SEAP - Policy, Legal and Institutional Working Group Report

Contents | Introduction | Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three | Level One | Level Two | Level Three | Level Four | Annexures | Glossary and Acronyms

CHAPTER THREE: POLICIES AND STRATEGIES

The Swaziland Environmental Action Plan is envisaged as making both policy recommendations, and strategies for achieving those policy objectives, as both the policies and subsequently the strategies are dependent upon the proposed destination.

This report therefore provides:

• A hierarchically structured action plan, the recommendations of the higher levels being the authority for the levels beneath them, and being themselves informed and prioritised by the requirements of same;
• A position statement on the status of each policy if it exists, and if so in what status and form, and how it fits the present proposed structure (heading: "Status of Policy"): also, which issues are or should be addressed by that policy (heading: "Issues Summary"). "Summary Policy Proposals" then defines the policy objectives, principles, practical elements and supportive elements;
• Recommendations concerning action on same (heading: "Summary Strategy Proposals"), where necessary divided into "General Strategy" and "Practical Strategy";
• A listing of what resources are the key references available towards the formulation of same (heading: "Reference Material");
• Recommendations concerning ministerial involvement, based upon Legal Notice No. 194 of 1996 and the need for cross-sectoral strategies.