Preparation of a National Strategy for Sustainable Development

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PREPARATION OF A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REPUBLIC OF
MACEDONIA
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Sustainable Development
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NSSD STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE

• - generate awareness of the concept of
  sustainability among all segments of society
• establish networks across and within the public
  and private sectors and
• encourage accelerated domestic and foreign
  commercial investments

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Specific Objectives/Outputs

• Awareness of sustainable development among the
• stakeholders and the people of the RM
  increased.

• Framework for sustainable development in the RM
• as ground for acceleration of domestic and
  foreign
• investments defined.

Project Objective

• Strengths of the RM to fully participate in the
• process of globalisation identified.

To lead a participatory process of developing a
National Strategy for Sustainable
Development, meeting the requirements of
EU-accession for the Republic of Macedonia.

• National Strategy for Sustainable Development in
• compliance with EU-requirements elaborated.

• Capacity for planning and management of
• sustainable development among key stakeholders
• strengthened.

• Institutional setup and coordinating mechanisms
• for implementation and maintenance of the
  process
• of sustainable development established.
  

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Deputy Prime Minister
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TIME PLAN
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PHASE ACTIVITIES

• INCEPTION PHASE
• Organise project set up and mobilse resources.
• Start awareness raising.
• Revise project and write Inception Report
  including work plan.

• INTERIM PHASE
• Training of the national experts for the
  methodologies of investigation (Swot, Roach,
  Stakeholder and Problem tree)
• Preparation on the joint swot analysis into the 7
  sector working groups and 4 cross cutting working
  groups.

• PHASE I - ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS
• Evaluate existing strategies and their relation
  to sustainable development.
• Identify and fill information gaps.
• Raise awareness.
• Formation of a National Council for Sustainable
  Development

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• PHASE II - SECTOR STRATEGY PLANNING
• Fill gaps in existing strategies and policies.
• Review and amend sector strategies within the
  agriculture, energy,
• forestry, industry, infrastructure and
  transport, SMEs and tourism sectors.
• Training in sector planning and define
  indicators for monitoring of
• sustainable development in the country.

• PHASE III - NATIONAL CONSOLIDATION PHASE
• Consolidation of sector plans within the
  national framework.
• National and local seminars to introduce and
  discuss the National Strategy
• for Sustainable Development.
• Training of Focal Points in different
  organisations to ensure understanding
• of the strategy troughout society.
• Create linkages to other initiatives.

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PHASE OBJECTIVES

• PHASE I - ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS
• workshops/seminars
• Stakeholder workshop
• SWOT Analysis Workshop
• Participatory Approach Workshop
• Analysis and Assessment Workshop 1 Methodology
  and Structure
• Analysis and Assessment Workshop 2 Programming
  and Planning
• Eco-remediation

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ISSUES
OF IMPORTANCE

• PLANNING/INITIAL PHASE
• GEF OFP to be informed/involved during the
  preparation of ToRs
• When mobilising resources use GEF
  experienced national experts
• Include GEF priorities into awareness raising
  activities

• INCEPTION/INTERIM PHASE
• Fill in gaps during the process of revision of
  the project
• Include GEF issues in the process of training of
  the national experts
• Identify and fill information gaps

• ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS
• Consider GEF priorities when evaluate existing
  strategies
• Recognise their relation to SD in national
  context
• Integrate GEF strategic approach during the
  preparation on the joint analysis
• Raise awareness on GEF priorities learn to
  recognize them
• Include national GEF representatives in National
  Council for SD

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• SECTOR STRATEGY PLANNING PHASE
• When filling gaps in existing strategies and
  policies relate them with GEF priorities
• When review and amend sector strategies,
  recognize cross cutting issues and strengthen
  synergies among different sectorial studies
• Define indicators for monitoring the
  developments/changes

• NATIONAL CONSOLIDATION PHASE
• When introducing and discussing NSSD always
  explain GEF relations and possible outcomes
• When train Focal Points in different
  organisations to ensure understanding of the
  strategy throughout society include training on
  GEF issues/principle/priorities
• During consolidation of sector plans insist on
  environmental issues
• Create linkages to other initiatives and identify
  related resources

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