Outcomes, Key Results, and Key Stake Holders of the Seven Critical Enablers of the NDP (2018-2021)
Critical Enabler 1:
A public sector that is efficient and responsive to the citizenry
- Appropriately remunerated, motivated, and well managed public service
- Increase change in salaries and pensions payments as % of GDP from 0% to 5%
- Increase the number of MDAs inspected (staff inspection exercises) from 0 to 18 (covering all ministries)
- Increase the number of staff audit exercises from 0 to 3
- Existence of a Pay and Pensions Policy
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Critical Enabler 2:
Empowering the Gambian Woman to realize her full potential
- Enhanced women’s economic empowerment and sustainable livelihoods
- Increased representation and participation of women in decision-making
- Gender-based violence reduced
- Increase the number of gender mainstreamed sector policies from 4 to 16
- Decrease proportion of female headed households below the poverty line from 24.6% to 22%
- Existence of an enterprise development fund;
- Increase proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments from 10% to at least 30%
- Increase the proportion of women holding ministerial positions from 21% to 30%
- Decrease the proportion of girls and women aged 15-49 who have undergone FGM/C from 76.3% to 50%
- Decrease the proportion of women who are subjected to physical violence from 40.9% to 10%
- Existence of a centre for survivors of domestic violence
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Critical Enabler 3:
Enhancing the role of the Gambian diaspora in national development
- Structured and facilitative approach to diaspora engagement
- Leveraging Diaspora remittances and investment
- protection of vulnerable migrants and facilitation of regular pathways
- Active and enhanced participation in national policy and development practice
- A Diaspora strategy validated by 50 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA)
- A Gambia Diaspora Directorate with focal points in 50 MDAs, embassies and missions
- Capacity developed for 2,500 government and NSA personnel on Diaspora development
- Transaction cost of remittances sent to The Gambia reduced to an average of 3%
- 20 Diaspora Direct Investments (DDIs) and issue 2 Diaspora Bonds facilitated
- Co-financing of 100 civil society and social impact projects from the Diaspora Development Fund (DDF)
- Irregular (back-way) migrants reduced by 60%
- Negotiate and sign 4 migration and development bilateral agreements
- Facilitate circular migration contracts for 350 skilled migrant workers
- Complete full registration of diaspora voters, and oversee diaspora voting in Presidential elections
- Facilitate 14 representatives of the diaspora to have observer status in the 7 Local Government Areas
- Create platform for 50 diaspora-development organizations, covering 10 sectors, in 3 continents
- Access and utilize the services of 100 highly skilled diaspora professionals
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Critical Enabler 4:
Promoting environmental sustainability, climate resilient communities and appropriate land use
- Environment and climate change-friendly policies, programmes and awareness strengthened at all levels for resilience
- Emergency and disaster risk reduction and response strengthened at all levels
- Natural resources sustainably managed and utilized
- Strengthened policy environment and tools for appropriate land use planning and management
- Decrease CO2 emission from Btw 2118 to 2528 GgCo2e (2016) to Btw 967.9 to 1155 GgCo2e
- Availability of a updated NEMA
- Increase the number of communities implementing adaptive mechanisms from 10 to 100
- Increase the % of wildlife protected areas for coastal and marine from 7.4% to 10%
- Increase the % of wildlife protected areas for terrestrial and inland from 0.16% to 1%
- Increase the area of forest under community management from 50,000 hectares to 70,000 hectares
- EWEA DRR and CC Available nationwide
- Increase community based non-wood forest products/services enterprises from 80 to 100.
- Availability of a national land policy
- Availability of a Land Use plan
- Availability of a Cadastral map of the country
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Critical Enabler 5:
Making The Gambia a Digital Nation and Creating a modern information society
- Enhanced ICT infrastructure and services for increased access to quality broadband services and solutions to support inclusive and sustainable development
- Increase the % of population using the internet daily from 46.8% to 90%
- Increase the proportion of population with access to mobile phones from 78.9% to 90%
- Increase the proportion of schools connected to broadband internet from 6% to 12%
- Existence of National Information and communications Infrastructure policy II
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Critical Enabler 6:
A civil society that is engaged and is a valued partner in national development
- Civil society positioned as representative, dynamic and credible consortium
- Enhanced relationship maintained with government and other stakeholders
- Effective, relevant, and sustainable services delivered in a participatory way
- Availability of a revised NGO Act
- Increase the proportion of communities trained on HRBA and Social Accountability from 0% to 80%
- Conduct annual NGO Forum
- Availability of an updated strategic plan
- Availability of a resource mobilization strategy
- Increase the level of investment from low to high
- Increase the level of CSO participation in Government decision making platforms from low to high
- Increase the level of NGO representation in government delegations to international for a from low to high
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Critical Enabler 7:
Strengthening evidence-based policy, planning and decision-making
- Statistical governance, coordination of the NSS and data quality enhanced
- Enhanced and sustained quality human resources, physical, ICT and statistical infrastructures
- Quality data produced, disseminated and adequately monitored and evaluated
- Sustainable funding and partnerships
- Existence of a revised Statistics Act
- Increase in functional statistic units in MDAs, including LGAs from 10 to 100
- Existence of functional NSS coordination/steering committee
- Availability of data quality frameworks
- Increase in number of trained professionals from 20 to 50
- Increase in proportion of censuses and surveys completed from 0 to 100
- Availability of a CRVS system
- Increase in proportion of statistical reports and data on GBOS portal from 35% to 100%
- Existence of number of NDP indicators from 0 to 100%
- Government budget allocation increased from less than 1% to 5%
- Increase number of chapters of professional societies from 0 to 2
- Establish an NDP result measurement database
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