Service Contract No 2007 / 147-446 Strategic ... - Swaziland

RECOMMENDATION INVOLVED INSTITUTION /ACTORSIMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTSJ. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSThe development of an Environmental and Social Management Code of Practice in theSugar Sector should be promoted, to be prepared jointly by all key stakeholders.Implementation of the Code of Practice should be voluntary and in no way undermine therole of legislation or of the regulatory authorities. The Code of Practice should cover issueslike environmental pollution, degradation and assessments.Efforts to achieve Fair Trade certification should be accelerated, as it provides a selfregulatedsystem that helps achieve good environmental and social management practicesin field operations.K. STRUCTURE OF THE NAS STEERING COMMITTEEThe NAS Steering Committee should include representation from the SwazilandEnvironment Authority, the Swaziland National Trust Commission, the National ClimateChange Office, the National Water Authority and representatives from the River BasinAuthorities (e.g. Chairs of the RBAs). This is necessary to ensure the environment is betterintegrated in all NAS matters.L. USE OF THE StrEA FINDINGS AND StrEA FOLLOW-UPOptimal use should be made of this Strategic Environmental Assessment process andreport:o This StrEA should be distributed to all key stakeholders, taking the original list ofinvitees to the Stakeholders’ Workshop as an indication of key stakeholders.o This StrEA report should be made publicly available and published on the web sitesof at least the Restructuring and Diversification Management Unit (RDMU) and theEuropean Commission (Swaziland Delegation). It is also recommended that it bemade available on the web sites of the Swaziland Sugar Association (SSA) and theSwaziland Environment Authority (SEA).o The EC and RDMU should ensure that the findings of this StrEA are properlydiscussed in the NAS Steering Committee, and decisions/commitments made on howits findings will be implemented. Decisions and commitments should be recorded.RDMUNAS SCRDMUNAS SCRDMUNAS SCRDMU, ECNAS SCThis recommendation falls directly in thescope of the NAS, and could beintegrated in it.This component is already integrated inthe NAS, but merits more emphasis.The NAS to invite suggested parties todiscussion on how they can play a moreconstructive role in NASimplementation.NAS SC to distribute widely the StrEAvia web based download links sent to allrelevant parties.RDMU (Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Adaptation Strategy) - Page 124