Draft strategy and action plan for GKG Transfrontier Park

Activity	Responsible agency	Estimated completion by:	Verifiable indicator	Assumptions
1. Three-country ministerial acceptance of concept plan	Technical Committee	May 2000	Minutes of ministerial meeting reflect acceptance of concept plan	Consensus reached on which TFCAs to include in concept plan

2. International agreement entered into	Ministerial Committee	November 2000	Legal document signed by relevant ministers	Constitutional requirements adhered to

3. Formalise GKG Transfrontier Park Working Group	Technical Committee	November 2000	Letter from each country indicating country representatives

4. (a) Formalise institutional arrangements and responsibilities of GKG Transfrontier Park Working Group (WG)	Technical Committee	November 2000	Document outlining arrangements and responsibilities accepted by Technical Committee
(b) Establishment of Joint Intelligence WG, Joint Immigration WG, Joint Marketing WG, Joint Wildlife Diseases WG, and other appropriate liaising bodies	Technical Committee	December 2000

5. Establish strategic framework for GKG Transfrontier Park	Working Group		Documents completed according to specifications accepted by Technical Committee	Adequate funding can be sourced to pay consultants
(a) Integrated regional tourism and conservation plan		February 2001
(b) Land-use plan for Coutada 16		February 2001
(c) Plan for integration of Sengwe Community Area into transfrontier park		March 2001
(d) Revise Gonarezhou management plan		July 2001
(e) Revise Kruger National Park management plan		July 2001
(f) Infrastructural development plan for GKG Transfrontier Park (customs posts, roads, bridges, camps, airstrips, etc.)		March 2001

6. Refinement of strategy and action plan	Working Group	Ongoing	Detailed document accepted by Technical Committee

7. Source adequate funding for planning and establishment process	All committees	Ongoing	Documentation indicating funding needs and sources of funding	Adequate support from funders

8. Public participation
(a) Identify key stakeholder groups to be invited to meetings	Working Group	December 2000	Contact list prepared
(b) Involvement of media to iinform public	Working Group	Ongoing	Contact list maintained
(c) Develop address database of roleplayers	GKG coordinator	Ongoing	Paper and digital copies available
(d) Establish a stakeholder liaison forum	Working Group	January 2001	Documented forum established
(e) Consider name for GKG Transfrontier Park	Ministerial Committee	March 2001

9. Ministerial meeting for progress check	Ministerial Committee	March 2001

10. Identify and address key issues in implementation of transfrontier park:
(a) Change status of Coutada 16 to protected area	Mozambique	November 2001	Documented legal proclamation
(b) Develop a plan to consult and resolve issues relating to human inhabitants living within core conservation areas (Coutada 16, Sengwe)	Working Group	May 2001	Document indicating process and outcome	Willingness by Mozambican government
(c) Fencing of Coutada 16	Working Group	November 2001	Elephant-proof fence complete
(d) Corridor fence between Kruger and Gonarezhou	Technical Committee	November 2001	Elephant-proof fence in place
(e) Wildlife diseases, agriculture and land matters	Working Group	June 2001	Formal agreement between countries	Funding available
(f) Minefields	Working Group	March 2001	Document indicating strategy and action plan accepted by Technical Committee	Funding available

11. Initiate steps to develop capacity where shortfalls exist
(a) Training needs analysis	Working Group	March 2001	Documented assessment	Funding available
(b) Commence training of field staff for Coutada 16	Working Group	April 2001	Certificated field rangers	Funding available
(c) Capacity for community representative forums in Mozambique to effectively represent their interests	Working Group	March 2001	Community-acceptable representation established and participating in TFCA process	Acceptable to Mozambique

12. Harmonise legislation	Ministerial Committee	Working Group to have identified legislative inconsistencies by February 2001	Legislation passed	Political willingness by all partner countries
(a) Internationally	Technical Committee
(b) Nationally	Working Group

13. Harmonise cross-border wildlife management policies	Working Group	June 2001	Draft policy proposals submitted to Technical Committee

14. Ministerial meeting for progress check and guidance	Ministerial Committee	June 2001

15. Develop draft management plan for GKG Transfrontier Park	Working Group	August 2001	Draft document submitted to Technical Committee

16. Ministerial acceptance of management plan	Technical Committee	October 2001	Declaration of acceptance of management plan by ministers

17. Establish joint management board	Technical Committee	October 2001	Signed contractual agreement between the three participating countries

18. Public declaration of GKG Transfrontier Park by heads of state	Ministerial Committee	November 2001	Declaration of establishment signed by three heads of state

This version dated 12 November 2000. Master copy resides with GKG coordinator Leo Braack