1. Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainable development into Namibia Development Planning
By Teofilus Nghitila
Director: Directorate of Environmental Affairs
GEF Operational Focal Point
Ministry of Environment and Tourism
Namibia
GEF Regional Consultative Meeting
Nairobi, May 2007

2. Outline Namibia Development Planning (NDP)Frameworks
Challenges from NDP 2
Review of Namibia’s development experience
GEF Programming in Namibia

3. Namibia Vision 2030 Constitution of Namibia Vision 2030
National Development Plans
Namibia’s Green Plan
National Poverty Reduction Action Plan
Vision: “A prosperous and industrialized Namibia, developed by her human resources, enjoying peace, harmony and political stability”

4. Namibia Development Plans
At heart of Vision 2030 are Five –Year National Development Plans (NDPs)
NDP 1: 1995 – 2000,
NDP 2:
NDP 3 for period 2007/08 – 2011/12
Theme: Accelerated economic growth through deepening rural development
Adopted integrated result based management and thematic focus instead of sectoral focus
8 Key Result Areas (equality, macroeconomic, quality of life, etc)
Notably Key Result Area 6: Productive Utilization of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation with two thematic working groups :
Sustainable utilization of Natural Resources and
Environmental Sustainability
Five Mandatory Cross-Cutting Themes (integral parts of all programmes and activities)
Environment, HIV/AIDS, gender, poverty reduction & pro-poor interventions and partnerships

5. National Poverty Reduction Action Programme
NPRAP sets out a broad analysis of the incidence and causes of poverty, and strategies to address it
In 2005: NPRAP reviewed to mainstream gender, HIV/AIDS and environment & sustainable development concerns
To be implemented within NDP 3 timeframe

6. Challenges from NDP 2 Unemployment Poverty Incidence HIV/AIDS
Rural-urban disparities
Inadequate coordination
Limited capacity
Weak National Monitoring and Evaluation System
Environmental degradation, in particular adaptation to climate variability and climatic change
Information and technology
Which threatens Namibia's attainment of the MDGs

7. Review of Namibia’s development experience

8. GEF Programming in Namibia
Based on 5 principles that all projects should :
Be codified within top national priorities and have full country ownership
Deliver outcome rather than process orientated results- Must Make a ‘HUGE’ difference
Demonstrate national benefits (socio-economic, env’tal) which have greatest contribution to global environmental benefits
Clearly fill particular niche/s where no other partners are active
Add value to the advancement of policies and implementation
At all levels, projects and programmes must be undertaken in a participatory fashion, involving stakeholders partnership: GRN, Civil society, Private sector and IAs and contributing to building successful partnerships.

9. GEF Programming cont. Interventions:
Providing more livelihood opportunities and reducing the Poor's vulnerability to environmentally related factors (drought, water, energy, sanitation)
Holistic approach to ISLM -NRs for productive use (agriculture, fisheries, wildlife & forests)
Conservation and protection of NRs to ensure adequate provision of water and energy services.
Holistic capacity assessment/development
Fixing issues at the systemic, institutional and individual levels.#

10. GEF Programming cont. Sector/s of Development (NDP 3)
GEF Programmes/projects
Sustainable utilisation of NRs/ Tourism
SPAN, ICEMA,
Coastal Management
NACOMA
Quality of Life/ Environmental Sustainability
CPP for ISLM, CALLC, (CCA), PESILUP
Environmental Sustainability /Climate Change
NAMREP, CCA
Transboundary waters/ regional & international stability
BCLME, DLIST, Orange River,
Capacity building & Enabling activities
INC, SNC, NCSA, CEGEM

11. Achievements in partnership with GEF
Namibia Renewable Energy Programme ( )
CBNRM – ICEMA
Coastal management - NACOMA
Strengthening the Protected Area Network ( )
Country Pilot Partnership for Integrated Sustainable Land Management (CPP for ISLM);
Small Grants Programme
Enabling and Capacity Building activities;

12. Thank you so much for listening!!!
Conclusion
Namibia has demonstrated a successful partnership with GEF and its IAs, notably with the World Bank & UNDP teams;
Climate change is now emerging as one of the critical threat to the MDGs and national goals;
Development and implementation of projects to be managed in a timely manner;
Namibia remains committed to ensuring environmental sustainability
Thank you so much for listening!!!