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STRATEGIC ACTION PROGRAMME (SAP)FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL WATERSOF THE
PACIFIC SMALL ISLANDDEVELOPING STATES
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
SAP to address this through 2 components:
• ICWM (5 years, SPREP/PCU) and
• OFM (3 years, FFA and SPC)
Formulated in 1997 to address:
• Degradation of water quality
• Degradation of associated critical habitats• Unsustainable use of resources
Output 1.
Effective co-ordination support for enhanced transboundary management regimes – the institutional framework.
Outputs:
• Improved waste management (4)
• Effective marine protected areas (4)
• Better water quality (3)
• Sustainable fisheries (3)
Objective:
To promote the integrated sustainable development and management of coastal and watershed resources through demonstration projects that include stakeholder participation.
ICWM Component – Output 2
Output:
Regional level methodologies and best practices for the conservation and sustainable use of ocean fisheries resources.
Objective:
To enable the conservation and sustainable yield of ocean living resources
OFM Component - Output 3
Start up process - ICZM:
• Re-affirm priority environmental concerns – linkages to WSSD national assessments,
NBSAPs, etc
• Establish regional consultative arrangements– RTF, inter-agency fora
• Select focal issue(s)
• Select pilot site
• Appoint National Coordinator
• Formalized arrangements - MoU
• Establish national consultative arrangements
Strategies and support:
• Administrative procedures
• Social Assessment and Participation Strategy
• Resource Economic Strategy
• Communication Strategy
• Public relations
• Social marketing
• Education and awareness
Start-up - OFM
• Existing institutional framework
• Natural complement to existing processes
• Address an issue of global significance and critical regional economic interest
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
Approval process:
• Programme formulation – 1996-1999.
• Project Document - early 2000.
• Actual implementation – mid-2001.
Design:
• The SAP is effectively two Programmes.
• Opportunities for promoting closer collaboration between regional organisations, but…..
• …..also presents administrative challenges.
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
Local approval processes:
• Memorandum of Understanding approval process.
Local implementation:
• Recruitment of National Coordinators
National Coordinator capacity:
• Their recruitment.
• Some require considerable capacity building in core competencies.
• Time and resources for this
Multi-sectoral consultation:
• Multi-sectoral dialogue is still in its infancy
• Such consultation is an integral component of the SAP
• Requires time and resources.
Community-based approach:
• Implementation through an inter-governmental agency - community-based approaches present many challenges for most Government
agencies.
[national interest, non-consultative]
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.
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
Overall assessment:
• Solid foundation……..
• …….that has taken considerable time to put in place
• OFM component is setting globalprecedents, and
• ICZM implementation only just starting!