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New Strate ic

Framework

2012

‐22

8th Meeting of

GMS Working

Group

on

Agriculture

25‐26 October 2011

Siem Reap, Cambodia



Vision and Goals

• Mekong sub‐region: more integrated, prosperous

and equitable

• GMS Program to contribute through:

– Enabling policy

environment

and

effective

infrastructure linkages (hard + soft);

– Dev of HR resources and skills competencies

•

To ensure

equitable

and

sustainable

dev,

env and

social interests will be fully respected in Prog



GMS Program to continue to focus on broad

range of

sectoral

and

multisectoral

priorities

• eve op ng e econom c corr ors

• Strengthening road and rail linkages

• Developing an

integrated

approach

to

deliver

sustainable,

secure

and competitive energy

• Improving telecommunications linkages across the GMS countries

•

destination• Promoting competitive, climate‐friendly and sustainable

• Enhancing environmental performance in the GMS

•

Supporting HRD

initiatives

that

facilitate

the

process

of

GMS

integration



Areas for Fine‐Tuning

• More attention

to

multi

‐sector

investments

&

coordination and cross‐sector links

• More effective focus on software aspects of

Program – as

complement

to

continued

focus

on hardware; also recognition that new SF and

Program will be more knowledge intensive

•

More selectivity

and

more

prioritization

of

focus areas within sectors + some rebalancing

enhance overall effectiveness and impact of

Pro ram• Increased links with broader regional

inte ration a enda – GMS com arative

advantage



• ew anc ore on corr or eve opmen approac – Further infrastructure development, including in border towns

and towns

along

the

corridors;

also

rural

road

development

to

ee into corri ors

– Improvements in transport and trade facilitation (TTF);

– Better investment romotion for s ecial economic zones

established along

borders

• Further development of corridors also needs to take

concerns

• ECF will

continue

to

focus

on

development

of

corridors;

role

may be redefined to include broader range of cross‐sectoralresponsibilities



• GMS countries

agreed

on

new

strategic

directions in agriculture – as reflected in Core

Agriculture Support Program Phase II

Environment and Bio-diversity

• Focus on

bio

‐diversity

conservation

and

poverty

alleviation, climate change adaptation and

,

• Capacity Building and Institutional Development;

Support Systems; Strengthening of Country

Safeguard Systems; Ecological Landscape

anagement



Im lementin the SF 1

• Resource Mobilization

– Financing needed for further hardware

investments: multisector investments

roads, railways, energy, telecommunications

–

s e

rom

,

nee

o

ap

n o

o er

official sources (bilateral, multilateral,

global funds)

–

through public‐private partnership



Implementing the SF (2)• Knowledge Platform:

–

require high quality analytic work and effective

consensus building

processes

– To address these requirements, knowledge platform

should be established as integral part of Program and

necessary resources

mobilized

• Strategic Alliances and Partnerships:

– GMS should help drive some of the broader objectives

related

to

ASEAN

integration – Program also needs to work more closely with other

sub‐regional organizations such as MRC, BIMSTEC, and



Im lementin the SF 3• Capacity

Building

– Pro ram will maintain focus on ca acit buildin

particularly for lower income countries

– Other sectoral initiatives

will

also

have

capacity

u ng as ma or componen

• Engagement with Private Sector and Other

– Program recognizes critical role of private sector as

en ine of develo ment: A riculture ke sector

– Program will reach out more effectively to other

stakeholders, private

sector

and

provincial

– Consultative mechanisms in design, implementation

and monitoring of GMS projects will be emphasized



Implementing the SF (4)

• Sectoral Forums and Working Groups

– ay nee o evo ve; may nee separa e secre ar a s

for more working groups (as is now in place for

– More major institutional change/strengthening

needed in some cases e.g. establishment of Regional

Coordination Center

for

power

trade

• Role of External Partners

– ADB requested to retain its secretariat role

– Member countries

also

re uestin

other

external

partners to more actively support Program – as financiers, knowledge partners etc



Implementing the SF (5)

• Monitoring and Evaluation

– Absence of good M&E constraining effectiveness

of GMS

initiatives

– New SF will focus much more specifically on

initiatives and

Program

as

whole

–

Working Groups, GMS senior officials and GMS



• Common framework that links various sectoral

forums and

workin

rou s

to

s ecific

interventions, specific results and eventual

impacts

• Need for WGs to finalize indicators and targets

during first

half

of

2012



GMS Strategic Framework: Overall Results FrameworkRegional

ImpactsIncreased economic growth, reduced poverty, and environmental sustainability across the GMS

Increased use of

energy by

all

sectors

and communities

particularly the poor

Increased

cross‐

border

flows: investment, traffic,

labour migration, with

reduced human trafficking

Increased access

to information

and

communications

Increased

tourism with

reduced negative

impacts

Increased

sustainable

agricultural

production

Increased

conservation

of natureSector

Outcomes

Sector

Economic

corridors

established

All GMS

Increased generation of

energy from indigenous,

low carbon, and

renewable sources

Improved tele‐

communications

linkages amongst

GMS countries

Improved

tourism

infrastructure

(pro‐poor, pro‐

women, and

Science based

regional

safety

standards

operational

Strengthened

protected

area networks

Enhanced

labor

migration

management

systems and

countries

connected

to a GMS

rail

network

Increased connection of

GMS country power

systems functioning of

regional power market

env ronmen a y

friendly)Increased

resilience of

agriculture to

climate

change

soc a

protection

for migrant

workers

Promotion of

development

of economic

corridors and

Promotion of

environmentally

sustainable

regional power

Capacity building

and promotion

of information

and

Capacity

building and

training of

government

Drafting of

science‐based

harmonized GAP

and food safety

Strengthening

WGE and

NSUs

Promotion of

regional

cooperation in

education and

Inter‐

ventions

trade

facilitation

institutions

Promotion of

trade planning communication

(ICT) technology

especially for

rural dwellers

officials ,

tourism and

hospitality

enterprises

standards

Supporting

skills

development

environmentally

friendly oil and

natural gas

logistics and

network

Upgrading

of tourism

training

facilities

Regional

sustainable

biofuel and

biomass policy

as GMS

environmental

referral and

service center

communicable

disease control

and HIV and

AIDS

prevention

‐

transportation

infrastructure

and systems

planning

Tourism Working

Group

Tele‐communications

Forum

Transport Forum

Working Group on

Agriculture

Working Group

on

Human Resource

Development

Working Group on

Environment

Sub‐regional

Energy

Forum

Economic Corridors

Forum

GMS

Bodies



Given strong support from 17th GMS Ministerial

Conference

2‐4 Au ,

Phnom

Penh,

Cambodia:

• SOM/TF on 1 Nov

–

na

rev ew – Review of preliminary indicative investment plan

• 4th GMS Summit 19‐20 December, Myanmar

–

• Regional master planning exercise



L 2

• RMP – 2 hases overla in 18th MC

– Phase 1: Diagnostics; Analytical assessment at

, , macro framework (Jan‐Dec 2012); pilot GMS

,

– Phase 2: Sector and multisector planning; project

pr or za n; se ec pre‐pro ec eas y s u es;

investment financing plans; (July 2012‐Mar 2013)

– Institutional/capacity strengthening + post‐

planning/implementation support



For more information contact:

Pra eep Srivastava

[email protected]

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