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Abstract:
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This paper states that in August 2001, the Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) Working Group requested Community Partnerships for Sustainable Resource Management (COMPASS) support for updating the natural resource management policy baseline study that was undertaken in 1999 called Policy Framework for Community-based Natural Resources Management in Malawi:
A Review of Laws, Policies and Practices, COMPASS Document 7. The Working
Group felt that this was especially critical since several new natural resources sector policies had been formulated and major national efforts such as political decentralisation and land reform are being undertaken with profound consequence to CBNRM activities and sector legislation.
Rather than hiring a consultant to update the 1999 baseline analysis, it was decided that CBNRM in Malawi would be better served by using an innovative process that would fulfil the need to update the 1999 baseline study, but would also build the skills of the Working Group members and other key partners to undertake such assessments in the future.
To meet these dual goals, a combination policy analysis training and CBNRM policy dialogue was designed and conducted in April/May 2002 in Limbe to achieve the following major objectives:
- improve policy analysis skills for members of the CBNRM Working Group and other key non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Government of Malawi (GOM) partners;
- update and expand the review of the policy and legislative framework for CBNRM in Malawi. |