Serengeti General Management Plan

Serengeti National Park General Management Plan
structure ensures that the GMP retains a long-term strategic vision while at the same time
providing the required flexibility and responsiveness to changing Park and TANAPA corporate
management needs and priorities, such that the GMP remains relevant to the day-to-day
management issues and needs of SENAPA management staff. Specifically, the approach
aims to ensure that there is a strong link between the actions prescribed by the GMP and the
Annual Operations Plans (AOPs) developed by park management, which are directly linked
to the corporate annual budgeting cycle of TANAPA Headquarters. Figure A.2 below illustrates
the linkages between the three main park-level planning mechanisms.
Figure A.2: 10-year strategic and 3-year action plan components of the GMP,
and the link to annual operating planning
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10-Year Strategy 3-Year Action Plan Annual
Operations Plan
Exceptional Resource
Values
Park Purpose
Statement
Management
Objectives
Management Targets
Management Actions
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
PLAN MONITORING INDICATORS
Logical Framework Approach
Management
Activities
Management Tasks
Another key innovation in this GMP is the application of the “Logical Framework Approach”
(LFA). The LFA is now the methodology of choice in development project planning, and provides
an efficient, accountable and logical rationale for planning that will result in a GMP that
can be more effectively and efficiently implemented, as well as more easily monitored and
evaluated. The main feature of the LFA is the explicit and logical linkages established between
the GMP’s 10-year management objectives and the activities in the 3-year Action
Plan, and ultimately the management tasks in the Annual Operations Plan (see Figure A.2
above).
Participation
The TANAPA strategic planning process aims to ensure that the national park’s stakeholders
are given an appropriate opportunity to contribute to the design of the GMP, as required by
The Wildlife Policy of Tanzania. In this way, the stakeholders are encouraged to buy into the
planning process, to ensure that the plan is both realistic and appropriate and that they are
committed to its implementation.