INTEGRATION OF THE IPOA AND 2030 AGENDA INTO THE NATIONAL PLANNING PROCESSES: CASE OF MALAWI PRESENTED TO THE REGIONAL MEETING OF THE AFRICAN LDCS ON ACCELERATING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IPOA WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE 2030 AGENDA Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar, Senegal, 28 February to 01 March 2017 Presented by: Mr. Adwell Zembele (Deputy Director of Economic Planning) Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development - Malawi
PRESENTATION OUTLINE Objective of the presentation Development Planning Processes in Malawi Long, Medium and Short Term Planning Domestication of Regional and Global Development Frameworks Lessons Learned in Domesticating Development Frameworks Challenges Faced During Integration Process How Malawi is Planning to Deal With Inconsistent Implementation of the NDS Conclusion
OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESENTATION There are so many development frameworks for African LDCs including the 2030 Agenda for SDGs, the Istanbul Programme of Action (IPoA), Agenda 2063, Vienna Programme of Action (VPoA) as well as regional agendas. The presentation demonstrates how Malawi strives to bring coherence and synergies among these frameworks. Focus of the presentation is on how Malawi s development planning is done and how we are integrating the Istanbul Programme of Action, the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals and the AU Agenda 2063 into the national development strategy (NDS). The presentation also provides lessons learned and challenges faced during the integration process.
DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESSES IN MALAWI Development Planning in Malawi is done at three levels namely Long Term, Medium Term and Short Term. Long Term (10-20 years); Medium Term (3-5 years) Short Term (Annually National Budget)
LONG TERM PLAN VISION 2020 Formulated in 1998 and launched in 2000. This coincided with the launch of the MDGs. This was also the time LDCs were implementing the Brussels Programme of Action (BPoA) and the Amalty Programme of Action (for LLDCs). Thus, Vision 2020 covers both the BPoA and the IPoA as well as the MDGs and the SDGs as well as the AU Agenda 2063.
MEDIUM TERM THE NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY (NDS) The Medium Term Development Strategies are implemented to attain the long term vision Normally span between 3-5 years Since 2000 Malawi has implemented 3 cycles of medium term national development strategies The Malawi Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper MPRSP (2002-2005), The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy MGDS I (2006-2011) and The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy MGDS II (2011-2016) MGDS II expired in June 2016 and currently Malawi is in the process of developing the next strategy - MGDS III (2017-2022)
SHORT TERM ANNUAL BUDGET This is where all the development frameworks are brought home whereby funding and implementation is done through the national budget. Since domestication ensures that all the development frameworks are part of the national development agenda, it is easier for sectors to plan for their implementation using their annual budget allocations. It is, therefore, important that all stakeholders are part of the national planning processes so that different development frameworks are part of the sector plans.
DOMESTICATION OF REGIONAL AND GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS Domestication of regional and international development frameworks is done to simplify implementation at the national level. Proper domestication ensures that regional and global development frameworks are part of the national development agenda. Malawi uses Sector Working Groups (SWGs) as mechanism for coordinating development activities. SWGs are a multi-stakeholder grouping which include the Government MDAs, private sector, CSO, academia, Development Partners and other stakeholders.
DOMESTICATION OF DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS Since SWGs are responsible for implementing the NDS, their participation at the planning stage is very important. In Malawi, SWGs are the center of domesticating the 2030 Agenda for SDGs, the IPoA and the AU Agenda 2063 while at the same time pursuing the national development aspirations. The MDGs were implemented using three NDSs namely MPRSP, MGDS I and MGDS II (2000-2015) and the BPoA was implemented using the MPRSP (2002-2005) and MGDS I (2001-2011) Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for the SDGs and the IPoA and Agenda 2063 started within the context of the MGDS II and will continue in the next development strategy (MGDS III) being formulated.
SUMMARY OF MALAWI S NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS 1964-2017 MDGs 2030 Agenda on SDGs 2000 BPoA Vision 2020 NLTP IPoA 2020 2030 SAPs DEVPOLS PAP MTP MPRSP MTP MGDS MTP MGDS II MTP MGDS III MTP being developed 1964 1984 1998 2002 2000 2006 2011 MERP 2016 2017 2022 Key: 1995 2012 NLTP national long term perspective MTP medium term perspective 10
LESSONS LEARNED IN DOMESTICATING DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORKS Participation of different stakeholders in the planning processes is important for ownership and success of development strategies; Need for own resources to implement the National Development Strategy; Thus, domestic resource mobilization is important; Don t be too ambitious during planning; For monitoring purposes, it critical to develop SMART indicators at planning stage.
CHALLENGES FACED DURING INTEGRATION PROCESS Too many development frameworks to be integrated into the national development plans Global (SDGs, IPoA,VPoA, Climate Change Agreements), Continental (AU Agenda 2063), Regional (SADC, COMESA, TFTA); Dominance of some development frameworks (other frameworks seem to be less important SDGs vs IPoA and VPoA); Competing development priorities at national level (how to prioritise development activities UNDP Malawi is helping us); Inconsistencies in implementing national development strategies
How Malawi is planning to Deal with Inconsistent Implementation of the NDS Stakeholder consultations have revealed the need for establishing an independent National Planning Commission (NPC); The Commission is expected to be insulated from political interference; NPC will be responsible for the Long Term and Medium Term Planning for the Country; Aim is to ensure that any new government should continue implementing the National Vision as well as the medium term NDS.
From this conference, Malawi would like to learn how other countries are domesticating the various development frameworks and avoid policy reversals by successive Governments.
CONCLUSION LDCs have various development frameworks at their disposal; Domesticating them into their national planning processes is important; Thus, integration of the IPoA, SDGs and Agenda 2063 is a must if the African LDCs are to achieve the expected development outcomes; African LDCs need to build on the lessons learnt while safeguarding themselves against the challenges being experienced.
THANK YOU ZIKOMO, MERCI, OBRIGADO, ASANTE