Background:
NZAID is the Government’s international aid and development agency. The agency is responsible for delivering New Zealand’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) and for advising Ministers on development assistance policy and operations. NZAID is a semi-autonomous body within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). It has its own Vote and management arrangements tailored to its core business. NZAID’s vision is ‘Towards a safe and just world free of poverty’.
NZAID places a high priority on building strong partnerships and concentrates its development assistance on activities that contribute to poverty elimination by creating safe, just and inclusive societies, fulfilling basic needs, and achieving environmental sustainability and sustainable livelihoods.
Tourism related programs:
Pro-poor Tourism
Lao PDR
Nam Ha Eco-tourism Project
NZAID continues to support the Nam Ha Eco-tourism Project. The project is implemented by the Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA) and UNESCO. It aims to strengthen the institutionalisation, improvement and expansion of the existing Community Based Eco-tourism model in Luang Namtha. The project is also working in cooperation with the private sector, tour operators and other internationally supported eco-tourism initiatives.
National Tourism Strategy
New initiative on the Eco-tourism Support Programme with the LNTA has been established. The LNTA have requested NZAID assistance in the implementation of their National Tourism Strategy. The scoping assignment was conducted by the NZ mission team in late 2006.
Cambodia
APSARA
NZAID is providing support to the APSARA Authority which is responsible for Angkor Heritage Park. The preparation of the Angkor Management and Community Development Plans are currently underway. The aim of this project is to develop a co-management plan that would allow the local communities living in and around the Angkor Park to participate and benefit from the sustainable management of the Park. The project also aims to build the capacity of both the Authority’s staff and the local communities to be better engaged in the park's management/development processes.
Natural Resource Management
Plain of Jars
NZAID has recently entered into a four year agreement with LNTA and UNESCO to support a sustainable livelihoods programme through the UXO Clearance, pro-poor tourism and sustainable heritage resource management in the Plain of Jars in Xieng Khouang Province. Through the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), NZAID supports sustainable rural livelihoods by strengthening co-management of aquatic resources and by promoting the role of aquatic ecosystem services in rural development planning in the Lower Mekong Basin. This is the final year of NZAID's support to this project.
Contact
NZAID
195 Lambton Quay
Private Bag 18-901
Wellington
New Zealand
Phone: +64 4 439 8200
Fax: +64 4 439 8515