Green economy in the context of South Africa: Towards an evidence-informed and participatory approach
Ms Mapula Tshangela
Tshwane/UNISA Green Economy
Research Network 24 November 2015
Sector research, development and evidence framework
Sustainable development and green economy policy context
Secure ecologically sustainable development, while promoting social &economic development
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98
National Environmental Management Act
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National Framework for Sustainable Development
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11 National Strategy
for Sustainable Development
Vision 2030 National
Development Plan
Behaviour change
Towards Scaling
Sustainable Development Policy Action
2013 NEMA
Amendment Act: Mainstreaming Environmental Management
National Development Plan, Medium Term Strategic Framework, Outcomes and Sectoral Policies √ Policy making in a complex environment
√ Demographic trends
√ Economy and employment
√ Economic infrastructure
√ Environmental sustainability and resilience
-Sustaining South Africa’s ecosystem and using natural resources efficiently
-Building sustainable communities
-Responding effectively to climate change: mitigation and adaptation
-Managing a just transition
-Enhancing governance systems and capacity
√ An integrated and inclusive rural economy
√ Positioning South Africa in the region and the world
√ Transforming human settlement
√ Improving education, training and innovation
√ Promoting health care for all
√ Social protection
√ Building safer communities
√ Building a capable and developmental state
√ Fighting corruption
√ Transforming society and uniting the country
Sustainable Development Policy Action Plan: towards mainstreaming, scaling up and implementing sustainability transition
1. Emerging policy programmes that have potential but
require support
2. Existing policy programmes that
already considerably
promote
3. Existing policy programmes that
require improvements or retrofitting to better promote
Towards Sustainable Development Policy Action Plan
Necessary context includes
Multi-stakeholders, multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary “co-creation” Understanding barriers and trade-offs to a sustainability transition
Inclusive, participatory, consultative and evidence-based Problem assessment and identification of elements to be mainstreamed Focus areas, desired outcome, shaping institutional arrangement, enabling factors
and means of implementation
Typical questions to promotion includes How are stakeholders encouraged to take appropriate policy actions?
Formulation, implementation and M&E
What worked (or works) well? What are the main challenges?
What should be the priority mainstreaming and scaling up collaborative actions? What further evidence is required and who might produce it?
Issues for promoting green economy in the context of sustainable development
Pro-active sourcing of evidence Building stronger relationships Tailored international practice Common understanding of evidence Skills and institutional memory Uptake of evidence Documenting policy process lessons
Improvements in “lived realities” Unintended consequences
Achieving scale Addressing marginalisation Bridging the disconnect Factors that shape implementation
Policy environment Good practices Quality of interaction Policy discourse Local government action Processes and outcomes Monitoring and evaluation practices
Research evidence gathering includes
Concluding Context
Opportunity to complement regulatory & voluntary instruments to promote green economy in the context of sustainable development
Co-creation of actions with multi-stakeholders
beyond Government Research Evidence network is encouraged to
facilitate evidence-informed and participatory policy making process
Ms Mapula Tshangela Senior Policy Advisor:
National Sustainable Development
Policy & research interface: sustainable development, green economy and sustainable consumption & production
Tel: +2712 399 9259
Cell: +27 84 8686 110 Email: [email protected]
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