The Tanzania-Belgium Partnership

Belgian development agency

ABOUT BTC

The Belgian development agency, BTC, mobilises its resources and its expertise to eliminate poverty in the world. BTC contributes to the efforts of the international community and works towards a society that provides present and future generations with sufficient resources to build a sustainable and fair world.

Its staff members in Brussels and overseas embody the commitment of the Belgian State and other development partners to international solidarity. They support more than 300 cooperation projects and programmes in some 20 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

In Tanzania, BTC employs 48 persons in 12 interventions.

Tanzania is a partner country of the Belgian bilateral cooperation since 1982. The focus of the Belgian support lies on sustainable human development through poverty reduction and the strengthening of democracy and good governance. Belgium contributes fully to the Tanzanian National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty and the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals.

For the period 2010-2013, the Belgian bilateral cooperation in Tanzania concentrates on Local Government Reform and Natural Resources Management. This focus is in line with international commitments in Paris and Accra, aiming to harmonise the efforts of the different Development Partners. The overall budget for the four-year programme amounts to 60 million euro.

In the previous cooperation programme (2003-2008), projects were conducted in Natural Resources Management, Local Government Reform, agriculture and food security, basic infrastructure, health and HIV/AIDS and water and sanitation. The programme also included multi sectoral projects (Study & Con-sultancy Fund, scholarships and micro interventions).

CONTACTS

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TANZANIA-BELGIUM PARTNERSHIP

DISTRIBUTION OF FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS BY SECTOR (2010-2013)

LOCAL GOvERNMENT REFORM: 32 million euro (53%)

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT: 13 million euro (22%)

MULTI SECTORAL INTERvENTIONS (STUDY & CONSULTANCY FUND, SCHOLARSHIPS AND MICRO INTERvENTIONS): 10 million euro (17%)

DELEGATED COOPERATION (TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE): 3 million euro (5%)

CONCLUSION OF FORMER PROGRAMMES: 2 million euro (3%)

FACTS AND FIGURES 1

Dodoma

KIGOMA

MOROGORO

DAR ESSALAAM

POPULATION: 40 million inhabitants in 20082

HUMAN POvERTY INDEx: 30% (rank 93 out of 135 countries)

PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION LIvING wITH LESS THAN 1.25 $ / DAY: 88%

HUMAN DEvELOPMENT INDEx: rank 151 out of 182 countries

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT PER CAPITA (at purchasing power parity): 1,208 dollars

LIFE ExPECTANCY AT BIRTH: 55 years

ADULT LITERACY RATE: 72%

COMBINED GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO IN EDUCATION: 57%

PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION NOT USING AN IMPROvED wATER SOURCE: 45%

CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEx: rank 126 out of 180 countries (Transparency International - 2009)

PRESS FREEDOM INDEx: rank 62 out of 175 countries (Reporters without borders – 2009)

1 | If not specified, source: Human Development Report 2009 – UNDP (figures 2007).2 | The Economist Intelligence Unit – Country report Tanzania 2010.

LOCAL GOvERNMENT REFORMThe Local Government Reform Programme is important for service delivery at local level and the reduction of poverty. Belgium’s contribution values its experience in working with Local Gov-ernment Authorities through various projects in the past and with the Local Government Devel-opment Grant System, a fiscal decentralization programme.

The principle of the Belgian support is based on ownership and leadership by the Government of Tanzania, encouraging decentralisation, good gov-ernance and the alignment of government systems to strengthen local authorities and transform them into effective instruments of social and economic development. Increased autonomy allows District Councils to set and implement their own develop-ment plans and thus be able to answer to local needs. Local Government Authorities are transformed to become strategic leaders and coordinators of socio-economic development. By strengthening them, improvement of equitable and gender sensitive public service delivery is attained and they become the driving force of development.

The Belgian support concentrates on two components: The continuation of the Local Government

Development Grant System; The decentralisation of the Public Procure-

ment Regulating Authority services for Local Government Authorities.

Belgium supports three components in the Natural Resources Management sector: The continuation of the wetlands management

programme; The bee-keeping projects; The development of a coherent bottom up

approach of Natural Resources Management, at national as well as district level.

KEY POINTSTo date, the cooperation between Belgium and Tanzania has booked results in improving bee-keeping, supporting the development and im-plementation of an Integrated Management Plan of the Kilombero Valley Flood Plain Ramsar Site, providing the Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism with technical assistance and supporting the Eastern Selous Community Wildlife and Natural Resources Management programme.

Key paRtneRThe Ministry for Natural Resources and Tourism.

OTHER PROGRAMMES Apart from the two priority sectors, other inter-ventions are supported in infrastructure and transport, agriculture and food security, income generating activities, water and sanitation (with support of the European Union) and education and HIV/AIDS awareness. In addition, the Study & Consultancy Fund, scholarships and the micro intervention programme complete the Belgian bilateral cooperation in Tanzania.

STRATEGY 2010-2013: 2 priority sectors

KEY POINTSThis programme is financed through a pooled fund mechanism, jointly operated by the Govern-ment of Tanzania and participating Development Partners. With the support to date, the Local Government Reform Programme has achieved an increased awareness of Local Government Reform, enhanced capacities of local authorities and more people’s participation in local development.

KEY PARTNERSThe Prime Minister’s Office Regional Administra-tion and Local Government.

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNatural resources are of major importance for long-term economic development and poverty reduction. Communities in Tanzania depend on the surrounding natural environment and resources for their existence and income - through fishing, farming, hunting, livestock-keeping or forestry. Therefore, Belgium supports Tanzanian initia-tives in which environmental conservation goes hand in hand with economic development. Through capacity building of the lower level government authorities, the interventions have a direct impact at the grass roots level and im-prove the livelihoods of the rural poor.

In view of the priorities put forward by the Government of Tanzania and the proposed Division of Labour between the Development Partners, two main sectors have been defined for direct bilateral cooperation interventions: Local Government Reform and Natural Resources Management.

PRIORITY INTERvENTION ZONES The Local Government Reform programme aims at empowering districts, towns, cities and mu-nicipalities throughout the whole country.

The Natural Resources Management projects concentrate on Morogoro, Kigoma and Coastal region and the Eastern Selous game reserve in the south-east of the country.

FACTS AND FIGURES 1

Dodoma

KIGOMA

MOROGORO

DAR ESSALAAM

FACTS AND FIGURES 1

Dodoma

KIGOMA

MOROGORO

DAR ESSALAAM

ABOUT BTC

CONTACTS

ABOUT BTC

CONTACTS

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