1. Review of the National Development Plan 9 Is it MDG Based? Botswana Presentation

2. Important national planning milestones Vision 2016 Aspirations of the nation for the year 2016 which are more ambitious than the MDG goals National Development Plan 9 (NDP9) 2003-2008: 6 year plan Mid term review 2005 Annual Project Review October of previous year Budget Speech February National Poverty Reduction Strategy (NSPR) Strategy itself is not time bound as a Policy document However projects within the Strategy are to be implemented within the NDP 9 period

3. Is the NDP 9 MDG based? Ambition Its is based on Vision 2016 Vision 2016 is well aligned with the MDGs and in fact is more ambitious than the MDGs

4. Scope: is NDP 9 aligned with all the MDGs? It is aligned with the following goals: Goal 1: Poverty and hunger (as per the NSPR) Goal 2: Universal primary education (as per RNPE) Goal 3: Gender inequality (as per SADC protocol on Gender) Goal 4: Child mortality (as per NPP and NSF) Goal 5: Maternal health (as per NPP and NSF) Goal 6: HIV/AIDs, malaria and other diseases (as per HIV/AIDs policy) Goal 7: Environment (Yes) Goal 8: Global partnerships (yes in progress)

5. Rigor-are the targets substantiated with analysis of needed inputs? Not done for all sectors completed-environment, HIV/AIDS, education, Health Some sector reviews ongoing e.g. gender, etc.

6. Timeframe-grounded in a long term assessment of needs? Based on vision 2016 goals, NDP9(2003 – 2008) strategies, programmes and projects were target were formulated Annual budget supports implementation of the NDP9

7. What are the major challenges? Establish issues of: Information availability Data requirements to facilitate monitoring and evaluation Qualitative research in all sectors Time bound milestones and check points Financing of the process of MDG based planning

8. What are the next steps MDG audits of the NDP 9 Identification of information requirements for an MDG based national plan particularly in the area of poverty Finalisation of Poverty Assessment Preparation of a poverty map Socio-economic database Time series data on basic indicators Needs assessment to determine the key financial and human resource needs in attainment of goals Develop a sound monitoring and evaluation system for tracking progress towards attaining the goals