Botswana's Vision 2016
A Long Term Vision for Botswana
FOREWORD
This booklet has been produced by the Presidential Task Group on a Long
Term Vision for Botswana, which commenced its work in January, 1997.
Prior to compiling the booklet, the Task Group conducted extensive consultation with a wide cross-section of individuals and institutions in Botswana. The views and ideas in this document reflect as closely as possible the aspirations of Batswana about their long term future. The booklet is necessarily a summary and distillation of the numerous submissions that were received.
The document presents a long term Vision for the year 2016, when Botswana will have been an independent nation for 50 years. It identifies the major challenges that will need to be met in order to realise the Vision, and proposes a set of strategies that will meet them.
The strategies proposed here are a starting point for a new direction for
Botswana that builds upon our strengths and upon the common desires of the people. We must now begin the process of refining and fine-tuning the strategies and turning them into concrete and implementable programmes that will make the Vision 2016 a reality.
The document is now offered to the public and to Government and non governmental organisations, and the private sector in general for incorporation into their programmes and plans. This will begin the process of implementing the ideas and aspirations that are expressed here, and to bring the Vision 2016 to the forefront of national thinking with pride and confidence in our future.
The Task Group would like to thank the public for its overwhelming response to the call for contributions to the Vision, in written form, and in the form of discussion at open hearings and kgotla meetings. The submissions have been compiled and stored so that they are available for public reference.
We regard this booklet as a national document. We commend it to the entire nation of Botswana
B. Gaolathe
Presidential
FOREWORD
This booklet has been produced by the Presidential Task Group on a Long
Term Vision for Botswana, which commenced its work in January, 1997.
Prior to compiling the booklet, the Task Group conducted extensive consultation with a wide cross-section of individuals and institutions in Botswana. The views and ideas in this document reflect as closely as possible the aspirations of Batswana about their long term future. The booklet is necessarily a summary and distillation of the numerous submissions that were received.
The document presents a long term Vision for the year 2016, when Botswana will have been an independent nation for 50 years. It identifies the major challenges that will need to be met in order to realise the Vision, and proposes a set of strategies that will meet them.
The strategies proposed here are a starting point for a new direction for
Botswana that builds upon our strengths and upon the common desires of the people. We must now begin the process of refining and fine-tuning the strategies and turning them into concrete and implementable programmes that will make the Vision 2016 a reality.
The document is now offered to the public and to Government and non governmental organisations, and the private sector in general for incorporation into their programmes and plans. This will begin the process of implementing the ideas and aspirations that are expressed here, and to bring the Vision 2016 to the forefront of national thinking with pride and confidence in our future.
The Task Group would like to thank the public for its overwhelming response to the call for contributions to the Vision, in written form, and in the form of discussion at open hearings and kgotla meetings. The submissions have been compiled and stored so that they are available for public reference.
We regard this booklet as a national document. We commend it to the entire nation of Botswana
B. Gaolathe
Presidential