Transcript INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA …

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA (UNAM) TO BUILD
CAPACITY AND CONDUCT RESEARCH IN
SUPPORT OF THE CBNRM PROGRAMME
 Organisation Name:
Life Sciences Division (LSD)
Multidisciplinary Research and
Consultancy Centre (MRCC)
University of Namibia (UNAM)
 Project Period: 01 March 2005 – 28 February 2008.
Project Goal:
 To contribute to the quality (improved livelihood
of rural communities) of life of the rural
Namibians through sustainable natural
resources management
Objectives:
 to conduct research in priority thematic areas in
different conservancies
 to strengthen capacity building and training
initiatives of the CBNRM research programmes
 to further support activities of the Research
Working Group
 to strengthen networking and partnerships with
key players in the CBNRM arena (locally,
regionally and internationally
Objective 1: To conduct CBNRM research in the
country that will generate necessary information for
decision making and advice policy formulation.
 Improved knowledge on the institutional and
governance issues in communal conservancies
 Capacity of communal conservancy strengthened to
perform their own planning, resulting in a sustainable
planning tool being place
 Improved understanding on the CBNRM impacts on
livelihoods of beneficiaries
 Policy recommendations generated to direct the
linkages between Land Reform and the CBNRM
programme
Objective 2: To strengthen capacity building and
training initiatives of the CBNRM research
programmes.
 Students
equipped
with
applied
research
methodologies and other research related activities
 Competencies developed among students and
community members data collection techniques
 Capacity of conservancies to make decisions
strengthened through information
 Increased knowledge among researchers on different
CBNRM aspects
 Improved efficiency and effectiveness in terms of
production of up to standard publications
Objective 3: To further support the activities of
the Research Working Group
 The information base of the National
CBNRM programme is increased
 Post graduate students given
opportunity to conduct research
 Dissemination of CBNRM findings
regionally/internationally.
Objective 4: To strengthen networking and
partnerships with key players in the CBNRM
arena (locally, regionally and internationally)
 Increased new linkages with various
institutions to contribute effectively to
the CBNRM programme
 New ideas into CBNRM
Linkage to 3 pillars of LIFE
PLUS Project
 Strengthen Institutional Capacity
 Building capacity of students
 Provide information, - enhance
conservancies capacity
 Improved Governance
 Provide information to assess progress
 Make recommendations for
improvement
Total Programme Budget:
LIFE PLUS Funds: N$ 773,400.00
UNAM Match Fund: N$ 1, 166,400.00
TOTAL
N$ 1, 939,800.00