Thrust V: Addressing International Fisheries Related Issues from a Regional Perspective 20 Assistance of Capacity Building in the Region to Address
Step 3: Assist national initiative on appropriate participatory mechanism of autonomous community based co- resource management including the methodology on gathering fisheries activity information
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Achievements based on Activities Duration Remarks Activity 3: Monitoring and additional support for Member Countries
activities of facilitating autonomous community based resources management and gathering fisheries activity information. These activities have assisted fisheries officers of SEAFDEC’s Member Countries to practice in collecting and analyzing information from fisheries community for policy formulation, also to design coastal and inland fishery management plans by selected the appropriate participatory mechanism of co-management approach, that suit the local condition. The training course are show as the following;
1. Mobile On-site Training Program on Applicable Fisheries Management Approaches for Sustainable Fisheries in Inland Fisheries of Cambodia on 3-7 June 2013 at Siem Reap, Cambodia.
3-7 June 2013
3.2 Evaluation of the Project Outcomes Till the Year 2013 <in general>
3.2.1 Theme/Program Thrust and Issues:
(1) Theme/Program Thrust: Enhancing the Compilation and Utilization of Fishery Statistics and Information for Sustainable Development and Management of Fisheries in Southeast Asian Region (2) Issues in the region at the beginning of the study:
In the Southeast Asian Region, Coastal and Inland Fisheries is the main fisheries production and more socially and economically important. People rely on the coastal area, river, reservoir, lake, etc., system to provide them with their primary source of nutrition, as well as their livelihood. Sustainable development of the fisheries resources need to enhance various national capacities to collect national information for proper management of the fisheries resources and to obtain qualitative data. From catch data information and socio- demographic characteristics and trends of coastal fishing communities have identified needs, and this calls for a need to strengthen community fisheries organization and capacity building for better development and management of coastal resources to ensure sustainable livelihood of coastal communities.
- Inadequate fisheries information to support fishery management, particular for management of fishing socio economic aspect.
- Lack of effective fisheries information gathering included socio-economic aspect for setting up fisheries census
- Need to improve knowledge of fisheries officers and fisheries communities on implementing the autonomous community based co-resource management.
3.2.2 Expected Final Goal of the Project:
- Appropriate effective way of fisheries activities information gathering including socio economic aspect for SEA was established;
- Enhancing national capacity to strengthen effective way of fisheries information gathering included socio- economic aspect for setting up fisheries census in future;
- Fisheries officers of SEAFDEC’s Member Countries improved knowledge on fisheries activities information gathering included socio-economic aspect for setting up fisheries census in future;
- Fisheries officers of SEAFDEC’s Member Countries improved knowledge on implementing the autonomous community based co-resource management in their countries; and
- Sufficient information on fisheries communities in SEA region, through better implement necessary actions towards enabling the communities and local organizations were increasing.
3.2.3 “Steps” Toward Achieving Final Goal:
Step 1: Seeking the problems and constraints in fisheries data collection in coastal small-scale and inland
157 3.2.4 Activities in the Current Project:
(1) Current position of the project: Step 2 (2) Program duration: 2013-2017
(3) Main activities:
- Strengthening training on site to introduce the appropriate participatory mechanism of autonomous community based resources management including the methodology on gathering fisheries activity information with establishing support officer system.
- Monitoring and additional support for Member Countries activities of facilitating autonomous community based co-resource management and gathering fisheries activity information.
3.2.5 Progress and Achievements of the Current Project:
(1) Main activities conducted in the current project
- Training To Trainers (TOT) courses aimed at providing clearer and detailed concept and methodology on autonomous community based resources management, required tools of data and information collection in coastal fishing communities for better development and management of coastal resources to ensure sustainable livelihood of coastal communities, and skills of establishment and development of community fisheries development organizations are very extremely needed for Southeast Asian Region.
- Support national workshop for Member Countries activities to facilitating autonomous community based resource management and gathering fisheries activity information.
(2) Main achievements till the end of 2013 (tentative)
Fisheries officers of SEAFDEC Member Countries expertise clear and detailed concept and methodology on autonomous community based resource management, required tools to facilitating on autonomous community based resource management such as tools of data and information collection in coastal fishing communities for better development and management of coastal resources to ensure sustainable livelihood of coastal communities, and skills of establishment and development of community fisheries development organizations are very extremely.
(3) Outcomes/Outputs during the project period and expected achievement rate till the end of 2013 (tentative)
Expected outcomes/outputs Achievement rate (%) - SEAFDEC Member Countries have discussed and exchanged
information/opinions and adopts on the way forward for promoting the effective way of fisheries information gathering in coastal small-scale and inland fisheries.
60%
- Increase number of fisheries officials and fishers to recognize autonomous community based resource management.
60%
- Increase skills of establishment and development of community fisheries
development for fisheries officials and fishers. 60%
3.2.6 Evaluation of Project Activities in 2013
During "the Regional Workshop on Improvement of Fisheries Information Collection in Coastal Small-scale and Inland Fisheries of the Southeast Asian Region", the SEAFDEC Member Countries have discussed and exchanged information/opinions and adopts on the way forward for promoting the effective way of fisheries information gathering in coastal small-scale and inland fisheries. This could be achieved by fostering the lessons learned in terms of the methodologies and exchanging experiences in effective fisheries data collection.
It is also envisaged that such effort could be adapted in the setting up of fisheries census with a future goal of improving fisheries data collection.
Moreover, the fisheries officials and fishers, who were participated in the Training Course, have increased their skills and knowledge on establishment and development of community-based resource management.
SEAFDEC conducted the training evaluation by providing evaluation form, which focus on personal information and course evaluation to participants to recommend in each training course. The evaluation result of each training site of each country, almost of fisheries officers got more skill and knowledge on design coastal and inland fishery management plans by selected the appropriate participatory mechanism of co- management approach, that suit the local condition.
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Activity 1: Strengthening training on site to introduce the appropriate participatory mechanism of autonomous community based resources management including the methodology on gathering fisheries activity information with establishing support officer system.
This training course will be addressed the concept of autonomous community based resource management for provincial officers of SEAFDEC Member Countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam.
Training to Trainers (TOT) courses aimed at providing more clearly and detailed concept and methodology on autonomous community based resource management, such as tools of data and information collection in coastal fishing communities for better development and management of coastal resources to ensure sustainable livelihood of coastal communities, and skills of establishment and development of community fisheries development organizations.
Activity 2: Monitoring and additional support for Member Countries activities of facilitating autonomous community based co-resource management and gathering fisheries activity information.
This training will be organized in the Philippines, Thailand and Cambodia, to order that the fisheries officers and community fisheries would clearly understand these concept as the fisheries officers are responsible for encouraging the fishers to apply the concept of inland fisheries management into practice.
Meanwhile, the community fisheries can better participate in resources management.
4.1 Planning of the Project Activities
Activity/inputs Duration Remarks
Activity 1: Strengthening training on site to introduce the appropriate participatory mechanism of autonomous community based co-resource management for SEAFDEC Member Countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
Activity 2: Monitoring and additional support for Member Countries activities of facilitating autonomous community based co-resource management and gathering fisheries activity information for SEAFDEC Member Countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
Jan.-Dec.
Jan. – Dec.
SEAFDEC will be supported 2 countries in activity 2 and 3 countries in activity 3 respectively, which proposed by Member Countries.
4.2 Expected Outcomes/Outputs of the Year 2014
The targets participants are fisheries officers of SEAFDEC’s Member Countries, who are normally providing information to decision maker for policy formulation and transforming policy into management planning, to practice in collecting and analyzing information from fisheries community for policy formulation, also to design coastal and inland fishery management plans by selected the appropriate participatory mechanism of co-management approach, that suit the local condition.
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PROJECT DOCUMENT
Project id: 011308 Program
Categories:
Programs under the Fisheries Consultative Group of the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Strategic Partnership (FCG/ASSP) Mechanism
Project Title: Enhancing the Compilation and Utilization of Fishery Statistics and Information for Sustainable Development and Management of Fisheries in Southeast Asian Region: Harmonization of fishery statistics in the Southeast Asian region
Program Thrust: IV Total Duration: 5 years (2013 to 2017) Lead Department: Training Department Lead Country: Vietnam
Project Sponsor: Japanese Trust Fund Project Partner:
Proposed Budget: This year budget: USD 7,000 (2013) Prepared by Ms. Nualanong Tongdee Project Leader Ms. Nualanong Tongdee/
Ms. Saivason Klinsukhon, SEAFDEC Secretariat 1. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND
The primary goals of collecting fishery statistic are to obtain the information that could serve as a basis for policy planning and management for sustainable fisheries. SEAFDEC has been undertaking initiatives in collating fishery statistics from countries bordering the South China Sea Areas since 1978, and starting from 2008 onwards, the framework for compilation of statistics data was changed to cover countries in the Southeast Asian region. The new regional statistics framework was endorsed by the SEAFDEC Council during its 40th Meeting, and subsequently at the 16th Meeting of the ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Fisheries in 2008.
While recognizing that the regional compilation of fishery statistics is dependent on the availability and quality of statistics collected and provided by responsible agency of the respective countries, activities would be carried out under this sub-project to support Member Countries in enhancing understanding of Member Countries, in order to support reporting of their respective national statistics in accordance with the regional statistics framework.
2. PROJECT
2.1 Goal/Overall Objectives and Performance Indicators:
The overall objective of this sub-project is to improve the reporting of statistics by the ASEAN Member Countries in line with the harmonized framework for fishery statistics of Southeast Asia.
2.2 Expected Outcomes and Outputs:
Target group of this sub-project is officers of Member Countries that are designated to coordinate with SEAFDEC in providing their respective national fishery statistics. Through coordination and production/provision of relevant information and reference materials, it is expected that countries would be clarified and could provide better statistics to SEAFDEC based on the statistics frameworks.
2.3 Project Description/Framework
SEAFDEC has developed a Regional Framework for Fishery Statistics of Southeast Asia, which has been used as a skeleton for countries in reporting of their fishery statistics for compilation in the Fishery Statistical Bulletin of Southeast Asia by SEAFDEC (starting from statistics of 2008). This sub-project is therefore undertaken to continue supporting the collection and reporting of statistics by the ASEAN Member Countries in line with the new fishery statistics framework.
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Due to the scale of budget, the activities of this sub-project is limited only to communication/coordination and production of relevant materials for reference/usage by the Member Countries in provision of statistics for regional compilation; while other aspects in improving data collection would be undertaken by SEAFDEC technical departments under their respective programs/projects, and the compilation of statistics bulletin is considered routine activities of SEAFDEC.
The activities of this sub-project include:
- Activity 1: Coordination of work and participation in the Consultations/Meetings of relevant projects - Activity 2: Preparation of materials to support the collection/reporting of statistics
- Activity 3: Production/dissemination of the materials
3. PROGRESS/ACHIEVEMENTS OF ACTIVITIES IN THE YEAR 2013 3.1 Activities Achievements in the Year 2013
Achievements based on Activities
Duration Remarks Activity 1 Coordination of
work and participation in the Consultations/Meetings of relevant projects
Jan-Dec Continued coordination/communication with Member Countries, and officer in charge in FAO for compilation of statistics, to clarify the submission of statistics based on the regional statistics framework.
Activity 2 Preparation of materials to support the collection/reporting of statistics
Jan-Sep Compilation of list of aquatic species in Southeast Asia, based on the updated statistics data by species that could be provided by countries. As during the years, some Member Countries has improved the collection of statistics at species/species group levels, therefore, the list need to be regularly updated and shared with concerned countries. The list has also been harmonized with the FAO ASFIS list.
Activity 3 Production/
dissemination of the materials
Oct-Dec Production/dissemination of the updated list of aquatic species in Southeast Asia.
3.2 Evaluation of the Project Outcomes Till the Year 2013 3.2.1 Theme/Program Thrust and Issues:
(1) Theme/Program Thrust:
Enhancing the compilation of statistics to serve as a basis for planning and executing management of fisheries (2) Issues in the region at the beginning of the study:
Fishery Statistics collected by different countries in the region are at the different levels, depending on the capacity, resources allocation and policy in data collection. Although effort has been exerted to harmonize the compilation of statistics at the regional level based on the regional statistics framework, there are still disparities of data from different countries. SEAFDEC Departments have been undertaking several programs/projects to enhance data collection from countries, which is envisaged to result in better statistics and data collection. The eventual goal is still to obtain better official statistics in order to come up with long- term data that could provide better pictures on status and trends of fisheries for the region as a whole.
3.2.2 Expected Final Goal of the Project:
- Enhanced countries understanding and capacity in reporting of fishery statistics in line with the regional statistics framework
3.2.3 “Steps” Toward Achieving Final Goal:
Step 1: Capacity building for countries to enhance capacity in collection of fishery statistics