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How the ZPRP was developed
The present Zanzibar Poverty Reduction Plan is a
result of wide ranging consultation with stakeholders in all regions
of Zanzibar. It remains a work in progress and full consultation will
continue as the plan grows and matures.
The production of the ZPRP was guided by an
inter-ministerial technical committee. This included senior officers
from the main government Ministries and was chaired by the Principal
Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs (MOFEA). The
technical committee supervised the work of the planning team that did
the research and wrote the document.
The planning team included staff of MOFEA
supported by the UNDP the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF)
and Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA). In preparing the ZPRP the
team reviewed all the policy and plans that had already been written
and interviewed key individuals in a range of stakeholder
organisations and groups.
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The principle of
full participation and consultation in the decision making process
is enshrined in the ZPRP which must be considered as a dynamic
document and not on a ‘once and for all’ basis for poverty
planning, budgeting and programming. (ZPRP, Jan 2002) |
The documents which were consulted included:
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Development Vision 2020 for Zanzibar |
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Report of Grassroot Consultation Meetings (GCM) |
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Common Country Assessment for Zanzibar (CCA) |
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Population Census for Tanzania (1988) |
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Household Budget Survey (1991) |
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Tanzania Reproductive and Child Health Survey (TRCHS)
(1999) |
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Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) (1996) |
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Various sectoral reviews and reports from Government and
other agencies |
The stakeholders who were consulted, on both
islands, included people in:
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government |
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private sector |
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political parties |
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non government organisations (NGOs) |
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civil society organisations (CSO) |
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local development committees |
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the United Nations Inter-Agency Technical Committee |
Draft reports were presented for discussion at
workshops in Unguja and Pemba and then at a national workshop in
August 2001. The final document was published in January 2002.
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