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Review of the National
Development Plan 9
Is it MDG Based?
Botswana Presentation
Important national planning
milestones
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Vision 2016
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National Development Plan 9 (NDP9) 2003-2008: 6 year plan
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October of previous year
Budget Speech
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Mid term review 2005
Annual Project Review
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Aspirations of the nation for the year 2016 which are more ambitious than the
MDG goals
February
National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NSPR)
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Strategy itself is not time bound as a Policy document
However projects within the Strategy are to be implemented within the NDP 9
period
Is the NDP 9 MDG based?
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Ambition
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Its is based on Vision 2016
Vision 2016 is well aligned with the MDGs
and in fact is more ambitious than the
MDGs
Scope: is NDP 9 aligned with all
the MDGs?
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It is aligned with the following goals:
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Goal 1: Poverty and hunger (as per the NSPR)
Goal 2: Universal primary education (as per RNPE)
Goal 3: Gender inequality (as per SADC protocol on
Gender)
Goal 4: Child mortality (as per NPP and NSF)
Goal 5: Maternal health (as per NPP and NSF)
Goal 6: HIV/AIDs, malaria and other diseases (as
per HIV/AIDs policy)
Goal 7: Environment (Yes)
Goal 8: Global partnerships (yes in progress)
Rigor-are the targets substantiated
with analysis of needed inputs?
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Not done for all sectors
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completed-environment, HIV/AIDS,
education, Health
Some sector reviews ongoing e.g. gender,
etc.
Timeframe-grounded in a long
term assessment of needs?
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Based on vision 2016 goals, NDP9(2003
– 2008) strategies, programmes and
projects were target were formulated
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Annual budget supports implementation of
the NDP9
What are the major challenges?
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Establish issues of:
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Information availability
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Data requirements to facilitate monitoring and
evaluation
Qualitative research in all sectors
Time bound milestones and check points
Financing of the process of MDG based
planning
What are the next steps
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MDG audits of the NDP 9
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Identification of information requirements for an MDG based national
plan
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particularly in the area of poverty
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Finalisation of Poverty Assessment
Preparation of a poverty map
Socio-economic database
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Time series data on basic indicators
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Needs assessment to determine the key financial and human resource
needs in attainment of goals
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Develop a sound monitoring and evaluation system for tracking
progress towards attaining the goals