KEPEM

Final report of the contractor, Associates in Rural Development (ARD), on a project to support a nonproject assistance (NPA) program to develop sustainable environmental management in Madagascar (KEPEM project). Report covers the period 2/94-1/97, 5 months prior to the end of the ARD contract and 3 years prior to the extended PACD of 12/99. Despite the staff turnovers and consequent disarray caused by Madagascar's political turmoil (a presidential impeachment, numerous changes of prime ministers and cabinet members, etc.) within key collaborating agencies such as Office National pour l'Environnement (ONE) and the Direction des Eaux et Forets (DEF), KEPEM achieved significant objectives in each its three main components, as follows. Toward the improvement of institutional capacity for environmental policymaking, the Government of Madagascar (GOM), in satisfaction of a Condition Precedent (CP), adopted a law providing for local community management of natural resources. KEPEM, in turn, helped the GOM review environmental policy for the industry, energy, tourism, mining, roads, fisheries, and aquaculture sectors; clarified the mandates and roles of GOM agencies executing the Environ

Source: DEC abstract, PD-ABP-884 (1997). The source's own text.