Towards collaboration
Towards a joint vision?
• National governments recognizing the
importance of CBEAM, institutionalizing its
practice, supported by responsive NGOs
and CROPs for a happy healthy Pacific
Collaboration: Foundations of
Success
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Respect
Building trust
People focused
Long term
Learning from experience
Basis of collaboration: Mechanisms
• Networks (Govt, NGOs, Comms)
– International
– National
– Local / district / provincial
• E.g. FLMMA, SILMMA, NCC
Basis of collaboration: Activities
• Capacity building
– Mentoring
– Internship
– Sharing project activities / joint
implementation (e.g involving all)
– Job secondment
– Targeted training
Basis of collaboration: Activities
• Agreeing, using and reviewing best
practice
• Exchange visits and regional meetings
• Scaling up, meeting national targets,
informing policy
• Identifying and researching emerging
issues
• Technical advice and research
Challenges to collaboration
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Roles - defining
Limited staff – poaching, availability
Investing in networks
Local (community and national) vs
external interests?
• Donors favour CROPs, big NGOS vs
government and local NGOs
Where to from here?
• New networks?
• CROP to networks/NGOs – mechanism?
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