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Annex 1: Project Design Summary
MALOTI-DRAKENSBERG CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Key Performance
Hierarchy of
Indicators
Monitoring & Evaluation
Objectives
Sector-related CAS
Sector Indicators:
Sector/ country reports:
Goal:
1. Ensure environmental 1. Red Data classification 1. National State of the
sustainability
Environment Report
Critical Assumptions
(from Goal to Bank
Mission)
1. Poor benefit the
most from better
environmental quality
2. Promote growth and 2. Real GDP growth and 2. National Accents: Real 2. Poor people gain
higher employment
labor force growth
GDP growth and labor
employment
force data
3. Enhance sub-regional 3. Export – import data 3. Trade statistics
3. Poor regions benefit
integration
Global Objective:
Outcome / Impact
Project reports:
(from Objective to
Indicators:
Goal)
Endemic species
State of the Environment Sustained financing
GEF Global
maintained. Viable
Reports. Survey reports.
and political
Objectives:
To conserve globally
populations of threatened Red Data Reports
commitment;
significant biodiversity species. Improvement in
in the Malotiterms of IUCN categories
Drakensberg mountains of threat
within a transfrontier
conservation and
development area
framework
Stakeholders work
Protected area system in Project progress reports,
Bilateral political
together to realize
place, benefit transfers in supervision missions
harmony;
nature-based
$ terms, number of people
Continued growth in
development
employed as a result of
international tourism to
opportunities
project increased, number
Southern Africa;
and size of entrepreneurial
Stable energy prices
activities in response to
project initiatives
Output from each
Output Indicators:
Project reports:
(from Outputs to
component:
Objective)
1. Project Management Bilateral Memorandum of Minutes of meetings of
Bilateral and domestic
and Transfrontier
Understanding. Steering Steering Committee, PCCs, administrative
Collaboration
Committee established.
and PCUs.
coherence
Project Coordination
Minutes of quarterly FMC
Committees, Project
meetings to consider the
Coordination Units and
PMRs.
Financial Management
Project Annual Reports.
Committees constituted. Disbursement Reports.
Recruitment of senior
Audit Reports.
PCU Staff. Timely
Evaluation Reports,
delivery of Project
Supervision Missions,
milestones. Endorsement Mid-term Reviews.
of Cash Forecasts.
Regular Staff Appraisal.
Financial Management
System in place.
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2. Conservation
Planning
3. Protected Area
Management Planning
Conducted
4. Conservation
Management PAs
5. Conservation
Management ex-PAs
6. Community
Involvement
Completed biodiversity
surveys in priority areas.
New PAs identified and
delineated. Biodiversity
conservation program
finalized and implemented
Revised Development and
Zonation plans for PAs.
Initiate the process of
development and zonation
planning for the identified
proposed conservation
areas. Completed
Management and
Business plans for PAs,
using a participatory
approach.
Survey Reports. Protected
area maps. Local
knowledge on biodiversity
documented through
participatory involvement
Compatible regional
land-use plans. Local
agreement to supply
data and allow surveys.
Development, Zonation,
Agreement on
Management and Business conservation priorities
plan documents
among stakeholders.
Agreement on area
designations, and
effective conservation
management
institutions in place.
Competent technical
leadership supported
with adequate local
representation.
No populations of
Implementation Agency
Agreement on area
threatened species in
Reports. Patrol logs,
designations, and
decline, extent of alien
visitor statistics per area,
effective conservation
plant invasion reduced
rescue reports, stock counts management
significantly, sustainable Patrol logs, visitor statistics institutions in place.
range management in key per area, rescue reports,
Competent technical
areas. Rock art sites
etc. Supervision missions leadership supported
protected. Effective antiwith adequate local
poaching, effective visitor
representation.
management and rescue
service, prevention of
illegal grazing,
institutionalize social
fencing
Improved range condition Results of vegetation
Agreement on area
and basal cover.
surveys undertaken every designations, and
Education program on
two years in areas of
effective conservation
grazing management
intervention. Education
management
implemented.
program report. Resource institutions in place.
Resource management
management plan and
Competent technical
plan for improved range survey of implementation leadership supported
condition and animal
with adequate local
productivity in place
representation.
within two years of
project implementation.
Recruitment of 1 social
Recruitment records.
Agreement on area
ecologist/country.
Existence of community
designations, and
Creation of 3 community centers. Forum records.
effective conservation
conservation centers with Training programs and
management
curio shops by end of year evaluation reviews
institutions in place.
2. Recruitment of
Competent technical
community extension
leadership supported
officers (EOs) for the
with adequate local
centers as completed. Not
representation.
less than 10 community
facilitators per community
2
center, before the end of
year 2. Preparation of
training materials, visual
aids within 12 months.
Annual training of
trainers’ workshops for
EOs and community
facilitators. Workshops
with at least 50 herdboys
p.a. At least 1 training
workshop for principal
and local chiefs & VDCs
and livestock owners p.a.
7. Nature-based
At least 200 people
Tourism
employed in local naturebased tourism enterprises
by end of year 2 and
additions of 300 p.a.
Nursery output. Local
tourism plans community
areas finalized. At least
100 community
entrepreneurs and 10 civil
servants trained each year
starting in year 2.
No. of km hiking & 4x4
trails installed p.a. At least
2 village nurseries
installed by end of year 2,
with additions of 2 every
year thereafter.
8. Institutional
Establishment of
development.
Community Conservation
Forums. Support
development of national
and local institutions for
nature conservation and
land use planning
measures in priority areas.
Staff training program
implemented.
Project Components / Inputs: (budget for each
Sub-components:
component)
1. Project management $2.6 Million
& transfrontier
cooperation: Bilateral
MoU, PCCs & PCUs
with FMCs, GIS
capacity
2. Conservation
planning: Design of
protected area system.
Conceptual
$1.4 Million
3
Local tourism plans,
records from workshops.
Trail maps & verification
walks/drives. Nursery
visits. Local employment
surveys. Visitor counts and
client feedback surveys.
Nursery accounts.
Communities and
private commercial
sector derive benefits
from investment in
nature-based tourism
and respond will to the
enabling environment.
Community Conservation
Forums documents.
Gazette establishment of
national conservation
institution in Lesotho.
Training programs reports.
Agreement about
institutional models
and staff interest in
training.
Project reports:
(from Components to
Outputs)
1. Bilateral MoU. PCC
1. Bilateral harmony
minutes. PCU
Institutional
Coordinators’ progress
commitment at
reports
national and provincial
levels. Agreement on
storage & access to
information.
2. Strategy Plan
2. Compatible regional
Participation Plan. Survey land-use plans. Local
reports.
agreement to supply
data and allow surveys.
development planning.
Participatory planning
Comprehensive
biodiversity surveys.
Participatory data
collection
3. Protected area
management planning
$1.4 million
3. Strategy documents and 3. Institutional basis
progress reports from
established in Lesotho
implementing agencies
4. Strengthening of PA $3.3 million
management, including
fire management,
security management
and wildlife
management programs
4. Conservation Agency
Reports
4. Acceptance of
effective grazing
protection and antipoaching measures
and inter-agency
support
5. Conservation
management
· Addressing threats
and impacts posed by
alien plants, soil erosion
and unsustainable range
management
6. Community
conservation program:
Community
conservation centers,
Conservation Forums
and Local Boards
7. Nature-based tourism
development:
Community training and
entrepreneurial
development
8. Institutional
development including
comprehensive nature
conservation staff
development program
effective
$1.5 million
5. Project annual reports
5. Alien eradication
and erosion control
technically effective,
and community
cooperation in
enforcing agreements.
$3.1 million
6. Strategy plan
Extension staff installed.
Forum bylaws.
6. Benefit transfer to
community effective
Local community
acceptance of local
forums and programs.
$1.5 million
7. Records from training
courses.
7. Synergy between
the project and other
nature-based tourism
promotion exercises.
$0.4 million
8. Regulations and bylaws
for conservation
institutions. Progress
reports.
8. Agreement on
institutional reforms
and counterpart
funding.
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