Transcript 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.

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)
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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.