The Kalabo District Integrated Development Plan is a 10-year framework aiming to propel Kalabo District towards becoming a wealthy middle-income region by 2030, ensuring sustainable and inclusive development across all sectors, guided by the Vision statement of "A District with Diversified, Inclusive and Sustainable SocioEconomic Development by 2034". The policies outlined in this Plan include alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Vision 2030, and the Eight National Development Plan (8NDP). The Plan focuses on 4 strategic development areas (1) Economic Transformation and Job Creation; (2) Human and Social Development; (3) Environmental Sustainability; (4) Good Governance. Additionally, the Plan incorporates programs to ensure that essential issues such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure are accessible to all residents of Kalabo District by 2034. The Plan identifes the following sectors requiring the key interventions (i) Health Services to improve overall health outcomes; (ii) Water Supply and Sanitation to improve access to clean water and sanitation by providing adequate water supply machinery and increasing access to water supply and sanitation facilities; (iii) Education; (iv) Local Governance to improve municipal service delivery by the local authority through enhanced solid waste management, engagement of traditional authorities in land acquisition, strengthening of fire and other municipal services, and increased revenue collection by the local authority; (v) Community development and social welfare initiatives focusing on expanding education support programs, promoting empowerment programs, and enhancing food security programs; (vi) Fisheries and Livestock by increasing the number of livestock and fisheries facilities, providing affordable initial investment costs for aquaculture, and raising staffing levels in fisheries and livestock sectors; (vii) Tourism and Culture by promoting the legal off-take of wildlife, improving tourism infrastructure, and providing alternative livelihood sources for local communities; (viii) Safety, Law and Order; (ix) Mining; (x) Manufacturing, Trade and Commerce; (xi) Transport; (xii) Communication; (xiii) Energy; (xiv) Forestry and Environment to reduce reduce levels of forest degradation by promoting sustainable forest management and protection, increasing community participation in forest management, and encouraging the sustainable harvest of forest products; (xv) Agriculture to increase production and productivity by enhancing extension service delivery, strengthening climate change adaptation, promoting mechanization and irrigation, and improving access to agricultural finance.
Zambia · 2024-01-01