Application for GEF Funding
Self-Assessment of National Capacity Building Requirements Project (ANCR)
Country
Project title
GEF Implementing Agency
GEF Operational Focal Point
: Benin
: Self- Assessment of National Capacity Building Requirements for
Global Environment Management in Benin
: UNDP
: Pascal YAHA, Secretary General, Ministry of Environment,
Urbanism(MEHU)
Habitat and
National Implementing Agency
: Ministry of Environment, Habitat and Urbanism(MEHU)
(MEHU) through NCSD(National Commission for Sustainable Development)
Country Eligibility
: Benin is eligible for GEF assistance as it receives UNDP and World
Bank’s assistance. As shown in the following Table, Benin also ratified
many Environmental Conventions.
Ratified Conventions :
Convention
UNFCCC
Climate Changes
Date of Ratification
June 30, 1994
Mrs. AKOHA Jeanne, MEHU Technical
Environment Adviser
Mr OGOUCHI Raphaël James, Environment
Department, MEHU
July 26, 1994
Mrs. ZANOUArmande, MEHU
June 30, 1994
UNCBD
Biodiversity
UNCCD
Desertification Control
National Focal Point
GEF Funding
: US$ 225,000 (of which US$ 25,000 was for pdf A)
Government Contribution
: US$ 25,000 in kind as project management support staff, offices and
support to project steering and management mechanisms.
US$ 50,000 in cash to support the involvement of the Water Drainage and Pollution sector
and that of Environment Management Decentralisation to Municipalities under the ANCR
process.
Total Budget
:
US$300,000
Likely launching date
:
May 2004
Duration
:
18 Months
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LIST OF ABREVIATIONS
ABE
ANCR
Benin Environment Agency (ABE);
Self-Assessment of National Capacity Building Requirements for Global Environmental;
Management (ANCR);
BM
World Bank (WB);
CBD
Biodiversity Convention (BDC);
CBDD
Benin Centre for Sustainable Development (CBDD);
CBRST
Benin Scientific and Technical Research Centre (CBRST);
CC
Climate Changes (CC);
CCNUCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changes (UNFCCC);
CCT
Climate Change Train (CCT);
CDD
Sustainable Development Committee (CDD);
CED
Remote Training Centre (CED);
CENAGREF
National Fauna Reserves Management Centre (CENAGREF);
CIFRED
Inter-Faculty Training and Environmental Research Centre for Sustainable Development
(CIFRED);
CLD
United Nations Convention for Desertification Control (CLD);
CNCC
National Committee on Climate Changes (CNCC);
CNDD
National Committee on Sustainable Development (CNDD);
CNDLP
National Development and Poverty Reduction Committee (CNDLP);
CNLD
National Desertification Control Committee (CNLD);
CNP
National Project Coordinator (NPC or lead national consultant)
CNUED
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) (1992 Rio Summit);
CRP
Project Select Committee (CRP);
DGRHP
General Department of Human Resources and Population (DGRHP);
DNP
National Project Director (NPD);
DOI
Director of Internationals Organisations (DOI);
DSD
Social Dimension of Development (DSD);
DSRP
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)
FEM
Global Environment Facility (GEF);
FNLD
National Fund for Desertification Control (FNLD);
GEM
Global Environment Management (GEM);
GENM
National and Global Environment Management (GENM)
GES
Greenhouse Gas (GHG);
IDH
Human Development Index (HDI);
INFRE
National Institute for Training and Educational Research (INFRE);
MAEP
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery (MAEP);
MAIEA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African Integration (MAEIA);
MICPE
Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Employment Promotion (MICPE);
MCPTN
Ministry of Communication and Promotion of New Technologies (MCPTN);
MEHUMinistry of Environment, Habitat and Urbanism(MEHU)
(MEHU);
MESRS
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MESRS);
MFE
Ministry of Finance and Economy (MFE);
MISD
Ministry of Interior, Security and Decentralisation (MISD);
MJLDH
Ministry of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights (MJLDH);
MMEH
Ministry of Mining, Energy and Hydraulics (MMEH);
MPPD
Ministry of Planning, Forecasting and Development (MPPD);
MSP
Ministry of Public Health (MSP);
MTPT
Ministry of Works and Transport (MTPT);
NLTPS
National Long Term Prospective Studies (NLTPS);
OMS
World Health Organisation (WHO);
ONG
Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO);
PADPPA
Traditional Fishing Participatory Development Support Programme (PADPPA);
PAE
Environmental Action Plan (PAE);
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PAMF
PAN/LCD
PAZH
PCE
PDE
PFO/FEM
PGCPN
PGE
PGFTR
PGRN
PGTRN
PGUD
PIB
PMEDP
PNDC
PNGE
PNUD
PONAREC
PPEFB
PPO
PRGU
PRRF
SENAREC
SMDD
SNPACB
SWOT
UEMOA
UNITAR
Mass Forest development Project (PAMF);
National Action Plan for Desertification Control (PAN/LCD);
Wetlands Development Programme (PAZH);
Environment Adviser Project (PCE);
Livestock Development Project (PDE);
GEF Operational Focal Point (GEF/OFP);
National Park Management and Conservation Programme (PGCPN);
Environment Management Programme (PGE);
Forest and Riparian Land Management Programme (PGFTR);
Natural Resource Management Project (PGRN);
Land and Natural Resource Management Project (PGTRN);
Decentralised Urban Management Project (PGUD);
Gross Domestic product (GDP);
Sustainable Fishery-based Livelihood Programme (PMEDP);
National Community Development Programme (PNDC);
National Environment Management Programme (PNGE);
United nations Development Programme (UNDP);
National Capacity Building Policy (PONAREC);
Forestry and Logging Economy Promotion Project (PPEFB);
Project Planning per Objective (PPO)
Urban Rehabilitation and Management Project (PRGU);
Forestry Resource Regeneration Project (PRRF);
National Secretariat for Capacity Building (SENAREC);
World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD);
National Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation (SNPACB);
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats (SWOT);
West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU);
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
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I. BACKGROUND
I.1. Economic and Social Background
1.
The Republic of Benin is located in West Africa between latitudes 6°10’N and 12°25’N and longitudes 0°45’E and
3°55’E. It covers an area of 112,622 km2 and is made up of a narrow tract of land perpendicularly-oriented to the
Gulf of Guinea. It is limited to the North by Burkina Faso and the Republic of Niger, to the East, by Nigeria, to the
West, by the Republic of Togo and to the South, by the Atlantic Ocean. With a sea front 125 km long harbouring a
deep water port, Benin stretches north-southerly over 672 km and its widest points are 324 km apart.
2.
Apart from the Atacora range, Benin has a rather homogenous relief; the only rugged landform is found in northern
Benin. The country is characterised by a) a hot and wet climate, b) a rainfall wavering between 1,100 and 1,200 mm
with peaks of 1,400 mm. Benin’s river network is made up of many streams (about 3,048 km of streams) and over
333 km2 of stretches of water (lakes and lagoons) located south of the country. This river network belongs to two
major basins, viz. the River Niger Basin and the Coastal Basin. The vegetal cover is less diversified and the pedologic
formation of the national territory is mostly made up of tropical ferruginous soils.
3.
At the regional and international levels, Benin is a member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union
(WAEMU), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Conseil de l’Entente, African Union (AU),
Islamic Conference Organisation (ICO), United Nations (UN) and Intergovernmental Francophone Organisation.
4.
Politically speaking, the new institutional order put in place makes Benin a politically stable country according to
international standards. It puts up Benin as a democracy bridgehead: the country is experienced with peaceful, free
and transparent elections and the freedom of speech and association. The political regime is a presidential one. The
executive power which is made up of the President of the Republic and the Government, enjoys extensive powers. On
the other hand, there is a non-dissolvable National Assembly that votes laws and controls its action. The judicial
power is mainly held by the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the Higher Court of Justice which was
established in 2002. Other institutional checks and balances include the Economic and Social Council and the High
Audiovisual and Communication Authority.
5.
Administratively, Benin is divided into twelve provinces, viz. : the Atlantic province, the coastal province, the Ouémé
province, the Plateau province, the southern provinces of Mono and Couffo, Zou and the Central Hills province, the
Atacora province, the Donga province and the northern provinces of Borgou and Alibori. With the decentralisation
policy, the country was subdivided into 77 municipalities with individual legal entity and financial autonomy. With
the exception of the country’s three municipalities granted a special status i.e. the Cotonou, Parakou and Porto-Novo
municipalities, all other municipalities have weak local administrations: lack of adequate offices, shortage of
executive staff, almost non-existent technical means and very limited financial resources (less than 1% of GDP). The
tax collection rate is still very low in the rural area. With the exception of Cotonou, local per capita tax is about CFAF
300 annually, hence the poor quality services offered the population due to the lack of resources. However, the
establishment of an Urban Land Registry (ULR), an experiment conducted in some of the urban areas has contributed
to a significant increase in tax revenue.
6.
With a high population growth rate at 2.8%, Benin’s population rose from 4,915,555 inhabitants in 1992 to 5,800,000
inhabitants in 1998 and to 6,752,569 inhabitants in 20021 (or a population density of 58 inhabitants per km2). Benin’s
population is concentrated in the northern part of the country where about 60% of Beninese live on 12% of the
national territory, and in the urban area where 41% of the population are found, which raises some poverty and
environmental problems.
7.
The illiteracy rate is very high among adults; women are particularly affected in the rural area. Illiteracy rate 2 is as
high as 82% among women and 58% among men in the rural area, and 54% and 28% respectively in the urban area.
Forty one percent of children in the 6-11 age group do not go to school. Benin thus has to treat education as an
essential factor for sustainable development.
8.
On the economic front, the reforms (shifting from a state economy to a liberal economy, Structural Adjustment
Programme etc.) that the country implemented to pull out of the severe economic and social crisis of the 1980s
contributed to refocusing the State’s mission on the design, orientation and implementation of measures to support
economic and social development. These reforms produced satisfactory results at the macro-economic and sectoral
1
2
RGPH III, 2002
National report on the implementation of Agenda 21 in Benin, January, 2002
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levels. The country has restored its financial balances, its private sector is in full bloom while economic activity
exhibits sustained growth. Based on WAEMU’s statistics, this growth rate reached 6.1% in 2001. Notwithstanding a
higher investment rate that rose from 15.8% of GDP in 1994 to 19.4% in 2001, investments are still insufficient to
achieve strong and sustainable growth. However, according to projections, the economic growth rate is expected to
remain constant at over 7% at least in the coming years. The social impact of such an economic feat remains,
however, clearly mitigated. In fact, access to the basic social services is still quite limited, and the population’s living
environment is precarious.
9.
The country’s economy is based on two weak pillars which are agriculture and regional trade. Agricultural activities
(agriculture, stockbreeding, fishery, forestry etc.) account for 40% of GDP, about 80% of export receipts and provide
70% of employment. They provide revenue to 65% of households. Cotton alone accounts for 13% of GDP, 70% of
the total value of exports and 35% of tax revenue. The methods used (slash and burn cultivation, nomadic
stockbreeding, lagoon fishery) for carrying out various activities in this sector have led to environment degradation
and to the deterioration of the population’s quality of life, which aggravates poverty in the country.
10. With a per capita revenue of about US$ 398, Benin is classified among the world poorest countries. It is rated 159 th
out of the 175 countries which UNDP compared in 2003 on the basis of the Human Development Index (HDI). The
fact that Benin’s HDI index increased from 0.261 in 1991 to 0.414 in 1998 was the result of the steady economic
development achieved by the country since 1990 and of the efforts made by the national authorities with the support
of development partners through various social programmes. The reference HDI being 1, the country shows a deficit
of 0.586. According to World Bank’s 3 (BM) statistics, roughly 33.7% of Beninese are poor, 43.4% suffer from human
poverty and 57% are victims of monetary poverty, resulting in land sell off in the rural and peri-urban areas and
employment adjustments with severe consequences on the environment such as the proliferation of ‘’Zémidjan’’
(motorbike taxi) and motorcar pressure in southern Benin, especially in Cotonou. These statistics show that the
populations are permanently confronted with poverty, raising the pressure exerted on natural resources.
11. Access to health services is limited. The country’s health record is characterised by very high morbidity and mortality
rates. For instance, life expectancy is 54 years and gross mortality rate is 1.3%. Benin ranks 24 th among the world 25
countries with high infant mortality rates; mother mortality rate is 498 per 100,000 births while infant and juvenile
mortality rates remain high at 9.4% and 16.7% respectively. Furthermore, about 54% of diseases are water-related.
HIV/AIDS prevalence rate increased from 0.3% in 1990 to 4.1% in 2001 with peaks reported in the rural area at 13%
in some regions and 67 % among vulnerable groups. In view of this grim health record, many laudable efforts have
been made in recent years in order to design a national strategic framework for fighting HIV/AIDS and sexually
transmitted diseases and an anti-malaria programme, to build and to equip health centres, to train health staff, to
establish anti-HIV/AIDS units in the various ministerial departments, to sensitise the population to the need to apply
basic hygiene and sanitary rules.
12. Though clearly insufficient, most of the social policies implemented produced some positive results in their
respective areas but have not been sufficiently mutually reinforcing to reduce poverty. This is one lesson to be drawn
about the efficiency of sectoral programmes both in terms of programme design and implementation: due to weak
programme management, integration and orientation, project impacts produce little synergy between themselves.
13. In view of the precarious situation of the populations, poverty reduction became one of the top priorities of national
policy-making during the past few years. Since 1994, the Government of Benin opted for a policy focusing on the
Social Dimension of Development (SDD) to support communities in their managerial capacity building and use of
community infrastructures through the direct action of specific programmes. The Government also organised in 1996,
a National Economic Conference which was followed, in 1997, by an International Symposium on Common
Minimum Social Requirement. A National Community Development Programme (PNDC) was also drawn up in 1998
and helped develop a training programme in village planning for the populations so as to achieve sustainable local
development. In 2000, Benin initiated some economic and social policy reforms aimed at reinforcing the fight against
poverty. These policies are primarily based on a long term vision known as Alafia Scenario hinged on a participatory
process through long term national prospective studies with the support of UNDP. This scenario is intended to turn
Benin into a “a leading, well-governed, united and peaceful country with a blooming and competitive economy,
enjoying cultural influence and social welfare” by 20254.
3
4
These statistics are presented in the National Environment Management Programme, MEHU 2002
National Long Term Prospective Studies. PNUD MPPD PRCIG/NLTPS/ BEN 90/001 August, 2000
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As a logical follow up to these initiatives of Benin’s government, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP)
prepared in 2002 today provides the reference framework for the country’s development policy: resource
mobilisation and implementation of public poverty reduction programmes. Prepared on the basis of a
participatory approach, PRSP focuses on three main challenges, viz.:appropriation of public policies both by the
policy-makers, the population and the various public or private operators;
establishment of the appropriate mechanisms (information systems, programme budgets, decentralised credit
management, assisted decision-making, information feedback and consultation) required for implementing
poverty reduction strategy; in this case, budgetary reforms and the institution of a close follow up of the results
achieved through public actions are critical ; and
recasting the planning/programming system around the “central body” of SPRD, new programming tools
(Medium Term Expenditure Framework, municipal and local planning…) and extending the mandates of
ministerial departments.
14. However, despite the encouraging results achieved through various reforms, they did not fully change the precarious
living conditions of the great majority of Benin’s 5 population. Many environmental stakes are still topical and poverty
impact continues to affect significantly some key-sectors such as agriculture, natural resources, energy and transport,
industry, trade and tourism.
15. The government’s current priorities thus include support to community and women’s participation, decentralisation of
development efforts, revitalising the private sector, institutional and individual capacity building and coordinating the
interventions of a variety of development actors.
I.2. Context of Sustainable Development and Environment in Benin
16. Benin took an active part in the first Earth Summit on Development and Environment (UNCED), held in Rio de
Janeiro in 1992. It subscribed to the realisation of the sustainable development objectives, spelt out in Agenda 21, in
accordance with Resolution n°47/190 dated December 22, 1992 of the United Nations General Assembly. Since then,
some actions have been taken in the various development areas with a special focus on environment.
17. Benin’s National Agenda 21 was adopted by the government on January 22, 1997. Its objective is to define the
orientations and conditions required for achieving sustainable development. As such, it a tool to integrate national
environmental concerns into development programmes and plans, a requisite for the realisation of sustainable
development and poverty reduction.
18. A consultative body made up of representatives of all of the country’s sectors of activities was established to monitor
the implementation of Benin’s Agenda 21. The Commission, known as the National Sustainable Development
Commission (CNDD), is placed under the authority of the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Town-Planning
(MEHU). This consultative body is in charge of integrating the sustainable development and environmental
dimension concept into policies, strategies, programmes and sectoral development projects.
19. Since beginning its activities, CNDD also carried out some important work including a study on inter-connectivity
operationalisation between the Rio generation conventions, a study on the Non-Governmental Organisations’
contribution to development strategy, the preparation of a strategy paper for implementing the recommendations and
conclusions of the various sessions held by the Sustainable Development Committee (SDC) and the preparation of a
strategy paper for integrating environmental concerns into socio-economic considerations. It has produced National
Agenda 21 in a reduced format, led all the preparatory work for the Rio+10 Summit, popularised National Agenda 21
in eight provinces across the national territory and translated it into two national languages: the Dendi and Fon
languages. Efforts are being made to translate the document into other national languages commonly used in Benin.
20. The assessment of the initiatives, measures and actions taken to effectively implement Agenda 21 revealed that 6
despite all kinds of difficulties and constraints, Benin was able to make considerable efforts over the past ten years to
engage resolutely in the process of promoting and gradually and harmoniously realising sustainable development.
Significant progress was made in some areas and sectors such as: institutions, capacity building and actors’
participation, natural resource management, energy, transport, trade and tourism. Yet, many more efforts need to be
made to actually achieve sustainable development objectives in Benin.
21. Launching the Common Analysis Framework (CAF) at the national level thus enabled all United Nations Agencies
to have the same reading of the state of sustainable development strategy in Benin.
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National Report on the Implementation of Agenda 21 in Benin, January 2002
National Report on the Implementation of Agenda 21 in Benin CNDD MEHU Benin, January 2002
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22. It is also important to mention that many already conclusive or ongoing initiatives constitute some real assets for the
country’s sustainable development. These include:
decentralisation initiatives;
the establishment of a decentralisation mission with a law manual and a community house working to support
grassroots communities;
the promotion of good governance;
the preparation of the report on National Long Term Prospective Studies (NLTPS Benin 2025), enabling Benin
to make projections for a development which is mindful of human and environmental values;
the operationnalisation of sustainable human development paradigm in the various regions. Communities can
thus be involved in an effort to bring about qualitative improvements at the human level; and
the operationnalisation of national or international NGOs.
1.2.1 Integrating environmental concerns in development policy in Benin
23. The right to a healthy environment is one of the human rights endorsed by the Republic of Benin. This concern was
reflected in its Constitution which stipulates in article 27 that “All individuals have the right to a healthy, satisfactory
and sustainable environment and the right to defend it. The State is responsible for environment preservation”. The
Government Orientation Plan for 1998-2002, which was adopted by the government in July 1998 reaffirms the
special attention that the Nation must now pay to environmental issues and to local development. The global
objective of this plan is to promote equitable and sustainable development.
24. With the advent of democracy in 1990, the government engaged in a dialogue with national development partners so
as to better define the national environmental policy. Thus, in order to define the national environmental strategy, the
Environmental Action Plan (PAE) was drawn up in 1993 and adopted by the government in 1994. PAE demonstrated
the need to put in place an appropriate reference framework that will facilitate the implementation of a participatory
sustainable environment management policy. This process has resulted in the establishment of Benin Environment
Agency (BEA).
25. The Government of Benin has carried out through its appropriate bodies some important basic work which is likely to
boost local and regional development dynamics in line with the decentralised environment management, territorial
land management and regional development. This include:
adopting the framework legislation on environment and the subsequent application texts providing an
incentive legal frame;
introducing environmental assessment practice;
national strategy and action plan for biodiversity conservation;
national water resource management strategy;
national wetlands management strategy;
national climate change adaptation strategy;
national communication on climate changes;
adopting the National Action Programme on Desertification Control (PAN/LCD) ;
diagnosing Benin’s coastline as a prelude to the blueprint for this area which consists of about thirty
municipalities;
preparing Municipal Environmental Action Plans in twenty four cities across the country;
developing a protected areas conservation and management strategy in 1994;
developing a national park conservation action plan in 1998;
making in 1998 a policy statement providing for the use of the lands surrounding wildlife refuges; and
making a new rural development policy statement in 1999.
26. In the environment-specific area, the government has carried out a few important programmes or projects such as the
Environmental Management Project (PGE), the Environment Adviser Project (PCE), the Rehabilitation and Urban
Management Project (RUMP), the Decentralised Urban Management Project (PGUD), PGUD II is under preparation,
the Cotonou and Ouidah Solid Waste Management Project which includes some aspects of institutional support to
MEHU. To these must be added institutional and organisational auditing of MEHU, which contributed to capacity
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building within provincial Environment Departments, Housing and Town-Planning to support the municipalities to
which MEHU started with transferring the skilled staff in accordance with the decentralisation texts.
27. In September 2001, MEHU drew up its Strategic Plan for 2002–2006. This strategic plan outlines the main challenges
of the sectors being steered, the Ministry’s vision up to 2006, the major orientations and global indicators that must be
followed over the period, the macro-financial framework that has supported its evaluation as well as an Action Plan
coupled with an Action Programme.
28. In January 2002, the Ministry of Environment also designed the National Environment Management Programme
(PNGE) which resulted from the implementation of Environmental Action Plan (PAE), National Agenda 21,
Biodiversity Convention, Desertification Control Convention, Framework Convention on Climate Changes, National
Poverty Reduction Strategy. Integrated in the Government’s 2001–2006 Action Programme and in the Strategic Plan
of the Ministry of Environment, PNGE aims at helping the government put in place such actions as would contribute
to sustainable development through a rational and sustainable management of national resources. The stake of PNGE
is to contribute i -) to reducing the costs of environmental degradation and ii -) to improving the living conditions of
the population while reducing poverty.
29. In 1994, Benin defined its forestry policy underpinned by a priority action plan supplemented and reinforced by the
economic policy guidelines for the 1998-2001 period. In 2001, the government made “Its forestry development policy
statement”. This statement was based on the 1994 policy guidelines and the report on the institutional auditing of the
forestry sub-sector prepared in 1999 (which it supplements) in order to adapt them to the new national context.
Furthermore, as part of the deep economic reforms which the country initiated in 2000, the programme on the
sustainable management of national resources was the first national programme to be retained for the forestry subsector. This global programme includes in particular:
Old projects such as the Natural Resource Management Project (PGRN), the Project on the Participatory Management
of National Forests and Village Reforestation for the sequestering of Carbon Dioxide, the Forestry Economy
Development Project, the Firewood Planting Project; and
New projects/programmes: the Forest and Riparian Lands Management Programme (PGFTR), the Land and Natural
Resource Management Programme (PGTRN), Mass Forest Management Project (MFMP), the National Parks
Management and Conservation Programme (PGCPN), the Forest Resource Regeneration Project (PRRF), the
Forestry and Logging Economy Promotion Project (FELPP) and Firewood Project II.
30. Apart from the above-mentioned projects and programmes, others deal with natural resources. These include projects
and programmes (recently completed, ongoing or in preparation) such as: the Wetlands Management Programme
(PGZH), the Regional Project on Biodiversity Conservation in Protected Areas in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger, the
Sustainable Fishery-based Livelihood Programme (PMEDP), Traditional Fishery Participatory Development Support
Programme (PADPPA), Livestock Development Project (PDE), the Aulacodiculture Project, the Benin Flora Project,
the CBDD Biodiversity Programme, the Project on Technical and Organisational Capacity Building for the
Community Fishery Port of Cotonou.
31. The government’s determination to provide the rural sector with a development policy instrument was materialised by
the preparation in 2001 of the Rural Development Policy Statement. This statement takes into consideration the
country’s macro-economic constraints and set the following main7 objectives: i -) reinforcing the participation of the
rural sector in the country’s socio-economic development through the restoration of macro-economic balances,
employment generation and development of agricultural and economic potentials; ii -) raising the living standard of
the populations by increasing the producers’ purchasing power, reducing poverty and controlling food quality and
safety; iii -) maintaining food and nutritional security in a context of strong population growth; iv -) diversifying
agriculture and increasing productivity; v -) preserving environmental resources; vi -) improving men/women
relationship within the rural communities based on “Gender and Development” analysis.
32. Benin started preparing for the national strategy and biodiversity conservation action plan in the early 1990s with the
development of the Environmental Action Plan (PAE). Later on, it prepared the national biodiversity monograph in
November 2001. The document reported on what forestry, halieutic, pastoral, edaphic, animal, eco-tourist and
agricultural potentials Benin has to support its economic development. The document on Benin’s national strategy
and biodiversity conservation action plan was also prepared and approved in 2002. The specific objectives of this
strategy are: i -) to restore biological resources and their yield to a level which is higher than the populations’ needs
and is likely to make a significant contribution to economic development; ii -) to modernise agriculture by 2015 in an
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environmentally acceptable manner; iii -) to integrate biodiversity concerns in all economic and social development
actions and in education; iv -) to develop biodiversity and genetic resources; v -) to establish a consultative, follow up
and orientation framework for all the country’s biodiversity management activities. With the preparation and adoption
of this document by the government, Benin has thus established all the aggregates for programme and project
preparation and documentation that it really needs to develop and utilise its biological resources in a sustainable
manner.
33. The establishment of an “Environment” group within the National Assembly is intended to help maintain and
coordinate a thematic mechanism for reflection, advocacy and popularisation of the strategies aimed at achieving
sustainable environment conservation while ensuring sustainable development.
34. Lastly, in accordance with Law n°97-029 dated January 15, 1999 organising communities in the Republic of Benin,
MEHU started with a transfer of part of its functions onto the municipalities. This actually means that as far as
environmental issues are concerned, the municipalities are now responsible for: i -) collecting and processing solid
waste other than industrial waste; ii -) collecting and processing liquid waste; iii -) demarcating areas banned from
town-planning; iv -) establishing, maintaining and managing burial grounds; v -) establishing and maintaining planted
lands and open spaces; vi -) improving life environment; vii -) monitoring protection of natural resources; and viii -)
advising on the establishment on their territories of any project that is likely to affect the environment.
1.2.2. Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Framework for Environment Management
35. The Government of Benin has always been concerned by the preservation of national environment quality. This
concern is particularly reflected in the enactment of regulatory texts and the establishment of institutions working
towards environment preservation.
1.2.2.1. Legal and Regulatory Framework
36. On the legislative front, significant efforts have been made to integrate environmental concerns in the national top
priorities. These efforts include, in particular, the enactment of:
Law n°93-009 dated July 2, 1993 establishing the forests regime in the Republic of Benin;
Law n°93-001 dated August 3, 1993 defining hunting and sightseeing conditions in the Republic of Benin;
Law n°97-028 dated January 15, 1999 organising the Republic of Benin’s territorial administration;
Law n°97-029 dated January 15, 1999 organising municipalities in the Republic of Benin;
Law n°98-007 dated January 15, 1999 defining the financial regime of municipalities in the Republic of Benin;
Law n°98-030 dated February 12, 1998 establishing the framework law on environment in the Republic of
Benin;
Law n°87-013 dated September 21, 1987 regulating range pasture, keeping of pets and transhumance;
Law n°65-25 dated August 14, 1965 organising land ownership;
Law n°87-15 dated September 21, 1987 establishing public sanitation code;
Law n°87-16 dated September 21, 1987 establishing water code; and
The Sustainable Development Agreement concluded by Benin and the Netherlands in 1993.
37. However, while these texts do not fully deal with environmental issues or do so in a defensive way in the overall
management of national development, they also face some implementation problems; so, their approval and
implementation are rather timid; they include i -) preventive measures for environment preservation; and ii -)
standard guidelines for disposal of industrial and traditional effluent in an environment such as streams.
38. On the regulatory front, it is important to mention some actions taken in the sustainable development area. These
include:
decree n°2001-110 dated April 4, 2001 defining air quality standards in the Republic of Benin; and
decree n°2000-671 dated December 21, 2000 regulating the import, marketing and distribution of second-hand
equipment and capital goods; this decree might be corrected by a decree of the Ministry of Interior, Security
and Decentralisation (MISD) limiting used equipment and capital goods with strong pollution potential
capacity;
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a future decree establishing a national committee responsible for the surveillance, control and protection of
tourist sites in order to discourage the high level of pollution observed at some tourist sites like Ganvié and
Aguégué.
39. The Council of Ministers is also expected to adopt:
the national 2025 long term prospective document;
the population policy document;
Benin’s agricultural research blueprint;
the national action programme for desertification control document;
Benin’s national committee document on climate changes;
the national strategy for biodiversity management document;
the national land management policy statement;
1.2.2.2. institutional Framework
40. Generally speaking, while the Ministry of Environment, Housing and Town-Planning is mandated to promote a
healthy environment, a number of other ministries and their specialised departments manage on a daily basis with the
support of some private sector agencies such as the civil society, the use of environmental resources. These include
mainly: i -) the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishery (MAEP); ii -) the Ministry of Mining, Energy and
Hydraulics (MMEH); iii -) the Ministry of Public Health (MSP); iv -) the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific
Research (MESRS); v -) the Ministry of Planning, Forecasting and Development (MPFD); vi -) the Ministry of Public
Works and Transport (MTPT); vii -) the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Employment Promotion (MICPE); viii -) the
Ministry of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights (MJLDH); ix -) the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and African
Integration (MAEIA); x -) the Ministry of Finance and Economy (MFE); xi -) the Ministry of Communication and
Promotion of New Technologies (MCPNT); xii -) the Ministry of Culture, Handicraft and Tourism (MCAT).
41. As a result, many institutions leading far-reaching actions in the area of sustainable development promotion and
realisation concept were established. These include, notably Benin Environment Agency (BEA), Benin’s Centre for
Sustainable Development (CBDD), the National Commission on Sustainable Development (CNDD), the National
Fauna Reserves Management Centre (CENAGREF), Benin’s Scientific and Technical Research Centre (CBRST), the
Inter-Faculty Training and Environmental Research Centre for Sustainable Development (CIFRED), the National
Institute for Training and Educational Research (INFRE) and the Remote Learning Centre (CED).
42. National and international NGOs, international institutions, donors and private and community groupings often
support with their programmes and projects the actions taken by public organisms and departments in managing the
environment and prove to be efficient partners in the process of reaching out to the grassroots populations and
involving them in environment management.
43. This analysis shows that for the past ten years, Benin has prepared the institutional, legislative, regulatory and
organisational grounds for the gradual and harmonious realisation of sustainable development. However, reflection
and actions must be pursued in order to find sustainable solutions to some of the critical national and global issues.
More specifically, the country still needs effective and operational coordination for the transversal management of the
sustainable use of environmental resources. It is therefore necessary to coordinate the actions of the above-mentioned
actors, to sensitise them to the impact of their activities on the degradation of environmental resources and to assist
them in ensuring an optimum use and management of natural resources in the prospect of a sustainable development.
I.3. Context of Global Environment Management in Benin
44. The Republic of Benin has signed many global environment conventions including the United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification (UNCCD) , the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changes (UNFCCC) and
the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD). Efforts to implement these conventions in Benin
depend on the financial mechanisms put in place by the international community and vary from one convention to
another.
45. Concerning the Three Key Conventions:
-On Desertification Control and Soil Degradation: Benin has appointed a national focal point. Workshops and days of
sensitisation to desertification have been organised and national reports on the implementation of the convention
produced. In 1999, the country developed a National Action Programme for Desertification Control (PAN/LCD). The
PAN/LCD was assigned the following objectives: i -) to contribute to the realisation of the country’s sustainable
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development by building the capacities of the local authorities; and ii -) to ensure the active participation of
populations, local authorities and groups in fighting desertification and mitigating the effects of drought. It was
conceived as a reference document on the basis of which concrete actions adapted to specific human and geographic
environment should be taken to fight desertification and promote local and regional development.
In April 1997, the Government of Benin established by presidential decree, the National Committee on
Desertification Control (NCDC) as a multidisciplinary body in charge of the orientation, implementation and
monitoring of PAN/LCD. Similarly, as part of the decentralisation effort, local committees will soon be set up
in the country’s various provinces to fight desertification. Since being established, the NCDC has focused its
activities on: i -) sensitising the populations against bushfires; ii -) training young people and grouping them
into desertification control associations; and iii -) reforestation campaigns. The National Fund for
Desertification Control (NFDC) was thus established in 2002 following the validation of PAN/LCD. -On
Biodiversity: Benin benefited from GEF’s assistance which helped it carry out sectoral studies leading to the drafting
of important documents such as: i -) the National Monograph on Biodiversity; ii -) the National Strategy and Action
Plan for Biodiversity Conservation in Benin (SNPACB). With the preparation and adoption of these documents by
the government, Benin has thus established all the aggregates for programme and project preparation and
documentation that it really needs to develop and utilise its biological resources in a sustainable manner. -On Climate
Changes: Benin benefited from: i -) CCT support (Climate Change Train, a UNITAR training programme) for the
training of national experts in various climate change study methodologies; ii -) GEF assistance in drafting the Initial
National Communication and the National UNFCCC Implementation Strategy. The studies carried out in the latter
case made it possibly to identify the list of Greenhouse Gas (GHG), to assess the country’s potential vulnerability to
climate changes, to formulate a strategy and measures designed to mitigate greenhouse gas emission and adapt the
country to climate changes and to measure the country’s efforts to prevent climate changes. By preparing these
documents (Initial National Communication and UNFCCC Implementation Strategy), Benin also demonstrated that it
had met the commitments made under UNFCCC.
Besides, studies and consultations focused on: i -) assessing technology transfer needs with the additional funding
provided by GEF; ii -) the implementation of UNFCCC in the WAEMU member countries; iii -) assessing the
adequacy of the framework law on environment and the international conventions ratified by Benin. These various
actions have led to the establishment of operational structures and frameworks for reflection and action aimed at
preventing climate changes in the prospect of sustainable development.
The Government of Benin has established recently the National Committee on Climate Changes (NCCC) which is
represented at the municipal level by municipal units against climate changes. NCCC is a multidisciplinary body in
charge of monitoring and supporting the implementation of UNFCCC and the corresponding legal instruments,
notably the Kyoto Protocol as well as studying the scientific, technical and other issues relating to climate variations.
More specifically, NCCC is responsible for:
o
preparing, monitoring and implementing national communications;,
o
preparing, monitoring and implementing National Adaptation Programmes (NAPA) and other climate
change-related strategies.
46. Benin also signed other conventions and agreements aimed at environment protection. These include the Abidjan
Convention on the Protection and Development of the Coastal and Marine Zone, the Stockholm Convention on
Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Rotterdam Convention on the Information and Prior Agreement Procedure with full
knowledge of the case, applicable to some internationally traded chemical products and dangerous pesticides, the
Vienna Convention on Greenhouse Gas and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Impoverish Ozonosphere, the
Basle Convention on Dangerous Waste, the Bamako Convention on the Efficient Management of Dangerous Waste
and Cross-Border Control of their Movements, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands Management.
47. Lastly, the Ministry of Environment has established a Committee in charge of coordinating GEF’s activities in Benin.
This Committee will be responsible for: i -) monitoring the effective implementation of conventions and protocols to
which Benin is a signatory; ii -) considering and assessing periodically the progress reports of the conventions and
protocols; iii -) ensuring that Benin takes advantage of all funding opportunities offered by each convention and
protocol; iv -) ensuring adequacy between the projects to be submitted to GEF and the other funding mechanisms
covering national priorities; v -) looking into the projects to be submitted to GEF before being endorsed by the
Operational Focal Point; and vi -) preparing properly for the participation of Benin in GEF’s statutory meetings.
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I.4. Taking stock of the Situation regarding Capacity Building in Environment Management
48. The diagnoses made by previous studies on the state of interventions regarding capacity building in development
sectors revealed that the actions undertaken were sectorial in nature and not well coordinated. Institutional reforms
were introduced in some sectors such as livestock, agriculture and fishery; these reforms were followed by
programmes or projects some components of which are linked to the capacity building of the executive and technical
staff: information, communication, design of management plans for the various outlets, staff retraining and training,
support to community development.
49. The Hydraulics Department has also benefited over the past few years from many projects including the Water Sector
Development Support and Sanitation Project made up of various components which should eventually enable the
Department to fulfil its mandates by its full command of strategic development, planning, management, follow up and
monitoring tools. These are mainly made up of technical capacity building in data collection and processing,
institutional and organisational support and water resource management support, design of national village hydraulics
strategy and formulation of a new water code. In this connection, the Hydraulics Department has a Strategic
Development Unit the remit of which covers the start-up and monitoring of integrated water resource management,
design of national village hydraulics strategy and formulation of a new water code.
50. In the training and research areas, Benin has opened up training programmes for specialised training in environmental
science at the Abomey-Calavi University, Parakou University (Agronomics Faculty, Technical Science Faculty,
Humanities Faculty, University Complexe Polytechnique), Sanitation Staff Training School and Health Staff Training
School, which contribute to enhancing national expertise in environmental studies. The human resources of this sector
took an active part in the studies carried out by the start-up projects of the UNFCCC, DCC and BDC. Research
institutions participate in hydro-meteorological data collection and processing or in the stocktaking of biodiversity.
51. As part of the implementation of decentralised environmental policy, the Environment Department and BEA have
designed many rational environment management tools including the Municipal Environmental Action Plan (MEAP).
This is an instrument designed to follow up and to manage the actions considered to be priority ones by the residents
of a municipality. MEAPs have been designed to contribute to enhancing the capacities of local authorities to make a
participatory diagnosis and prepare community development plans.
52. In order to facilitate the integration of environmental concerns in development policies, plans, programmes and
projects as well as in decision-making processes, MEHU has started through BEA with the installation of
Environmental Units in the country’s various ministerial departments.
53. Still as part of the country’s effort to ensure better environmental management at all levels (national, provincial and
local), capacity building activities have been integrated in the National Environment Management Programme
(PNGE). These various activities focus on: i -) environment management tools; ii -) environmental information and
monitoring system; iii -) support to local environment management initiatives; iv -) environmental, information,
education and communication; v -) basic geographic infrastructures; vi -) territorial land management blueprint; vii -)
support to CNDD operation; viii -) coordination and management of international conventions. We mean that human
resources are appropriately trained and equipped to monitor the environmental situation, natural resource
management and control of natural resource degradation factors.
54. Benin runs a General Department of Human Resources and Population (GDHRP) which includes a Capacity Building
Department. The objective of GDHRP which is placed under the supervision of the Ministry of Planning is: i -) to
build and develop capacities aimed at poverty reduction and contributing efficiently to the sustainable development of
the country; and ii -) to take into consideration the inter-relations between population dynamics and development.
DGRHP designed the National Capacity Building Policy (PONAREC) and currently leads activities dealing with
national capacity building programme design. This involves the drafting of a document that will clear the way and
determine what has to be done in Benin in terms of capacity building. These DGRHP’s actions will lead to the
establishment of the National Secretariat for Capacity Building (SENAREC). In the meantime and in order to better
coordinate the efforts that are being made, it is the Capacity Building Department of DGRHP that acts as SENAREC.
55. Despite DGRHP’s commendable efforts, there is still no coordinated programme integrating inter-sectorial aspects
with clearly defined capacity building priorities. Apart from this weakness, there is also the non-explicit nature of
sectorial capacity building programmes as to whether environmental concerns, notably global environment
management are taken into account. Benin needs greater study, analytical, research and environment management
capacity if it were to reverse the growing degradation trend. Fortunately enough, an Economic Policy Analysis Unit
(EPAU) was established a few years ago and operates under the aegis of DGRHP at the Ministry of Planning. The
assessment of Benin’s human and institutional capacity building needs across all the country’s sectors of activities
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has been planned and realized with the support of the African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) in 2003. This
assessment shows that there is a great lack of capacity at every level of the development process .A policy document
emanates from the study and EPAU is searching resources to disseminate the document. Consequently, the ANCR
project will provide the environmental organ of future NSCB, DGRHP and EPAU’s actions. It will give the
opportunity for in-depth assessment of capacity building needs in the sector of environment.
56. Concerning global environment management, it is important to note that the realisation of studies on climate changes,
desertification and biodiversity involved the executives of many sectors of activities beyond the department in charge
of environment management. Some national, regional and international workshops that had been organised
contributed to some extent to the sensitisation of some development actors on the problematic of global environment
and its implications for national development. These meetings have highlighted the need for a synergy between the
activities linked to the implementation of the various conventions with a view to ensuring greater integration of global
environment preservation objectives in national development strategies.
57. It is precisely in order to meet this need for synergy between the various activities that CNDD(National Commission
for Sustainable Development) prepared in 2002 a strategy document on Inter-connectivity Operationalisation between
the Rio generation and similar conventions in Benin. This strategy document identifies the various forms of synergies
that must be created simultaneously between the various conventions, with mutually beneficial effects. Its preparation
resulted from the analysis of a number of practical considerations and various problems linked to the need for synergy
between conventions in Benin. It was also inspired by the desire to achieve efficiency while saving on human,
technical and financial resources. However, it is yet to be effectively implemented.
II. OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY
58. The main objective of this project is to assess national capacity building needs for global environment management in
Benin. This national self-assessment will help identify weaknesses, constraints and priorities in terms of the
individual, institutional and systemic capacity creation, development and building required to enhance the
management of environmental resources so that they could be used in a sustainable way to support national
development and poverty reduction efforts. This project will also enable the country to draw up a strategy and action
plan for capacity building enabling the country to better manage environmental resources, to submit this action plan
to partners and stakeholders and to design objectively verifiable and relevant indicators for poverty reduction effort as
well as for follow up and assessment.
59. The project will focus on the constraints and capacity development and building needs in terms of international
convention management particularly those relating to biodiversity, climate changes and desertification control so that
the country could ensure their coordination and bring about some synergy between the efforts being made. The
project will also cover the capacity building needs of existing institutions and develop national, regional and
international networks. Lastly, the project will, through a participatory process, strengthen consultation, information
sharing and cooperation among those concerned by National and Global Environment Management (NGEM) from
the grassroots communities up to the highest echelons of government including decentralised bodies (local elected
representatives, the technical departments of the country’s 77 municipalities and twelve provinces), NGOs and the
private sector.
60. For the project to be adapted as much as possible to the present circumstances and comply with national sustainable
development priorities, its activities will be combined with and supplement those of the various structures in charge
of capacity building and the activities of which deal with environment or sustainable development. The project will
thus feed the first revision in 2005 of the rural development and environment component of the Poverty Reduction
Strategy Paper (PRSP). The project will closely follow the productions and deliberations of the Environment
Department (ED), CNDD, GDRHP and the National Development and Poverty Reduction Committee (CNDLP)
especially regarding the implementation and monitoring of the recommendations on the Millennium Development
Objectives (MDO) for Benin and those assigned by the September 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development
in South Africa. At this stage, special emphasis will be placed on the gender aspects by identifying women-specific
constraints to their empowerment and accountability in their everyday use of environmental resources. This ANCRGEM project will seek ways and means to enhance or build women’s capacities to access and use efficiently basic
social services, notably water, sanitation and both natural and rural environment resource management. The ANCRGEM process will take into consideration and be based on the relevant activities and productions of the National
Strategy and Action Plan for Biodiversity Conservation (SNPACB) preparation process, National Communication on
Climate Changes, UNFCCC Implementation Strategy, National Action Plan for Desertification Control, preparation
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of Environmental Action Plan, National Agenda 21, National Environment Management Programme and those of the
water and sanitation sectors.
61. First, a project management mechanism will be established, notably: i -) a Project Select Committee (CRP) and ii -)
project steering by CNDD General Assembly. Secondly, the project will take stock of the situation regarding GEM
(through thematic working group linked to each of the conventions with emphasis on processes such as BDC, Climate
Changes and Desertification) and lead a campaign to secure national commitment and support of project productions
starting with a rapid consultation of the population across the country’s 12 provinces in order to determine the initial
priorities of capacity building needs and by pursing such consultation in the economic capital, Cotonou so as to
confirm and grade them. Under the aegis of CRP and through thematic working groups, a deep analysis of GEM’s
capacity creation, development and building needs will be conducted. Working methods will be common and
determined by CRP. These methods will be inspired by GEF operational manual for ANCR, SWOT (Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats) and PPO (Project Planning per Objectives) analyses. Thematic working
groups will be based on the ongoing participatory processes underlying efforts to establish international conventions
locally. With the assistance and coordination of a lead national consultant, thematic working groups will supervise the
work of thematic consultants who will produce in-depth analysis documents per theme identifying the real individual,
institutional and systemic capacity building needs.
62. The national and/or international consultant will produce a synthesis of these in-depth thematic analyses with the
assistance of thematic consultants so as to provide an horizontal (between themes) and vertical (individuals,
institutions and systems) vision of the synthetic study on ANCR-GEM. This synthetic document will be submitted to
a workshop for amendments and validation.
63. On approving ANCR-GEM and based on such approval, a strategy and action plan for GENM’s capacity building
needs will be drawn up and approved through a national participatory and multi-sectorial workshop bringing together
representatives of the country’s various lines of activities. The action plan which of course will be financially
evaluated will define the timing, inputs and operators responsible for each activity. It will be presented in the form of
a logical framework for Project Planning per Objectives (PPO) and submitted to a consultative meeting between the
government, private and public sector partners and donors for funding.
64. In the process of designing the strategy and action plan, a capacity building follow up and assessment mechanism will
be put in place with verifiable indicators all along the roadmap. These indicators will be linked to MDO and to
poverty reduction objectives (PRSP).
65. Project activities will be carried out according to the approach and principles suggested by GEF, in agreement with
the various international conventions on ANCR-GEM8. Besides, as may be the case, the project will use as often as
possible the methodological tools developed in UNITAR manual for ANCR-GEM9. The activities will involve all
society components, particularly the private and public sectors, the civil society and NGOs. These components will be
represented on thematic working groups. Decongested consultative assemblies and grassroots populations will thus
take part in this participatory process, notably through regional workshops. The Permanent Secretary of CNDD and
the UNDP Environment Programme Manager will regularly report progress in ANCR process to the donors’ meeting
on environmental issues in Cotonou.
66. The productions expected from the project are:

A stocktaking identifying the weaknesses of capacity building for national and global environment management
based on the processes of: (a) sustainable conservation and utilisation of biodiversity; (b) climate changes; (c)
desertification control; (d) integrated management of water resources, pollution and sanitation; and (e) delegation of
environment management power to decentralised and decongested entities such as municipalities;
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a document on the national self-assessment of prioritised capacity building needs for both national and global
environment management;
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a strategy document and action plan for capacity building within National and Global Environment Management
(GENM) coupled with follow up and assessment indicators;
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a consultation with Benin’s internal and external partners for the funding of this strategy and action plan; and

a follow up and assessment mechanism for the capacities put in place for environment management.
8
Operational Guidelines For Expedited Funding Of National Self Assessments Of Capacity Building Needs. GEF, 2000
A Guide for Self-Assessment of Country Capacity Needs for Global Environment Management. UNITAR, 2000
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III. PROJECT ACTIVITES
67. Project activities are detailed chronologically hereinafter:.
Activity n° 1: Planning and Initiation of the ANCR-GEM Process
68. In order to initiate the ANCR-GEM process:
the Minister of Environment will appoint the Permanent Secretary of CNDD as National Project Director (NPD). NPD
will act as the government’s focal point for the ANCR-GEM process. NPD will be involved and participate in the
BEA, CBDD, GDHRP processes together with other structures concerned in environment management and
preservation or sustainable development process. NPD will also be involved in the implementation of PAN/LCD,
SNPACB, PRSP and PNGE;
the Minister will also establish a project office (government’s contribution in kind) for NPD and a National Project
Coordinator (NPC) (or Lead National Consultant: LNC) who will handle project day-to-day management on a fulltime basis. NPC will also facilitate coordination and synergy creation between the processes linked to international
environment conventions under the aegis of NPD and GEF Operational Focal Point (GEF-OFP);
the Minister of Environment will establish a Project Select Committee (CRP). CRP will be comprised of 15 members viz.
GEF-OFP, NPD, SENAREC representative, CNDLP Permanent Secretary, leaders of thematic groups on
biodiversity, climate changes, desertification control, decentralisation and the water and sanitation sector, NPC, the
Director of International Organisations, an MFE representative, an ONG representative, a private sector
representative and the UNDP environment programme adviser;
CRP will finalise, approve or modify if necessary, project work plan and prepare the terms of reference for all project
inputs, consultations, participations and activities;
CRP will ensure coordination and information exchange with the other ongoing initiatives and maintain a firm link
between them so as to ensure an integration of the objectives and procedures (without duplicating efforts) and a more
rational use of human and/or institutional resources;
CRP will ensure identification of, consultation of, and appropriate participation in ANCR-GEM, notably by members
from different national multi-sectorial committees, national and local authorities, grassroots communities and NGOs,
the private sector and the civil or professional society;
CRP will ensure information sharing at the national level in order to benefit from and disseminate the experiences with
ANCR-GEM process;
CRP will determine the appropriate work methods adapted to ANCR-GEM in Benin based on GEF and UNITAR
operational manuals;
CNDD General Assembly will play a project steering role. The composition of this General Assembly is attached as
Appendix 1;
Activity n° 2: Review of Existing Data and Information
69. The thematic working groups per convention will be established and/or reactivated by CRP. Five thematic groups will
be founded on the ongoing processes by the three key-conventions: decentralisation of environment management and
issues linked to water, sanitation and pollution. Each of the five thematic working groups will produce a synthesis of
existing data and information on the constraints and individual, institutional and systemic and capacity building needs
and carry out an initial prioritisation.
Activity n° 3: Integration and Joint Adoption of Initial Prioritisation (1 st National Workshop)
70. A national consultant will be recruited to carry out this task so that a global document can be produced and integrate
all thematic syntheses (Activity N° 2) by categorising and prioritising on common and particular areas per theme. The
members of the various thematic working groups will be invited to attend a one-day national pooling workshop to
adopt and validate this document which synthesises priorities in terms of capacity building needs so that the country
can overcome the constraints and enhance National and Global Environment Management (GENM). This 1 st national
workshop will also ensure greater integration of inter-sectoral issues especially in environment management and
national development effort. The synthetic document thus adopted will be diffused in the country’s 12 provinces for
further contributions and refinement.
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Activity n° 4: Enriching and Adopting Priority Needs in Capacity Building per Province in the Country
71. The synthetic document adopted at the national level by the working groups attending the first national pooling
workshop will be submitted to the country’s twelve provinces for further contributions and validation. CRP will
determine the provincial consultation mode, notably by circulating through a motivated letter the working document
one month ahead and collecting views and other considerations validating it at a one-day workshop. The country’s 12
provinces will be divided into four groups and a municipality will be selected per group for holding a one-day
workshop. The National Project Coordinator (NPC) and the national consultant who produced the first synthesis can
organise and facilitate workshops per group and collect the views of the population’s representatives in order to
enrich and the document before its approval. Representatives from the population strata will be invited to attend
these consultations including the private and public sectors, local elected representatives, traditional authorities, the
civil society and NGOs. For municipalities that have not been visited, CRP will determine different consultation
modes, notably an exchange of correspondence, radio or television programmes where listeners or viewers can
intervene through telephone calls. A synthetic document enriched with the contributions of provincial consultations
and workshops held in the selected municipalities will be produced by NPC and the national consultant who will have
produced the first synthesis.
Activity n° 5: Synthesis of the Contributions from Provinces and Municipalities
72. The enriched synthetic document that will originate from the provinces and municipalities will be submitted by CRP
to CNDD, Environment Department, CNDLP, BEA, DGRHP and CBDD for necessary action and consideration for
its integration in the respective processes and national development effort.
Activity n° 6: In-depth Analysis of Priority Areas
A group of national and international consultants [A group of two national consultants (with expertise in
sociology, economy and/or environment management) advised by an international consultant will undertake individual,
institutional and systemic analysis capacity of capacity building priorities as selected by the thematic working groups, the
first national pooling workshop and consultative workshops enriched by stakeholders from the country’s provinces and
municipalities. The feedback from CNDD, Environment Department, CNDLP, DGRHP and BEA can thus be integrated
as applicable.
73. The three consultants will work together as a team and visit the working groups in order to use their expertise in their
work theme. The in-depth analysis will focus at least on the three key-conventions viz. biodiversity, climate changes
and desertification control. However, according to CRP’s directives and orientations, the in-depth analysis will also
cover capacity building priority needs and/or capacity building as defined for the decentralisation of environment
management and water resources. The in-depth analysis will also demonstrate the impact and link with the country’s
capacity building needs for development and poverty reduction and how environmental resources can contribute to
achieving that end. This analysis will therefore recommend ways to lift the constraints. One way of achieving this
will be for the in-depth analysis to examine the historic, social, economic, political and administrative factors that
have contributed, underlined or continue to contribute to the constraints identified regarding national capacity
building deficits and to propose solutions at the levels of individuals, institutions as well as national political and legal
system..
74. Each of the thematic groups will meet with the three consultants to further enrich the in-depth analysis which will
constitute the working document for ANCR-GEM production. The three consultants will therefore ensure that transsectoral issues are well identified and analysed so as to achieve a sustainable solution.
Activity n° 7: Preparation and Approval of ANCR-GEM Benin by the 2nd National Workshop
75. The document on the in-depth analysis of capacity building priorities produced by the team of three national
consultants will be submitted to a 2nd national workshop for further contributions and adoption. The 2 nd national
workshop will bring together all the actors concerned by the environmental aspect of national activities, particularly
members of the thematic groups on the processes of international conventions, decentralisation of environment
management and water resources. The lead national consultant will facilitate this workshop at which the team of three
national consultants with specific assignment will present the working documents. The ANCR-GEM document
adopted by the 2nd national workshop will be submitted to CNDLP, BEA, CBDD, DGRHP, CNDD and the
Environment department for adoption and integration in the national development processes and to the Ministerial
Council, for final adoption and where necessary to the National Assembly.
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Activity n° 8: Design of a Strategy, Plan of Action and Follw Up Indicators
76. With the support of a national consultant, CRP will, through NPC and NPD, prepare, on the basis of the ANCR-GEM
stydy, a draft strategy and action plan document designed to lift constraints and reinforce GENM’s capacity building
and participation in national development effort. This strategy and action plan document will be submitted to a 3 rd
national workshop (PPO workshop) for the design of a logical framework, adoption and finalisation. A special
emphasis will be placed on the design of objectively verifiable indicators linked to the millennium development
objectives for Benin as well as the national poverty reduction strategy and individual, institutional and systemic
capacity building objectives. This document will be submitted to CNDD General Assembly, Environment
Department, BEA, DGRHP and CBDD for their appropriation and integration in the national resource mobilisation
and implementation effort.
Activity n° 9: Consultation between the Government, the Private Sector and Stakeholders
77. Under the aegis of CRP, the three successive documents on ANCR-GEM, the strategy and action plan as well as the
logical framework will be submitted to a consultative meeting between the government, the private sector and
Benin’s internal and external stakeholders.
Activity n° 10: Enriching PRSP and GENM’s Capacity Building Follow Up and Assessment
78. Immediately after the adoption of the strategy and action plan, CRP will design an overall strategy follow up and
assessment plan with follow up indicators. This follow up plan will be presented at CNDD General Assembly. The
latter will give directives on i -) the integration of national self-assessment productions for environment management
and strategy in PRSP revision in 2005; and ii -) the approach to be followed in following up and assessing the
effectiveness of the orientations taken. The development of GENM’s capacity building will be effectively integrated
in the country’s capacity building strategy.
IV. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
79. CRP will be comprised of 15 members viz. GEF-OFP, NPD, SENAREC representative, CNDLP Permanent
Secretary, leaders of thematic groups on biodiversity, climate changes, desertification control, decentralisation and
the water and sanitation sector, NPC, the Director of International Organisations, a MFE representative, an NGO
representative, a private sector representative and the UNDP environment programme adviser. CRP will ensure
(horizontal) coordination and synergy between efforts linked to the activities of the national processs of the various
international conventions and to environment sectors. Lastly, CRP will ensure that environmental inter-sectoral issues
are well analysed and deepened under ANCR-GEM and that they are solved through the subsequent national strategy.
80. The project will operate a Management Office (PMO) the premises of which will be provided by the Ministry of
Environment. PMO will include the National Project Coordinator (NPC) who will be recruited as a lead national
consultant following consultation between the Ministry of Environment and UNDP branch office in Cotonou. It will
employ a maximum of three support staff: an assistant, an accountant and a secretary who will all be awarded a
support staff contract under the project.
81. The project will be carried out by MEHU in consultation with MAEP, MMEH, MPPD, le MFE and MSP. MEHU
will appoint CNDD Permanent Secretary to act as National Project Director (NPD). NPD will be accountable to
government (MEHU, MAEP, MMEH, MPPD, MFE, MTPT, MSP) and UNDP for ensuring a timely mobilisation of
project inputs and production realisation. NPD will be responsible for submitting work plans and quarterly
disbursements as well as interim reporting to both UNDP and MEHU. NPD will head CRP and supervise the
activities of National Project Coordinator (NPC) who will be employed on a full-time basis as a lead national
consultant who will be remunerated for his/her consultancy service from project budget.
82. CRP will also recruit a number of consultants for specific assignments under project activity. These national
consultants will be under the supervision of NPC. All purchases and services under the project will conform with
UNDP national implementation standards. National and international consultants will be involved as follow:
(a) Activity 2 of the project: 5 National Consultants for each of the 5 thematic group to review existing data;
(b) Activity 5: 1 National Consultant to synthesize contributions from provinces
(c) Activity 6: 3 National Consultants to undertake indepth analysis of priority areas and write up NCSA
(d) Activity 6: 1 International Consultant to advise on indepth analysis and write up of NCSA
(e) Activity 8: 1 National Consultant to write up Strategy and Action Plan
(f) All Activities of the Project: 1 Lead National Consultant to manage the project.
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The sum total is thus:11 National consultants and 1 international consultant for the Benin NCSA.
83. The expertise will be provided by people who are quite familiar with the processes of environmental conventions but
also by those outside the environment sector for individual, institutional and systemic capacity analysis and building.
This external expertise will be sought for instance in sectors of administrative, social, economic, legislative and
organisational reforms. The terms of reference of these experts, consultations and facilitations will be designed by
NPC and NPD and approved by CRP
84. MEHU will contribute in-kind an office for NPD and NPC. NPD’s salary falls under project’s government
contribution in-kind. The Government of Benin will also contribute in-kind expertise for thematic groups,
communications, premises for project office and for meetings and national (3) and provincial (4) workshops which
will not be budgeted for under ANCR-GEM project. CRP participation will not be borne by project budget but will
fall under country contribution in-kind. All these contributions in-kind have been valued at around US$ 25,000.
85. UNDP office in Cotonou will play an important role in guiding project activities and ensure that ANCT manuals
(GEF and UNITAR) are fully adhered to. It will ensure that national implementation standards are complied with and
that project focuses on the various horizontal (coordination between processes and synergy creation between actions)
and vertical aspects (individual, institutional and systemic) of ANCR. UNDP will also make sure that the
consultative process under ANCR is a participatory and broad one and is integrated in the national sustainable
development processes (CNDD,CNDD, CBDD and PRSP).
86. This project of Benin is one of many other in the sub-region which will be launched in late as part of ANCR-GEM,
including those of Mali, Burkina, Togo, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. This is an opportunity to share experiences at the
regional level. In this perspective, effort s will be made to create a sub-regional network for capacity building in
national and global environment management. Benin’s participation in this avant-gardist network is strongly
recommended..
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V. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
Activity\
Month
1.ANCR-GEM process planning
and initiation
2. Review of existing data and
information/ Thematic Groups
3. 1st national workshop on
integration and initial
prioritisation
4. Regional workshops
5. Synthesis of contributions from
the provinces
6.a In-depth analysis of priority
areas and
6.b Production of ANCR-GEM
synthetic document
7.
2nd
national
workshop
(Approval of ANCR-GEM)
8a. Design of strategy, action plan
and follow up indicators
8b.
3rd
national
workshop
(Adoption)
8c. Adoption of ANCR-GEM and
Strategy & action plan and
submission to Ministerial Council
9. Consultation between
government, private sector and
donors on funding of GENM’s
10. Refining PRSP, follow up and
assessment of GENM’s capacity
building
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
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15
16
17
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VI BUDGET
Activity
Thematic Assessments
 Biodiversity
 Climate Changes
 Desertification,
Soil Degradation


Stocktaking
PROCESS:
(Assessment,
Consultation,
Workshops, etc.)
PRODUCTION:
Assessment Reports /
Strategy & Action
Plan
Total GEF
(US$)
10,000
Government
(US$)
10,000
Water, Pollution,
Sanitation
Environment
Management
Decentralisation to
Municipalities
15,000
Analysis of inter-sectoral
issues and bringing about
synergy between them
82,500
28,500
111,000
9,000
Design of Strategy & Action
Plan
27,000
6,000
33,000
7,000
Follow up and Assessment
Coordination and
Management
TOTAL
9,000
30,000
2,000
5,000
11,000
35,000
19,000
148,500
41,500
200,000
50,000
10,000
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APENDICES:
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
Composition of CNDD General Assembly
Composition of Project Select Committee (CRP, 15 members)
Lists of Members of Thematic Working Groups
Memorandum on ANCR-GEM Benin – Orientation Mission Report
Organisational Chart and Project Institutional Anchoring
Appendix I. Composition of CNDD General Assembly
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
Minister of Environment, Chairperson;
Minister of Planning, First Vice-Chairperson;
Minister of Agriculture, Second Vice-Chairperson;
Minister of Finances or his/her Representative;
Minister of Industry and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises or his/her Representative;
Minister of Foreign Affairs or his/her representative;
Minister of Public Works, Transport or his/her Representative;
Minister of Territorial administration or his/her Representative;
Minister of Finance or his/her Representative;
Minister of Justice and Legislation or his/her Representative;
Minister of Mining, Energy and Hydraulics or his/her Representative;
Minister of Women’s Promotion or his/her Representative;
Minister of Tourism or his/her Representative;
Minister of Public Health or his/her Representative;
Minister of Defence or his/her Representative;
Minister of National Education or his/her Representative;
Director of Environment;
Director General of Benin Environment Agency;
Executive Director of Benin’s Centre Sustainable Development;
A university Representative (Sustainable Development Unit);
A Representative of Benin’s Chamber of Commerce;
A Director of of the Agricultural Chamber;
A Representative of NGO’s involved in Environmental sector in Benin;
A Representative of Women’s Associations;
Twelve Representatives of Development Associations Union with a Representative per Province.
Appendix II. Composition of ANCR-GEM Project Select Committee
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
GEF Operational Focal point, Chairperson;
National Project Director, Vice-Chairperson;
National ANCR-GEM Project Coordinator; Rapporteur;
SENAREC Representative;
CNDLP Permanent Secretary;
Leader of Biodiversity Thematic Group;
Leader of Climate Changes Thematic Group;
Leader of Desertification and Soil Degradation Thematic Group;
Leader and Coordinator of Water, Sanitation and Pollution Thematic Group;
Leader of Decentralisation Thematic Group;
Director of International Organisations;
A Representative of MFE;
An NGO Representative
A Private Sector Representative;
UNDP Environment Programme Adviser.
Appendix III. Members of GEM National Committees and Thematic Groups
A.3.1. Climate Changes Thematic Group (CNCC)
41. Climate Changes Focal Point
42. Representatives of (Environment Department, Benin Environment Agency)
43. Representatives of MTPT (National Meteorological Department, Land Transportation Department, Cotonou
Autonomous Port Authority, National Road and Rural Path Maintenance Department, Major Road Building
Projects Department)
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44. Representatives of MAEP (Department of Forest and Natural Resources, Department of Fishery,
Department of Agriculture, Benin National Institute for Agricultural Research, National Agro-Pedologic
Centre, Department of Rural Engineering)
45. Representatives of MICPE (Department of Industrial Development)
46. Representatives of Ministry of Trade
47. Representatives of MESRS (Abomey Calavi University, Department of Geography and Territorial Land
Management, Department of Chemistry and Physics, CBRST, Agronomics Faculty, Polytechnique
University College)
48. Representatives of MMEH (Department of Hydraulics, Department of Energy)
49. Representatives of MSP
50. Representatives of MAEIA (Department of International Organisations)
51. Representatives of Ministry of Planning (DCRE, NEX Unit, CBDD)
52. Representatives of Ministry of Interior (Department of Prevention and Civil Protection)
53. Representatives of Ministry of Communication
54. Representatives of Ministry of Justice and Legislation
55. Representatives of Ministry of Finance (General Budget Department)
56. Representatives of Economic and Social Council
57. NGO Representatives
58. Private Sector Representatives
59. To be completed
A.3.2. Desertification Thematic Group
60. Desertification Focal Point
61. Representative of the Economic and Social Council
62. Delegate of Territorial Land Management
63. Director of international Organisations or his/her Representative
64. Director of the Department of Forests and Natural Resources or his/her Representative
65. Director of Regional Planning and Promotion of Grassroots Initiatives or his/her Representative
66. Director of the Department of Energy or his/her Representative
67. Director General of Budget and Equipment or his/her Representative
68. Secretary General of MEHU
69. Rector of Abomey Calavi University or his/her Representative
70. Director of Disaster and Catastrophe Prevention or his/her Representative
71. NGO Chairpersons or their Representatives
72. Director of Environment Adviser Project CE/GTZ
73. Director of Planning and Forecasting of Ministry of Communication or his/her Representative
74. Resident-Representative of ASECNA in Benin or his/her Representative
75. Director of Tourism and Hotel Management or his/her Representative
76. Representativeof the Department of Rural Engineering
77. Representatives of Ministry of Agriculture
78. Representatives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
79. Private Sector Representatives
80. To be completed
A.3.3. Biodiversity Thematic Group
o
o
Biodiversity Focal Point;
Representative of the Department of Agriculture and Ecology of Benin Université National
du Bénin.
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
o
Director of the Department of Forests and Natural Resources or his/her Representative
Biodiversity Project Coordinator;
Mrs. Sylvie Tchabi, Department of Planning and Forecasting; and
Private Sector Representatives
Representativeof the Department of Rural Engineering
epresentatives of Ministry of Agriculture
Representative of UNDP
o
89 Representatives of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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A.3.4. Water, sanitation and Pollution Thematic Group
81. 90 Director of the Department of Energy or his/her Representative
Minister of Women’s Promotion or his/her Representative;
Director of Planning and Forecasting of Ministry of Communication or his/her Representative
Resident-Representative of ASECNA in Benin or his/her Representative
Director of Tourism and Hotel Management or his/her Representative
Executif Director of the oNG GEID
Minister of Environment, Chairperson;
Minister of Planning, First Vice-Chairperson;
Minister of Agriculture, Second Vice-Chairperson;
Minister of Finances or his/her Representative;
Minister of Industry and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises or his/her Representative;
Minister of Foreign Affairs or his/her representative;
Decentralisation Thematic Group
82. CNDD
Representative of Beninese Agency for Environment
Representative of the Economic and Social Council
Delegate of Territorial Land Management
Director of international Organisations or his/her Representative
Director of the Department of Forests and Natural Resources or his/her Representative
Representatives of Ministry of Interior (Department of Prevention and Civil Protection)
All those thematic groups will be regularly updated according to the daily situation of the project. All lists are
indicative.
Appendix III: Memorandum on ANCR-GEM Process Orientation Mission in Benin
Objectives of the Orientation Mission:

to inform the country’s interested parties on the process of capacity building initiative; and

to prepare collectively the 1st Draft of Benin’s ANCR-GEM proposal to be submitted to GEF.
Date of the Orientation Mission: AUGUST 6 to 26, 2003
Composition of Mission:
Dr. Trinto Mugangu, International Consultant on Capacity Building
Dr. Hubert Onibon, Lead National Consultant;
Mr. Séraphin Lokonon, National Consultant.
With the technical support of:
o Mr. Pascal Yaha, Secretary General, Ministry of Environment and GEF Country
Operational Focal Point;
o
o Mr. Assè Sévérin, CNDD Permanent Secretary;
o Mr. Théophile Worou, Director of Environment and GEF Country Political Focal Point;
o Mr. Raphael Ogouchi, Biodiversity Focal Point;
o Mrs. Armande Zanou, Desertification Focal Point;
o Mr. Lucien Owolabi, Biodiversity Project Coordinator;
o Mrs. Sylvie Tchabi, Department of Planning and Forecasting; and
o Mr. Jean Jacob Sahou, UNDP Branch Office in benin;
Mission’s Findings:
Benin has signed a number of international conventions on global environment.
the country has already engaged in many participatory processes linked to these various conventions
including those on biodiversity, climate changes and desertification;
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a national expertise has already been put in place for this purpose and there are groups working on
desertification and climate changes. These groupes can be extended into thematic groups;
a thematic group on biodiversity is yet to be created;
In view of water resource management problematic and stakes, on the one hand, and environment
management decentralisation to municipalities, on the other, the national party has requested that
thematic groups be created on: (a) water, sanitation and pollution; and (b) environment management
decentralisation to municipalities and decongested entities;
the country has also engaged in a number of processes of: (a) sustainable development; (b) poverty
reduction effort; and (c) capacity building;
in this connection, the National Committee on Sustainable Development (CNDD) had been set up and
produced a report for the World Summit on Sustainable Development that was held in September 2002,
in South Africa;
the country also endorsed the millennium development objectives;
a Poverty reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) was finalised in 2002 and must be revised in every three
years; the next revision is scheduled for 2005. A 2025 prospective vision has already been prepared and
underlies any development action in the country ;
the country is also determined to ensure an efficient environment management using environmental
resources in a sustainable manner to meet national development needs, notably by
integratingenvironment management in the process of poverty reduction effort.
A national workshop organised on August 21, 2003 validated the attached ANCR-GEM project and
endorsed::
o ANCR objectives;
o the choice of coordination mechanism;
o the establishment of thematic working groups for the purpose of carrying out sectoral
assessments;
o a work plan for ANCR design; and
o the provisional and final results and their destination.
Conducting Mission as recommended under PDF A objectives:
an orientation consisting in presenting partners and mission members with a review of an ANCR’s
working criteria and tools and deciding on a division of duties;
identifying and consulting governmental authorities and other partners who are likely to participate in
ANCR process (see analytical table on those concerned);
validating and approving at a national workshop the appropriate institutional arrangements for an
integrated transectoral self-assessment;
a participatory and consultative concept of ANCR process for Benin;
preparing, drafting and validating according to a participatory approach a proposal to seek Benin ANCR
funding from GEF.
Conclusions and Recommendations
in order to ensure coordination of efforts and consistency between environment sector-specific concerns
and the other sectorial development issues including the problematic of poverty reduction effort (PRSP
revision process), the mission suggest that CNDD be the point of institutional anchoring for the Steering
Committee.
project operational anchoring will be the Ministry of Environment, in close collaboration with MPPD,
MAEP, MMEH, MSP, MAEIA, MTPT and MFE.
a Project Select Committee (CRP) comprised of 15 members will be set up by MEHU in order to ensure
regular monitoring of ANCR-GEM project implementation with the support of a lead national consultant
who will be responsible for project day-to-day management for 18 months.
to avoid any duplication of efforts, this project must be based on ongoing processes of global environment
management, notably in areas of biodiversity, climate changes and desertification control;
it is important to ensure that thematic processes on water resources and sanitation are set in motion and
carefully revitalised by drafting appropriate terms of reference that can align with those already
applicable to climate changes, biodiversity and desertification control;
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it is important to ensure a timely implementation of project work schedule so that the expected results
and productions can be integrated as an environmental base and used as reference for revision of PRSP
environmental component in 2005;
a governmental contribution of US$ 50,000 is necessary to cover the water and sanitation component of
this process of national self-assessment of capacity building needs for environment management. GEF will
finance only the part dealing with international conventions on biodiversity, climate changes and
desertification control. Through MEHU, the Government of Benin pledged to fund the involvement of the
water, sanitation and pollution sector and that of environment management decentralisation to
municipalities;
a synergy with DGRHP must be sought to ensure better coordination of capacity building efforts in the
country; the idea being that ANCR project will be the environmental organ of future SENAREC;.
UNDP national implementation standards are recommended to ensure national appropriation;
The terms of reference of the assignments to be carried out including those of thematic groups and the
various positions to be filled within the framework of project implementation will be finalised by Project
Select Committee (CRP), in close collaboration with UNDP-GEF Regional Coordinator and UNDP Benin
Office Environment Programme Adviser;
the design of terms of reference for thematic groups and follow up indicators should be done without
delay by CNDD Permanent Secretary together national consultants (Hubert Onibon and Séraphin
Lokonon) who were recruited within the framework of this PDF A ANCR with the support of the
thematic groups on biodiversity, climate changes and desertification control.
Lastly, it is important for the national side (MEHU) and UNDP-Cotonou to quickly identify the person
who is likely to fill for 18 months the position of lead national consultant responsible for ANCR-GEM
project day-to-day management scheduled to start in November 2003;
Mr Hubert Onibon and Mr. Seraphin Lokonon have mastered ANCR process and should therefore be
considered for that position;
a letter by which GEF country operational focal point, Mr. Pascal Yaha, endorses this project is required
for its submission to GEF. This letter must state that the focal points of conventions on biodiversity,
climate changes and desertification control have been actively involved in this project design which is part
of the national development effort and will ensure better coordination and synergy between environment
management efforts in Benin
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Appendix V. Project Organisational Chart and Institutional Anchoring
Ministry of
Environment
MINISTRIES
MPDP, MAEP, MMEH, MFE, MSP, MAIEA
PRSP
SENAREC
CNDD
Composition of CRP
Composition of CNDD GA
(15 members)
OFPO/GEF Chairperson
NPD (CNDD PS), Vice-Chairperson
Conventions (3) Focal Points
National Consultant (Manager)
SENAREC, CNDLP Representatives
UNDP Representative
Water Thematic Group Leader Leader of
Thematic Group on Environment
Management Decentralisation to
Municipalities
DOI Representative (MAIEA)
MFE Represatative
NGO Private sector representatives
Chairperson:
Min. Environment
1st Vice-Chairperson: Min. of Planning
2nd Vice-Chairperson: Min. of Agriculture
Members

Representatives Public Services

Private Sector Representatives

NGO Representatives
CNDD General Assembly
Project Steering
Project Select
Committee (CRP)
National
Worshops (3)
Regional
Workshops (4)
Biodiversity
Thematic Group
Climate Changes
Thematic Group
Project Managt.Off. (PMO)
- Lead National Consultant
- Accounting Clerk, Secretary
Desertification
Thematic Group
Water, Sanitation
and Pollution Thematic
Group
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Decentralisation
Thematic Group