MULTI-FOCAL AREA ENABLING ACTIVITY
PROPOSAL FOR GEF FUNDING FOR NATIONAL
CAPACITY NEEDS SELF-ASSESSMENT FOR GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (NCSA)
AGENCY’S PROJECT ID: 2682
GEFSEC PROJECT ID: PIMS
COUNTRY: Central African Republic
COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY: The Central African Republic is
party to the UNCBD, UNFCCC and UNCCD.
PROJECT TITLE: National Capacity Self-Assessment for
Global Environmental Management in the Central
African Republic
GEF IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: UNDP
NATIONAL EXECUTING AGENCY: Ministry of Tourism
Development
Environment
and
Craft
Industry,
in
charge
of
DURATION: 18 months
GEF FOCAL AREA: Multifocal
GEF OPERATIONAL PROGRAM: Enabling
GEF STRATEGIC PRIORITY: CB-2
ESTIMATED STARTING DATE: september 2005
IA FEE: US$ 20,250
FINANCING PLAN (US$)
GEF PROJECT/COMPONENT
Project
PDF A
Sub-Total GEF
CO-FINANCING
PNUD
Gov’t Contribution
US$200,000
US$25,000
US $225,000
US $50,000
US $25.000 in
kind
Others
Sub-Total Co-financing:
Total Project Financing:
US $ 75,000
US $ 300,000
RECORD OF ENDORSEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT (OPERTIONAL FOCAL POINT):
Gustave Dougoubé,
Date: 13 mai 2005
Chargé de Mission au Ministère du Développement du
Tourisme et de l’Artisanat, chargé de l’Environnement
CONV ENTION PARTICIPATION
CONVENTION
DATE
OF
ACCESSION
RATIFICATION/
NATIONAL FOCAL POINT
UNCBD
15 March 1995
Paulin Jacques Regner, Point Focal, Professor
at the University of Bangui
UNFCCC
10 March 1995
UNCCD
5 September 1996
Dr Aline MALIBANGAR
Focal Point ,
Professor at the University of Bangui
Jean Claude Bomba, Professor at the University
of Bangui
This proposal has been prepared in accordance with GEF policies and procedures and meets the standards of the GEF
Project Review Criteria for NCSA approval.
Project Contact Person
Peter Paap, Portfolio Manager NCSA,
UNDP-GEF RCU Dakar
Yannick Glemarec
Deputy Executive Coordinator
Date: 12 September 2005
Tel. and email
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+221.8690657 / [email protected]
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CAR
CBD
CC
CC:TRAIN
CECI
PMCC
ECOFAC
NCCC
NCESD
PRSF
GDP
GEF
GEM
GHG
GNEM
HDI
MDTCI
NCSA
NGO
PMCC
NBSAP
NEAP
UNCCD
UNCED
UNFCCC
UNITAR
WSSD
Central African Republic
Convention on Biological Diversity
Climate Change
Climate Change Training Programme (UNITAR)
Canadian Center for Research and International Cooperation
Project Management and Coordination Committee
Regional Programme for Conservation and Rational Use of Forest Ecosystems in Central
Africa
National Committee on Climate Change
National Commission for Environment and Sustainable Development
Poverty Reduction Strategic Framework
Gross Domestic Product
Global Environment Facility
Global Environmental Management
Greenhouse Gas
Global and National Environmental Management
Human Development Index
Ministry for the Development of Tourism and Craft Industry, in charge of Environment
National Capacity Self-Assessment for Global Environmental Management
Non-Governmental Organization
Project Management and Coordination Committee
National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan
National Environmental Action Plan
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Summit - 92)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
World Summit on Sustainable Development
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I. CONTEXT
I.1. Social and Economic Context
1. The Central African Republic (CAR) is located in Central Africa, extending over an area of 623,000 sq.
km, between 16° 11’ and 27° 27’ East longitude and 2°12’ and 10° 57’ North latitude. It is bordered in the
North by Chad, in the East by Sudan, in the West by Cameroon and in the South by the two sister Congo
Republics. CAR is a landlocked country, with its two closest points of access to the sea being located
respectively at a distance of 1,720 km from Bangui to Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Congo, and 1,000
km from Bangui to Douala in Cameroon.
2. The country consists of a vast peneplain extending between two mountain ranges, the Fertit range in the
East and the Yadé in the West, rising respectively to 1,400 metres in the Bongos Massif and 1,420 metres
at Mount Ngaoui. It is characterized by a hot and humid tropical climate with annual rainfall ranging from
800 mm in the sub-sahelian zone to 2,000 mm in the equatorial zone.
3. A very dense river system covers all of the national territory. The watershed of the Oubangui River and
its main right-bank tributary, the Mbomou, drain approximately two thirds of the country’s. The Oubangui
River, itself a major tributary of the Congo River, and the upper Ouelle River flow over 1,850 km. The
Oubangui right-bank tributaries - Ouara, Chinko, Mbari, Kotto, Ouaka, Kémo, Ombella, Mpoko and
Lobaye - are also large rivers. With the main branches of the Chari River (Ouham, Bahr-sara, Bamingui
and Aouk) and the two “heads” of the Logone River (Mbéré and Pendé), Northern CAR is Chad’s high
country. The western part of the country is drained by the branches of a major tributary of the Congo River,
the Sanga River (Mambéré and Kadéi), flowing from North to South. The vegetation cover changes
gradually from a dense equatorial forest to scrawny, spiny shrubs in the Sahel region.
4. The CAR is a member of several regional and international organizations, including the Central African
Economic and Monetary Community, the Central African States Economic Community, the SaheloSaharan States Community, the African Union, the International Organization of the Francophony and the
United Nations Organization.
5. As regards the political situation, during the 1990-1993 period, the CAR had engaged in a long and
difficult democratization process which led the Government to near paralysis. The organization of multiparty elections during the last quarter of 1993 seemed to herald a new era with new possibilities for the
country both on the political and economic levels. Unfortunately, poor governance and a culture of
impunity resulted in the build up of payment arrears and wage demand movements, which soon reached the
ranks of the Central African Armed Forces, providing fuel for the politico-military unrest of 1996 and
1997. Poor handling of these crises compounded with a blockage of the institutions of the Republic and the
lack of political dialogue brought about successive coup attempts which led to the political change of 15
March 2003. During the transition period of a projected 18-month duration, a Transitional Government and
a Transitional National Council were put into place. During this period, a National Dialogue process was
engaged, a process in which all social strata of the country actually participated. At the end of the transition
period, the country should have a new constitution and a new electoral law, and communal, parliamentary
and presidential elections should be held in order to establish a new institutional order.
6. Administratively, the CAR is divided into 16 Prefectures, 73 Sub-prefectures and 2 Administrative
Control Posts. Within the framework of the decentralization and regionalization process and as provided by
Law 96.013 of 13 January 1996 creating national regions and setting the boundaries, the Prefectures were
regrouped within 7 Regions, taking socio-economic factors on the ground into consideration. The new
regions are the following: Plateaux, Equateur, Kaga, Fertit, Upper Oubangui, Yadé and Lower Oubangui.
Actual establishment of the administrative entities, services and infrastructure required for these regions to
become operational is yet to be carried out. At the local level, the municipalities are not yet financially selfsufficient and depend for a large part on state subsidies. They have a very low capacity for internal resource
mobilization. This results in the dilapidation of existing community facilities and insufficient services
being provided to the population.
7. The CAR had a population of approximately 3.8 million in 2000 – it had an estimated 1.2 million people
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in 1960 and 730,000 in 1921 -, with a population growth rate on the order of 2.5 percent. Average
population density is approximately 6 inhabitants per sq. km. Population density is higher than the national
average in some regions, e.g. in the Lower Kotto, where it exceeds 11 inhabitants per sq. km. In general,
the regions along the Oubangui River (Upper Oubangui, Lower Oubangui and Plateaux), the Chadian
border (Yadé) and the Cameroonian border (Equateur) are highly populated areas while the eastern and
north-eastern regions remain practically empty. The CAR population is characterized by a high proportion
of young people. Age group distribution shows the predominance of the under-15 and 15-59 categories,
accounting respectively for 43.3 and 51.8 percent of the total population. The large majority (62.5 percent)
live in rural areas, practising subsistence agriculture, while 37.5 percent live in urban areas, more than half
of them in Bangui and surrounding areas.
8. The CAR economy rests chiefly in the primary sector on agriculture, livestock and forestry; in the
secondary sector on mining (diamonds and gold); and in the tertiary sector on services (trade,
transportation, communications, insurance and management). Agriculture employs over 80 percent of the
active population, contributing 33 percent to national wealth creation and providing over 75 percent of the
employment. Overall, the share of the primary sector in the GDP is 53 percent, while the very embryonic
secondary sector contributes only 14 percent and the tertiary sector 33 percent. In the agricultural
subsector, two types of crops of grown, i.e. food crops (cassava, ground nuts, gourds, sesame, paddy rice,
millet/sorghum, maize, etc.) and export crops (cotton, coffee, tobacco). For 2002, food crop production
amounted to 952,200 tons of which 59 percent for cassava and 20.3 percent for grains. For commercial
crops, cotton seed production dropped from 32,859 tons for the 2001/2002 season to 23,500 tons in
2002/2003; coffee production for the 2002/2003 campaign should amount to 9,600 tons and tobacco
production should rise to 612 tons in 2002. The CAR 2002 animal population consists of 3,436,000 heads
of cattle, 2,918,000 goats, 236,000 sheep, 683,000 pigs and 4,495,000 poultry. Raw diamond, gold and
undressed timber 2002 estimated production figures are respectively 414,788 carats, 15,914 grams and 730
000 m3. The main sources of export revenues for the CAR in 2002 are timber (45.4 percent), diamonds
(31.4 percent) and cotton (6.15 percent).
9. During the 1990s, the GDP growth rates experienced ups and downs from 1.9 percent in 1990 to–6
percent in 1992, then up again to 6.1 percent in 1995 (due to the impact of the fCFA devaluation),
plummeting again to -3.1 percent in 1996 as a result of the mutinies and rising again to 5.5 percent in 1998.
Since then, growth has come to a halt due to politico-military upheavals which hit the country in 2001 and
2002. At current 2003 prices, GDP amounts to fCFA 747 billion against 730 billion for the previous year,
which, at constant prices, would represent a -5.6 percent growth rate in 2003 compared to -0.8 percent in
2002. Factoring in population growth, real per capita GDP decreased by 8.1 percent in 2003 compared to
2002. These negative growth rates are indicative of the successive crises which impacted the CAR
economy over these past few years and which contributed to increased poverty and insecurity. Thus, the
evolution of national wealth during that period is characterized by steady phases and regression phases in
close connection with external and internal cyclical shocks. At the international level, the two major export
crops (cotton and coffee) were impacted by severe crises which resulted in eroding their world market
prices. Also, the political and social tensions at work in the country led to the suspension of cooperation
programmes with development partners, which deprived the Government of external resources which are
indispensable to the resumption of economic programmes.
10. At the social level, negative economic trends resulted in a general degradation of living conditions for
the population. Thus, 49 percent of the total population and 57.3 percent of the rural population live in
poverty, and among them, women, young people looking for employment, the handicapped and
marginalized groups. Limited access to basic education (net enrolment rate was 42.9 percent in 2000) and
the poor quality of education (with a student-teacher ratio of 109) are among the major social problems,
together with: (a) low life expectancy (44,5 years); (b) high rate of maternal death (948 per 100,000) and
infant mortality (130.6 per 1,000); (c) poor access to sanitary training; (d) inefficient health care system (1
physician for 21,342 people, 1 midwife for 16,000 people, 1 hospital bed for 800 patients); (e) high
prevalence of HIV/AIDS (15 percent in Bangui, 8 percent in secondary cities and 4 percent in rural areas) ;
(f) limited access to safe water (38.6 percent of the population) and a healthy environment (26.6 percent of
the households) ; (g) increasing worrisome unemployment rate; and (h) low purchasing power (over 65
percent of the population live on less than US$1 per day). Ultimately, this situation is reflected in the value
of the Human Development Index (HDI) as calculated since 1990. According to this indicator, the CAR
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fell from 151st place out of 174 countries in 1990 to 165th in 2000 and to 168th in 2001. For the year 2002,
with a HDI of 0.363, the CAR ranks 168th out of 175 countries, which makes it one of the eight poorest
countries in the world.
Table 1: CAR Human Development Index and Country Ranking According to UNDP Reports
UNDP
Report
1990
1991
1992
1993
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
HDI Value
0.159
0.166
0.159
0.159
0.361
0.355
0.338
0.347
0.378
0.371
CAR
Ranking
Reference
Date
151 142/160 149/174 156/173 148/174 148/174 151/175 154/174 165/174 166/174
1988
1989
1990
1990
1992
1993
1994
1995
1997
1998
2001
2002
2003
0.375
0.363
168/174
165/173
168/175
1999
2000
2001
Source: UNDP Human Development Reports (1990 to 2000)
11. The scope and profile of poverty in the CAR were evaluated within the framework of an overall survey
with a budget/consumption module in 1995/1996. According to the survey, the monetary poverty threshold
is set at CFAF 120,360 per person, per year, and 49 percent of all CAR households – 57 percent in rural
areas and 44 percent in urban areas – live below that threshold. After the social unrest and long periods of
disturbances experienced by the country during the 1990’s, this profile has changed. Therefore, a new
survey has been undertaken in order to determine the new poverty profile in the CAR in 2003. It defines a
new poverty profile. 72% of rural population are living under poverty line. This new profile has contributed
to the elaboration of a Poverty Reduction Strategic Framework (PRSF). This framework, due to be
completed by the end of June 2005, is aimed at initiating, in consultation between the public sector, NGOs,
civil society and the private sector, a programme to alleviate poverty. The PRSF will be focused on seven
major thematic areas: health, education, rural world promotion (agriculture, livestock and environment),
energy, mining, economy and finance. Sectoral actions plans have been drawn up in connection with
thematic groups. Their purpose is to determine the major thrusts of the national strategy to fight poverty.
Also, the National Report on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was prepared, which provided
an opportunity to take stock of the MDG situation in the CAR and to establish a general trend chart for
each goal to the year 2015. The Central African Republic thus translated into action the requirements of the
1999 G7 Cologne Summit and the September 2000 Millennium Summit in New York, as regards
respectively the elaboration of a poverty alleviation strategy as a base for their support under the Highly
Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative and the integration of the MDGs within development strategies.
1.2. Sustainable development and Environment in the CAR
12. The Central African Republic participated actively in the First UN Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED), the “Earth Summit”, held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. It undertook to implement
actions aimed at meeting the sustainable development goals as set forth in Agenda 21, according to
Resolution 47/190 of 22 December 1992 of the UN General Assembly. Since then, activities have been
carried out in the various sectors of development, with particular focus on environment, which led the
Government to institute for the first time a Ministry of Environment and Tourism in 1995. In 1997, this
entity was reassigned to the Ministry of Water Resources, Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries as a General
Directorate. In March 2003 was a full-fledged Ministry in Charge of Environment created, including a
Sustainable Development Division and a Social Economy Division. Since September 2004, these
departments are incorporated into the Ministry for Development of Tourism and Craft Industry (MDTCI).
This is a political option which has been decided to strengthen the institutional consideration of
environment. The National Council for Environment and Development (NCED) supervision/animation is
directly in charge of the new Ministry.
13. The National Agenda 21 Programme of the CAR, which will be aimed at defining the orientations and
conditions to be met in order to achieve sustainable development, is yet to be elaborated by the
Government, although the latter does intend to do so in 1995. The lack of action so far is due to various
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reasons, some of which are linked to the recurring politico-military crises which have occurred in the
country since 1996.
14. In order to monitor the implementation of Agenda 21 in the CAR, the national authorities plan to
jumpstart the NCED (created in 1987). Its members are all representatives of political, social and
economical institutions. This committee plays a consultative role. It is also in charge of mainstreaming
environmental issues in policies, strategies, programmes and projects. It is placed under supervision of the
MDTCI.
15. A programme to support local development in the CAR was implemented in the context of social
development and solidarity. This programme is aimed chiefly at setting up multi-service platforms
designed to promote and enhance: (1) civil society activities and support to local development; (2)
organized consultations between the actors and optimal use of such entities are available for local
development; 3) government cooperation with NGOs and associations active in community development.
Significant efforts are still required if sustainable development goals are to be met effectively in the CAR.
16. In addition, the Exchange and Action days on “Environment, Sustainable Development, Social
Economy, Decentralized Energy and Prospects on the Millennium Development Goals” held in Bangui on
7 and 8 November 2003, allowed all UN system agencies, including in particular UNDP, to share a
common view of the status of the sustainable development strategy in the CAR. In this regard, in view of
the cross-cutting, integrated and multisectoral nature of the national sustainable development policy, it is
important: (a) to see that all parties and entities concerned are provided with the same level of information;
(b) to initiate a new concerted, participatory approach at the institutional level to the implementation of
anti-poverty policies which are critical to achieve the development objectives as set forth in Agenda 21.
1.2.1 Mainstreaming Environment within Development Policy
17. As early as 1996, the Government has engaged in a dialogue with national development partners with a
view to elaborating the environment national policy in an optimal manner. Within this process, the
National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) has been formulated but it is yet to be submitted to
Parliament for adoption. The document highlights the issues of environmental degradation in the CAR and
the will of the Government to deal with those issues within a global, integrated framework. The NEAP
provides an adequate frame of reference to facilitate the implementation of a participatory policy aimed at
sustainable environmental management.
18. The NEAP is aimed at six major strategic goals:
- long-term planning for the use of natural resources;
- applying appropriate measures for environmental management and preservation;
- applying financial and economic measures for environmental valorisation;
- applying appropriate institutional measures for environmental valorisation and preservation;
- promoting alternative technical and technological solutions;
- adopting an efficient environmental information management system.
19. The Central African Republic submitted a report at the Second Earth Summit held in Johannesburg in
2002, showing timid results in five priority areas, i.e. heath, biodiversity conservation, water resources,
sanitation and energy.
20. In the area of biodiversity, national instability resulted in cuts in foreign aid since 1996. It should be
noted, however, that a limited number of important programmes or projects were implemented, with such
partners as: (a) Germany (GTZ), with the Dzanga-Sangha Conservation Project and the Participatory
Natural Resources Management Programme; (b) the Global Environment Facility (GEF) with the
Bangassou Forest Community Management Project, which was implemented by the Canadian Centre for
Research and International Cooperation; (c) France, with institutional support to the Ministry of Water and
Forestry and for the implementation of the Forestry Development Plans, with national counterpart financial
contribution of the Special Trust Fund-Forestry and Tourism Development; the Fauna Management
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Project, to be funded by the French Fund for Environment; (d) the European Union, through ECOFAC
Regional Programme (Conservation and Rational Use of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa) Forestry
Ecosystem, for a conservation project in the Ngotto forest region, in the Southwest area of the country, and
the Village Hunting Zones Development project in the north.
21. In the water sector, a policy and strategy document was elaborated in 1983, and then revised in 1995 in
order to incorporate the concept of integrated water resource management as formulated at the Water
Conference in Dublin (Ireland). The document, which is yet to be adopted by the Government, provides for
the management and exploitation of water resources, with drinking water supply to the population, the
construction of sanitation infrastructures, support to food production (agricultural and pastoral water
management, fisheries and fish farming) and energy production as well as river transport and tourism,
environmental protection and the fight again water-related nuisances. The institutional framework in the
water sector is plagued with difficulties in coordinating the numerous sectoral actors. There are
weaknesses in the regulation and exploitation function, which results in an inability to resolve conflicts
between the various uses of water resources while also protecting the environment. In addition, the national
legislation in the area of water and sanitation dates back to the colonial era. World Health Organisation
(WHO) provided support to the Government for the implementation of the Sanitation Code and continues
to provide support for the elaboration of the Water Code. Among the main constraints are the weakness of
national capacities and low mobilization of internal and external financial resources for the development of
the water and sanitation sector. The Government is unable to provide significant funding for capital
investments, in addition to other obstacles including: a plethora of policy provisions varying from one
donor to the next, a lack of mid- and long-term planning and programming, difficulties in collecting fees,
the lack of coordination between the various actors (Government, donors, NGOs, beneficiaries), and the
absence of an appropriate legal and institutional framework..
22. As regards International Waters, the CAR is a signatory to several bilateral agreements on the
concerted management of transboundary watersheds. In particular: (a) The CAR, which is the main
provider of water to Lake Chad currently endangered, became a member of the Lake Chad Basin
Commission (LCBC) in March 1994. The LCBC, created in 1964 by the Fort Lamy Convention, currently
has five members: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. (b) Another agreement,
CICOS, is concerned with the exploitation of the Oubangui and Sangha Rivers for transportation. (c) At
the regional level, the CAR is one of the five members of the Steering Committee of the African
Ministerial Conference on Water (AMCOW), as a spokesman for the subregion in the area of integrated
water management in Central Africa. AMCOW was created in April 2000 in Abuja (Nigeria) to enable
Africa to take a united position in the front of water issues faced by the continent.
23. In September 2003, the General Assembly of Water, Forests, Hunting and Fishing established
diagnoses of the forestry sector, fauna and fish resources and formulated sustainable management strategies
for these resources.
24. Also, the determination of the Government to provide the rural sector with a development policy
instrument found a concrete expression in 2002 in the elaboration of the Agricultural Master Plan. This
plan takes into account the country’s macroeconomic constraints and is aimed at the following major
objectives: (i) Strengthening the participation of the rural sector in the country’s socio-economic
development by contributing to the restoration of macroeconomic balance, job creation and realization of
agroeconomic potentials; (ii) Contribution to the improvement of the standard of living through increases
in purchasing power for producers, the fight against poverty and food safety and quality controls; (iii)
ensuring food and nutritional safety within the context of rapid population growth; (iv) agricultural
diversification and increased productivity; (v) conservation of the environmental heritage; (vi) improving
relations between men and women within rural communities, using the results of the Gender and
Development analysis.
25. Since March 2003, the social economy is part of the mandate of the the MDTCI, in charge of
Environment. Next to the Environment and the formal economy, the social economy will still constitute
one of the three pillars to promote sustainable development in CAR. The Minister for Environment
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formulates social economy as an economy based on the entrepreneurship of groups that appeals to interaid
and solidarity, which are customary values of the country and are nowadays reflected in the associative,
cooperative and mutualist movements. The social economy permits the State to incorporate the informal
sector of the economy into the framework of a professional training qualifying to become a catalyst of the
formal market economy. Consequently, via the social economy, all layers of society, particularly the
women, the disowned, the jobless, the young people outside of the educative system and the roadside
children will be newly mobilized to participate in the construction of a society rid of poverty. To do this, it
is foremost necessary to train social economy entrepreneurs through workshops and schoolfarms. A part of
the Béréngo site will be the first experimental workshop and schoolfarm. In this initiative, young jobless
people and roadside children can become new entrepreneurs in the social economy. After their training,
these youngsters will participate in a national effort to lift the country out of its economic depression by
catalyzing the formal economy via the current informal economy.
1.2.2. Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Environmental Management
26. The Central African Government has long been concerned with preserving the quality of the national
environment. Very few efforts, however, were made to draft regulatory instruments and to create
institutions designed to work for the safeguard of the environment. Support consisting in the provision of
expertise by UNEP will be provided in this area.
1.2.2.1. Legal and Regulatory Framework
27. On the legislative level, practically everything remains to be done if environment is going to be made a
high national priority. Instruments being currently elaborated include the Framework Law on Environment
and the Water Code.
28. Some progress, however, has been accomplished in certain sectors, including in particular laws on the
Forest Code, the Wild Fauna Code, organization of land ownership and the Public Sanitation Code.
29. The legal and regulatory framework includes a series of codes, laws, decrees and orders regulating the
management of the environment and natural resources. The National Constitution includes very few
provisions pertaining to the environment. There are also regional and international conventions on natural
resources. Among the legal instruments in effect, the following may be mentioned:
o The Constitution of the Central African Republic;
o The Forest Code ;
o The Wild Fauna Protection Code ;
o The Mining Code ;
o The Public Sanitation Code ;
o The Investment Code ;
o The international conventions in the area of environment including:
- The Fort Lamy (now N’Djamena) Convention, ratified in March 1994;
- The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, ratified on 10 March 1995;
- The Rio Convention on Biological Diversity, ratified on 15 March 1995;
- The Paris Convention on the Fight against Desertification ratified on 5 September 1996.
Other conventions pertaining to the environment, such as those for the protection of the ozone layer, the
protection of the world cultural and natural heritage, etc., have also been ratified by the CAR
30. There are other legal instruments dealing with environmental issues in a piecemeal, reactive manner
and providing for the overall management of national development, but they meet with difficulties at the
implementation stage.
1.2.2.2. Institutional Framework for Environmental Management in the CAR
31. Although the Ministry for Development of Tourism and Craft Industry, in charge of Environment is
mandated to ensure the promotion of a healthy environment in general, a number of other ministries and
their specialized departments are involved in the day-to-day management of environmental resources. They
are mainly: (1) le Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry; the Ministry of Water Resources,
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Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries; (3) The Ministry of Energy, Mining and Hydraulics, (4) The Ministry of
Public Health and Population, (5) The Ministry of State in Charge of National Education, Literacy, Higher
Education and Research, which conducted an environmental education project in primary schools in the
1990’s; (6) The Ministry of Planning, Economy, Finance, Budget and International Cooperation, (7) The
Ministry of Equipment and Transportation, (8) Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and
Francophony which deals with all international legal instruments; (9) The Ministry of Commerce, Industry
and Private Sector Promotion; and (10) Ministry of Communication, National Reconciliation and
Democratic and Civic Culture through rural radio and a team of environmental journalists at the National
Radio Organization.
32. As regards national education, there are formal and informal training activities in the management of
resources, in particular at the Higher Institute for Rural Development (ISDR) of Mbaïki which trains
engineers in the areas of agriculture, water resources and forestry, the University of Bangui which offers
courses and awards diplomas (licence degree, master’s degree, engineer’s degree) in the natural sciences
such as biology, chemistry, geography and geology.
33. In the area of research, mention may be made of the Central African Institute for Agronomy Research
(ICRA) and the Seismology Unit of the former ORSTOM, now Development Research Institute both in
Bangui. Placed under the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, the ICRA is responsible for
coordinating agrological research at the national level and includes three polyfunctional regional centres in
Boukoko, Bambari and Bouar.
34. For Water, Forestry, Hunting and Fishing Resources, the organic law determining the organization an
operations of the Department and defining the Minister’s responsibilities provides for the following
structures:
- The Cabinet
- The General Secretariat including a General Directorate of Water, Forestry, Hunting and Fishing
Resources, a General Directorate of Support Services and a General Directorate of Regional Water,
Forestry, Hunting and Fishing Services. The General Directorate of Water, Forestry, Hunting and Fishing
Resources is in charge, through its appropriate services, of wildlife and protected areas. Such areas include:
1- The Bamingui-Bangoran National Park (10,700 sq. km) aimed at the protection of black
rhinoceroses living in the area;
2- The Manovo-Gounda Saint Floris National Park (17,400 sq. km) including the Gata pond, the
most important area of concentration of mammals and birds in the CAR;
3- The Yata-Ngata Fauna Reserve (4,200 sq. km), located on the Sudanian border;
4- The Aouk-Aoukalé Fauna Reserve (3,300 sq. km), created in 1937 in the Salamat District;
5- The Gribingui-Bamingui Fauna Reserve (4,500 sq. km), created in 1940.
6- The Koukourou-Bamingui Fauna Reserve (1,100 sq. km), created in 1940 in the Ndélé Region;
7- The Nana Brya Fauna Reserve (2,300 sq. km), created in 1953 in the Ouham basin near the
Chadian border;
8- The Zemongo Fauna Reserve (10,100 sq. km), created in 1925 to protect elephants and white
rhinoceroses;
9- The Awakaba Presidential Park (2,500 sq. km), created in 1968 as a private hunting preserve,
north of the Baminigui-Bangoran National Park.
35. There are other national and decentralized entities in charge of managing the national environment at
the region, prefecture and subprefecture levels. Among those are:
- Pastoral interest groups (groupement d’intérêts pastoraux - GIP)
- The Butchers’ Association
- The Association of Livestock Dealers and Small Livestock Farmers
- Rural Education and Training Centres and rural interest groups and cooperatives (for agriculture).
36. Through their programmes and projects, national and international NGOs, international organizations,
donors, as well as private and community groups, often provide support to reinforce the action of public
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institutions and services in environmental management and serve as efficient partners to reach the
population at the grassroots level and involve them in environmental management. The main international
NGOs include: the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS),
Cooperazione internationale (COOPI), Canadian Center for Study and International Cooperation (CECI).
WWF and WCS are providing technical assistance to the Dzanga-Sangha Project, CECI to the Bangassou
project, and COOPI is active, inter alia, in the areas of environment, education, and community
development throughout the country.
37. The synoptic directory of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) established in the CAR and
working in various sectors of the national economy includes: Réseau Africain d’Actions
Forestières [African Network of Forestry Actions]; Lutte Contre la Violence [Fight against Violence];
Afrique 3ème Millénaire [Africa 3rd Millenium]; Bata Gbako; Varel; ROFEDD; Amis de la Nature
Internationale [Friends of Nature International]; Sommet Mondial des Femmes [Women’s World Summit];
Amis de la nature [ Friends of Nature]; Kékéréké Ti E ;le Baobab; Cellules des Jeunes des Verts [Greens’
Youth Groups], etc. NGOs are active, among others, in the areas of environment, agriculture, livestock
breeding, handicrafts, on-the-job training, health and education. Some NGOs belong to umbrella
organizations such as Miséricorde; Jeunesse en Mission [Youth in Mission]; Kwa Na Kwa; Mamans de
Gbazabangui [Mothers of Gbazabangui]; Femmes Forêts et Développement [Women, Forests and
Development]; Eglise Baptiste Wango2 [Wango 2 Baptist Church].
38. Private sector entities include:
Huilerie et Savonnerie de Centrafrique [Oil and Soap Manufacture of Centrafrique] (USACA), Brasserie
CASTEL [CASTEL Brewery], meats (SEGA), cigarettes (MANUCACIG), timber (IFB, SCAD, SEFACA),
river transport (SOCATRAF), telecommunications (SOCATEL), drinking water distribution (SODECA),
electricity supply (ENERCA), pharmaceuticals distribution (CENTRAPHARM); diamonds and gold
mining purchasing offices; the National Chamber of Commerce; the Chamber of Agriculture.
39. It appears, from the above information, that over the past ten years the CAR has established a limited
number of institutional, legal, regulatory and organizational markers along the way towards a gradual,
orderly achievement of sustainable development. The Government currently shows a definite will to
proceed further with the reflections and actions undertaken, in order to find solutions to a number of critical
issues for the nation and the world. More specifically, the country needs a more effective and functional
coordination of actions for multisectoral management for the sustainable use of environmental resources. It
is therefore necessary to coordinate the activities of the various actors mentioned above, to increase their
awareness of the impacts of their activities on the degradation of environmental resources and to provide
them with support to ensure optimal use and management of natural resources aimed at achieving
sustainable development.
I.3. Global Environment Management in the CAR
40. The CAR is a signatory to numerous conventions on the global environment, including in particular the
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and Land Degradation (CCD), the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Convention on Biological Diversity
(CBD). Efforts made to implement them are dependent on financial mechanisms set up by the international
community and vary according to the convention concerned.
41. The actions taken in connection with each of the three key conventions, i.e., the CCD, the UNFCCC
and the CBD, are described below. As regards the fight against desertification, the CAR designated a
national focal point. Desertification awareness-raising workshops and days were organized and national
reports on the implementation of the convention were produced. A broad-based steering committee, the
National Steering Committee (CNP) was created, with representatives of government and civil society
institutions, to serve as a coordination mechanism with a view to producing the PAN. For this purpose, the
country called upon the development partners to support the effort undertaken. In addition, a timetable for
the production of the PAN was adopted, providing for the creation of a standing committee, the elaboration
of a project aimed at obtaining institutional support from the Convention Secretariat and launching the
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PAN elaboration process beginning in October 1996. The events that took place in the country between
1996 and 1998 made it impossible to adhere to this timetable.
42. In the area of biodiversity, the CAR received support from the GEF, which enabled it to conduct
sectoral studies which led to the drafting of the Strategy and Action Plan for the conservation and
sustainable use of biodiversity in the CAR. The National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP)
was elaborated within a participatory process, with the contribution of a broad ranger of biodiversity actors.
It was subsequently adopted by the Government at a Cabinet meeting on 29 November 2000. The NBSAP
objectives are the following:
- Conserve and improve plant and animal resources in land and humid zone ecosystems
- Ensure the conservation and sustainable use of agrobiodiversity and domesticated animal
species;
- Promote a mechanism for the fair and equitable sharing in the benefits accruing from the
exploitation of biodiversity resources.
43. During the NBSAP elaboration process, weaknesses were recognised in three areas considered as
priorities for its implementation. They are taxonomy, incentives for the conservation and sustainable use of
biodiversity and access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits accruing from their
commercialisation. Most actors lack the requisite knowledge to understand the importance of these issues
for the implementation of the NBSAP. The Government took note of this. The major constraints impinging
upon the development of taxonomy activities are of three types: the lack of trained human resources, the
weakness of infrastructures for the collection, identification and conservation of reference materials
(biological specimens) and the lack of financial resources, both in the national budget and from external
sources. In the area of access to genetic resources and the sharing of benefits accruing from their use, legal
texts regulating those resources fail to take into consideration micro-organisms and traditional knowledge
and know-how. As regards incentives to promote the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, the
studies carried out in the regions surveyed in the country identified four major environmental issues for
which such incentives are needed, i.e. traditional bush fires, local and foreign poaching, gallery-forest
degradation for rainfed rice and maize cultivation, and poison fishing.
44. In the area of climate change, the country was provided with support from: (i) the CC:TRAIN
Programme (a UNITAR training programme) for the training of national experts in various methodologies
for climate change studies; (ii) the GEF to help in the drafting of the initial national communication. The
studies conducted in the latter case resulted in the elaboration of a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, the
assessment of the country’s potential vulnerability to climate change, the elaboration of a strategy and
actions for the mitigation of GHG emissions and adaptation to climate change, and an assessment of the
national effort aimed at preventing climate change. By producing its initial national communication to the
UNFCCC, the CAR meets its obligations under the Convention. The MEDDES is considering the creation
of a National Committee on Climate Change (NCCC), following the seminar for focal points working on
the country’s commitments in the environmental protection area. This is a multidisciplinary entity in charge
of monitoring and supporting the implementation of the UNFCCC and related legal instruments, including
the Kyoto Protocol, as well as studying scientific, technological and other questions related to climate
change. More specifically, the NCCC is responsible for:
o The elaboration, monitoring and implementation of the National Communications,
o The elaboration, monitoring and implementation of the National Action Programmes for
Adaptation (NAPA) and other strategies in the climate change area.
45. In 2003, CAR received financing from the GEF in the form of a PDF A to prepare a proposal for a
National Capacity Self Assessment exercise. The formulation of the proposal has experienced some delay
due to: the implementation of PDF A involved many stakeholders (e.g. National Focal Points of UNFCCC,
UNCBD, and UNCCD; NGOs; the Private Sector). Accordingly, it required extensive time to engage and
mobilize all key stakeholders.
46. Regarding global environmental management, it should be noted that executives from several sectors,
in addition to ministerial services in charge of managing the environment, participated in the studies
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conducted on climate change and biodiversity. These studies were carried out in consultation with NGOs
and the private sector. Also, national and regional workshops contributed to raising awareness among
development actors of global environmental issues and their impacts on national development. Such
meeting revealed the need for leveraging synergies between the activities related to the implementation of
the various conventions in order to ensure better integration of the global environment protection objectives
within the national development strategies. What is required to meet this need is greater consistency which
could be achieved through an effective coordination system and an appropriate mechanism for participatory
monitoring and evaluation of the various initiatives.
II. OBJECTIVES AND LINKAGES
47. The general objective of this project is to assess the national capacities to manage the global
environment in the CAR The project will determine the gaps in, constraints to and priorities for the
creation, development and reinforcement of individual, institutional and systemic capacities to better
manage environmental resources in order to preserve them while using them sustainably to support the
national development effort and the fight against poverty. The country to formulate a strategy and action
plan for strengthening capacities to manage environmental resources, formulate verifiable indicators –
relevant to the fight against poverty – for the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the
strategy, and to submit this action plan to the partners and donors.
The NCSA process will be used for the following various purposes:
 To assess and define the priorities in national capacities building in the framework of world
environment management in CAR
 To set up relevant indicators in poverty reduction strategy and implementation strategy assessment
 To reinforce women capacities in order to access to essential social services related to
environmental resources
 Promotion of the participative process in order to reinforce dialogue, share information and
facilitate cooperation of the stakeholders in the world and national environment management
 Revision the Document of poverty reduction strategy;
 Implementation of the MDG recommendations ;
 Specific constraint identification to the women participation
 Formulation of the capacities building strategy and action plan for environmental capacities
management ;
 Implementation of monitor and assessment of capacities building process.
48. The national self-assessment project will focus on the constraints to and needs for strengthening and
developing capacities in connection with the management of international conventions, in particular the
conventions on biodiversity, climate change and the fight against desertification, in order to ensure
coordination of efforts and synergy. The project will also include the needs to reinforce existing
institutional capacities and will develop national and regional networks. Finally, through a participatory
process, the project will enhance dialogue, information exchange and cooperation among the parties
concerned by national and global environment management (NGEM), from grassroots communities to the
highest government levels, through decentralized state entities in the country’s administrative regions and
the city of Bangui.
49. In order to ensure that the project is optimally adapted to current circumstances and in conformity with
national sustainable development priorities, its activities will be conducted together with and complement
those undertaken to establish a national commission for environment and sustainable development
(NCESD). The project will also feed into the revision of the Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper (PRSF).
The project will also be involved in the implementation of the recommendations on the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) in the CAR the recommendations of the World Summit on Sustainable
Development (WSSD) held in September 2002 in South Africa, regarding in particular water, sanitation,
housing, the fight against desertification and the sustainable use of biodiversity. At this level, particular
emphasis will be placed on gender issues, identifying specific constraints on women regarding their
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reasonable use of environmental resources in order to ensure their self-sufficiency and improve their
standard of living. This NCSA-GEM project will seek appropriate ways and means to improve or
strengthen women’s capacities to access and use basic social services efficiently, in particular in the areas
of water, sanitation and the management of natural resources and rural environment so as to promote their
production and access thereof to market. The NCSA-GEM process will take into consideration and will be
based on the relevant activities and outputs of the processes for the formulation of the National
Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan; the National Initial Communication on Climate Change, the fight
against desertification; the National Environmental Action Plan and plans related to integrated water
resources management and social economy.
50. Furthermore, in terms of considering the ongoing regional activities and initiatives, the project will
make strong synergy with the New Plan for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) capacity building program;
particularly CAR will seek synergy and implementation of the Annexe1 of the NEPAD Action Plan of the
Environment Initiative.
IV. PROJECT ACTIVITIES
51. Project activities will be implemented using the approach and principles suggested by GEF in
consultation with the various international convention processes for NCSA-GEM studies1. In addition, and
as needed, the project will make use as much as possible of the tools and methodologies presented in the
Guide for NCSA-GEM2 and the NCSA Resource Kit3. These activities will involve all elements of society,
including in particular the public and private sectors, civil society and NGOs, which will be represented on
the thematic work groups and within the NPSC and PMCC. The population at the grassroots level will also
be involved in this participatory process, in particular through regional workshops. The Senior Executive at
the Ministry of Environment and the UNDP officer in charge of the environment programme will provide
periodic advancement reports on progress achieved in the NCSA process to meetings with donors
contributing funds for the environment in Bangui.
52. The following method will be used to ensure that the NCSA process will produce the expected outputs:
* A National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) will be established, as a precursor to the NCESD
currently under elaboration, in order to obtain better synergy between the various processes relating to
international environmental conventions while also ensuring the project’s integration and anchoring within
the national development effort and the fight against poverty. The project will also take stock of the
situation regarding GEM through 5 thematic work groups, one for each of the 3 major conventions
(biodiversity, climate change and desertification), one for Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM) and one for Social Economy. Also through this project, a campaign will be conducted to ensure
national commitment and support to project outputs, beginning with rapid consultation of the population of
the country’s regions in order to define initial priorities in capacity-building needs This popular
consultation process will be continued at the national capital level in order to confirm and further prioritize
those needs. Under the direction a Project Management and Coordination Committee (PMCC) and through
the thematic work groups, a detailed analysis of the needs for creation, strengthening and development of
GEM capacities will be carried out. The PMCC will define common work methodologies to be applied,
which will draw on the GEF operational manual on NCSAs, as well as on SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities & Threats) and PPO (Project Planning by Objectives) analyses. The thematic work groups’
work will be based on ongoing participatory processes linked to activities pertaining to the various
conventions and IWRM. With the support and coordination of a National Project Coordinator (NPC), the
thematic work groups will supervise activities carried out by thematic consultants who will produce
detailed analysis reports for each theme on real needs for individual, institutional and systemic capacity
strengthening...
1
Operational Guidelines for Expedited Funding Of National Self Assessments Of Capacity Building Needs, GEF, 2001
2
A Guide for Self-Assessment of Country Capacity Needs for Global Environment Management, UNITAR, 2000
3
National Capacity Self-Assessments: A Resource Kit, UNDP-GEF, 2004.
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* A synthetic summary of these detailed thematic analyses will be produced by the NPC with support from
the thematic consultants and will provide a horizontal view (between themes and national activity sectors)
and vertical view (individuals, institutions, and system) of the NCSA-GEM synthetic study. This synthetic
document will be submitted to the PMCC for amendment, approval and integration within other national
activity sectors, after government approval.
* Based on the NCSA-GEM, a strategy and action plan to strengthen environmental management capacities
will be formulated with the help of the consultants and submitted to and approved by a national
participatory, multisectoral workshop with representation from the various sectors of national society. This
action plan will be quantified and will define the timing, inputs and operators responsible for each activity.
It will be presented in the format of a PPO logical framework matrix with monitoring & evaluation
indicators and will be submitted to a consultation meeting between governmental and non-governmental
organizations, private sector partners and donors for funding...
* During the formulation of the strategy and action plan, a mechanism for the monitoring and evaluation of
the capacity-building process will be put into place, with reference to verifiable indicators along the way.
These indicators will be those pertaining to the MDGs and the objectives of the Poverty Reduction Strategy
Framework (PRSF).
Expected outputs
53. The above described method should ensure the following expected outputs:
i) A Stock-taking report that lists all the relevant past and ongoing initiatives for the 3 Rio Conventions
ii) Thematic Assessments that identify priority capacity constrains
iii) Crosscutting Analysis, that identifies priority crosscutting issues and capacity constrains
iv) Action Plan, that lists: a) actions to be taken to address the identified priority capacity constraints; b)
timetable; and c) players to drive the actions; and that states a monitoring and evaluation plan
v) Final Report, that clearly explains the processes and products of the NCSA, including the methodologies
used; and that lists priority thematic and crosscutting capacity constraints
On basis of the proposed assessment method for the UNDP-GEF guidelines, the above mentioned
methodology has been translated into activities. Project activities are presented below in detail and in
chronological order.
Activity No. 1: NCSA-GNEM Process Planning and Initiation
54. In order to initiate the NCSA-GNEM process:
 Le Ministry of Development of Tourism and Craft Industry, in charge of Environment will appoint
a senior executive of the Ministry of Environment as National Project Manager (NPM). The
NPM will serve as the government’s focal point for the NCSA-NGEM process. The NPM will
follow closely and, as needed, participate in the PRSF and MDG processes. He will also establish a
project office (government in-kind contribution) for the National Project Coordinator (NPC) (or
Senior National Consultant - SNC), who will be tasked with the day-to-day management of the
project on a full-time basis. The NPC will also facilitate the coordination and synergy of efforts
between the processes relating to the international environmental conventions under the
supervision of the NPM and the GEF Operational Focal Point (GEF-OFP) in the country.
 A Project Management and Coordination Committee (PMCC) will be established by the Ministry
of Development of Tourism and Craft in charge of Environment. The PMCC will include 14
members, i.e. the NPM, the GEF-OFP, the 3 Focal Points for the conventions on biodiversity,
climate change and fight against desertification, the head of the thematic group on water, the head
of the thematic group on social economy, the NPC, one representative of the PRSF, one
representative of the MDGs, on representative of decentralized entities, one representative of the
NGOs, one representative of the private sector and the UNDP environmental programme adviser
(representing the donors).
 The NPSC will finalize, approve or modify, as needed, the project work programme and will
prepare the terms of reference for all project inputs, consultations, participation processes and
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activities;
The NPSC will recruit the project staff, including the national and thematic consultants, and will
put into place the thematic work groups by consensus.
The PMCC will ensure the coordination and information sharing with other ongoing initiatives and
establish close linkages with them in order to integrate objectives, harmonize procedures (avoiding
redundancy of efforts) and improve the use of human and/or institutional resources.
The PMCC will ensure adequate stakeholder identification, consultation and participation in the
NCSA-NGEM, such stakeholders including in particular members of other multisectoral national
commissions, national, regional, prefecture and local authorities, grassroots communities, NGOs,
the private sector, civil society and professional organizations.
The PMCC will ensure information sharing at the national level and throughout the Sub-Saharan
region in order to benefit from and disseminate experience on the NCSA-NGEM process.
The PMCC will select the work methodologies to be adopted for the NCSA-NGEM in the CAR
based on the GEF and UNITAR operational guides.
Activity No. 2: Establish participation and support at the highest national level
55. A National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) will be created by way of decree by le Ministry of
Tourism and Craft Industry Development, in charge of Environment in consultation with the Ministry of
Planning, Economy Finance, Budget and International Cooperation and the Prime Minister to provide
guidance and support to the NCSA-NGEM project. The Minister in Charge of Environment will keep the
Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers informed of the progress of the NCSA and the resolutions of
the NPSC. The desired composition of the NPSC is listed in Annex I hereto and in the project
organizational chart. The NPSC will provide guidance and support to project activities aimed at obtaining
the expected outputs.
56. The NPSC will meet every semester or at least three times over the duration of the project, more
specifically at the beginning of the project, at the finalization of the NCSA-GEM for its endorsement and
upon the approval of the strategy to strengthen capacities ensure process monitoring and evaluation. In
addition to its steering mandate, the NPSC will establish a broad information network aimed at integrating
NCSA-NGEM activities within national development efforts and activities in connection with the fight
against poverty (PRSF, MDGs). The members of this network will be called upon to participate in the
major activities undertaken under the project, in particular in the national and regional workshops
Activity No. 3: Review of Existing Data and Information
57. Thematic work groups for each convention will be set up by the PMCC. Five work groups will be
based on the ongoing processes for the three key conventions, one on issues related to integrated water
resource management and one on social economy. With support provided by national consultants to be
hired for the task, each of the five thematic work groups will produce a summary report of existing data
and information regarding constraints and needs for reinforcement of individual, institutional and systemic
capacities and will establish initial prioritization
Activity No. 4: Integration and Joint Validation of Initial Prioritization (1st National Workshop)
58. A national consultant will be hired to produce a concept paper integrating all thematic syntheses
(Activity No. 3), categorizing and prioritizing by theme on common and specific areas. The members of
the various thematic work groups will be invited to participate in a one-day national sharing workshop in
order to adopt and validate this concept paper on priorities regarding capacity-building needs to remove
constraints and ensure better national and global environmental management (NGEM). This first national
workshop will also ensure greater consideration of intersectoral issues, mainly within environmental
management, and their integration within the national development effort. This synthetic concept paper, as
adopted, will be sent to all administrative regions in the country for further development.
Activity No. 5: Further Development and Adoption of Priority Capacity-Building Needs for Each
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National Administrative Region
59. The concept paper as adopted at national level by the work groups convened within the first sharing
workshop will be submitted to the stakeholders in all of the country’s administrative regions, meeting in six
regional workshops, for further development and validations. The format of the consultations at the region
and prefecture levels will be determined by the PMCC; it will consist in particular in circulating the draft
document by mail one month prior to a one-day validation workshop to be organized in each region in
order to collect the comments and remarks and incorporate them in the document. The NPC and the
national consultant who produced the first concept paper may organize and facilitate regional workshops
and obtain feedback from the populations, with a view to enhancing the document to be approved.
Representatives of the various segments of the population will be invited to participate in these regional
consultations, including in particular the public and private sectors, prefectoral councils, traditional
authorities, civil society and the NGOs. For the prefectures that will not be visited during the regional
workshops, other modes of consultation, as determined by the PMCC, will be used, including in particular
written mail exchanges and radio or TV broadcasts with audience participation by telephone. A synthesis
paper including the inputs of the regional consultations and the workshops will be produced by the NPC
and the national consultant who produced the first concept paper.
Activity No. 6: Synthesis of Inputs from Communes and Administrative Regions
60. The enhanced concept paper to come from the administrative regions will be submitted by the PMCC
to the NPSC, and as needed to the PRSF unit and the MDG unit, for consideration and integration in the
anti-poverty process and the national development effort.
Activity No. 7: Detailed Study of Priority Areas
61. A group of three national consultants (one sociologist, one economist, and one ecologist) specializing
in the analysis of individual, institutional and systemic capacities will be recruited and tasked with a
detailed study of the capacity-building priorities as selected by the thematic work groups, the first national
summary workshop and the 6 stakeholder consultation and development workshops conducted in the
country’s administrative regions. Likewise, amendments from the NPSC and the PRSF and MDG units will
be integrated as appropriate.
62. The three consultants will work in a team spirit and will consult will the work groups as required in
order to draw on their thematic expertise. The detailed study will focus at least on the three main
conventions, i.e. the conventions on biodiversity, climate change and the fight against desertification.
However, according to the guidelines and guidance of the PMCC, the detailed study will also look at
priority needs for capacity-building or strengthening as formulated for the national environment, water
resources and social economy. The detailed study will also show the impact and the linkages with the
country’s needs for capacity-building for development and the fight against poverty and how
environmental resources may contribute to this. In addition, it will also recommend solutions and point to
opportunities and issues (ways and means) to remove the constraints. For this purpose, the detailed study
will review the historical, social, economic, political and administrative factors which contributed,
underlined or continue to contribute to the identified constraints regarding national capacity-building needs
and will propose solutions at the individual, institutional and national political and legislative system
levels.
Activity 8. Analysis of cross-cutting issues- Production of a synthesis document
63. The three consultants will pay particular attention to the identification and analysis of cross-cutting
issues between the focal areas, including linkages to other important processes like PRSP, MDG, etc. and
the corresponding capacity buildings constraints. They will produce a special cross-cutting assessment for
this purpose, to be discussed with the thematic working groups.
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Activity No. 9: Preparation of a Strategy, Action Plan and Monitoring Indicators
64. With support from a national consultant, through the NPC and the NPM, the PMCC will prepare a draft
strategy and action plan based on the NCSA-NGEM study aimed at removing the barriers and reinforcing
capacities for NGEM and participation in the national development effort. This draft strategy and action
plan will be submitted to a 2nd national PPO workshop (30 participants from the PMCC and the thematic
groups) in order to prepare, adopt and finalize a logical framework. Particular emphasis will be placed on
the formulation of objectively verifiable indicators linked to the MDGs for the CAR as well as to the PRSF
and the individual, institutional and systemic capacity-building objectives. This document will be
submitted to the NPSC and the PRSF and MDG units to ensure its ownership and integration within the
national resource mobilization and implementation effort.
Activity No. 10: Consultation between the Government, the Private Sector and External stakeholders
in the field of environmental management
65. Under the aegis of the PMCC, the 3 successive documents on the NCSA-NGEM, the strategy and
action plan and the logical framework will be submitted to a consultation meeting between the
Government, the private sectors and the traditional external stakeholders in the field of environmental
management in the CAR for a division of tasks and responsibilities (including finances).
Activity No. 11: Preparation and Approval of the CAR’s NCSA-NGEM at the 3rd National
Workshop
66. The detailed study document on capacity-building priorities produced by the three national consultants
will be submitted to a 3rd national workshop for further development and adoption. This workshop will be
targeted at all national environment stakeholders, including the members of thematic groups on the
international conventions processes, IWRM and social economy. It will be facilitated by the National
Project Coordinator and will include the presentation of the work documents by the team of the 3 national
consultants. The NCSA-NGEM document adopted by the 3rd National Workshop will be submitted to the
NPSC and the MDG and PRSF units for adoption and integration within the national development
processes and its submission to the Council of Ministers for final approval and, as needed to the National
Transition Council (National Assembly).
Activity No. 12: Monitoring and Evaluation of the Strengthening of Capacities for NGEM
67. Immediately after the activity 10, the Government and the NPSC will issue instructions on the
monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of the actions undertaken, using the objectively verifiable
objectives elaborated under the project. The implementation of the development and strengthening of
capacities for NGEM will be effectively integrated within the anti-poverty efforts according to the MDGs
and any other programme specified by the Government. In addition, the outputs of the national selfassessment for environmental management and its strategy will be integrated eventually in the revised
PRSF.
V. PROJECT INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS
68. The NPSC will ensure policy oversight and intersectoral coordination of the project. The NPSC will
ensure the liaison and integration of this project’s activities in ongoing processes in connection with the
fight against poverty. The NPSC will have a board chaired by the Prime Minister or his representative, with
le MDTCI as its first vice chairman and the Minister of Planning, Economy, Finance, Budget and
International Cooperation (MPEFBIC) as its second vice chairman. The Senior Executive of MDTCI and
one private sector representative will carry out secretariat functions for the NPSC board and will be jointly
responsible for meeting preparation. The NPSC board will also include two reporters, i.e. one
representative of the University of Bangui (for National Education) and one NGO representative. This
committee will include representatives from various entities of the public and private sectors, as well as
civil society and NGOs. A tentative list of NPSC members is given in Annex I hereto. The NPSC will meet
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at least three times during the life of the project and will oversee the activities of the PMCC which will
meet more frequently, as needed, in its stead.
69. The PMCC will be made up of 16 members. It will be chaired by the National Project Manager and the
GEF Operational Focal Point will be the vice chairman. The secretariat of the PMCC will be entrusted to a
NPC, a full-time project manager. In addition to these three officers, the PMCC will include the following
members: the CBD Focal Point, the UNFCCC Focal Point, the UNCCD Focal Point, one representative of
the PRSF unit, one representative of the MDG unit, one representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Animal Husbandry, one representative of the Ministry of Water and Forestry, one representative of the
decentralized entities (Bangui Municipal Council), one representative of private sector, one representative
of the NGOs, one representative of the Water Thematic Group, and one UNDP representative for the
donors. The PMCC will ensure horizontal coordination and synergy of the project with efforts in
connection with the activities of the national processes pertaining to the various international conventions,
IWRM. Finally, the PMCC will see that intersectoral environmental issues be carefully studied and
analyzed in greater detail in the NCSA-GNEM and that answers be provided in the resulting national
strategy.
70. A Project Management Office (PMO) will be established. In consultation with the UNDP Bangui
Office, the MDTAE will recruit a National Project Coordinator (NPC) who will be hired under a Senior
National Consultant contract according to UNDP nomenclature and whose salary will be included in the
NCSA-GEM project budget. A maximum of two support staff members, i.e. a bookkeeper and a secretary,
will be hired under the project to provide help to the NPC.
71. The project will be executed by the MDTCI in consultation with the MPEFBIC through the MDG and
PRSF units. The Minister of MDTCI will appoint a Senior Executive of the MDTCI as National Project
Manager (NPM). The NPM will be accountable to the Government, primarily through the MDTCI and the
MPEFBIC, and UNDP and will be responsible for the timely mobilization of project inputs and production
of project outputs within the established schedule. The NPM will also be responsible for the submission of
the quarterly work programmes and disbursement reports as well as interim progress reports to UNDP and
the MDTCI. The NPM will head the PMCC and will supervise the activities of the National Project
Coordinator (NPC).
72. The PMCC will recruit on a per-task basis a number of consultants to carry out various project
activities, first the NPC as senior national consultant, then other national consultants who will be
supervised by the NPC. All procurements of goods and services under the project will be made according
to the UNDP national execution modality.
73. Under the project budget, the PMCC, will recruit and use the services of national experts or consultants,
such as process or workshop facilitators. This expertise will be provided by people who are very familiar
with environmental convention processes, but also by national experts outside of the environmental sector
for the analysis and development of individual, institutional and systemic capacities. This external expertise
will be sought, for example, within the areas of administrative, social, economic and legislative reforms
and organizational change. The terms of reference for this expertise, consultation and facilitation will be
elaborated by the NPC and the NPM and approved by the PMCC.
74. The MDTCI will make an office available to the NPM and the NPC as a national in-kind contribution.
The NPM salary will be paid as a cash contribution of the Government to the project. As an in-kind
contribution, the CAR Government will also provide the expertise of the thematic groups, communications
and premises for the project office and meetings such as the national workshops (3) and regional
workshops (6) which will not be included in the NCSA-NGEM project budget. Participation in the NPSC
and the PMCC will not necessarily be included in the GEF budget for the project but will be part of the
country’s in-kind contribution. All these in-kind contributions are evaluated around US$25,000.
75. The UNDP Country Office in Bangui will play an important role in providing guidance and ensuring
that the provisions of the NCSA guides and Resource Kits (GEF and UNITAR) are adhered to. UNDP will
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see to it that the national execution norms be applied that the project be focused on the various horizontal
aspects of the NCSA (coordination between processes and synergistic actions) as well as on the vertical
aspects (individual, institutional and systemic). UNDP will also ensure that the consultation process under
the NCSA be participatory and broad and that it be integrated within the national sustainable development
processes (MDGs and PRSF).
76. This project of the CAR is one of a series being undertaken in the sub-region which are scheduled to
begin in late 2004, early 2005, within the framework of NCSA-GEM exercises, including in Benin,
Burkina Faso, Congo, DR Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea and Mali. This convergence in
time affords an opportunity for experience sharing at the sub-regional level. For this purpose, efforts will
be made to establish a sub-regional network for the strengthening of national and global environment
management capacities. The CAR’s participation in this forward looking network is desirable.
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12. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Activity/
Month
1
1. NCSA-NGEM Process and
Initiation
2. Establish participation and support
at the highest national level
3. Review of Existing Data and
Information
4. 1st national workshop on Integration
and Joint Validation of Initial
Prioritization
5. Further Development and Adoption
of Priority Capacity Building for each
National Administrative Region
6. Synthesis of Inputs from
Communes
and
Administrative
Regions
7. Detailed Study of Priority Areas
8. Analysis of cross-cutting issuesProduction of a synthesis document
9. Preparation of strategy, Action Plan
and Monitoring Indicators
10.
Consultation
between
Government, Private Sector and
External stakeholders in the field of
environmental management
11. Preparation and Approval of the
CAR’s NCSA-NGEM at the 2nd
National Workshop
12. Monitoring and Evaluation of the
Strengthening of Capacities for
NGEM
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
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VII
BUDGET: (in US Dollars)
The Government of CAR provides in kind financing amounting to a total of US $25,000.
Output
stocktake
Thematic Assessments
 Biodiversity
 Climate
Change
 Land
Degradation
Subtotal
Analysis of crosscutting issues and
synergies,
In-depth
analysis of priority
issues
Subtotal
Strategy and Action
Plan development
Subtotal
NCSA document
Subtotal
Co-ordination
and
management,
participation in a
regional meeting
M&E
Subtotal
TOTAL
Proces
Product
UNDP
TOTAL
(USD)
5,000
5,000
5,000
16,000
16,000
16,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
6,000
6,000
6,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
15,000
10,000
48,000
13,000
9,000
8,000
18,000
8,000
90,000
39,000
10,000
13,000
28,000
8,000
8,000
8,000
12,000
39,000
48,000
28,000
20,000
8,000
2,500
12,000
48,000
22,500
12,500
20,000
10,000
2,500
10,000
10,000
22,500
42,500
2,500
1,000
2,500
2,000
8,000
15,000
40,000
11,000
120,000
12,500
40,000
12,000
50,000
50,500
250,000 US$
ANNEXES:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Membership of the National Project Steering Committee (NPSC, 30 members)
Membership of the Project Management and Coordination Committee (PMCC, 16 members)
Aide Mémoire of the Orientation Mission for the NCSA-GNEM Process in the CAR
Membership of the Thematic Work Groups
Project Organizational Chart and Institutional Anchoring
Annex I: Indicative List of Officers and Members of the NPSC4
4
NPSC membership is limited to 30 members but the Committee may call upon any person it deems to possess necessary qualifiication to provide
assistance for the completion of its mission. NCSA activities will be conducted primarily within the thematic work groups and the numerous
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1.1. NPSC Board of Officers
1. Prime Minister or his representative, Chairman
2. Minister of Development of Tourism and Craft Industry, in charge of Environment (1st Vice
Chairman)
3. Minister of Planning, Economy, Finance, Budget and International Cooperation or his
representative (2nd Vice Chairman)
4. Senior Executive of the Ministry of Tourism and Craft Industry Development, in charge of
Environment (1st Secretary)
5. Representative of the Private Sector (2nd Secretary)
6. Representative of the University of Bangui (1st Rapporteur)
7. Representative of the NGOs (2nd Rapporteur)
1.2. List of the 36 Members of the NPSC
1. Prime Minister or his representative
2. Minister of Development of Tourism and Craft Industry, in charge of Environment or his
representative
3. Minister of Planning, Economy, Finance, Budget et de la Coopération Internationale or his
representative
4. Senior Executive of the MDTCI
5. GEF Operational Focal Point,
6. Focal Point for Climate Change,
7. Focal Point for Biodiversity,
8. Focal Point for Desertification
9. Head of the Water Thematic Work Group;
10. Head of the PRSF Coordination Unit
11. Head of the MDG Coordination Unit
12. Representative of the University of Bangui
13. Representative of the Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural
14. Representatives of the Public Sector
15. 3 Representatives of the Private Sector
16. 4 Representatives of the NGOs and Civil Society
17. 4 Representatives of the grassroot communities and decentralized entities
18. One representative of UNDP and donors
stakeholders are encouraged to join said groups.
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Annex II. Membership of the Project Management and Coordination Committee
2.1. Officers
1. National Project Manager, Senior Executive at the Ministry of Tourism and Craft Industry
Development, in charge of Environment, Chairman of the PMCC
2. GEF Operational Focal Point in the CAR, Vice Chairman
3. National Project Coordinator, Secretary of the PMCC and NCSA project manager
2.2. Members
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
CBD Focal Point
UNFCCC Focal Point
UNCCD Focal Point
Representative of the Water Thematic Group
Representative of the PRSF Unit (Ministry of Planning, Economy, Finance, Budget et de la
Coopération Internationale)
Representative of the MDG Unit (Ministry of Planning, Economy, Finance, Budget et de la
Coopération Internationale)
Representative of decentralized entities
1 Representative of the Private Sector
1 Representative of the NGOs
Representative of UNDP for the donors.
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Annex III: Aide Mémoire of the Orientation Mission for the NCSA-GNEM Process in the CAR
Objectives of the Orientation Mission:
 Inform the country’s stakeholders on the process of the National Capacity SelfAssessment for Global Environmental Management (NCSA-GEM); and
 Prepare and facilitate participatory adoption of the first draft of a NCSA-GEM proposal
for the Central African Republic, to be submitted to the Global Environment Facility
(GEF) for funding.
Date of the Orientation Mission: Bangui, 7-26 December 2003
Composition de la Mission:
 Dr. Trinto Mugangu, International Consultant for Environmental Capacity-Building,
 Ms. Hélène Nouganga, Ministry of Environment, Sustainable Development and Social
Economy (MEDDES),
 Mr. Michel Dimbélé-Kombé, MDTAE,
 Mr. Silla Youssoufa, Ministry of Planning,
 Mr. Paulin Regner, MDTAE , Point Focal Biodiversité
 Mr. Jean-Claude Mbomba, MDTAE, Directeur Général par intérim
With technical supported provided by:
o Mr. Gustave Dougombé, GEF Operational Focal Point
o Mr. Aline Malibangar, Climate Change Focal Point;
o Mr. Paulin Jacques Regner, Biodiversity Focal Point;
o Mr. Jean-Claude Mbomba, Desertification Focal Point et Directeur Général par
intérim;
o Mr. Gustave Doungoubé, Cabinet of the Minister of du Développement du Tourisme
et de l’Artisanat chargé de l’Environnement and National Transition Council;
o Ms. Georgette Kedjiwa-Ounda, UNDP Programme Assistant
o Mr. Maxime M’Bringa-Takama, Focal Point UNDP-Bangui
Mission Findings:





The Central African Republic is a signatory to a number of international conventions on the
global environment;
The country already engaged in several participatory processes in connection with these
various conventions, in particular on biodiversity, climate change and desertification;
National expertise already exists for this purpose as well as national committees on
biodiversity, climate change and the fight against desertification;
The country is involved in four key processes pertaining specifically to: (a) sustainable
development, (b) the formulation of a consistent environmental policy, (c) the fight against
poverty, and (d) the Millenium Development Goals to 2015. In particular, the country has
undertaken:
o The preparation of the creation of a national commission for environment and
sustainable development (CNEDD) through the National Environmental Action
Programme (NEAP) process, largely completed in 2001 but whose revision is
currently on the agenda;
o The preparation of the revision of the NEAP and an environmental code;
o The formulation of the Strategic Framework to Combat Poverty (PRSF);
o The implementation of a programme on the Millenium Development Goals;
In view of the issues and stakes in the areas of integrated water resource management and
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social economy, the national counterpart asked that two thematic groups be created
accordingly and that they participate in the NCSA-GNEM process;
An additional project (add-on to the initial Enabling Activity project in the area of biodiversity
completed in 2000) for the assessment of capacity needs for biodiversity processes is currently
being finalized and funded by UNDP-GEF; and
An Enabling Activity Project in the area of climate change was funded by UNEP-GEF.


Mission Outputs Regarding PDF-A Objectives:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Orientation session consisting in a presentation to the partners and mission members of a review of
the criteria and work tools for a NCSA and deciding on the assignment of tasks;
Identification of and consultation with appropriate government authorities and other partners in the
public and private sectors and civil society who might participate in the NCSA process.
Two meetings took place with the Minister du Développement du Tourisme et de l’Artisanat chargé
de l’Environnementand the Minister of Water and Forestry;
Three collective briefing sessions for partners in the public sector, the private sector and NGOs were
held; during these sessions, a participatory form of the NCSA in the CAR was presented to the
country’s partners and stakeholders;
Drafting of a proposal to seek GEF funding for the NCSA process in the CAR;
A national workshop was held on 23 December, 2003 with 87 participants who amended and
validated the NCSA-NGEM proposal, approving:
o
o
o
o
o
o
7.
The NCSA objectives;
The creation of 5 thematic work groups to conduct sectoral assessments on water, social
economy, biodiversity, climate change and desertification;
The Project coordination and steering mechanism consisting of a National Project
Steering Committee (NPSC) of 36 members and a Project Management and Coordination
Committee (PMCC) of 14 members;
The organization of six regional workshops and three national workshops;
An 18-month work programme for the preparation of the NCSA; and
Intermediate and final outputs and their goals (including the NCSA study, Strategy, Plan
of Action, Indicators and Monitoring Mechanism).
The lists of members of some thematic commissions remain to be finalized, but the convention focal
points will have an active role. The heads of these work groups are yet to be nominated. Also, the
terms of reference for each of the 5 thematic groups are to be drafted. Already, in the area of water
management, four ministries have been designated to serve on a committee to draft the
specifications for this thematic group and select a lead agency; they are the ministries in charge of:
(a) environment, (b) hydraulics and energy, (c) health, and (d) water and forestry.
Conclusions and Recommendations
1. In order to avoid redundancy of efforts, this project will build on ongoing processes regarding
global environmental management, in particular in the areas of biodiversity, climate change and
the fight against desertification.
2. Special attention will need to be accorded to a careful implementation of the thematic processes in
the areas of integrated water resources management to ensure their full participation in the NCSA
process as full-fledged national environment stakeholders;
3. The UNDP-Bangui office accepted to provide support to these national processes, in particular to
the activities of the thematic work group on integrated water resources management to, within this
national capacity self-assessment for global environmental management.
4. Synergy is to be sought between the PRSF and MDG activities in order to ensure efficient use of
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environmental resources to fight poverty and to reach Millenium Development Goals by 2015;
5. National Execution is the modality recommended in order to ensure national project ownership;
6. The itemised line budget according to UNDP format, terms of reference of activities to be carried
out, in particular within the thematic groups, and various positions to be filled within the
framework of the implementation of the project will be finalised by the Ministry du
Développement du Tourisme et de l’Artisanat chargé de l’Environnement in close collaboration
with UNDP-GEF Regional Coordinators based in Dakar, Mr. Abdoulaye Ndiaye
([email protected]) and Mr. Mathieu Koumoin ([email protected]), and Mr.
Maxime M’Bringa-Takama of UNDP-Bangui.
7. A letter of endorsement of the GEF Operational Focal Point in the country is required to submit
this project proposal to GEF.
8. Initiation of thematic group activities should begin immediately. The ministries selected as lead
agencies and the key convention focal points should meet and prepare the terms of reference for
each NCSA thematic commission. The thematic groups will be formed around the focal points of
the three key conventions (biodiversity, climate change, desertification) and leaders for social
economy and integrated water resource management, to be designated;
9. Finally, it will be important for the national counterpart (MEDDES) and UNDP-Bangui to identify
rapidly the person to be designated as chief national consultant, who will be tasked for 18 months
with the day-to-day management of the NCSA-NGEM project, which is scheduled to begin
around April 2004. Messrs. Michel Dimbele, Paulin Regner and Jean-Claude Mbomba, who
participated in the drafting of the NCSA project document clearly understand the NCSA process
and it is recommended that the most appropriate person suited for this post be selected among
them.
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Annex IV. Thematic Work Groups
(Lists currently being compiled)
A.4.1. Thematic Group on Climate Change
A.4.2. Thematic Group on la Biodiversity
A.4.3. Thematic Group on Desertification
A.4.4. Thematic Group on Water Resources
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Annex V. Project Organizational Chart and Institutional Anchoring
PRIMATURE
CAR
Ministry of Développement du
National Project Steering Committee
Tourisme et de l’Artisanat
(NPSC, 36 members)
chargé de l’Environnement
Preconfiguration of CNEDD with
Representatives of the Public and Private
Sectors, NGOs, Civil Society, and
PMCC Membership (14 members)
Finance, Budget and Int’l Cooperation
PRSF Unit
MDG Unit
Grassroot Communities
Board
Membership
Nat. Project Manager, Senior Exec. Of the
Project Management and Coordination
Ministry of Environment, Chairman GEF
Committee (PMCC)
Operational Focal Point in the CAR,
of
National
Project
Steering
Committee (36 members)
1. Board
-Prime Minister or his representative
Vice Chairman
Bureau Gestion Projet (BGP)
National Project Coordinator, PMCC Secretary
Members
CBD Focal Point
- MDTAE, 1st Vice Chairman
- 1 Senior National Consultant
-MPEFBCI, 2nd Vice Chairman
- 1 Bookkeeper & 1 Secretary
- Senior Exec. Envir. Ministry (Secretary)
- Representative of the Private Sector (Deputy
UNFCCC Focal Point
UNCCD Focal Point
1 Rep. of Water Thematic Group
National
Thematic Group
Workshops (3)
on
Secretary)
Thematic Group
Desertification
1 Rep. of Social Economy Thematic Group
on Water
- Representative of the University of Bangui (1st
Rapporteur)
- Representative of NGOs (2nd Rapporteur)
1 PRSF Representative
2. Members
1 MDG Representative
Thematic Group on
1 Private Sector Representative
1 Representative of Decentralized Entities (e.g.
the Bangui Municipal Council)
1 UNDP Representative (Donors)
Regional Workshops
(6)
Environment
Thematic Group
Thematic Group on
on Social
Climate Change
Economic
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- 10 Representatives of Public Services involved in
Biodiversity
1 NGO Representative
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Ministry of State for Planning, Economy,
and
Sustainable
Development
Management
- 2 Private Sector Representatives
- 3 NGO and Civil Society Representatives
-4 Grassroot communities Representatives
- Donors’ Representative