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SADC TFCA M&E Framework - English (Endorsed Nov 2017)
| Author: | SADC TFCAs, Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR), SADC Secretariat |
| Language: | English |
| Topic: | Conservation |
| Type: | Strategy and guides |
| Last updated: | 8 November 2024 |
The Transfrontier Conservation Areas (TFCAs) Unit of the Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANR) of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat was tasked to create a Framework for the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of the regional Transfrontier Conservation Areas. This system shall become part of the SADC Results-based system for Monitoring and Evaluation currently under construction by the SADC Secretariat.
This document therefore contains the Framework for the Monitoring and Evaluation of TFCAs as agreed by the Members States, the Steering Committee of the TFCA Network and the SADC TFCA Unit, and it is set on the requirements of the SADC TFCAs Programme, an output of the 1999 Protocol on Wildlife Conservation and Law Enforcement (PWCLE), as valid at the time of issue.
The fourth Component of the SADC TFCA Programme calls for the establishment of “monitoring and evaluation frameworks for TFCA development and management at the TFCA and regional levels” as one of its two strategic objectives (SADC, 2012b, p. 17). This leads to the Output on “progress of individual TFCAs and the SADC Programme periodically measured and analysed”, which generates key activity 6: the establishment of “monitoring and evaluation systems for the TFCA level and regional level” (Ibid.).
It is in response to this thread of Strategic objective, output and key activity, that this Framework has been created. Its contents are drawn from the outcomes of the regional consultative process through the SADC TFCA network, its Steering Committee and the Community of Practice (CoP), which was held in March and August 2017. The framework is developed out of the recommendations of the approved SADC Guidelines on the establishment and development of TFCAs (Zunckel, 2014, pp. 95-99). The framework further aims to address issues identified in the Situation Analysis Report, which articulates the legal framework for monitoring and evaluation of TFCAs, and reviewed the existing monitoring and evaluation tools for (or applicable to) TFCAs.
In 2016, the SADC Secretariat began the process of establishing a web-based regional results-based monitoring and evaluation system, through its M&E Technical Office. This system allows for the periodical country monitoring and reporting on the objectives and activities of the SADC Protocols and the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), as well as other strategic documents. The SADC TFCA M&E framework will become part of this overall system, which will be made accessible to the people responsible for data entry and reporting once the indicators are agreed, and included.
As such, the SADC TFCA M&E framework will be run in parallel with the SADC Results-based M&E system for the 1999 PWCLE, the 2002 Protocol on Forestry, and other protocols on issues of relevance to TFCAs. This means that the two systems will complement each other in supplying data and resolving information gaps for reporting purposes.
Together, the SADC TFCA Programme (SADC, 2012b), the PWCLE (SADC, 1999a) and the Protocol on Forestry (SADC, 2002) , as well as the RISDP (SADC, 2003) and the SADC TFCA Guidelines (Zunckel, 2014), agree that the main objectives of TFCAs are to sustainably manage shared natural and cultural resources, to foster sustainable socio-economic development, and to promote regional integration, in line with the IUCN Guidelines for Transboundary Conservation Areas (Vasilijević, 2015). This TFCA M&E Framework is aimed at providing the regional outlook on TFCA development and management in response to the objectives set by SADC and its Member States.
It is in response to this thread of Strategic objective, output and key activity, that this Framework has been created. Its contents are drawn from the outcomes of the regional consultative process through the SADC TFCA network, its Steering Committee and the Community of Practice (CoP), which was held in March and August 2017. The framework is developed out of the recommendations of the approved SADC Guidelines on the establishment and development of TFCAs (Zunckel, 2014, pp. 95-99). The framework further aims to address issues identified in the Situation Analysis Report, which articulates the legal framework for monitoring and evaluation of TFCAs, and reviewed the existing monitoring and evaluation tools for (or applicable to) TFCAs.
In 2016, the SADC Secretariat began the process of establishing a web-based regional results-based monitoring and evaluation system, through its M&E Technical Office. This system allows for the periodical country monitoring and reporting on the objectives and activities of the SADC Protocols and the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP), as well as other strategic documents. The SADC TFCA M&E framework will become part of this overall system, which will be made accessible to the people responsible for data entry and reporting once the indicators are agreed, and included.
As such, the SADC TFCA M&E framework will be run in parallel with the SADC Results-based M&E system for the 1999 PWCLE, the 2002 Protocol on Forestry, and other protocols on issues of relevance to TFCAs. This means that the two systems will complement each other in supplying data and resolving information gaps for reporting purposes.
Together, the SADC TFCA Programme (SADC, 2012b), the PWCLE (SADC, 1999a) and the Protocol on Forestry (SADC, 2002) , as well as the RISDP (SADC, 2003) and the SADC TFCA Guidelines (Zunckel, 2014), agree that the main objectives of TFCAs are to sustainably manage shared natural and cultural resources, to foster sustainable socio-economic development, and to promote regional integration, in line with the IUCN Guidelines for Transboundary Conservation Areas (Vasilijević, 2015). This TFCA M&E Framework is aimed at providing the regional outlook on TFCA development and management in response to the objectives set by SADC and its Member States.
