLME, DLIST, Orange River,
international stability
Capacity building & Enabling
activities
INC, SNC, NCSA, CEGEM
Achievements in partnership with GEF
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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;
Conclusion
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
• 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!!!