Improving Marine Resources Management in Western Africa
The project aims to enhance regional fisheries governance in Western Africa by developing policies, improving coordination, and preventing illegal fishing. Through specific activities and projects, the focus is on building resilience in marine ecosystems. The implementation modality involves grants for selected projects, promoting shared fisheries management and social-ecological system resilience.
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PESCAO Component 3 - Coordination Kick off meeting March 2019
P Agenda Round of introductions PESCAO and expectations of Component 3 Areas of synergy and cooperation Discussion
PESCAO IMPROVED REGIONAL FISHERIES GOVERNANCE IN WESTERN AFRICA Specific objective: Improve regional fisheries governance in Western Africa (15 ECOWAS Member States + Mauritania) through better coordination of national fisheries policies. Expected results: Result 1: A Western African fisheries and aquaculture policy is developed and coordination of regional stakeholders is improved. (Support to ECOWAS) Result 2: Prevention of and responses to IUU fishing are strengthened through improved Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) at national and regional levels. (SBCs) Result 3: Marine resources management at the regional level is improved, building resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems. Funding: 11th EDF West Africa Regional Indicative Programme (RIP) EUR 15.5 million (ECOWAS, SRFC, FCWC, EFCA, FAO, University of Portsmouth, Agrocampus)
Implementation modality of C3 This component is implemented through a call for proposals (grants). 17 projects with specific activities were submitted Following the procedures of the European Commission and the ToRs of the tender (Guidelines for Applicants), the projects were evaluated by an Evaluation Committee (EU- ECOWAS) 3 successful projects were selected by the Evaluation Committee and the contracts have been signed.
Objective Improve Marine Resources management at the regional level and build resilience of marine and coastal ecosystems to perturbations
Expectations of Component 3 Enhance demonstrating the added value of coordinated approaches for shared fisheries management. regional fisheries management by Priority 1: Improving the knowledge of shared fish stocks and/or fisheries of common interest; Priority 2: Developing and/or implementing management measures or plans for important shared stocks of common interest; Priority 3: Building wider social-ecological system resilience.
Recall on the 5 core principles to be clearly demonstrated in PESCAO C3 projects: Principle 1: Wide-ranging, accountable and equitable stakeholder participation Principle 2: Maintaining or establishing effective partnerships Principle 3: A strong focus on delivering concrete results within the Action s time frame Principle 4: The design of formal strategies to communicate the results Principle 5: Ensuring the outcomes of the proposed Action have a clear regional application.
Exploring opportunities of synergies Complementarity, coordination, dissemination, collaboration platforms, knowledge-sharing, sustainability DEMERSTEM CECAF GREPPAO
Areas of synergy & cooperation 1. Capacity building & training (red) 2. Data collection and reporting (green) 3. National & regional public policy dialogue (blue) 4. Research activities (purple) 5. Communication and Visibility
Discussion points How to achieve synergies and cooperation of C3 projects and beyond (other similar actions)? How to involve local players and stakeholders including decision makers? How capacity building and training can be applied locally and transferred to local trainers for sustainability? What are the common methods and tools that can be applied by all or most of the projects? What are the practices to adopt
