BARBADOS PROGRAMME OF ACTION 10 REVIEW

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BARBADOS PROGRAMME OF ACTION 10 REVIEW

• PACIFIC SUB-REGIONAL MEETING
• STATUS OF NATIONAL ASSESSMENT REPORT FOR FIJI
• APIA SAMOA
• 4-8 AUGUST 2003

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• Status of NAR BPOA Questionnaire
• Awareness and Ownership
• Priorities for SD
• Modalities for Incorporating SD principles into
  National Plans and
• Influence of BPOA at National Level

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STATUS OF NAR BPOA QUESTIONNAIRE

• NAR submitted to SPREP August 2002
• Some national priorities picked up in the 2003
  Budget
• BPOA Questionnaire initial draft available-
  consultation required to refine and consolidate
  priorities and
• Commonwealth Secretariat Funding available to
  finalise NAR for consultation and updating the
  NAR

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AWARENESS AND OWNERSHIP

• Working Group on Sustainable Dev established in
  early 2002 to discuss issues and identify
  priorities
• WG comprised members from govt and non-
  government sectors
• A National Steering Committee on SD coordinates
  SD issues now

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AWARENESS AND OWNERSHIP CONT.

• Awareness created through stakeholder
  consultations WG and NSCSD
• Ownership created through integration of NAR into
  the National Strategic Dev Plan
• Previous Govts have also integrated sustainable
  dev issues, including the BPOA in their
  respective plans
• After WSSD JPOI integrated into SDP 2003-2005
• Stakeholder consultations continue after the
  preparation of the SDP

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AWARENESS AND OWNERSHIP CONT.

• Parliamentary Level six sector standing
  committees
• Cabinet Sub Committees
• National Economic Development Council and Summit
  Working Groups and
• Consultations by Ministries and Departments

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NATIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES

• Maintaining macroeconomic stability
• Raising investment levels for jobs and growth
• Reforming the public sector to reduce the cost of
  doing business
• Rural and Outer Island Development
• Structural Reforms to promote competition and
  efficiency
• Alleviating Poverty
• Strengthening good governance and law and order
  and
• Promoting national reconciliation and unity.

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CROSS SECTORAL PRIORITIES

• CLIMATE CHANGE SEA LEVEL RISE
• UNFCC ratified in 1992 and Kyoto Protocol 1998
• National Projects Green House Gas Inventory
  (1997)Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
  (2000 only for Viti Levu)
• National Priorities Sustainable Agro-forestry
  programme (some past support from SPC/GTZ)

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CROSS SECTORAL PRIORITIES

• NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS
• National Disaster Management Office (NDMO)
  established 1991
• Emphasise shift from reactive to proactive
• National Projects- NDMPlan 1995 National
  Disaster Management Act 1998, etc
• National Priorities Increasing capacity to
  address issues on risk management in major urban
  centres

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COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES

• CBD ratified 1992 Biosafety Protocol 2001
• National Projects Vulnerability Assessment for
  Viti Levu (SOPAC 1996)
• Shoreline Changes in Fiji Ovalau and Motoriki Is
  Survey Dep Env 1996.
• Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 2003 (being
  reviewed with USP and other NGOs)_
• Enacted CITES legislation to protect endangered
  species (regulation to be enacted this year)
• Marine Protected Areas established in various
  parts of Fiji (Community based USP and NGO won
  Millenium Prize in Jburg)

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COASTAL AND MARINE RESOURCES

• National Priorities
• Legislation for Marine Protected Areas
• Develop structure for community based marine
  resource companies.

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LAND RESOURCES INCLUDING TERRESTRIAL BIODIVERSITY

• Ratified Convention to combat desertification
  1998
• National Projects reported on the
  implementation of Convention, Watershed
  management for flood control, Farming Assistance
  and land Resettlement,etc
• National Priorities Develop participatory land
  use plan Preparation of Watershed Management
  Master Plans.

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ENERGY

• Continued focus on the development of renewable
  energy sources, such as wind, solar, hydro, wave,
  biomass and geothermal
• Energy conservation emphasised through energy
  assessment and program implementation
• Rural Electrification Policy currently being
  updated
• National Priorities- Funding capital cost of
  renewable energy, Rural Energy Service Companies
  (RESCOS) Bill currently under discussion.

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MANAGEMENT OF WASTES

• 60,000 tonnes of waste dumped annually in Lami
  (site covering Suva, Nasinu and Lami)
• An EU funded sanitary landfill project is
  currently at the preparatory stages for
  implementation

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WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

• 70 of the population have access to piped water
• National Priorities
• There is a need for the development of an
  integrated Water Resource Management Strategy and
  overall legislation
• Master plan for 100 provision of piped water to
  rural areas
• Addressing the increasing demand for water in the
  face of increased pressure to adopt user pay.

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POVERTY ALLEVIATION

• Preliminary findings of an ADB study ( in
  progress) indicate that income poverty has
  increased compared to the last estimate 1997)
• National Priorities
• Increasing employment opportunities
• Increasing concessional funds for poverty
  alleviation
• Improving timeliness of information and
  statisticsetc

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EDUCATION

• Resources for pre school education (50 of
  eligible students enrol in preschools now)
• Improving special education
• Addressing human resource drain (a important
  issue for the health sector as well)

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URBAN DEVELOPMENT

• Urbanization is putting is putting increasing
  pressure on urban services of infrastructure,
  education, heath, housing, etc.
• National Priorities providing affordable, decent
  housing to low income earners, achieving a decent
  teacher pupil-ratio, providing income earning
  opportunities for the urban poor.

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PLANNED MODALITIES FOR INCORPORATING SD IN
NATIONAL PLANNING

• SD principles incorporated into the SDP
  2003-2005
• The Implementation of the Plan is being monitored
  by NEDC and SWGs
• This mechanism also considers new development
  challenges and policies and strategies that need
  further refining
• Mid-Term Review of the Plan scheduled for mid
  2004

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GENERAL REFLECTIONS ON BPOA

• The SDP 2003-2005 has incorporated BPOA issues
• The existence of consultative mechanisms (NEDC)
  and National Steering Committee on Sustainable
  (NSCSD) are the vehicles for translating SD
  issues into national plans and ensuring their
  implementation
• Govts partnership with private sector, unions,
  civil society and other NGOs ensures widest
  possible engagement of stakeholders.

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Thank You