NDC meeting
Bergville Sports Complex Boardroom
20 March 2024
Agenda (09h30 – 14h30)
•Welcomeandintroductions– Zinhle (30 min)
•Draft strategy and website for discussion – Brigid (40 min) 10h00-10h40
•Updateson any ongoing initiatives:10h40 – 13h00 (working tea)
•Liam Cogill(MAPWAPS) 20 min
•Pearl Gola(SANBI)20min
•Sipho Ndaba (Cannabis project) 20 min
•Minesh Sookamdev (DFFE herbicide programme) 20 min
•Kirsten Oliver (The Water Fund) 20 min
•Lucas van der Vijver (Research) 20 min
•Carl Grossman (Conservation Outcomes) 20 min
•WayforwardbeyondWWFPepsiCoproject13h00-13h30
•Closure and Lunch 13h30-14h30
Developing a strategy for the NDC
•Governance arrangements
•Communities of practice
•Partnershippillars–a basis for activities
•M&E related to pillars
The Catchment Partnership value proposition
Key benefits and services of the partnership and expectations ofthe partners
“Collaboration among different
entities to conserve and sustainably
utilize the landscape and its water,
cultural and other natural resources
fairly as well asto empower its
people, build resilience and achieve
sustainable socio-economic growth.”
Partnership
Pillars
Governance &
Strategy
Networking &
Communication
Learning &
sharing
Action,
implementation
& feedback
Resourcing
•What can we
learn from the
UCP?
Pillar
Outcome
Activities
Governance and
strategy
•
Internal: Effective governance of the NDC
partnership
•External: Effective governance within the SWSA;
integrated catchment management
•
Establish a secretariat for the NDC and CoP
theme leaders to drive action.
•
Monitor the effectiveness of the partnership
and the impacts on the ground
•
Engage LM about alignment with IDP
Networking &
communication
•
Internal– Enhanced sharing between partners
•
External – Enhanced communication with
partners beyond the catchment
•
Enhance sharing over email and website
•NDC members to participate in other forums to
network information
Research,
learning & sharing
•
Sharing of information and knowledge leads to
enhanced impact
•
A shared research agenda for the catchment
•
Make reports and guidelines available on the
website
•
Establish a research task team to drive an
agenda
Action,
implementation &
feedback
•
Solutions to address challenges are co-
developed, tested and assessed
•
Update map of partner activities
•
Develop a joint database for action
Resourcing
•
Partnershipresourcedforgoodgovernance,to
network, learn, share and implement
•
Find ways to resource NDC activities when no
funded convener team
•
Fundraise for partnership
•
Fundraise for action
Governance arrangements
Partnerships
Research,
monitoring &
evaluation
Landscape
management
Rural
livelihoods Conservation Wateraccess
Monitoring andevaluation
•Elements of the vision to be monitored
Criteria
M&E
Within the
partnership
•
Collaboration
•
Different entities
Evidenceofcollaboration.
Number and diversity of entities.
Beyond the
partnership
•
Conserve and sustainably utilize
resources fairly
•
Empower its people
•
Build resilience
•
Achieve sustainable socio-economic
growth.
Implementation of projects towards these.
Changes in policies / plans towards these.
Researchconductedtowardsachievingthese.
NDC Vision: Collaboration among different entities to conserve and sustainably utilize
the landscape and its water, cultural and other natural resources fairly as well as to
empower its people, build resilience and achieve sustainable socio-economic growth.
WayforwardbeyondPepsiCo
•A June meeting
•Invitations
•Venue
•Catering
•Community travel costs
•Reporting
•Maintaining the website
•etc
Thank you