The Poverty and Environment Initiative
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BOTSWANA POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE BRIEFING
UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE (PEI): HISTORY
UNDP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT INITIATIVE
UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT PROJECT:
Supported by DFID & EC
Grew out of WSSD, PEP formed
Supported by Norway & Belgium
FORMED UNDP-UNEP PEI 2005
Redesign of UNEP P & E activities
Joint programming, budgeting & staff recruitment
Leading example of interagency co-operation
UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE (PEI): WHAT WE DO
Supporting governments to:
Integrate Environmental Sustainability into National
Development Processes (e.g. PRSPs & NDPs) so that
development is not undermined by unsustainable use of
natural resources
Build National Capacity to:
Identify links between poverty & environment
Integrate environmental sustainability into national
development processes
UNDP-UNEP POVERTY & ENVIRONMENT
INITIATIVE (PEI): WHY WE DO IT
Unsustainable use of the environment reduces the social
& economic benefits produced
E.G. People get sick & die, farmers grow less & earn less
Development is hindered by environmental damage
The contribution of environment to social & economic
development is often poorly understood
Environmental sustainability not operationally integrated
into national development processes (e.g. PRSPs):
Words but not action.
EXAMPLES OF POVERTYENVIRONMENT LINKS
First picture shows a grossly polluted canal in Mali
The 2nd is people living next to that canal & using this
polluted water – because they do not have any other
source of water.
So they get sick from water borne diseases & malaria –
ie pollution causes sickness & the costs associated with
that
The 3rd picture is of a very steep hillside in Rwanda – soil
erosion is a major problem
Soil erosion reduces agricultural productivity & causes
silting of hydro electricity reservoirs = decreased
electricity production
UNDP-UNEP PEI: COUNTRY PROGRAMMES
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Mali &
Mauritania
Experience in country PEI programmes = key lessons
learnt & model for mainstreaming environment into
development processes
Proposal to scale-up to additional countries developed &
accepted by key donors (EC, UK, Ireland, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands)
Implementation Approach
Country programme preparation (6 - 9 months)
Country programme implementation -Phase I (18-24 months)
Identifying links between environment & development
Operational integration of environment sustainability into national
development plans
Country programme implementation - Phase II (2 years +)
Strengthening country capacity to integrate environment into
development processes at national & sectoral levels
Strengthened domestic revenue base for environmental investments
(reducing dependence on donors)
Lessons
Need for comprehensive, programmatic approach to
mainstreaming - a project approach will not work.
Deep engagement necessary
Focus on results not agency
Very detailed mapping of government macro & sectoral
policy, planning & decision-making processes
(“machinery of government”), institutions & individuals
relevant to the national development process is required.
‘Development Intelligence.’
The Planning/Finance ministry must be an equal or the
prime focal ministry in the process from the very
beginning.
Lessons
A realistic assessment of country commitment at
different levels & in both environment & planning
ministries is necessary.
Supporting a country-led environmental mainstreaming
process has high transaction costs, because it is new,
seeking to change government priorities & involves a
number of ministries. ‘Stubborn persistence & attention
to detail’
Detailed country-specific evidence on the links between
environment, poverty reduction & pro-poor growth is
needed to convince policy makers, economists &
planners that investment in environment sustainability is
worthwhile.
Lessons
The application of integrated economic & environment
project, programme & policy appraisals needs to become
a standard operating procedures for planning/finance &
sectoral ministries.
Developing a full partnership approach with key incountry donors is vital for long term success on several
fronts
(Capacity building, sector mainstreaming, sustainable domestic
financing for environmental sector)
Timely support from UNDP Country Office critical.
Links between NDP, UNDAF and PEI
10 KRAs including:
Vision 2016 (7 Pillars)
NDP 10 (16 Goals)
Sub-sector Goals: Economic, Social,
Security, Administration
• Sustainable Economic
Growth
• Sustainable Environment
• Enhanced well-being and
social responsibility
Ministry/Department, District Goals
United Nations Development Assistance
Framework (UN/GoB UNDAF & Programme)
UNDP
UNEP
UNICEF
WHO
FAO
UNDP/UNEP/GoB Poverty and
Environment Initiative
UNDAF Clusters:
•Governance and Human
Rights Promotion
•Economic Diversification
and Poverty Reduction
•Health and HIV and AIDS
•Environment and Climate
Change
•Children, Youth and Women
Empowerment
GoB/UNDP/UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI)
Stage 1: November 2008 – April 2009
To design a GoB/UNDP/UNEP PEI programme that contribute
to the achievement UNDAF and NDP 10 Outcomes.
Key Activities:
•
Identification of key environment, growth and poverty reduction
issues in Botswana
•
Institutional analysis and mapping of policy processes and
initiatives, roles and responsibilities of GoB and development
partners related to environmental issues within the context of NDP10
•
Review NDP-10 and other relevant planning documents to identify
entry points for mainstreaming environment into national sectoral
and local level planning processes
•
Identify potential ‘champions’ in government, civil society, private
sector, media and donors; focal points within government; and
relevant donor and government-donor coordination mechanisms
GoB/UNDP/UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI)
Stage 1: November – April 2009
Key Activities (continued)
•
Recommend effective implementation arrangements, e.g.
establishment of an inter-departmental task team/steering
committee/working groups that includes environment,
planning/finance and key sectoral ministries.
Results:
•
Enhanced awareness of the links between poverty and
environment and environment and economic growth and their
contribution to national development priorities
•
Joint UN Programme to support the UNDAF and NDP outcomes
that leads to improved integration of environmentally sustainable
natural resource management in NDP-10, poverty and related
sector strategies as well as increased resources for sustainable
environment and natural resource management
GoB/UNDP/UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI)
Stage 2; June/July 2009 – 2016
Implementation of GoB/UNDP/UNEP PEI Programme that
contributes to the following UNDAF Outputs
Governance and Human Rights Promotion:
•
Effective coordination of collection, analysis and use of quality
disaggregated data (statistics) in decision making
•
Strategy for the national statistical system developed
Economic Diversification and Poverty Reduction:
•
National and District Frameworks developed for local economic
and social development in all districts
•
Regulatory instruments to improve poor people’s access to
financial services and productive assets/resources
strengthened
GoB/UNDP/UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI)
Economic Diversification and Poverty Reduction (contd.):
•
Enhanced technical and oversight capacity of the MultiSectoral Committee on Poverty Reduction and the SocioEconomic Policy Sub-division of the Ministry of Finance and
Development Planning to manage the implementation of the
National Strategy for Poverty Reduction
•
Poverty reduction is mainstreamed into national and district
development plans
•
Effective social protection mechanisms established based on
vulnerability assessments, research and analysis.
Environment and Climate Change:
•
Environment and conservation mainstreamed into national
development and poverty reduction framework
GoB/UNDP/UNEP Poverty and Environment Initiative
(PEI)
Next Steps:
Identification of National and International expertise to
facilitate the consultative process for development of draft
Joint Programme
Agreement with Government of Botswana on the PEI
framework including resources and staffing
Implementation, monitoring and evaluation within the
UNDAF implementation framework
Summary
Contribution of sustainable management of environmental natural
resources to development priorities insufficiently recognised or
integrated into national & sectoral development processes.
Consequently, development priorities, including poverty reduction,
will be more difficult to achieve.
Environmental degradation is a serious issue in many countries in
Africa and elsewhere
UNDP-UNEP PEI supports mainstreaming of environment into
national & sectoral development processes to reduce environmental
degradation to help achieve development priorities in a sustainable
manner.
NDP & UNDAF key opportunity for a successful PEI in Botswana