National Biofuel Development Strategy and Action Plan (NBDSAP).

The National Biofuel Development Strategy and Action Plan (NBDSAP) (2009) is a document that combines the National Biofuel Development Strategy (NBDS) and its National Biofuels Development Action Plan (NBDAP). The purpose of the NBDS is to provide guidance to the Government of Swaziland and other stakeholders to develop and nurture a biofuel industry in Swaziland, exploiting the country's opportunities and overcoming its key challenges. The purpose of the National Biofuels Development Action Plan (NBDAP) is to describe the implementing activities or tasks required in order to give effect to relevant sections of the NBDS. The NBDAP has been guided by the issues, strategy statements and actions presented in the NBDS.
The Action Plan is framed around three implementation steps or phases. Although linked the implementation plan requires the successful completion of each step before moving on to the next. Step 1: Create the Legislative Framework - Create legal authority for biofuels production and use. It has three key deliverables: Determination of Swaziland-specific laws and regulations to govern production, marketing and use of biofuels, specifically bioethanol; Determination of capital investment requirements and fuel levies required to fund development of the industry; Approval by Parliament of both the legal code and the financing plan to start the industry. Step 2: Create the Institutional Capacity - Develop institutions to manage industry. It has three key deliverables: Establishing and operationalising the Swaziland Biofuels Authority and hiring quality staff; Development of key performance objectives and governance protocols to ensure focus and integrity; Establishment of independent R&D function to pro-actively investigate feedstock, marketing and non-transport-fuels energy uses of biofuels and by-products. Step 3: Implementation - Phased implementation to “build slowly from strength”. Step 3 is focused on commercializing existing sugar-industry byproducts (molasses) into fuel-grade ethanol and developing national markets for purchase and use of the fuel.