Main Responsibility: to coordinate the mainstream of biodiversity issues in the sector development plan and coordinate Environmental public awareness activities
WORK EXPERIENCE:
A. Policy and Guidance:
The designing and drafting of a biodiversity related briefs statements to be disseminated to the policy makers.
Output: Policy brief on water and land Conservation strategy is in place.
The Preparing and coordinating the National and zonal environmental related workshops and conference for various stakeholders to contribute in the drafting of National environmental Policy. Output: development of New National Environmental Policy 2020 is in the printing stage
Coordinating the governance and consultative meetings and conferences related to discussing biodiversity challenges. Output: The National Campaign and presidential award program for conservation of biodiversity is in place.
Drafting proposed agenda relating to countries biodiversity meetings, to identifying participants and prepare documents and presentations related to be presented in the meeting and writing the report of the relevant meeting. Outputs: National policy documents such as Strategies, plan of actions, Legal documents is in place.
Coordinating the Preparation of the National Biodiversity Strategy (NBSAP) Output: the NBSAP 2018 is in place and can be found in
www.vpo.go.tz and in the
www.cbd.org
Coordinating the reviewing various environmental Policy documents for publication purposes. Output: The National Environmental policy, the national Environmental Master Plan, and other environmental related documents are published, you can find them in
www.vpo.go.tz/documents
Preparation the draft speeches, talking notes and press release for leaders to be aired during the environmental related commemoration days. Output: Press release, Speeches for World Environment Day has been prepared every year find them in
www.vpo.go.tz
Preparation report writing of various meetings, conferences, and workshops related to Biodiversity issues.
B. Communication, Education and Public Awareness activities
coordinating the promotion of society to be engaged in the National Environmental Awards campaign. Output: Larger Communities has been engaged in an environmental award competition. The awards have been provided to winners in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2018.
Participating in designing education materials with simple messages from policies and legal documents related to biodiversity issues that needs to be disseminated to communities.
Coordinating the national and international commemoration days such as World Biodiversity Day, World Environmental Day, Word Earth Day, and Word Ozon Day and advise for the National themes and its relevant simple messages to be printed and aired in the media. Output: Every year community are aware on the national themes of the environmental related commemorations and engaged in the commemoration activities.
Coordinating with media, to develop media Biodiversity programme to be aired. Output: Community are taking initiatives of conservation of biodiversity such as tree planting, sustainable agriculture and livestock.
To coordinating and conducting training workshops, seminars, and make a presentation on biodiversity relate issues to Local Government experts. Output: - 133 Local Government Experts were trained, and are aware on how to integrate biodiversity issues on their development plans.
Drafting various articles related to environmental programme and project to be published in the office, local and regional Newsletters.
Identifying the training needs and design relevant training programme for the countries environmental experts on matters related to sustainable development. Output About 4 staff graduated with PhDs and 3 Staff graduated with MSc/MA related to environment.
Designing publications and visibility materials in CDs, DVDs, pamphlets, flyers, billboards Posters, banners and booklets. Output Fliers, poster, banners and booklet is in place.
Development of capacity building tools and guidance for project management. Output: Graphics, charts, worksheets, fliers and posters with guidance developed
Coordinating the preparation of environmental education materials that need to be used in schools such as Books, resource book for teachers and pamphlets. Output: A biodiversity resource book for teacher is printed in 2013.
Preparing and coordinate training to policy makers on biodiversity issues. Output: Members of parliament have been trained on the issues of Genetic Modified Organism (GMO).
