Welcome / Bienvenue 1st Meeting of the Regional Platform for Capacity Building &

Partnership for Sustainable Development

Mauritius – 5th & 6th March 2013

ISLANDS – Capacity Building Strategy (Platform 5 under-construction)

Presented by

Soobaschand Sweenarain [Sunil]

Coordinator

AGENDA

« CD is the responsibility of the developing countries with donors playing a supporting role » Accra Agenda – 2008

~~~~~~~~ 1. Introduction Présentation

2. Scoping of CBS Les perspectives de la Stratégie de Développement des capacités

3. Capacity Needs Assessment Evaluation des Capacités

4. Capacity Building Strategy Stratégie de Développement des Capacités

SECTION I – SCOPING OF CBS

Pourquoi faire compliqué quand on peut faire simple

Paraît –il, faire simple c’est techniquement plus compliqué S.S

Architecture

.

I

CORAL REEF PLAFORM

(Reunion Island – France)

4

WIO – Coastal Challenge

(Seychelles)

3

Political Strategy - SD

(Comoros Islands)

2

Disaster Financing Mechanisms

(Madagascar)

5 Capacity Building &

Partnership

(Mauritius & Zanzibar)

Scope of the 4 flagship projects

Plateforme des réc

Integrated Coastal and Marine Resources Management

Coral Reef Platform

Disaster Financing Schemes

POLITICAL STRATEGY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

[ National level ]

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN - COASTAL CHALLENGE (Sustainable island living )

Marine Protected

Areas

Biological diversity Protection

Climate Change Resilience

[1]

[2]

UN Convention of the Laws of the Sea

Millenium Development Goals

[4]

[3]

[5] Capacity

Building & Partnership

Integrated Coastal Zones Management

Fisheries, Aquaculture

MPA, CRF, Mangroves..

SME Industries,

Commerce & Services

Urbanisation Building &

Public Works

Tourism & Recreative Activities

Agriculture & Forestry

Protected sites..

National Sub-National Local

LEVELS

POLICY & INSTITUTIONAL

FRAMEWORKS - ICZM

National Sustainable Development Strategy

& Plan of Actions

Climate Resilient Strategy & Plan of

Actions

Intersector Policy linkages Green Economy in Blue Economy Multi-Stakeholder Participation

Fiscal Incentives

PLAYERS Government Private Sector Civil society Academic & Scientific Institutions.

Alternative Sustainable Livelihood

Govt Treasury Ext . Donors

Reg. Platforms

Simplified Sustainable Livelihood Model

Natural Resources

Land, Marine, Water, Forestry

(1)

Markets

Local

&

Export

Capital Human,

Technical

Financial

Organisation

Social

ENABLING ENVIRONMENT Political Stability & Commitments

Policy & Institutional Framework & Mechanisms

Partnering & Outreaching Knowledge and Information Mgmt

Budgeting & Implementation Monitoring & Evaluation

Market oriented

Approach

People Planet profit

PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS Micro, Small &

Medium Enterprises, Cooperatives

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATION

NGO, CBO, Professional

Organisations…

BUSINESS SUPPORTS Research & Training Finance/Insurance

Logistics

SECTION 2 – CAPACITY BUILDING

Big problems such as climate change are consequences of small problems and conversely the big solutions are rooted in small solutions

S.K

Capacity Development – Definition

“Capacity is the ability of people, organizations and society as a whole to manage their affairs successfully” (OECD)

CD is “the process whereby people, organizations and society as a whole unleash, strengthen, create, adapt and maintain capacity over time” (OECD)

CD is an integral part of BPOA, MS , MEAs…

CD is a priority of the international community ( Paris Declaration 2005) UNDP / GET process of NSCA / SGS

Demand and Supply perspectives ( Services outsourcing …)

CD is a process of learning and change / transformation that a country or a community takes ownership of at Systemic, organisation and citizen level to progress Sustainable Development

Capacity Development – Features

1. MULTIDIMENSION

Economic

(Profit / Growth)

Environmental

(Planet)

Social

( People)

Quality of life

2. MULTISTAKEHOLDER

Public Organisations

(Facilitator & Regulators)

Civil Society Organisation

( Watch Dogs)

Private Organisations

(Growth Engine)

INSTITUTIONS

S D S D

CBM PPP

CSR

CITIZENS AND NON-CITIZENS

AFFORDABILITY FEASIBILITY

ACCEPTABILITY

PPP: Public-Private Partnership; CBM: Community Based Management;

CSR : Corporate Social Responsibility

Capacity Development – Features

Multi-level 3

Decision making levels 4

. International

Regional

National

Meso-national

Local

Individual Implementation level

Technical level

Policy Level

Political level

CAPACITY BUILDING – KEY TECHNICAL CAPACITIES

KEY CAPACITIES

Leadership

Institutional

Arrangements

Financial Resources

Public

Engagement

Human

Resources

Technical

Resources

Public

Accountability

Physical

Resources

Environmental

Resources

TIME

Key Areas of functional Capacities (project cycle management)

• Leading Policy Reform

• Developing Strategies and Policies

• Defining Quality Standards/ performance Indicators

POLICIES & STRATEGIES

• Acessing, Managing and Producing Information & Knowledge

• Leading National processess of knowledge adaptation and Sharing

KNOWLEDGE &

INFORMATION

• Advocating partnership with a variety of actors

• Utilizing funding instruments to attact resources

OUTREACH &

PARTNERSHIP (Engage with Stakeholders)

• Providing infrastructure

• Managing and Implementing sector programmes

• Delivery services according to norms & standards

•

IMPLEMENTATION &

(Budget, Manage & Implement)

• Setting performance Indicators

• Regular monitoring and Evaluation of programmes MONITORING &

EVALUATION

CAPACITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK

i

1. Leadership

2. Policy and legal Framework

3. Mutual Accountability

4. Public Commitment

5. Human Resources

6. Financial Resources

7. Infrastructure

8. Environmental Resources

1 2 3 4 5

1. Policy & Legislation Development

2. Knowledge Management

3. Outreach and Partnership

4. Implementation

5. M&E

B. Functional Capacities

C. Technical Capacities

3. INDIVIDUALS

2. ORGANISATIONS

1. INSTITUTIONS

A. Entry Points

Note: Transversal issues such as Human Rights, Good Governance, Gender Equality, Fair Trade

Equal Opportunity are embedded in every capacity assessment

Project cycle Management

SECTION 3. CAPACITY BUILDING STRATEGY

When opponents collaborate in the supreme interest!

CBS – SYSTEMIC & ORG LEVELS 1. Highest Political Commitment and leadership to mainstream SNDS & NAMA into

national policy and legislation frameworks and mechanisms.

2. Institutionnalisation and untied supports of Multi-stakeholder Platform for dialogue, consultation, collaboration and partnership;

2. Macroeconomic and fiscal reforms to promote green economy , sustainable consumption , private sector development and local and foregin direct investments;

3. Appropriate policy and legal framework to encourage civil society organisartions through untied financial supports through charity Trust, CSR and other novative instruments.

5. Improved management of international Conventions and access to new financing mechanisms such as carbon finance, CDM… (Cost benefit analysis)

6. Human Resources Management with emphasis on succession planning

7. Appropriate mechnaism for information / knowledge management and sharing.

8. Improve Communication and marketing strategy on Govt. Programmes.

9. Improve programme / project monitoring and evaluation framework

10. Development of strategic hard and soft infrastructure

Foundational - Regional Networks..

Platform V CB & Partnership

Reg. Centre for Intl. Policies

Conv. & Co-operation

Regional CCI Networks

Reg CSO Networks

Reg. Science & Techn. Institutes Networks

Regional HRD

networks Centre for

Prog./projectDev, M&E

Others ?

Regional Unif & Tertiary Ed.

Networks

QUICKWINS Immediate Actions

1. Compulsory Sustainability module for all undergraduates and new professionals .

Unif Networks

2. Promoting ecological footprint smart citizen : Youth and consumers

NGO network

3. Adoption of a Green economy charter CCI Network

4. Voluntary Mobility Scheme for young Expert HRD / Unif & others

5. Promote civic activities in favour of sustainability ( youth and retired persons ) TOT

NGO network and others

Funding options to take -off

EU - Decentralised Cooperation

GEF – Small Grant Scheme

CSR and Charity Trust …

IOC / EU projects …..

THANK YOU

Take care of the cause and the effect will take care of itself