Timetable of the Tanzania ASP

August 2007: Second Supervision Mission: 27-30 August 2007, Dar es Salaam. A successful event  hosted by the Tanzanian Project Management Unit, Government representatives, NGO Focal Point, and participants from all the ASP Implementation Committee.

July 2007: NGO National Meeting: 20 July 2007, a national meeting was held at the Landmark Hotel, Dar es Salaam. The NGO network coordinator, Mr. Silvani Mng’anya, was confirmed to continue in his role.

July 2007: NGO capacity building: 19 July 2007, a one day briefing meeting was hosted prior to the NGO national meeting, to build capacity of network members on SAICM and its implementation for effective participation.

April 2007 - First Supervision Mission: The first supervision mission in Tanzania focused on: monitoring progress of implementation; reviewing the institutional arrangements; assessing safeguard compliance, the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework, cross fertilization; and capacity building. The ouputs from the mission included: finalization and update of the workplans, and procurement and disbursement plans; Safeguard compliance assessed PMU capacities for project. Implementation strengthened. hosted by FAO and the World Bank. Attended by the PMU, FAO, WB and CLI.

March 2007 - Inception and Inventory Training: 19-24 March 2007, hosted by FAO, attended by PMUS, FAO and CLI.

February 2007: National Stakeholder Workshop: 20th February 2007, Morogoro town at the Sokoine University of Agriculture. Attended by 34 participants from relevant Ministries, Academic and Research institutions, NGOs, Local Government Authorities, staff from dispensaries and health centres, and farmers from the Mvomero district. Through presentations and discussion, the workshop covered the concepts of community based health monitoring, data on crops and pesticides use trends, strategies for monitoring, and tools and instruments for data collection.

January 2007 - IPM Workshop: 28-31 January 2007, Arusha. 14 participants attended an International Expert Consultative Workshop on potential NGO roles in prevention components of the ASP Project. Hosted by the Pesticide Action Network (PAN), the workshop was attended by NGOs, PAN-UK, PAN-Afrique.

December 2006 - Grant Agreement: 19 December 2006, the signing of the Tanzania ASP Grant Agreement took place. 

December 2006 - Media Training Workshop: 12-13 December 2006, Bagamoyo is host to the ASP Anglophone Media Training Workshop. Organized by WWF in collaboration with GTZ and AGENDA to build capacity and raise awareness of the international, national and local media on Chemicals Management and Safety and the ASP. Focusing on the role the media can play in educating the community on the proper use of chemicals and the associated effects.

November 2006 - Contracts: AGENDA signed a contract with the Chemical Risks Experts Foundation of Tanzania (CREFT) to initiate work on the PIC community monitoring activities, preparing background documents for an IPM Workshop and Community Monitoring Strategy. AGENDA signed a contract with WAHSA/TPRI to implement actual community monitoring activities, documenting health effects of pesticide in Ngerananyuki, in the Arumeru district, Arusha.

November 2006 - Prior Informed Consent Workshop: 21-22 November 2006, Dar es Salaam, the Workshop on Implementation of Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent in Tanzania was organised by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperative (PIC Pesticide) and Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Government Chemist Laboratory Agency (PIC Industrial Chemicals). During the meeting CREFT was selected as an NGO to conduct the FAO/PIC project. CREFT participated in the community health monitoring training of the trainers and was at the Multistakeholder review meeting in Dar es Salaam.

October 2006 - Multi-Stakeholder Review Workshop: 30 October - 1 November 2006, Dar es Salaam, AGENDA and TPAWU conducted a three day Multi-Stakeholder Mid-Term Review Workshop for the Pesticide and Poverty Project. The workshop was attended by 35 representatives from government departments & agencies, academic institutions, research institutions, NGOs, and CBOs, as well as members of the media. During the workshop TPAWU incorporated comments provided to improve the proposal for the case study ‘A Study to Establish the Source(s) of Pollution of a Section of Wami River by Hazardous Substances’. AGENDA disbursed 50% of the fund to enable them to continue with the study.

October 2006 - ANCAP Conference: 19 October 2006, ASP implementation Partners attended the ANCAP conference in Arusha. During the ANCAP meeting AGENDA visited the Ngerananyuki ward in the Arumeru district where discussions with farmers were held to evaluate whether the area is feasible for the community monitoring activities.

October 2006 - Start-up Workshop: 16-18 October, Dar es Salaam, a three day Start-Up Workshop was held and lead by World Bank and FAO. One day focused on operational management, followed by two days of wider stakeholder work programme planning.

April 2006 - Negotiations completed: 19-20 April 2006, Dar es Salaam, ASP Negotiations successfully completed. 

March 2006 - ASP Preparations: The World Bank finalized the project documentation and negotiations confirmed to take place in Dar Es Salaam in April.

February 2006 - Operational Manual: Tanzanian ASP Operational Manual completed and the design approved by World Bank.

For more information on the Tanzania ASP, please contact:

• Project Coordination: Mr Bonaventure Baya,  National Environmental Management Council (NEMC), telephone: (+255) 71331 5040
• NGO Activities: Mr Bashiru Abdul, AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development, email: agenda@bol.co.tz

Country Information

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is an East African country with a total land area of 945,087 km² bordering Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and the Indian Ocean. Topography of Tanzania varys significantly: mountainous in the north-east where Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak can be found; the Great Lakes of Lake Victoria (Africa's largest lake) and Lake Tanganyika (Africa's deepest lake) to the north and west; a large plateau with plains and arable land in Central Tanzania; and an eastern shore that is hot and humid. More than 80% of the estimated total population of 37,849,133 is rural, where industry is mainly limited to processing agricultural products and light consumer goods.