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NACOMA Project - Preparation phaseRapid Assessment of the Development Plans, Biodiversity Conservation Projects and Socio-Economic Situation of the Namib Coastal Regions4.3. Other development plans and initiativesSome of the key plans and initiatives targeting the four coastal regions are described in this section, andtheir relevance to NACOMA is analysed in Table 6.4.3.1. North West Tourism PlanThe North West Tourism Plan (NWTP) started by developing a vision and presenting an overview oftourism development in the Kunene and Erongo regions in the North West Tourism Master Plan(NWTMP). The Namibia North West Tourism Options Plan (NWTOP) 89 was developed in the secondphase to identify key product development opportunities and management requirements at aconservancy level. The third phase, the Northwest Tourism Implementation Project (NWTIP) willinvolve implementation of plans outlined in Phase II and the development of standard operatingprocedures. The project provides broad zoning but more detailed tourism product-related zones forspecific sites must be assessed in the light of acceptable developments or usage determined in theNWTMP, Conservancy Land Use Plans, and other land use plans and, when necessary, EnvironmentalImpact Assessments (EIA).4.3.2. NAMPORT Environmental Management SystemIn the Walvis Bay Harbour, NAMPORT is currently engaged in preparing its EnvironmentalManagement System (EMS) for certification according to the ISO 14001 standard. According to itspublicly available environmental policy, NAMPORT is committed to environmental management andpollution prevention in its operations. The EMS will address major threats to the marine and coastalenvironment such as pollution resulting from tankers in outer anchorage and from washing vessels afterpainting. Other plans in the pipeline include the extension of the Port, the construction of a floating deckfor boat repair and the rehabilitation of the Trans-Namib wash site 90 .4.3.3. Structure Plan for Walvis BayWalvis Bay is to become a national node because of the port and subsequently the Trans-Kalahari andTrans-Caprivi highways. The Structure Plan for Walvis Bay 91 provides the local authority withguidelines to manage and guide future development of the town in the long term, which should berevised every 12 years.4.3.4. Swakopmund four-year strategyIn line with the four-year strategy for Swakopmund, key projects that are planned for the municipalityinclude the development of a water front, upgrading of beach areas including the development of socialnodes on the coast and river and creation of ablution facilities, upgrading of jetty, sand mining in theriver mouth, rehabilitation of the garbage dump and creation of a new dumpsite, and the regulation ofinformal settlement 92 .89 NACOBTA, 2002. Namibia North West Tourism Options Plan – Phase 2. Windhoek: Ministry of Environment andTourism, pp 1-90.90 Eiman, T., 2004. Personal communication, Walvis Bay, 16 August 2004.91 Stubenrauch Planning Consultants cc., 1999. A structure plan for Walvis Bay Volume 1: general discussions andfindings. Stubenrauch Planning Consultants: Walvis Bay, pp selected extracts.92 Lawrence, C., 2004. Personal communication, Swakopmund, 16 August 2004.38