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STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMME (SAP) FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF THE PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND

A programme of the Governments of: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMME (SAP) FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF THE

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STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMME (SAP) FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF THE PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND

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  1. A programme of the Governments of: Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMME (SAP) FOR THE INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF THE PACIFIC SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

  2. Formulated in 1997 to address: • Degradation of water quality • Degradation of associated critical habitats • Unsustainable use of resources • SAP to address this through 2 components: • ICWM (5 years, SPREP/PCU) and • OFM (3 years, FFA and SPC)

  3. Output 1. Effective co-ordination support for enhanced transboundary management regimes – the institutional framework. 

  4. ICWM Component – Output 2 Objective: To promote the integrated sustainable development and management of coastal and watershed resources through demonstration projects that include stakeholder participation. • Outputs: • Improved waste management (4) • Effective marine protected areas (4) • Better water quality (3) • Sustainable fisheries (3)

  5. OFM Component - Output 3 • Objective: • To enable the conservation and sustainable yield of ocean living resources Output: Regional level methodologies and best practices for the conservation and sustainable use of ocean fisheries resources.

  6. Start up process - ICZM: • Establish regional consultative arrangements– RTF, inter-agency fora • Formalized arrangements - MoU • Appoint National Coordinator • Establish national consultative arrangements • Re-affirm priority environmental concerns – linkages to WSSD national assessments, NBSAPs, etc • Select focal issue(s) • Select pilot site

  7. Strategies and support: • Administrative procedures • Social Assessment and Participation Strategy • Resource Economic Strategy • Communication Strategy • Public relations • Social marketing • Education and awareness

  8. Start-up - OFM • Existing institutional framework • Natural complement to existing processes • Address an issue of global significance and critical regional economic interest

  9. OFM Achievements • WCPO Tuna Convention, 1995 UN Fish Stocks, all interests engaged, legally binding, precautionary approach, economic responsibility on those that fish, support for SIDS • Preparatory Conference – Tuna Commission • National reform – complementary - national tuna management plans, fisheries law • Improved science – ecosystem approach, reference points, data quality and coverage • MCS – observer programmes, VMS, high seas data

  10. Issues and Lessons?

  11. Approval process: • Programme formulation – 1996-1999. • Project Document - early 2000. • Actual implementation – mid-2001.

  12. Design: • The SAP is effectively two Programmes. • Opportunities for promoting closer collaboration between regional organisations, but….. • …..also presents administrative challenges.

  13. Time frame: • 5-year time frame is insufficient for the ICWM community-based component

  14. Assumptions: • All countries would implement the Programme simultaneously…….. • …….from Programme commencement. • Focal areas would match national environmental concerns at implementation • Prescriptive allocation of focal areas among demonstration projects (4,4,3,3) would be accommodated

  15. Local approval processes: • Memorandum of Understanding approval process. • Local implementation: • Recruitment of National Coordinators

  16. National Coordinator capacity: • Their recruitment. • Some require considerable capacity building in core competencies. • Time and resources for this

  17. Multi-sectoral consultation: • Multi-sectoral dialogue is still in its infancy • Such consultation is an integral component of the SAP • Requires time and resources.

  18. Community-based approach: • Implementation through an inter-governmental agency - community-based approaches present many challenges for most Government agencies. • [national interest, non-consultative]

  19. Baseline information: • Inadequate TDA – 6 week time frame, urban-based, non-quantitative/anecdotal, no causal chain, no standardized strategy and/or format. • Information, generally of questionable quality and limited availability.

  20. Administrative processes: • Administrative arrangements - major influence Programme implementation. • Local administrative arrangements ensure timely disbursement of Programme resources. Inefficient processes lead to considerable delays that adversely impact on Programme delivery. • Implementing agency flexibility

  21. Overall assessment: • Solid foundation…….. • …….that has taken considerable time to put in place • OFM component is setting global precedents, and • ICZM implementation only just starting!

  22. More information? • ICWM • www.sprep.org.ws/iwp • OFM • www.spc.int/oceanic • www.ffa.int • www.ocean-affairs.com

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