Transcript National Assessment Report

Barbados +10
National Assessment Report
Belize
Overview of Belize
170 mls (274 Km) N-S, 68
mls. (109 Km) E-W
8,867 sq. mls. (22,700 sq.
Km)
273,700 (mid-year 2003)
Pop. Density - 31 / sq. ml (12
/sq. km) (mid-year 2003)
Life expectancy - Females:
73.5 yrs., Males: 66.7 yrs
Pop. Growth rate - 3.0 %
Dollar
(BZE$),
fixed
exchange rate,
BZE $2.00 = US $1.00
Socio-economic Context
Key Challenges
Globalization
Liberalization
Natural Disasters
Natural Resource
Depletion
Health – chronic
diseases
Key Responses
Medium Term
Economic Strategy
2003-2005
Poverty Elimination
Strategy and Action
Plan 2003-2008
Preparing the NAR
National Consultative Process
Involved public, private, civil society
sectors
Consultant
2 workshops
National Report
Socio-economic
Context
Nat’l framework for
sustainable
development
Implementation of the
BPOA
Cross-sectoral issues
Trade, investment
and capacity bldg
MDGs
Emerging concerns
Nat’l Framework for SD
NSDC
NHDAC; NEC; NSDTF
Cross-cutting policies - NPESAP; MTES
Sector specific policies
Climate Change and Sea level Rise
UNFCCC – signed 1992; ratified 1994
Kyoto protocol – acceded Sept. 2003
Participated in CPACC, ACCC, MACC,
Cen. Ame Reg. Proj on Forestry and C.C
Host of the CCCCC
1st nat’l comm to COP of UNFCCC - 2002
Risk Mgmt. and Nat. Disasters
Comprehensive nat’l framework
NEMO Secretariat
Nat’l Mitigation Policy being developed
Participate in activities of CDERA,
CEPREDENAC, FA-HUM (US Southcom)
Coastal and Marine Resources
UNCLOS – signed 1982; ratified 1983
Cartegena Protocol – participate in meetings
UNCBD – signed 1992; ratified 1993
No delineation of the EEZ – part of Bze/Guat
Differendum
CZMAI – ICZM Strategy (Feb 2003)
13 MPAs – 7 World Heritage Sites
MBRS
Land Resources – terrestrial
biodiversity
UNCBD
Rotterdam (POPs) – signed 2003
ESTAP
NARMAP, FPMP
LAP – completed; LMP – ongoing
MBC
Energy
Major energy sources – butane, electricity,
bagasse, renewables, hydrological
Mollejon, Chalillo
Extension of grid to south, cayes
Purchase of electricity –CFE (Mexico)
Nat’l Energy Plan – sector diagnostic and policy
recommendations
PPA – hydromaya and BELCOGEN
Exploration for hydrocarbon
Mgmt of Wastes,
Provision of Water
Waste
112,000 tons annually
Nat’l Solid Waste Mgmt
Plan
Privatization since 1992
(3 areas remain)
Nat’l Solid Waste Mgmt.
Project – construction of
sanitary landfill
Water
18 major river catchments
w/ 18 sub-catchments, 18
principal watersheds
Freshwater - 80.8
thousand cu. M./capita
Rural bze – 95% of
freshwater comes from
groundwater
Pro-tem Water
Commission
Tourism
1 in every 4 jobs, 18% of GDP – US
$256M in 2002
Tourist expenditure has grown 500% since
1998
Tourism Dev. Proj – 4 yr., US $14 M IDB
loan
Tourism Training Unit, STEPS, CPEC,
SITCA (San Jose Declaration)
NICH
Financing and Investment for SD
UNDP/GEF - SGP; UNEP/GEF
IDB, CDB, Commonwealth Debt Initiative,
UK Provision of Basic Needs program
DFC, SIF, NGOs
Bi-lateral – USA, UK, Cuba, ROC
Int’l Coop. Unit - MFA
Capacity Bldg and Cooperation
Member of CARICOM, ACS, SICA
ICU – MFA
MTES
Public Private Partnerships – private
sector – tourism industry; CSOs –
protected areas mgmt, Red Cross
Trade and Investment
Small production capacity
High costs of inputs, limited administrative
and technical capacity, narrow export
base, open economy
Encouragement of diversification – estb. of
niche markets
External trade negotiations – WTO, FTAA,
ACP, CSME
NTNC estb.
MDGs
Poverty Reduction
CPA – 1995/96
NPESAP
SIF
NHDAC
Role of NGOs –
BEST
DFC, Credit Unions
Education and Infant
Mortality
20% of budget to
edu., 80% to primary
schools
Steady reduction
Maternal Child Health
Program
MDGs
Gender Equality
Nat’l Gender Policy
Gender Budget Initiative
Amendment of Nat’l
Legislation
HIV/AIDS and Malaria
Highest rate in Cen.Amer
and 5th in Caribbean
Nat’l AIDS Commission
Vector Control
Programme
Benefit from regional
assistance – Mexico,
Guatemala and PAHO
MDGs
Envio. Sustainability
Leader in conservation
and Sust. Dev. – 45.8% terrestrial, 350,000 acres
of marine areas under
protected areas status
Various strategies and
action plans
MBC, MBRS
Global Partnerships
Debt for Nature Swap
Youth for the Future
Initiative
Constraints and Gaps
Lack of adequate data; reliability and timely
release of data; inaccessibility of data
Insufficient inter-ministry coordination
Little consideration to proportional ownership
and level of resp. in mgmt.; access to decisionmaking; need for strengthening of municipalities
and local govt.
Lack of nat’l impact studies and competitiveness
assessments
Lack of resources – human, administrative and
institutional, financial
Emerging Concerns
Proposed NSDC
Gender policy
Criminal activity
Tourism
Human Resources
Traffic
Youth