wildlife conservation and management programme dwnp botswana
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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND
MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME
DWNP
Botswana
PROGRAMMEOVERVIEW & STATUS
• DWNP Programme
• EDF Grant & GoB Funded
• Ngamiland & Ghanzi Districts
• Parts of Central & Kweneng
• Start-Up Phase
• Life of 4 years (2002 – 2006)
RESULTS EXPECTEDFROM PROGRAMME
• Result 1: Management of three PA’s strengthened (CKGR, Moremi & Makgadikgadi)
• Result 2: Stakeholder co-operation increased• Result 3: Benefits to communities increased• Result 4: Decisions better informed by
research and monitoring• Result 5: DWNP strengthened
Result 3
• Benefits to communities increased
• Community development grant from EDF
• I million Euros available
CBNRM in BOTSWANA
• Characterized more by failures than successes
• Challenge is to learn from the past & face reality
• Have the courage to breakaway from past failed approaches
• Experiment wisely with fresh approaches from Community Projects Workshop
Reasons for Failures
• The Concept of Community Managed Enterprise Projects Questionable
• Capacity Building Support Underestimated
• Project Implementation in some Cases Lacked Support
• Business Advisory Services Inadequate• Project Identification and Formulation
Support Inadequate
Reasons for Failures(cont)
• Programme Scope and Coverage Over Ambitious
• Synergy Between CDF & CCF Insufficient• Management Structure for CDF Over-
Centralized• Roles and Task Division Among
Implementing Partners Lacks Clarity• Local Government Structures
Ignored/Bypassed
Cornerstone Strategy
• Away from approach that CBOs should become entrepreneurs
• Towards approach where CBOs create an environment that encourages entrepreneurs to invest with confidence
• By providing infrastructure, security of tenure and a regulatory framework.
Ensure viability of business related projects by shifting emphasis:
Implication of Emphasis Shift for Programme Support
Emphasis on capacity building to:
• Form & sustain representative and accountable CBOs
• Administer & manage CBO affairs • Negotiate with pvt. sector and Govt. • Develop infrastructure• Regulate & “tax” entrepreneurial activities
Despite a strategic shift in emphasis the end objective of
CBNRM
viz the upliftment and empowerment of the
communities
remains as the central focus of the Program
This central focus of the Program is to be achieved by ensuring that:
• All entrepreneurial initiatives meaningfully benefit the community
• Relationships with entrepreneurs is contracted with clearly defined responsibilities, monitoring and sanctioning mechanisms
• CBOs retain full control and responsibility of funding provided by the EDF
• Thus CBOs are the intermediary with the Programme
Transparency and Equal Opportunity
All communities in geographic scope will be made fully aware of:
• The opportunity to apply for EDF funding• The procedures for:
– making application for such funding– requesting support for drafting their proposals– selecting the support of a service provider (e.g. an
NGO )• The policies and criteria by which their proposals
will be evaluated• The reasons why their proposals were unsuccessful
Building Blocks: Planning
• Review work that has already been done
• Conduct needs analyses of communities expressing interest
• Land capability analyses• Wildlife management & tourism
development plans • Business plans and action plans for
administering & managing CBOs
BuildingBlocks:Governance
• Legal, representative and accountable CBOs
• Capacity of committees and the electorate to execute democratic governance including:– the democratic appointment and replacement
of committee members – the capacity and confidence to hold
committee members accountable (watch dog)
Building Blocks: Administration & Management
• Administer and manage CBOs according to the constitution (esp financial regulations and procedures)
• Procure and manage donor funding• Procure and manage technical assistance • Formulate policies, procedures & guidelines• Fairly, wisely and transparently effect benefit
distribution policies & procedures.
Building Blocks: Negotiation Skills
To Confidently, Competently and Responsibly negotiate with:
• GoB for the rights to manage and utilise wildlife resources
• Private sector to:– Procure entrepreneurial expertise and investment in
viable projects– Establish viable and equitable “joint venture” lease – Renegotiate existing leases with “joint venture”
partners
Building Blocks: Management
• Regulate the activities of “joint venture” partners as per agreements
• Monitoring and managing wildlife resources by actioning plans
• Monitoring and managing CBO business plans
Support to Emerging Entrepreneurs
Provide assistance in:• Creating an awareness of business and
funding opportunities• Identifying wildlife related business
opportunities• Supporting the formulation of financing
proposals• Transferring business skills• Providing funds and providing ongoing
follow-up support
Socio-economic Research & Monitoring
• Review and consolidate all the existing socio-economic
• Where necessary by conduct baseline studies
• Monitor socio-economic changes by conducting repeat surveys
Planned Actions
• Review all past & present CBNRM projects in target areas
• • Develop an action plan for disseminating
information to communities• Develop “tool kit” for communicating criteria,
guidelines, formats, application forms, procedures, reporting formats, available support etc.
• Disseminate the information to local government & target communities
Planned Actions(Cont)
• Prepare presentations, brochures posters
• Presentations at Kgotla meetings during July
• Hold annual workshops with stakeholders to learn lesson’s from successes & failures
• Meet regularly with TAC to road map the way ahead