Stephen Bass 
Director of Programmes, IIED
E-mail: Steve.Bass@iied.org

Stephen Bass has considerable experience of national strategies. Most recently (1999), he was commissioned by DFID to design the mid-term review of Pakistan’s National Conservation Strategy. He has also be asked to act as an External Team member to assess evidence of mid-term review from Pakistan NCS (DFID - planned for 1999-2000). He has undertaken research on the impacts of strategies, and guidelines for best practice (1993-5) (see publications listed in section 2.8). Mr Bass was Senior Advisor to IUCN in the National Conservation Strategies of Nepal (1982-3) and Zambia (1984-6). He has also conducted many studies on forest policy processes. The most recent is a 6-country research project, Policies that work for forests and people (Ghana, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, India, Costa Rica, PNG). The final results will be published in 1999.

Role in project

Stephen Bass will provide strategic advice and technical inputs at project planning workshops and will review key project reports. He will also attend all project planning workshops, two of the in-country round table workshops, and DAC/ENV meetings.

Barry Dalal-Clayton
Director for Strategies, Planning and Assessment, IIED
Email: Barry.Dalal-Clayton@iied.org

Barry Dalal-Clayton has been deeply involved for the past decade in analysing approaches to national sustainable development strategies and environmental action plans, and in assisting governments in the development and implementation of such strategies. This work has involved:

• A three year study (1981-84) of nssds, conservation strategies, environmental action plans, green plans and similar approaches leading to the preparation of a handbook on their preparation and implementation (in collaboration with IUCN);

• Preparation of a series of issues papers on nssds (with Stephen Bass), e.g. on dilemmas in developing strategies, participation in strategies and strategy experience in small island states;

• A major survey of industrial country experience in national green planning (leading to the Earthscan book “Getting to Grips with Green Plans”);

• Provision of advice on nssds to governments, donors and UN agencies on strategies, undertaking briefings and training courses, and assisting various countries to develop and implement strategies (e.g. Tanzania, St Helena);

• Developing and co-ordinating a 3-year action-research programme (1998-2000) in sub-Saharan Africa, in collaboration with the Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA), on Strategic Analysis, Debate and Action for sustainable development - as an alternative approach to sustainable development strategies;

• On behalf of the OECD DAC Working Party on Development Cooperation and Environment, organising a Donor-Developing Country Workshop on National Strategies for Sustainable Development, Sunningdale, UK, November 1998 (with Krsytyna Swiderska); 

• Assisting the Centre for Russian Environmental Policy, Moscow, in the development of an environmental policy for Russia - project funded by the UK Know How Fund Russia and undertaken in association with Scott Wilson Resource Consultants (1998-1999);

• Providing course seminars to MSc students at the Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Canterbury, on strategies for sustainable development (1998-1999)

Role in project

Barry Dalal-Clayton is responsible for overall coordination and supervision of the DAC project on dialogues with developing countries on national strategies for sustainable development. He has the main responsibility for project planning, identifying key contacts in-country, developing TORs for the in-country institutions, providing technical advice and support to in-country institutions, preparing progress reports, attending project planning workshops, two of the in-country round tables and DAC/ENV meetings, preparing an issues paper on nssds, primary editing of the country status reports and final country dialogue reports, analysing outcomes and preparing the synthesis report, and preparing an initial draft of policy guidance and a draft sourcebook on nssds. He is also involved in the development of technical materials and project information for the project web site.

Krystyna Swiderska 
Research Associate, IIED
Email:  Krystyna.Swiderska@iied.org

Krystyna Swiderska has assisted in the preparation of briefing papers on nssds for EC officials (1995-1996). In 1997 she organised and facilitated an EC-Uganda Roundtable on Sustainable Development in Uganda. She has conducted research on environmental integration in EC aid, including a study on policy networking on EC aid and sustainable development 

Ms Swiderska has been involved in the DAC Task Force initiative on nssds since September 1998, and was responsible for assisting DFID in organising the Sunningdale workshop, including the provision of technical inputs and the preparation of reports of the workshop. She is currently involved in a project focusing on the integration of planning initiatives under the Convention on Biological Diversity with nssds, and is coordinating a project to produce guidance for implementing the CBD’s third objective on benefit-sharing. 

Role in project

Krystyna Swiderska is assisting with planning, technical advice, preparing/editing reports and will have day-to-day responsibility for communication, liaison, networking and project information dissemination, organisation and financial administration. She will also attend all project planning workshops, two of the in-country round table workshops, and DAC/ENV meetings.