International Waters learning Exchange & Resource Network

Replication Strategy Twinning

Dr Natasha Stacey, Pacific Fisheries Project (SPREP)

PARTICIPANTS & PROJECTS INVOLVED

  • Dr Natasha Stacey, Pacific Fisheries Project (SPREP)

HOST INSTITUTION

  • GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme on Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA)

INTRODUCTION, PURPOSE: WHY AN EXCHANGE

The exchange (one of the eight inter-project exchanges selected for the pilot program by IW:Learn) was proposed by the South Pacific Regional Environmental Programme (SPREP) with the following specific objectives:

  • Exchange project experience and expertise between the Pacific IWP and the PEMSEA personnel;
  • Promote project experience and lessons to date from the Pacific IWP at the East Asian Seas Congress;
  • Increase capacity for more effective protection of coastal resources and sustainable management of trans-boundary marine systems within the East Asian and Pacific regions; and
  • Document and disseminate recommendations and lessons learned from the exchanges.

Of the priority areas identified at the 2002 GEF International Waters Conference in Dalian, China, the following themes provided a broad focus for the exchange: Public Participation; Knowledge Management or Knowledge Sharing; Monitoring and Evaluation; Public/Private Partnerships for Financing and Project Implementation; and Sustaining and Replicating Successful Project Initiatives.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Exchange project experience and expertise between the Pacific IWP and the PEMSEA personnel;
  • Promote project experience and lessons to date from the Pacific IWP at the East Asian Seas Congress;
  • Increase capacity for more effective protection of coastal resources and sustainable management of trans-boundary marine systems within the East Asian and Pacific regions; and
  • Document and disseminate recommendations and lessons learned from the exchanges.

OUTPUTS/OUTCOMES

One major benefit of the mission to the Pacific IWP appears to be insight into the replication strategy of PEMSEA, parts of which may be adaptable to the IWP. In addition, the Pacific IWP and other SPREP Programmes may, it appears, benefit from insight into the processes PEMSEA participating countries have followed in ICM initiatives such as developing coastal policies and strategies and their application and potentially adopting some of the processes and approaches in future Pacific initiatives.

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