Collaboration approaches for CEAFM
“a fisheries perspective”
Implementing the
CEAFM
HOW ???
Expanding the management
base
 Tasks for promoting agency
 Define broad goals and strategies
 Maximum community
participation
 Motivation rather than
education
 Demand-based process
 Review work of other groups
 Combine approaches
 Avoid confusion and
disenchantment
 Establish consultative multidisciplinary group
 Ecosystem management advisory
group (EMAG)
 Legal basis for CEAFM
 Authority to manage
 Legal support for EMAG
 Facilitators with appropriate skills
 Development vs. Management
skills
 Facilitation skills/people skills
 Culturally appropriate process
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The Community involvement process
– Assess community requests
• Awareness of problems
• Concern for the marine
environment
• Willingness to take actions
– Define scope
• Broad parameters (what,
where, who)
• Mapping/sketch
• Boundaries
• Stroll through
environmental assessment
– Identify and prioritise issues
– Develop Management Plan
– Formalising and implementation
Collaboration
and more
coordinated
approach
Island Issues……… why collaboration is needed??
CBFMP
 Community
undertakings
 Fisheries
Undertakings
Limited to fisheries
impacts
 Other impacts??
Impacts on marine ecosystem………
Complication
•Community
•Fisheries
•Environment
•Land
•Forests
•Trade and commerce
•Tourism,
•Climate change etc
CBFM expanded with simple EAF principles
 Establish consultative group - legal
relevance
 Identify problems and set priorities - risk
assessment
 For each problem, agree on indicators of
performance and precautionary reference
points.
 Agree on monitoring arrangements – who is
responsible
Marshall Islands
Coastal Management Advisory Council (CMAC)
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A cross-sectoral working group of people with a
common interest in the development,
conservation and management of coastal and
marine environment
Advisory, coordination and collaboration of
national effort
Members
– MIMRA
– RMI Environment Protection Agency
– College of Marshall Islands
– Marshall Islands Visitors Authority
– Office of Environment Planning and Policy
Coordination
– Marshall Islands Conservation Society
– Natural Resources Assessments Surveys
Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
Legal basis (FMOs – Fisheries
Management Ordinances)
Moving forward..
• Continuing community commitment
• Cooperation and collaboration
 multi-agency group
 Funds and resources
 Staff and activities
• Various interests
 donor/national/communities
Some key points
• National CEAFM model/approach/process
– Traditional/cultural
– Legal framework
• Levels of collaboration
– Local communities
– Governmental
– Countries
– Regional
– NGOs, government etc…
• Collaboration and coordination
– Improved delivery of services
– Efficiency and cost effective
– Avoid confusion at community level
– Improved ecosystem management