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Balancing Nature, Wealth and Power Through the PEAP Revision Process ACODE Public Policy Dialogue Series are a synthesis of public policy dialogues and workshops organised by the Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment. The reports of these proceedings are prepared by ACODE staff. The designations employed and the presentation of the material do not imply any expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of ACODE or partners who provide finincial support for these dialogues. High Level Policy Dialogue On Nature, Wealth And Power Balancing Nature, Wealth and Power Through The PEAP Revision Process Organised by: Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment (ACODE) REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS ACODE Public Policy Dialogue Series No. 3, 2004 © ACODE Table of Contents Contents Pages LIST OF ACRONYMS: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ii 1. INTRODUCTION: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 2. BACKGROUND: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 3. ORGANISATION OF THE DIALOGUE ... ... ... ... ... 2 4. OBJECTIVES: ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 5. OPENING REMARKS ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 6. SUMMARY OF SESSION PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ... ... 4 6.1. The contribution of natural resources to achieving the pillars of the PEAP. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 6.2. Governing Natural Resources for Poverty Reduction and on going constitutional reforms. ... ... ... ... ... 8 6.3. The links between poverty and the environment in Uganda (current practices and experiences) ... ... ... ... 10 7. THE HIGH LEVEL POLICY SEGMENT ... ... ... ... ... 11 8. ANNEXES ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 ANNEX 1: NEXT STEPS AND ACTION PROPOSALS ... ... ... 12 KEY NWP ISSUES IN UGANDA: ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 PEAP Revision and Implementation Process ... ... ... ... 12 Key Target Groups... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12 Constitutional Review Process ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 Country Assistance Strategy/PRSC Matrix ... ... ... ... 13 Plan for Modernization of Agriculture (PMA) ... ... ... ... 14 ANNEX 2: AGENDA ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 15 ANNEX 3: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ... ... ... ... ... 18 i List of Acronyms ACODE Advocates Coalition for Development and Environment CAS Country Assistance Strategy ENR Environment and Natural Resources ENRM Environment and Natural Resources Management HLPD High Level Policy Dialogue IRG International Resource Group MUIENR Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources MDGs Millenium Development Goals MP Member of Parliament NEMA National Environment Management Authority NR National Resources NWP Nature, Wealth and Power NGO Non Governmental Organisation PEAP Poverty Eradication Action Plan PMA Plan for Modernization of Agriculture PRSC Poverty Reduction Support Credit PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper TAI The Access Initiative UBOS Uganda Bureau of Standards UNDP United Nations Development Program UPPAP Uganda Participatory Poverty Assessment Process USAID United States Agency for International Development WRI World Resources Institute ii 1. Introduction think tanks released a publication entitled Nature, Wealth and Power (NWP The High Level Policy Dialogue on Report). In this report, the authors Nature, Wealth and Power took place argue that the fate of Africa’s natural from November 20 – 21, 2003 at Speke resources cannot be separated from the Resort Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda. The broader context of economic and Policy Dialogue was organized by the development challenges. In addition, the Advocates Coalition for Development and authors state that Africa’s economic and Environment as part of our continuing development future cannot be separated programme to convene multi-stakeholder from the management of its natural dialogues on complex, controversial or resources. Nature, Wealth and Power sometimes emerging public policy issues. recommends that the traditional Financial support for the approaches to invest- workshop was provided ments in natural re- by the World Resources “A state that does not man- sources management must age its natural resources in a Institute (WRI), USAID now be based on eco- way that benefits its nomic rationality and Africa Bureau and population and propels the International Resources state to greater heights of should address issues of Group (IRG). political, economic and social governance and equity. development is not worth NWP therefore presents being sovereign at all.” a potentially useful The theme of the High Hon. Minister Nsaba-Buturo Level Policy Dialogue analytical framework that was “Balancing Nature, can enhance our Wealth and Power through the PEAP Re- understanding of the relationship vision process.” The Dialogue was at- between sustainable ENRM, poverty tended by senior level government of reduction and good governance. Uganda officials, senior representatives of national and international NGOs, The NWP report is a new framework that representatives of multilateral and needs to be further understood and bi-lateral donors, Members of Parliament tested through empirical studies and from Uganda, and selected civil society analysis. In many countries including representatives from East and West Uganda, the NWP framework can be a useful tool for analyzing the extent to Africa. which PEAP driven interventions are achieving the multiple objectives of stimulating economic growth, 2. Background improving the quality of the environment and the quantity of the In 2002, the USAID Africa Bureau together natural resources, strengthening good with a number of international policy governance and enfranchising rural 1 people while reducing poverty. The 3. Organisation of the dialogue on NWP was therefore Dialogue organized to initiate discussions on nature, wealth and power in the context The High Level Policy Dialogue on of Uganda’s Poverty Eradication Action Nature, Wealth and Power was organized Plan (PEAP). The ongoing process to over two days in three inter-related revise the PEAP and the follow up sessions. High quality professionals process of its implementation are engaged in research on NWP issues and potential opportunities for rethinking and Government of Uganda officials engaged redesigning the investment programmes in the process of writing the revised PEAP aimed at achieving the PEAP objectives. facilitated the dialogue. This gave the participants an opportunity to fully Specifically, in order for the country to understand the PEAP revision process and achive the objectives of reducing the the opportunities for applying the NWP number of people living in abject analytical framework. Participants also poverty to less than 10% by 2017 and had the opportunity to share experiences realising development targets set by sev- of implimenting Poverty Reduction eral international agreements such as the Strategy Papers (PRSPs) from selected Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and African countries. The dialogue was the Johannesburg plan of implementa- organized in plenary sessions, working tion, Uganda will require prudent man- groups and then a High Level Segment agement of its natural resources. Previ- where the results and recommendations ous efforts that did not take into account of the dialogue were presented to a the inter-relationship between sustain- Segment of senior level Government of able natural resources management, eq- Uganda officials and representatives of uitable distribution of wealth and power the international development relations that determine and influence community. decision making are exercises in futility. Applying the NWP framework in our analytical work and future monitoring of PEAP implemen- tation presents us with an op- portunity to ask the right ques- tion: does improvements in the quality, quantity and economic value of natural resources per se lead to economic development and poverty reduction? Participants at the NWP workshop. Seated second form left is 2 Minister Isaac Musumba 4. Objectives and Chairperson of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus in the Seventh The overall objective of this High Level Parliament of Uganda. Policy Dialogue was to introduce the NWP framework as an analytical tool that can The Executive Director of ACODE stated generate useful and relevant policy that the uneven changes in the levels of information to strengthen policies for poverty since the PEAP was first adopted poverty reduction, economic develop- in 1997 required that policy makers ment and sustainable ENRM. The HLPD is begin to rethink the strategies that were therefore the beginning of a being employed to achieve the PEAP process that will involve a series of case objectives. He observed that although study based assessments to test the poverty levels had reduced significantly concepts set out in the NWP document. according to official statistics, the most Follow on activities involving case recent data from the National Household studies and policy dialogues will be or- Surveys (NHS) showed poverty levels ganized to inform future policy and were increasing. Furthermore, the data decision making. At the policy level, we relating to geographic, demographic and would like to begin to ask ourselves a gender distribution of poverty was series of questions on how the alarming. He observed that even in key relationship between these principles natural resource sectors such as forestry affects poverty eradication initiatives. and fisheries where there were impressive growth figures, the Do the poor actually benefit from communities that are dependent on these improvements and increased economic value of resources were still among the poorest.
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