TANZANIA - Participatory District Agriculture Development Plan for Sustainable Development UNEP Initiative on Capacity Building for Integrated Assessment and Planning for Sustainable Development Mid-Term Review.
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TANZANIA - Participatory District Agriculture Development Plan
for Sustainable Development
UNEP Initiative on Capacity Building for
Integrated Assessment and Planning for
Sustainable Development
Mid-Term Review Meeting
Geneva, February 16-17, 2005
Project overview: objective
• to “ensure higher and sustainable income
growth of the rural population”
Project overview: Expected Outcomes
• enhanced understanding of interrelationship: agriculture
- poverty alleviation - environmental management sustainable trade promotion
• enhanced national, institutional and human capacities for
undertaking strategic integrated assessment and planning
for sustainable development
• enhanced national coordination between ministries and
districts involved in the project
• enhanced capabilities of policy-makers to design and
implement comprehensive policies and measures for
sustainable management of the environment.
Project overview: Institutions involved
• Government institutions
– Leading: President’s Office – Planning and
Privatization, Regional Administration and Local
Government; Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Security
– Others: Ministry of Finance
• National facilitating institution
– Economic Research Bureau of University of DSM
Project Process: Management (1)
• Official start in December 2004 (Hai District
participatory process earlier)
• Organizational
– The National Project Steering Committee
– The Project Coordinator
– Secretariat
Project Process: Management (2)
• The National Project Steering Committee
– Permanent Secretaries of leading ministries and
Ministry of Finance
– UNDP Resident Representative
– Director of Growth Strategy (President’s Office –
Planning and Privatization)
• Secretariat
– Facilitating Institution (Project coordinator + 3
members of staff)
– 1 member from Growth Strategy Directorate
Project Process: Activities undertaken
• National Steering Committee Meeting January
2005 with agenda issues:
- Integrated Assessment and Planning for Sustainable
Development in Tanzania: Key Issues
- UNEP – IAP Project – Profile
• Reviewing current Tanzania Planning Process
• Preparation of the Launching Workshop to be held
after the Geneva Meeting
Key Stakeholders
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Government officials (all levels)
Farmers/Live stock keepers
Women, Youth, Elderly, Disabled people
NGOs, religious leaders, Business
community (large and small), Academia,
Common citizens
Stakeholder Consultations/Involvement
• Main emphasis on participatory efforts
• Methods
– Focus group discussions, group discussions,
brainstorming, energizers, codes
– SWOT analysis
– Development of plans (defining objectives,
opportunities, obstacles, indicators)
– Use of Kiswahili language and trained
facilitators
Rationale of Participatory Planning
• Uncovering of local problems and local
solutions
• Ownership of plans and objectives
• Stakeholder participation in implementation
of the plans
• Awareness creation on integration of
environment and trade for sustainable
development
Participatory District Agricultural Planning Process
Mbeya Rural, Tanzania
Dist. Dev. Plan
Integrated
Dist. Agric. Dev. Plan
Submitted to PO-RALG
•Implementation by the
Community
Consolidated
Ward Plans
Approved by Ward Dev.
Committee
Village Plans
Approved by Village
Assembly
Appraisal
Consolidated
Main Gaps and Weaknesses
• Substance of the Planning Process (Anticipated)
– Provision of shopping list (affect human and financial
resources)
– Potential contradiction between national, district, sectoral
and ward level plans, (articulation)
• Process Undertaken in the Preparation of Planning
(Anticipated)
- Systemic imbalance in the voices (heavy voices which
favour man)
- Capacity to undertake the process at lower levels
Tools and Methods to Overcome Weaknesses
• Awareness Creation
- Training
- Village level consultation
- Chain level screening
Sub-villages - villages - wards - districts
Main Advantages
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Ownership of plans
Involvement of stakeholders
Transparency
Accountability
Feed-back possible
Economic, Social and Environmental Issues
• Key issues selected to be addressed (Proposed to
be discussed during the launching workshop)
Poverty
Trade
Environment
Links Between the Selected Issues
Economic
Growth
Trade
Reduced
Poverty
Sustainable
Sustainable
Increased
Environmental
Management
Preliminary Results
• Substantive
– improved planning through training
• Process (improving communication, transparency,
public and private links--)
Major Challenges and Next Steps
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Major challenges
- Capacity building at lower levels
- Flow of information
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Next Steps
- To be determined during the launching
workshop.