GPTF Governance
The head of authority for the GPTF is the Minister of Environment and Tourism who has the power to appoint the GPTF Board of Trustees in accordance with the GPTF Act. The Board exercises the powers and performs duties and functions conferred or imposed upon it under the GPTF Act. The operations and activities of the GPTF are currently overseen by an inclusive board of five members, comprising of three government representatives from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET), the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF), and two community based organizations representatives from the Kunene Region Conservancy Association and the Zambezi Conservancies Chairperson’s Forum. The GPTF Board receives technical assistance and advice on the feasibility and suitability of projects and programmes on wildlife resource management, conservation and rural development from the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) composed of staff members from within the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
Fund Management Office The GPTF entered into a management agreement with the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) in 2014. The management agreement was entered into in order for the EIF to offer management services to the GPTF by carrying-out all the daily activities of the GPTF. In order to fulfil this agreement, the EIF has set-up the GPTF Fund Management Office (FMO) which is currently manned by the GPTF Fund Manager.
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