Revisions to the Project document per GEF Council Comments of July 1998 Inter-sessional
Work Programme
Response to comment from Mr. Toshiyuki Furui, Japan:
This project will be implemented according to standard UNDP procedures and guidelines, which
include monitoring the disbursement of funds to ensure that funds are spent on project activities.
Please see paragraphs 135 and 168. GEF support will top up the FFA's Monitoring Control and
Surveillance System in order to deliver accurate and relevant information to the participating
countries to support the control of illegal fishing and other threats to resource sustainability. The
FFA's contribution to this activity is an estimated US$ 1.96 million, with GEF support amounting
to US$ 140,000, a ratio of 14:1. This is activity 3.6 in the project document, details of which are
provided in Annex 11.
Response to comments from Mr. Charles Parker, Canada:
The South Pacific Forum, Fisheries Forum Agency and South Pacific Commission are among the
key organizations that are partnered with this project in order to ensure success in the achievement
of project objectives. The South Pacific Forum in particular has been instrumental in the
development of the Strategic Action Programme, and this project has been presented to the Forum
at its meeting in 1-7 October 1999. The South Pacific Forum Secretariat coordinates the Council of
Regional Organizations for the Pacific (CROP). To ensure the institutional ownership and
sustainability of project impacts, the RTF will be linked to the CROP Marine Sector Working
Group and comprised of CROP representatives, UNDP and selected individuals, as appropriate in
order to increase the regional political ownership and coordination of the project.
This project has been designed to include strategically the FFA and SPC as project partners so as
not to duplicate the fishery management work they are doing. Additionally, these two organizations
bring with them significant sums of co-financing to the project, and GEF resources will be used to
top-up their programmes to leverage further global benefits. As part of the implementation
arrangements, a memorandum of understanding between the partner organizations will be agreed
upon and signed at the initiation of the project. Please see paragraph 130. An organogram has been
added to further clarify the relationship between partner institutions (Annex 10)
The project also has built into it a modality for sharing lessons learned. In particular, this relates
both to bringing lessons learned from other projects to help influence the use of best practices for
the implementation of this project, but also to share lessons learned from this project to other
projects, in the Caribbean and elsewhere. The IW:LEARN and TRAIN-SEA-COAST programmes
will play an instrumental facilitating role in this respect. Please see section L for further
Response to comments from Mr. Hans Shipulle, Netherlands
The project will be carried out over a five-year time frame in order to maximize the success rate of
achieving project objectives. Most capacity development activities will be carried out during the
early stages of project implementation, and particular attention will be given to encouraging active
participation of participating countries in workshops and training activities.
Further revisions:
The project has been further revised to take advantage of UNDP's additional co-financing of
US$ 60,000 towards the demonstration project component. This co-financing will facilitate the
extension of the demonstration projects, and to further develop and implement these to pay
particular attention to the cross-sectoral nature of these projects. UNDP has also recently approved
a new project, Integrated Community Approach for Resource and Environment, which will provide
significant complementary activities to the GEF SAP project to the order of US$ 877,250. This
project demonstrates an additional commitment of UNDP to support the Pacific coastal
environment by assisting these island countries to increase their capacity to generate increased
production of food and cash income through ecologically sound alternative livelihood options.
Please see paragraph 67 for additional information.
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
Regional Project for Asia and the Pacific
(Project of the Governments of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia
Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu)
PROJECT DOCUMENT
Summary of UNDP and
Project Number: RAS/98/G32/A/1G/99
Cost-Sharing Financing
(in US dollars)
Project Title: Implementation of the Strategic Action
UNDP:
Programme (SAP) of the Pacific Small Island
TRAC (1 and 2)
$ 60,000
Developing States
TRAC (3)
Project Short Title: South Pacific SAP
Other (GEF)
$12,000,000
Executing Agent: SPREP
Total:
$12,060,000
Implementing Agent: SPREP
GEF Implementing Agencies: UNDP
Parallel Financing:
Project Site: South Pacific
Governments
Beneficiary Countries: Cook Islands, Federated States of
SPC
$1,331,532
Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue,
FFA
$6,107,311
Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga,
SPREP
$ 619,540
Tuvalu and Vanuatu
Sub Total:
$8,058,383
Estimated Start Date: December 1999
Estimated End Date: November 2004
Total:
$20,118,363
Duration: 5 Years
Local PAC Approval Date: 8 December 1998
HQ PAC Approval Date:12 August 1999
Associated Financing:
Programme Officer: Tom Twining-Ward, UNDP, Apia
UNDP/ICARE
$ 877,250
Classification Information:
ACC sector and sub-sector:
Primary type of intervention:
040, 041
Capacity-building, demonstration
DCAS sector and sub-sector
Secondary type of intervention:
Natural resources, water resources planning
Programme support
Primary areas of focus/sub-focus
Primary target beneficiaries:
Environmental resources, policy and strategy frameworks governmental organizations, NGOs, CBOs
Secondary areas of focus/sub-focus
Secondary target beneficiaries:
Sustainable livelihoods
Inter-governmental organizations, private sector
Brief Description: The long-term objective of this project is to conserve and sustainably manage the coastal and ocean resources in
the Pacific Region. Targeted actions will be carried out in two complementary, linked consultative contexts: Integrated Coastal and
Watershed Management (ICWM) and Oceanic Fisheries Management (OFM). ICWM actions will focus on freshwater supplies
including groundwater, Marine Protected Area (MPA) enhancement and development, sustainable coastal fisheries, integrated coastal
management including tourism development, and activities to demonstrate waste reduction strategies will be stressed. The OFM
component will target the Western Pacific Warm Pool ecosystem, whose boundaries correspond almost precisely to the Western
Table of Contents
Page:
Abbreviations and Acronyms
4
A.
Context
6
1.
Description of sub-sector
6
2.
Prior and on-going assistance
8
3.
Regional and country strategies
8
4.
Strategic Action Programme formulation
11
5. Institutional framework for sub-sector
12
6. Summary of Strategic Action Programme (SAP)
for International Waters of the Pacific Islands
14
B.
Project justification
17
1.
Problem to be addressed: the present situation
17
2.
Rationale for GEF support
19
3.
Expected end of project situation
21
4.
Target beneficiaries
21
5.
Project strategy
22
6.
Institutional arrangements
22
C.
Development objective
23
D.
Immediate objectives, outputs and activities
23
1.
Immediate Objective 1
23
2.
Immediate Objective 2
25
3.
Immediate Objective 3
30
4.
Immediate Objective 4
32
E.
Inputs
33
1.
Description of inputs
33
2.
Budget
35
F.
Work plan
42
G.
Risks
45
H.
Sustainability
45
I.
Obligations and pre-requisites
46
J.
Institutional framework and programme management
46
Annexes:
Annex 1.
Logical framework
55
Annex 2.
Incremental cost assessment and matrix
59
Annex 3.
List of on-going and planned projects
64
Annex 4.
Table of environmental threats
68
Annex 5.
Background information on the South Pacific
Regional Environment Programme
71
Annex 6.
Terms of References
73
Annex 7.
Regional Task Force Members for SAP Formulation
87
Annex 8.
National Task Force Members for SAP Formulation
88
Annex 9.
Draft Schedule of Project Reviews
89
Annex 10.
Organogram
90
Annex 11.
Data Verification for FFA Monitoring Control and Surveillance
91
(MCS) Systems
Annex 12.
Project brief
93
Acronyms and Abbreviations
ADB
Asian Development Bank
APEC
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
CAPAC
Community Assessment and Participation Advisory Committee
CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
CBO
Community Based Organization
CITES
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
CMT
Customary Marine Tenure
CROP
Council of Regional Organizations for the Pacific
DPAC
Demonstration Project Advisory Committee
DWFN
Distant Water Fishing Nation
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone
ESCAP
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
EU
European Union
EIA
Environmental Impact Assessment
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization
FCCC
Framework Convention on Climate Change
FFA
Forum Fisheries Agency
ForSec
Forum Secretariat
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
GEF
Global Environment Facility
GPA/LBA
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine
Environment from Land-Based Activities
ICARE
Integrated Community Approach for Resource and Environment
ICLARM
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management
ICM
Integrated Coastal Management
ICWM
Integrated Coast and Watershed Management
ICRI
International Coral Reef Initiative
IMO
International Maritime Organization
IOC
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission
IUCN
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
World Conservation Union
LME
Large Marine Ecosystem
MPA
Marine Protected Area
NEMS
National Environment Management Strategies
NGO
Non-governmental Organization
NTF
National Task Force
OFM
Oceanic Fisheries Management
SAP
Strategic Action Programme
SIDS
Small Island Developing States
SOPAC
South Pacific Applied Geo-science Commission
SPACHEE
South Pacific Action Committee on the Human Environment and Ecology
SPBCP
South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme
SPC
Secretariat for the Pacific Community
SPF
South Pacific Forum
SPOCC
South Pacific Organizations Coordinating Committee
SPREP
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
STAP
Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel
TCSP
Tourism Council for the South Pacific
TPR
Tripartite Review
TNC
The Nature Conservancy
UN
United Nations
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNCED
UN Conference on Environment and Development
UNCLOS
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
UNCSD
UN Commission on Sustainable Development
UNDP
UN Development Programme
UNEP
UN Environment Programme
UNESCO
UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
USP
University of the South Pacific
WCMC
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
WPAC
World Protected Areas Commission
WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature
A.
Context
A.1. Description of sub-sector
1. A defining feature of the Pacific is the Western Pacific Warm Pool ecosystem. The limited land
base of the area is distributed among 200 high islands and 2,500 low islands and atolls. All
participating islands lie in the tropical zone and experience sea surface temperatures that rarely fall
below 20 degrees Celsius. In general, the islands increase in size from east to west, such that over
83% of the region's land mass is situated in Papua New Guinea, and most of the rest is in the other
Melanesian countries and territories.
2. The South Pacific region comprises almost 38.5 million square kilometers, with less than two
percent of that vast area constituting the land base shared by the Pacific Island Countries (PICs).
This vast and complex marine system contains an enormous and largely undocumented array of
diversity. This rich biodiversity includes the most extensive and biologically diverse reefs in the
world, the deepest ocean trenches, deep-sea minerals, the world's largest tuna fishery, as well as an
array of globally threatened species such as sea turtles and dugongs. The many thousands of islands
are, with the exception of some larger Melanesian Islands, entirely coastal in nature, often with
limited freshwater resources, and surrounded by a rich variety of ecosystems including mangroves,
seagrass beds, estuarine lagoons and coral reefs.
3. In addition to the significant biodiversity value, these coastal and marine ecosystems support
large subsistence and commercial fisheries. The fisheries are the major source of subsistence
protein for much of the Pacific and form an indispensable part of the economic fabric, both at
present and in the predictable future, for many of the Pacific Small Island Developing States
(SIDS). Yet despite the remarkable and globally significant biodiversity of the region, and despite
the extent to which the present and likely future economic health of the region is based on
sustainable coastal and ocean fishery regimes, marine resource conservation and management
regimes are currently inadequate. Coastal areas are degraded by increased land based sources of
pollution, the modification of critical habitats, and the growing unsustainable exploitation of living
and non-living resources.
4. The region's approximately 6 million people are at various stages of development, and socio-
economic conditions vary widely between, and sometimes within, countries. Throughout the region
urban residents lead a more consumerist lifestyle than those in small isolated islands, remote coastal
areas, and the interiors of large islands. The latter follow a more subsistence way of life, have a
relatively low income, and, based on usual valuation methods, have a low standard of living. The
economies of the PICs are largely based on agriculture, although for statistical purposes agriculture
often includes fishing. For the Pacific Islands as a whole economic growth during the past decade
5. While traditional measures of affluence clearly indicate an almost desperate situation for some
PICs, the term "subsistence affluence" is sometimes used to describe the relatively high quality of
life, at least at present, on others. Subsistence affluence refers to a condition of well being outside
of the traditional economy and traditional economic measures. Factors contributing to subsistence
affluence vary from place to place and include some or all of the following: low population
densities, fertile soil, a benevolent climate, effective traditional resource management, and social
systems which provide a safety net for disadvantaged members of a particular society or village. In
recent times, however, high birth rates, unsustainable commercial practices in regard to natural
resource use, increasing dependency on the cash economy, labor migration, and the deterioration of
traditional authority and social systems are all having a negative impact on the quality of
subsistence living on many of the islands. The fact that widespread poverty has not yet emerged in
response to these deteriorating conditions is testament to the strength and importance of traditional
support systems.
6. These traditional support systems are part of the region's rich cultural diversity. One-fourth of
the world's languages are found in Pacific Island countries. There are various traditional authority
systems and a wide range of religious institutions with significant influence. The communal
ownership and traditional systems of management account for 80 per cent of the land (often
including the adjacent marine area). These characteristics are not only vital to social and cultural
identity and to the transfer of traditional knowledge between generations, but also add considerable
complexity in developing and implementing national management plans, especially at the village
level. The status and position of women differs considerably among PICs because of factors such
as cultural traditions, colonial history and level of socio-economic development. As identified by
the SAP, traditional systems must be associated with achieving current economic, political and
social goals of the islands. It will be difficult but it is essential to include appropriate and
significant principles of traditional systems in national development planning and implementation if
these plans are to be truly sustainable.
7. The EEZs of the PICs cover approximately 30.5 million-sq. km., or about 74 per cent of the
region's water surface. PICs thus look toward their substantial coastal and ocean fisheries as an
important, even indispensable means of advancing economic well-being through commercial and
subsistence fisheries. They are crucial to food security for the region and are also an important
source of employment and income, foreign exchange, and non-economic values which including
cultural, religious, and recreational significance. As a general rule, coastal fisheries have provided
non-monetary fish values in the form of subsistence protein, and monetary value to villages from
the sale of coastal fish. The ocean fishery, largely tuna, has generally been used to provide a source
of foreign exchange.
8. Coastal fisheries are estimated to produce some 108,000+ t/year of which up to 78 per cent, or
sensitive to ecological disturbance, as highlighted by the fact that the largest number of documented
extinctions world-wide has occurred in the islands of the Pacific. These environmental threats are
further underpinned by pressure form growing populations and economic growth curves that are in
many cases flat or falling. The biodiversity values and productivity of these resources, which are
global in nature, are being affected by, among other things, fishing, tourism, infrastructure
development, waste disposal, and the introduction of exotic marine organisms - all of which are of
direct relevance to the health of the region's shared international waters.
A.2. Prior and on-going assistance
10. The early impetus for the SAP was the decision of Pacific Island Countries (PICs) in 1990 to
prepare a joint regional position for the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development (UNCED). This work occurred simultaneous with the development by the PICs of
National Environmental Management Strategies (NEMS) which transpired between 1990-1996.
The NEMS were prepared for several South Pacific island countries, presenting a set of
programmes, strategies and actions to steer the countries towards four main environmental
objectives:
1. Integrate environmental considerations in economic development
3.2. Improve environmental awareness and education
4.3. Manage and protect natural resources
5.4. Improve waste management and pollution control
11. UNCED provided the first opportunity for PICs to gather information, analyze results, and build
a regional consensus on integrating environmental and development concerns into a sustainable
whole, incorporating the knowledge and experience gained in the twenty years since the Stockholm
Conference on the Environment. The joint regional position presented at UNCED was titled
"Environment and Development: A Pacific Island Perspective" and "The Pacific Way: Pacific
Island Developing Countries' Report to UNCED". The Perspective synthesized National Reports
from the Islands and presented extensive additional information on sustainable development in the
region. It was a supporting document for "The Pacific Way", which presented a summary of the
state of the environment for the islands and a description of regional priority concerns, both of
which continue to be applicable.
12. GEF is currently financing the preparation of Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (BSAPs)
in 11 PICs, to strengthen the NEMS by providing more in-depth information, especially with
regards to biodiversity and cross-sectoral issues. GEF is also financing the South Pacific
Biodiversity Conservation Project (SPBCP) which aims to protect biological diversity within PICs
by facilitating the establishment of 17 Conservation Areas.
the international commitments of the participating countries.
The 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
14. From the plethora of treaties addressing or affecting International Waters, the most important
for this project is the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, entry into
force: 1994), which is the fundamental global treaty addressing International Waters. Of all
relevant binding international instruments in force, it is by far the most comprehensive in scope and
the most powerful in terms of both rights accorded to and obligations assumed by its parties. All
but one of the countries participating in the SAP are either full parties (9) or signatories (4) to
UNCLOS. UNCLOS is supplemented by an agreement on deep seabed mining and the Agreement
for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish
Stocks.
15. UNCLOS has been described as "a constitution for the oceans." This Convention arose from
and is specifically founded on the proposition that "the problems of ocean space are closely
interrelated and need to be considered as a whole." This guiding precept is illustrated clearly by, for
example, Part XII on the marine environment, which addresses pollution of the marine environment
from any source, including those sources from land and air as well as from the sea. In keeping with
its constitutional nature, UNCLOS is designed to facilitate development of agreements addressing
or affecting specific marine issues in requisite detail and at appropriate operational levels. In its
holistic approach to management of International Waters, GEF's Operational Strategy is consistent
with UNCLOS.
16. Although much remains to be done in the Pacific region to implement UNCLOS, important
actions have been undertaken pursuant to other international and regional conventions and
organizations addressing or affecting marine issues and may be viewed as a promising start to
implementing UNCLOS. Such conventions, organizations and actions include those described
below.
The Convention on Biological Diversity
17. In the context of the Strategic Action Programme, which requires linkages to other GEF focal
areas, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1992) and the Framework Convention on
Climate Change (FCCC, 1992) are important.
18. The CBD's Jakarta Mandate on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity (1995) sets out a
programme specifying that action should be taken by parties in five areas. The first three are
the CBD and UNCLOS are the Marine Turtle and the Marine Mammal Conservation Strategies,
also executed by SPREP.
20. As required under UNCLOS and the CBD, the SAP also took into account other international
conventions specifically concerned with protection of species and habitats. These include (in order
of entry into force): the Whaling Convention, the World Heritage Convention, CITES, the Wetlands
or Ramsar Convention and the Migratory Species or Bonn Convention. A draft Regional Wetlands
Action Plan for the Pacific Islands has been developed under the auspices of SPREP that could
assist in implementing relevant provisions of, e.g., the CBD, the Wetlands Convention and
UNCLOS. Actions undertaken in SAP formulation were compatible with the CBD and, together
with actions that will be undertaken in the full project, will contribute directly and indirectly to the
conservation of marine and terrestrial biological diversity in the region.
The Framework Convention on Climate Change
21. Comprehensive and coordinated support by GEF to the Pacific Island parties for implementation
of their national reporting obligations under the FCCC commenced in 1997 under the Pacific
Islands Climate Change Assistance Programme (PICCAP), executed by SPREP. A second phase of
CC:TRAIN, the GEF-funded global climate change training programme, is expected to assist at
least nine Pacific Island countries.
22. Pacific Islands are particularly vulnerable to the effects that climate change may have on sea
level rise. The actions proposed for SAP implementation with regard to, in particular, protection of
critical habitats, will have the additional benefit of mitigating effects of sea level rise.
Regional Agreements and Conventions
23. The main regional conventions relevant to International Waters are, in order of entry into force:
the Forum Fisheries Convention, the Wellington or Driftnet Convention, the Apia Convention, the
Nouméa or SPREP Convention and the Niue Treaty. Not yet in force is the Waigani Convention.
The Forum Fisheries, Wellington and Niue Conventions address oceanic fisheries.
24. The Nouméa Convention places the most extensive responsibilities on its parties with regard to
protecting the marine environment. The Nouméa Convention includes land-based activities
affecting the marine environment; thus parties also have terrestrial obligations under this
Convention, as they do under UNCLOS. It is implemented largely through the SPREP Action Plan
(currently 1997-2000), which is approved by the Heads of Government at the annual SPREP
meeting, who also review the progress of the Action Plan.
becoming "generally recommended," a status which, under UNCLOS, contributes to the eventual
evolution of that practice into international law.
27. At the national level, implementation of conventions has been fragmentary. This is due to
several factors, including a limited awareness of the implications of the conventions and the extent
of the obligations imposed. These obligations engage numerous divisions of national
administrations, which need enhanced capacity to develop cross-sectoral approaches. A related
issue is the general need for Pacific Island nations to develop integrated national legislation that
supports sustainable development policies, and that is also consistent, enforceable and in keeping
with appropriate customary principles. The requisite institutional and administrative capacity and
mechanisms are largely insufficient at present.
28. Based in part on the results of the "Pacific Way" and the "Perspective", the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP), SPREP and the Government of Australia co-financed a Global
Environment Facility (GEF) Pacific regional training and scoping workshop in Nadi, Fiji, 1-4
August 1995. It was agreed at this workshop that a regional proposal for preparation of a Strategic
Action Programme (SAP) for the Pacific Islands for GEF funding. The SAP would represent a
pioneering effort by this group of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to integrate their national
and regional sustainable development priorities with shared global environmental concerns for
protecting International Waters. The SAP would combine the following activity areas:
a. Integrated conservation and sustainable management of coastal resources, including fresh
water resources
b. Integrated conservation and sustainable management of oceanic resources
c. Prevention of pollution through the integrated management of land- or marine-based wastes
d. Monitoring and analysis of shore and near-shore environments to determine vulnerability to
environmental degradation
29. The 8th SPREP meeting in October 1995 endorsed the project to prepare the SAP, and the South
Pacific Forum at its Session in September 1996 requested SPREP to coordinate development of the
project. The project to prepare the SAP was funded by GEF through project development funds
(PDF Block-B), and began implementation in April 1997.
A.4 Strategic Action Programme formulation
30. The preparation of the Strategic Action Programme was announced to participating countries,
SPREP National Focal Points, the SPREP collaborating institutions, Pacific Island Country
Missions to the United Nations (UN) and members of the then South Pacific Organizations
Coordinating Committee (SPOCC) in SPREP Circular No. 523. The SPOCC was recently renamed
consultations, and draft terms of reference for the TFCs. The report of the RTF meeting was
circulated. The TFCs met in Apia on 8 and 9 July 1997 to receive a briefing on GEF, the SAP
preparation process and objectives and suggested methodology for national consultations. They
also received the draft reviews and other materials for the consultations. The report of the TFC
meeting was circulated.
32. The SAP was prepared in accordance with the results of the national consultations. The results,
in the form of national reports and targeted project proposals, were endorsed by SPREP and GEF
national operational focal points and were submitted to SPREP. A preliminary draft executive
summary of the SAP was circulated to participating countries, SPREP National Focal Points, PIC
Missions to the UN, CROP members, RTF and TFCs in SPREP Circular No. 541. The draft SAP
was reviewed and approved by the RTF and the TFCs on 2 and 3 September 1997 at a joint meeting
held in Apia. The report of the meeting was circulated. The SAP was reviewed and subsequently
endorsed by the Heads of Government of the South Pacific Forum at its Session in Rarotonga on
15-19 September 1997.
33. The SAP builds upon the work and reports of, but not exclusively, the National Consultations,
the State of the Environment (SOE) Report or National Environmental Management Strategy
(NEMS) for each country and the Action Plan for Managing the Environment of the South Pacific
Region 1997-2000. It also includes the Draft Regional Strategy for Development Priorities of the
Forum Island Countries, the Action Strategy for Nature Conservation in the South Pacific Region
1994-1998 and the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from
Land-based Activities. The Report to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
(UNCSD) on Activities to Implement the Barbados Programme of Action in the Pacific Region
(1996) and the 1992 Report to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
(UNCED) in "The Pacific Way" are also important reference material.
A.5. Institutional framework for sub-sector
34. The South Pacific Forum is comprised of all 16 independent and self-governing nations of the
Pacific Islands region, whose Heads of Government meet annually. Its secretariat (ForSec)
executes the requirements of the Heads of Government expressed at the annual meetings. The
Secretary-General of ForSec provides the permanent Chair of CROP and the Division of
Development and Economic Policy serves as CROP secretariat; ForSec thus provides the lead
coordination role in the region.
35. ForSec's mission is to enhance the economic and social well-being of the people of the Pacific
Islands, in support of the efforts of national governments. Its responsibility is to facilitate, develop
and maintain cooperation and consultation between and among its members on issues such as trade,
health, agricultural, rural development, community health, education, demographic and cultural
matters. Its broad marine experience ranges from village-level and coastal projects such as transfer
of appropriate boat-building technology, subsistence and artisanal fisheries research and
development, coastal fishery stock assessment and protection, all through its Coastal Fisheries
Programme, to scientific research on oceanic fisheries, especially tuna and billfish, in its Oceanic
Fisheries Programme. The latter prepares an annual report on the status of tuna stocks, monitors
and compiles regional tuna fishery statistics, and is studying the dynamics of the Warm Pool of the
Western Pacific, an LME that encompasses much of the region. The SPC works closely with the
Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) in this area.
38. The Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) was established pursuant to the Forum Fisheries
Convention (FFC) in 1979, and serves as the FFC's secretariat. The FFA developed from the
consideration that a regional approach would be an effective way for Pacific Island countries to
capitalise on opportunities being created in the mid-1970s by the Third United Nations Conference
on the Law of the Sea, which were dramatically altering international thinking on ownership,
management and use of ocean resources. FFA's 16 members include 14 Pacific Island nations,
Australia and New Zealand, but, purposely, no distant water fishing nations (DWFNs). For
fisheries issues, this difference between FFA and SPC in eligibility for membership is an important
distinction between the two organizations.
39. FFA's objective is to assist members with sustainable development and management of their
fisheries and related activities. FFA advises members on, e.g., maritime boundary delimitation,
legal, technical and economic issues, monitoring and surveillance of foreign fishing activity, human
resource and institutional strengthening, applied fisheries research, policy assessments and
representation at international fisheries meetings. FFA is developing opportunities to increase
member country involvement in existing foreign-based operations.
40. The South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission's (SOPAC) overall mandate is to assist
its members in assessment, exploration and development of their nearshore and offshore mineral
and other marine non-living resource potential. Its work also includes baseline data for coastal
engineering and development, hazard evaluation, assistance and training for local hydrography and
"lands and survey"-type activities. SOPAC advises Pacific Island states on environmental effects of
physical modifications to the coast. SOPAC has regional responsibility for the water and sanitation
sector; it coordinates with SPC on health-related issues and SPREP on pollution issues.
41. The University of the South Pacific (USP) was created by royal charter. It is governed by the
University Council comprising representatives from its twelve member countries. USP provides
tertiary education and undertakes scholarly and applied research and is closely involved on
educational matters with the Pacific Island governments, in most of whose countries it has a branch.
In the marine sector, USP features a Marine Studies Institute and Programme and cooperative
production of South Pacific Travel Manuals and Guides in English, French and German and their
distribution to the travel industry worldwide. The TCSP also organizes regional participation at
international travel exhibitions, maintaining an Internet site (SPICE) and collection and
dissemination to the region of tourism statistics, sector reviews, environmental guidelines and
visitor surveys.
43. The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is the regional technical and
coordinating body responsible for environmental matters in the Pacific region, with membership
comprising 26 Pacific Island States, territories and metropolitan countries. Members have agreed
that their mission in this organization is to: "promote cooperation in the South Pacific region and to
provide assistance in order to protect and improve its environment and to ensure sustainable
development for present and future generations. SPREP shall achieve these purposes through the
Action Plan adopted from time to time by the SPREP meeting, setting the strategies and objectives
of SPREP." The Action Plan for 1997-2000 was adopted at the Ninth SPREP meeting in November
1996. The principal goal for the next four years is to "build national capacity in environmental and
resource management through support to government agencies, communities, NGOs and the private
sector." SPREP also serves as the secretariat for the Apia and Nouméa Conventions; it will serve as
the secretariat for the Waigani Convention when the latter enters into force.
A.6.Summary of Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for International Waters of the Pacific Islands
44. The SAP assists Pacific island countries improve regional capacity for management of
transboundary water resources and create improved management structures to address
environmental degradation and ensure the long term sustainability of ocean fisheries in the Western
Pacific Warm Pool ecosystem. The SAP also leads to improved integration of environmental
concerns into local, national and regional policy, and improved water quality and the conservation
of key coastal and ocean ecological areas. The Programme is consistent with the GEF Operational
Strategy and with Operational Programme #9, the Integrated Land and Water Multiple Focal Area
that addresses Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Annex 9 is the "Strategic Action Programme
for International Waters of the Pacific Islands."
45. The SAP defines international waters to include oceans, large marine ecosystems, enclosed or
semi-enclosed seas and estuaries as well as rivers, lakes, groundwater systems, and wetlands with
transboundary drainage basins or common borders. The water-related ecosystems and critical
habitats associated with these waters are integral parts of the system. International Waters extend
far inland and far out to sea. This is because the global hydrological cycle links watersheds,
airsheds, estuaries, and coastal and marine waters through transboundary movement of water,
pollutants and living resources.
47. The causes and effects of these three transboundary priority concerns result in inextricable
linkages between and among them and are strongly suggestive of the need for a programmatic
approach to address them effectively. International Waters in the Pacific region are subject to a
number of threats giving rise to transboundary concerns. The threats were examined from the
perspective of critical species and their habitats and living and non-living marine resources. Priority
was given to those transboundary concerns that arise from the following imminent threats to the
health of those waters. The priority concerns include:
· Pollution of marine and freshwater (including groundwater) from land-based activities
· Issues related to the long term sustainable use of marine and freshwater resources
· Physical, ecological and hydrological modification of critical habitats
· Unsustainable exploitation of living and nonliving resources, particularly, although not
exclusively, the unsustainable and/or inefficient exploitation of coastal and ocean fishery
resources
48. Each imminent threat affects each transboundary concern. The linkages between the imminent
threats to and the transboundary concerns for International Waters require integrated measures to
address the concerns effectively.
49. The root causes were examined in their legal, institutional, socio-economic and environmental
context. The ultimate root cause underlying the imminent threats has been identified as deficiencies
in management. The factors contributing to the management root cause can be grouped into two
linked subsets: a) governance and b) understanding. The governance subset is characterized by the
need for mechanisms to integrate environmental concerns, development planning, and decision-
making. The understanding subset is characterized by the need to achieve island-wide ecosystem
awareness through improved education and participation. This island wide awareness and
participation will help make possible the development and implementation of measures to protect
International Waters. Further, it is understood that in the case of Pacific ocean fisheries, agreements
on foreign fishing vessels in Pacific waters are often related to bilateral political arrangements
between countries, which can lead to difficulties in implementing mechanisms to integrate
environmental concerns, development planning and decision making.
50. The SAP analysis revealed a set of information gaps relevant in particular to decision-makers
(as opposed to researchers) who must address ultimate root causes and respond to imminent threats.
Particularly important is the lack of strategic information presented in an appropriate manner to
decision-makers, resource users, managers and communities to evaluate costs and benefits of, and
to decide among, alternative activities. Improving information input and exchange at the regional,
national, and community levels is an objective of this SAP.
transition of Pacific islands from sectoral to integrated management of International Waters as a
whole, which is essential for their protection over the long term.
52. The region receives much development assistance from a variety of donors for a wide range of
projects. The SAP will be taken into account in discussions with donors to plan and coordinate
regional and national development assistance for International Waters in order to address imminent
threats and their root causes more effectively. The SAP will facilitate the choice and design of high
priority interventions, remove duplication, and ensure that projects do not work at cross-purposes.
Funding from GEF per se can only support a small proportion of such interventions, hence the
importance of the SAP to organize and leverage additional assistance in order to receive maximum
benefit from available funds. The SAP is designed to comply with the requirements of GEF, but
also, and perhaps more importantly, to be a framework for overall national and regional planning
and assistance for the management of International Waters. It should be recognized that the SAP
can and should leverage the participation of other donors in the project, and that efforts to do so
should be an early priority.
53. Application of ICWM and OFM approaches will facilitate further joint action between sectors
nationally and between governments regionally. As experience with ICWM and OFM grows, this
SAP will also evolve, reflecting the increased knowledge of and changing conditions in the
environment of our islands. To ensure that the SAP remains a living, evolving and useful
instrument for sustainable development, and to assess and apply lessons learned from its
implementation, a Regional Task Force will review the SAP every year.
54. All sustainable development issues related to International Waters in this SAP cannot be
addressed at once. Therefore four high priority areas have been identified for immediate
intervention: improved waste management, better water quality, sustainable fisheries and effective
marine protected areas. Targeted action within these activity areas is proposed in five categories:
management, capacity building, awareness/education, research/information for decision-making,
and investment. Institutional strengthening is included under management and capacity building.
55. The SAP provides an analytical framework within which proposals for assistance should be
evaluated. The full range of activities and tasks that appear in this project document are intended to
address the full range of these issues.
Goal of SAP: Integrated sustainable development and management of International Waters
Priority Concerns:
Degradation of water quality
Degradation of associated critical habitats
Unsustainable use of resources
Solutions:
Integrated Coastal and Watershed Management
Oceanic Fisheries Management
ICWM Activity Areas:
- improved waste management
- better water quality
- sustainable fisheries
- effective marine protected areas
OFM Activity Areas:
- sustainable ocean fisheries
- improved national and regional management capability
- stock and by-catch monitoring and research
- enhanced national and regional management links
Targeted actions:
- management/institutional strengthening
- capacity-building/institutional strengthening
- awareness/education
- research/information for decision-making
- investment
B.
Project Justification
B.1. Problem to be addressed: the present situation
Integrated Coastal and Watershed Management - ICWM
56. A review of critical species and habitats identified several forms of land-based sources of
pollution. The most serious threat is nutrients derived from sewage, soil erosion and agricultural
fertilizers. Nutrient overloads particularly affect coral reef ecosystems, weakening the reef
carbonate skeleton and smothering the reef with algae. The other two most serious land-based
pollution threats are solid waste disposal and sedimentation. Sedimentation is derived from soil
erosion, dredging, coastal development and upstream, inland activities. The second set of threats
derives from physical alterations of the seabed or coastline, in particular through destruction of
fringing reefs, beaches, wetlands and mangroves for coastal development and by sand extraction.
The final set of threats derives from over-exploitation. Coastal food fisheries, especially near urban
areas, are under pressure from over-fishing, as are commercially valuable vertebrate and
invertebrate export species.
57. The threats to living marine resources are related to over-exploitation and environmental
degradation. Over-exploitation, principally of inshore fisheries, is exacerbated by destructive
58. An emerging threat to critical species and habitats as well as living marine resources is the
introduction of exotic marine organisms. Vectors in the Pacific include intentional introductions for
aquaculture and accidental introductions via shipping (e.g., hull fouling and ballast water).
59. Finally, the non-living resource that the Pacific Islands share and that is most seriously
threatened is the quality of both fresh and marine water. Groundwater is at particular risk because
its loss or degradation is often irreversible. The principal threat to groundwater is from land-based
sources of pollution. These derive in particular from sewage (poor sanitation), sediments (soil
erosion, agriculture, and forestry), urban runoff, agro-chemicals and solid waste. Beaches, reef flat
sand and coastal aggregates are another major non-living resource that is threatened by over-
exploitation; extraction rates far exceed natural replenishment rates.
60. The SAP will contribute significantly to the reduction of stress to the international waters
environment in the region and directly addresses the development problems outlined above. The
project also supports efforts of the 14 countries and several regional organizations to make changes
in sectoral policies, target critical investments, and develop necessary programmes consistent with
the conclusions of the SAP. The long-term commitment of the PICs is demonstrated by their
commitment to, among other things, the goals and objectives of the Barbados Programme of Action
for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, the Pacific Way, and
membership in regional organizations such as the Secretariat for the Pacific Community (SPC), the
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the South Pacific Applied Geoscience
Commission (SOPAC), and the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA).
61. The support of GEF will serve a catalytic role in the project and the continuing participation of
existing donors will contribute to this multi-country, multi-regional organization, and multi-
stakeholder effort. Linkages with the UNDP/GEF initiatives IW:LEARN and TRAIN:SEA:COAST
will provide for sharing of project results and replication of successful practices in other regions of
the world and specifically among other SIDS. Finally the project will utilize and support the
comprehensive UNDP funded Small Islands Developing States Network (SIDSnet), which has
established linkages in 42 island countries between organizations (both governments and NGOs)
and individuals sharing interests in sustainable development.
62. There are a number of UNDP projects under implementation nationally that the GEF project
will coordinate with. For example, the Improved Opportunities for Sustainable Livelihoods in
Rural Kiribati that aims to support sustainable human development in one outer island, Onetoa, by
helping increase the productivity of the subsistence sector. It also aims to promote the responsible
use of natural resources, strengthen community organization, and improve health conditions through
better waste and water management. This project has already demonstrated well that even with a
modest budget, a well-planned project can have a useful impact on rural livelihoods. In the
to the National and State Office of Planning and Statistics to improve their capacity to design,
operate and maintain a reliable and safe water supply system, in order to implement FSM's first
major ADB loan.
Oceanic Fisheries Management - OFM
63. Oceanic fisheries presently contribute little to local food supplies. Based on an analysis
undertaken during the preparation of the SAP, only one per cent of the one million tons of yearly
industrial caught tuna enters to local economy, but the cash value of the Pacific region tuna fishery
is approximately US$1.7 billion annually and growing. While 50 per cent to 60 per cent of the tuna
catch is in the EEZs of the PICs, they realize only four per cent of the dollar value of the total catch.
Four fishing methods are generally employed in the tuna fishery, the purse-seine, longline, pole and
line, and troll. Although the purse-seine fishery takes about 84 per cent of the total catch, it
accounts for only about 51 per cent of the total value. By contrast the longline fishery, with only 10
per cent of the catch, accounts for 41 per cent of the revenue.
64. The future of fisheries contribution to the social and economic fabric of the region is not at
present an optimistic one. The population of the Pacific islands will increase from 6,008,000 to
8,871,000 between now and the year 2010, a 48 per cent increase. If present levels of per capita
fish consumption are maintained this will result in a demand for fish of 166,776 tons in the year
2010, or a 49 per cent increase over the present level of consumption. If the current lack of
effective government management regimes continue to be the case, if destructive fishing practices
continue, and if coastal degradation is not controlled and the current level of loss reversed, the
actual yields from the coastal fishery are likely to decrease between now and the year 2010. The
most likely responses to decreased yields of available fish and rapidly increasing population will be
greater consumption of non-coastal fish resources (tuna and associated by-catch), greater reliance
on costly imports, and an overall decline in per capita fish consumption.
65. PICs must act to avoid decreased diet quality, increased food costs, decreased revenues from the
ocean fishery, and deteriorating food security. To do this effective, integrated coastal fisheries
management1 must be dramatically emphasized, overall integrated coastal management must
receive high priority, and ways found to increase the extent to which the region's tuna and
associated by-catch can find their way into local economies. If these measures are undertaken on a
priority basis, there is still time for the PICs to achieve the long-term sustainability of both their
coastal and ocean resources.
B.2 Rationale for UNDP and GEF Support
66. This project should not be seen as a traditional capacity-building project. Rather, it aims to
in the Pacific region which will provide a single implementation framework and set of objectives
for the different regional mechanisms and organizations engaged in the management of oceanic and
coastal resources. It will actively engage governments in this single coordinated/integrated
approach rather than through their separate and often sector-based regional governing councils. The
core theme for UNDP's 6th cycle of Pacific sub-regional programmes is Job Creation and
Sustainable Livelihoods. To address the constraints on job creation and sustainable livelihoods in
the Pacific region, four areas were identified: Private Sector Development; Governance;
Environment and Natural Resources Management; and Human Resource Development. At the
Regional Meeting of Pacific Aid Coordinators on 25 October 1996, the Governments of the region
endorsed UNDP's proposal to focus its 6th cycle funding on these four areas. The overall goal of
the Environment and Natural Resources Management component was decided "to increase the
capacity of Pacific island countries to utilize their natural resources in a sustainable manner, in other
words, to maximize the economic and social returns from the natural resources to the current and
future generations."
67. Within this context, UNDP has been developing the Integrated Community Approach for
Resource and Environment (ICARE) programme, which has a budget of US$ 877,250. The ICARE
programme aims to reduce the pressure to the Pacific coastal environment by assisting these island
countries to increase their capacity to generate increased production of food and cash income
through ecologically sound alternative livelihood options. The primary target group of the
programme is the communities of PICs. In particular, the programme will make information
available on alternative livelihood options based on sustainable use of natural resources available to
communities (e.g., non-timber forest products, low-technology food preservation/processing
methods, and aquaculture). The programme will also facilitate and coordinate technical advisory
services and provide marketing support for alternative livelihood options, and support small-scale
community project implementation, which will enhance local capacity for sustainable natural
resource-based operations. This approach is fully consistent and complementary with this
UNDP/GEF South Pacific SAP Implementation project. In particular, this UNDP/GEF project will
undertake a sub-project in each of the participating countries, demonstrating methodologies and best
practices for conserving and sustainably managing a) freshwater resources, b) coastal fisheries, c)
effective Marine Protected Areas, and d) waste reduction initiatives through active community
participation. Please see paragraphs 86 100 below.
68. The GEF Operational Programme states: "With their special conditions and needs, SIDS require
more integrated approaches to improved land and water management in order to address threats to
their water resources. In particular, projects in this component stress integrated freshwater basin -
coastal area management as key elements to ensure a sustainable future for these island states. As
noted in the GEF Operational Strategy, activities are typically targeted to six major issues SIDS
have in common (coastal area management and biodiversity, sustainable management of regional
these problems. The transboundary issues then involve international cooperation among sovereign
island states as well as transborder issues among the many islands of individual states as they utilize
measures to protect their water resources.
70. "The GEF helps facilitate the analysis of environmental problems and the setting of specific
priorities for modifications of sectoral policies and activities that might be needed on particular
islands. The GEF also helps strengthen regional approaches to joint management and helps
leverage needed investments. Processes similar to SAP formulation may be appropriate for regional
groupings of SIDS. Close linkages to the biodiversity focal area and the climate change area are
evident."
71. The economic, social, and environmental well-being of all of the participating PICs have
historically depended upon the vitality of the vast and productive waters of the Pacific Ocean. The
cooperatively prepared and endorsed PDF-B submission and the subsequent adoption of the SAP
provide a sound technical basis for and country commitment to the objectives of the GEF. This
project is designed to be consistent with this GEF guidance.
72. During activities related to the PDF-B and the SAP, the participating countries have consistently
worked with the integrated approaches suggested in the OP of the GEF, and have targeted each of
the six major issues into the objectives and activities of this SAP implementation activity.
Furthermore, the SAP recommends solutions to the identified priority concerns, imminent threats,
and ultimate root causes as being integrated coastal and watershed management and ocean fisheries
management. This project also has a high potential for successful replication both within and
outside of the region, in addition to its reliance on criteria driven demonstration projects in
Integrated Coastal and Watershed Management (ICWM) activities and strengthening regional
management/institutional capability for both the ICWM and Oceanic Fisheries Management
components.
B.3. Expected end of project situation
73. At the end of the project, a series of pilot projects in the area of integrated coastal and watershed
management will have demonstrated best practices and appropriate methodologies for sustainable
management of freshwater resources, management of Marine Protected Areas, and sustainable
management of coastal zone fisheries. Sustainability and replicability will be an important feature
of these pilot projects, and they will provide an operational framework for targeted proposals
prepared as part of the SAP process. The project will also ensure the sustainable harvesting of the
oceanic fish stocks. The project will build capacity of the participating countries to develop and
implement regional fisheries management programmes and agreements (this includes legal issues).
At the end of the project, its sustainability will be ensured by strengthening existing national and
assessment, involvement, education and stakeholder participation in the project. The substantial
attention to community level involvement will accrue to the benefit of local communities across the
region and help ensure successful replicability of demonstration activities.
75. It is important to note that funding from GEF per se can only support a small proportion of the
needed interventions. Hence GEF funding for SAP implementation will be used to leverage
additional assistance in order to receive maximum benefit from other available funds. SAP
implementation is also designed to provide a focus for improved coordination and collaboration
between and among regional organizations through the Council of Regional Organizations for the
Pacific (CROP).
76. From a regional perspective, the SAP is designed to encourage proposals with diverse
applications that achieve global benefits while maintaining the fundamental unity of approach and
discipline established by the SAP. The SAP intends to enable development of projects reflecting
the different national styles and circumstances of each participating country, and it is designed to be
sufficiently flexible to accommodate these differences. This variety will enable rapid regional
learning, provide examples of approaches tailored to disparate situations and assist national
adaptations as countries analyze and share the results of their work.
77. This proposal has the long-term commitment of the 14 participating countries and all of the
relevant regional organizations. The governments of the 14 countries, and those of a number of
other PICs who do not qualify for GEF assistance, have demonstrated strong commitment to
strengthening regional cooperation in the Pacific region. Country participation in the SAP
formulation phase was exemplary and enthusiastic, and resulted in a consensus document that will
serve the project well.
B.5. Project Strategy
78. The implementation of the SAP will be undertaken through targeted actions identified by
countries in the SAP in two complementary, linked consultative contexts: integrated coastal and
watershed management (ICWM) and oceanic fisheries management (OFM). Through the linked
ICWM and OFM approaches, the SAP sets out a path for the transition from sectoral to integrated
management of international waters as a whole, which is essential for their protection and for the
sustainable future of the PICs over the long-term.
79. Management in these two contexts will necessarily include three other pressing concerns in
sustainable development planning, namely: i) biodiversity; ii) vulnerability to climate change and;
iii) land degradation. These are GEF focal and cross-cutting areas, and the remaining three of the
seven major issues identified in the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable
(SPC). Apart from the government coordinating authorities for each of the participating countries,
SPREP is considered the executing agent for this project, and SPREP will be the sole agent
responsible for the planning and overall management of project activities. A number of the
activities will, however, be directly linked to and integrated with those of FFA and SPC, and these
two organizations will be sub-contracted by SPREP to implement project activities within their
areas of competence. SPREP will be fully responsible for reporting, accounting, monitoring and
evaluation of the project together with UNDP, in full accordance with UNDP's procedures for
National Execution (NEX), and the revised UNDP guidelines for Principal Project Resident
Representatives (PPRRs) responsibilities and authority during the implementation of regional and
sub-regional programmes. SPREP and UNDP will also be responsible for the supervision of the
management and audit of the allocation of UNDP/GEF resources. SPREP will be accountable to
the participating Governments and to UNDP for the production of outputs, for the achievement of
project objectives and for the use of UNDP/GEF resources.
81. SPREP was selected as the executing agency during the preparatory phase due to its
comparative advantage with GEF projects and their mandate for the delivery of environmental
benefits under the Agreement Establishing SPREP (1995), which includes the coordination of
environmental activities of this kind. SPREP also has significant comparative advantage with
community-level development work as well as national action to address common problems in the
region. Please see Annex 5 for further background information on SPREP.
C.
Development Objective
82. To achieve global benefits by developing and implementing measures to conserve, sustainably
manage and restore coastal and oceanic resources in the Pacific Region.
D.
Immediate Objectives, Outputs and Activities
83. There are four immediate objectives essential for the implementation of the SAP:
Objective 1:
To enhance transboundary management mechanisms.
Objective 2:
To enable the conservation and sustainable use of coastal and watershed
resources.
Objective 3:
To enable the conservation and sustainable yield of ocean living resources.
Objective 4:
To maximize regional benefits from lessons learned through community-based
participation and to catalyze donor participation
Objective 1: To enhance transboundary management mechanisms
to the project, and will be closely linked to the CROP Marine Sector Working Group, as this is seen
to increase the regional political ownership and coordination of the project.
85. Provision is made for the recruitment and hiring of the necessary expertise to assure the
requisite level of resource economics, community assessment and participation needs. This is
important as there is as a need to determine the economic viability of demonstrations and effectively
coordinate and facilitate activities among 14 countries, three different lineal systems, different
island types, languages and cultures. Ideally, recruitment would be from within the region, but it is
recognized that, in the interest of the achieving the project objectives, it may be necessary to recruit
internationally. Community based participation, particularly important to this project since
governments in the region have limited capacity to police and enforce top down environmental rules
and regulations and given a strong history of local control or customary tenure in relation to
resource use and practices. The success of this project will rely on a level of local participation and
consultation far beyond any implemented to date.
Output 1. Institutional framework for the implementation of the SAP, comprised of networked
organizations, supported by regional and national advisory committees (task forces)
and supported by a project coordination unit.
Activity 1.1
Recruit the Project Manager. This will require development of selection criteria
and selection and placement of the successful candidate within four months of final project
approval. Consultation with regional organizations and countries will facilitate the selection of the
Project Manager, and SPREP and UNDP (including UNDP/GEF) will decide upon the final
selection.
Activity 1.2
Recruit the Community Assessment and Participation Specialist. This would
require a similar process to that employed for the recruitment and hiring of the Project Manager.
Activity 1.3
Recruit the Resource Economist. This would require a similar process to that
employed for the recruitment and hiring of the Project Manager.
Activity 1.4
Establish the Programme Coordination Unit (PCU) to coordinate, facilitate, and
communicate to participating countries, regional organizations and others, the results of on-going
priority activities identified in the following activities. SPREP will provide the necessary and
appropriate office space for the PCU, as well as the necessary secretarial and administrative support
to accommodate the work of the PCU. The PCU, which will be established as a distinct unit within
SPREP, closely related to other relevant units in the organization, will dedicate its work only to the
implementation of the SAP. The core staff of the PCU will consist of the Project Manager, the
Community Assessment and Participation Specialist, the Resource Economist, a Project Assistant
NTFs will be re-established along the same guidelines, and functioning within two months of
establishment of the PCU. The RTF will be convened at least once a year and the NTFs at least
twice a year. This frequency will be finalized at the onset of project implementation by the RTF.
Activity 1.6
Plan and convene a Communications Strategy Workshop to develop a
communications strategy, including education and awareness, and identify the level of
communications activities and hardware and software, newsletters, e-mail and internet services
necessary to successful project implementation. This activity, under the direction of the
Community Assessment and Participation Specialist, will require identification of key regional,
country and other communications specialists in the region, and the conceptualization, planning,
and implementation of the workshop and development of the communications plan within six
months of establishment of the PCU. This activity will be complementary to activity 4.2.
Activity 1.7
Reconvene a communications workshop annually to review and improve
implementation of the communications strategy.
Activity 1.8
Develop a detailed work plan for the region-wide implementation of the SAP.
This activity, under the direction of the Project Manager, will be an immediate priority and will be
based on the work plan in Section F, completed by the Project Manager and reviewed by the RTF
within 6 months of establishment of the PCU.
Activity 1.9
Convene the RTF to assist in the formulation of the work plan, communications
strategy, community assessment and participation plan. The RTF should also help form the terms of
reference for of the demonstration projects and other major activities identified in this proposal.
Objective 2: To enable the conservation and sustainable use of coastal and watershed resources
86. This is the integrated coastal and watershed management (ICWM) component. The SAP
identified integrated coast and watershed management as one of the two solutions to identified
priority concerns, imminent threats, and ultimate root causes of the degradation of international
waters in the region. Activities under this objective will focus on demonstrating methodologies and
best practices for conserving and sustainably managing a) freshwater resources, b) coastal fisheries,
c) effective Marine Protected Areas, and d) waste reduction initiatives. Waste management
activities undertaken will be those that address problems that have a demonstrable, negative effect
on coastal living resources. Training will be provided and linked to the demonstration projects as
attachments to SPC and FFA and fellowships, as well as through active participation in workshops
and the demonstration projects themselves. The cross-sectoral nature of the demonstration projects
will be particularly stressed.
c. Consistency with the SAP
d. Representation among the three island types (high islands, low islands and atolls), among
the three lineal systems in the region (matrilineal, patrilineal, and mixed), and the three
ethnic separations (Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia)
e. Previously stated country interest (as included in SAP related country project submissions)
f. Further analysis of the most appropriate sites for specific demonstration activities
88. The process for selecting demonstration project sites will be an early priority of the Project
Manager. The process of selection must be characterized by transparency. The selection of priority
issues for the demonstration projects have been driven by the results of the SAP and its supporting
documents, and were chosen consistent with the GEF Operational Strategy, Operational Programme
#9, and the Indicative Activities for SIDS that are included in the GEF Operational Strategy. These
criteria will also take into account the policy and institutional framework for the management of
coastal and watershed resources. In order for each project to be successful and sustainable, each
demonstration project will review and promote, and to the extent possible, modify the policy, legal
and institutional arrangements necessary for the ongoing support of appropriate methodologies and
best practices. In order for each project to be successful and sustainable, each demonstration project
much review and modify the policy, legal and institutional changes that will support appropriate
methodologies and best practices.
89. A special emphasis to be placed on community participation during the life of the project. This
is due to the wide range of traditional authority systems that exist, the communal ownership and
traditional systems of management that account for 80% of the land (often including the adjacent
marine area) as well as the strong role of individual communities in resource decision-making.
Community participation, including the private sector, will be an integral component of each
demonstration project. As a means to assure direct country participation and effective
communication during and after the demonstration activity, each demonstration project will have a
Demonstration Project Advisory Committee (DPAC) comprised of country representatives,
personnel from regional organizations, and the PCU.
90. The Project Manager will be responsible for convening the DPAC on an as-needed basis and, to
conserve resources, will utilize to the maximum extent possible electronic communications as a
means of coordination with the DPAC. Also to the extent possible, provision will be made for cross
membership among DPAC as a means of assisting the learning process during activity
implementation. The DPAC will be given opportunity to assist in the development of the synthesis
of their respective demonstration projects, derive lessons learned and prepare recommendations for
how best to replicate activity results across the region.
Output 2.A
Four demonstration projects for protecting freshwater resources
Rationale
91. The SAP gives priority to the need to address surface and groundwater issues. It cites excessive
exploitation of surface and groundwater for urban use and tourism development, reallocation of
surface water to domestic and agricultural uses, the draw-down of limited groundwater resources,
and saltwater intrusion into groundwater aquifers as issues requiring immediate attention. The need
to address surface and groundwater issues also receives frequent mention in country project
submissions. Climate variability and change and related sea level rise is increasing the uncertainty
of the availability of potable freshwater in islands. This was reflected in Chapter 17 of Agenda 21
and the Barbados Programme of Action.
92. Variability in rainfall, affecting both surface runoff and groundwater recharge, as well as
increased salinization of the fragile groundwater lens of atoll States, are posing unprecedented
problems for water resource managers. This activity would need to be conducted within a
framework that addresses the overall quality of freshwater resources and related watershed
management issues and ultimately be useful to all Pacific Island States as they work to address this
important sectoral issue. Where relevant, integrated coastal management tools and techniques will
be developed and applied. Work on this issue will require collaboration between the SPREP and
SOPAC.
Output 2.B
Three demonstration projects for Marine Protected Areas
Activity 2.3 Develop criteria (including GEF criteria for the OP 2) for the selection of three sites
to be established within a regional system of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Each will foster a
participatory, community-based approach to these protected area initiatives.
Activity 2.4 Develop three demonstration projects for the conservation of globally significant
biodiversity within the selected MPAs and that satisfy the criteria per activity 2.3 above. Each
demonstration project will include activities for capacity building, management,
awareness/education/ involvement, institutional strengthening, and, ultimately, investment.
Activity 2.5 Undertake consultations to create partnerships among SPREP, SPC Fisheries,
governments and local communities in the work of conceptualizing, creating, and ultimately
managing MPAs.
Activity 2.6 Establish the legal framework for the selected MPAs.
Rationale
PICs. These are generally small with limited resources and information that results in ineffective
management. Many MPAs exist on paper only and often lack local support largely due to an
absence of local community involvement in the identification, establishment and management of
these areas.
Output 2.C
Three demonstration projects for the long-term sustainability of coastal fisheries
Activity 2.7 Develop criteria for the selection of three demonstration projects with the objective
to further identify regional elements necessary to the long-term sustainability of coastal fisheries.
Activity 2.8 Develop three projects that demonstrate appropriate methodologies and best
practices per the criteria per activity 2.7 above. Ensure the active participation of all stakeholders in
the development of methodologies, especially local communities and women.
Rationale
95. The SAP identified sustainable fisheries as one of the high priority activity areas requiring
immediate intervention. The need to focus on the development of sustainable coastal fisheries is
also reflected in many of the country project submissions prepared during the SAP. As Customary
Marine Tenure (CMT) is an inseparable feature of the coastal fishery in the Pacific, and as it
represents the most "local" form of fishery management practiced in the PICs, it provides the focus
for this activity. Given traditional fisheries often involve specialization of activities by gender,
measures developed within this activity to sustain the most positive elements of subsistence fishing
and CMT will likely require substantial local involvement of women.
96. Many PICs are characterized by a patchwork of CMTs along the coast, each having a different
set of rules controlling access to or use of the resource. This makes the development of larger-scale
fisheries and coherent national systems of fishery management very difficult to achieve. In fact
such a system has many parallels with an international fishery involving many nations. The main
difference is that in general PICs do not possess the equivalent of the UN Convention on the Law of
the Sea (UNCLOS) at the local level. Indeed, at the national level, many PICs do not even
acknowledge the existence of CMT, let alone provide a framework for its expanded operation. It
seems clear that any successful plan to secure a sustainable future for PIC coastal fisheries will have
to take account of and incorporate the most favorable aspects of CMT.
97. This activity would complement and add to work already begun by the Secretariat of the Pacific
Community (SPC), through a project grant from the EU, integrated coastal fisheries demonstration
projects in Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands, Tokelau, Fiji and Tonga. This activity is clearly
consistent with the SIDS component of GEF Operational Programme # 9 which states that threats to
Output 2.D
Three community-centred demonstration projects on waste reduction
Activity 2.9 Develop criteria for the selection three community centered demonstration projects
with the objective of creating models of low cost/no cost community-based waste reduction
activities
Activity 2.10 Undertake a feasibility study to determine the costs, benefits and desirability of
regional recycling and disposal options.
Activity 2.11 Develop three demonstration projects that satisfy the criteria per activity 2.9 above
and that take into the results of the feasibility study of activity 2.10.
Rationale
98. The SAP identified waste management as one of the four priority issues requiring immediate
action. PICs are not in a position to invest the very substantial amounts of money that would be
required to construct costly municipal waste treatment facilities or commit to other high cost waste
reduction strategies. This inability to commit the necessary resources to solve the issue of waste,
with its direct effects on the coastal and marine ecosystem of the region, is compounded by waste
disposal problems unique to SIDS. As an example, it is difficult to contract with shipping
companies to transport hazardous and toxic wastes from SIDS due to the risks these companies
incur in shipment. When it is possible to ship wastes for storage in mainland locations the cost is
often prohibitive. This component, within the context of the Basel and Waigani Conventions, will
include a feasibility study into a regional approach, or sub-regional centers, for recycling hazardous
or toxic materials that would not be feasible for individual nations. A regional or sub-regional
approach could take advantage of economies of scale to make the venture profitable while at the
same time reducing on-going degradation of coastal waters.
99. Demonstration projects should show that there are viable, low cost/no cost alternatives that can
be implemented at the community level that will reduce the current loadings of solid and liquid
waste that are having a detrimental effect on receiving waters. As isolated island communities are
bought into the market-based economy, non-traditional products and their associated wastes
including pesticides, petroleum-based products, processed food products, and other
industrial/manufactured products proliferate and accumulate at the household and community level.
100. Community-based activities will particularly emphasize integration of traditional practices,
cultural values, and public participation for pollution prevention, waste reduction, and improved
sanitation. Since many of the participating countries will find it difficult if not impossible to pay for
Objective 3: To enable the conservation and sustainable yield of ocean living resources
101. This is the ocean fisheries management (OFM) component. Measures to achieve the long-term
sustainable development of ocean fisheries in the region are a SAP priority. Regional level options
to increase domestic benefits from the tuna fishery and associated by-catch are to be explored in an
effort to reduce fishing pressure on increasingly degraded and over-exploited near-shore resources.
The result would be to protect and enhance globally significant biological resources and increase
food security for the region.
102. Work on the oceanic living resources of the Pacific Region takes place within three spheres: the
national, the regional and the broader international sphere. Within their respective EEZs, the
participating countries already undertake a number of actions of national benefit, constituting an
investment in the sustainable development baseline. Within the full range of certain ocean stocks,
however, there is a need for consultation at the regional and broader international levels that will
result in direct regional and global benefits. It is the based on this increment that GEF assistance is
aimed at increasing the capacity of participating countries to act on a regional basis.
103. Various studies have found gaps in international efforts to conserve the tuna fishery and other
large ocean fisheries of the Pacific Ocean. The gaps can be divided into two classes: geographical
and functional. Geographical gaps result from incomplete geographical coverage by existing
fisheries management regimes. Functional gaps result from the lack of authority or capability in
such a regime to carry out some key element of conservation such as enforcement or data collection
and analysis and targeted research. These are needed to fill key data and information gaps that exist
in regard to by-catch of non-target species including several endangered species of sea turtles. At
present the management of the international tuna fishery, and related by-catch is seen to be deficient
in both of these areas.
104. The PICs, through their participation in the Multilateral High-Level Conference on the
Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific,
are committed to an on-going process of enhancing regionally based management arrangements.
They have established a target date of June 2000 for the completion of enhanced consultative
arrangements. The strengthening of regionally based management programmes are seen as essential
if PICs are to take an effective, regional approach. This includes the on-going discussions to the
Agreement for the Implementation of the Provision for the United Nations Convention of the Law
of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish
Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks. This is commonly referred to as the Implementing
Agreement (IA).
105. The countries are committed to taking a precautionary approach to the management of their
concerned with handling data to support the control of illegal fishing and other threats to resource
sustainability. The CDR, which includes VMS data will succeed, depends on the delivery of
accurate and relevant information to member countries. Without a data verification (quality
assurance) function, CDR and FFA VMS will quickly lose their value to the work of FFA in
supporting fisheries management purposes. This cannot be achieved at FFA with existing resources
and GEF funding for his component would make a substantial and meaningful contribution to this
activity.
107. It is fair to note that until the FFA VMS came into operations, the FFA did not have mission-
critical applications in place. This has changed because of the support provided by VMS to enable
member countries to make urgent and costly decisions on the use of surveillance assets. A patrol
boat or surveillance aircraft launched into operation as a result of VMS reports that are based on
outdated or incorrect license information will undermine the credibility of the regional surveillance
umbrella, and the be very costly. Without adequate and focused attention data verification, the FFA
cannot guarantee the accuracy of the information dispatched to member countries using the FFA
VMS and other CDR data.
108. While SPREP will be the Executing Agency for the project as a whole, the OFM component
will, in addition to GEF finance, rely heavily on the leadership of, and additional financing and
other resources from, FFA and SPC. Accordingly, an early task of the project will be to establish
the necessary lines of communication to ensure timely and efficient use of resources earmarked for
the OFM component. It will also be necessary to create the necessary managerial links to bring
about the necessary level of integration between the ICWM and OFM components of the project.
This component will be carried out over the first three years of the project.
Output 3
Regional-level methodologies and best practices for the conservation and
sustainable yields of ocean fisheries.
Activity 3.1 Provide training to the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) to develop and implement
project-related management arrangements on behalf of member countries. A regional fisheries
management workshop will be convened.
Activity 3.2 Provide training to the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) to provide
additional, project-related scientific advice and to accommodate additional reporting responsibility
deriving from its involvement in project activities.
Activity 3.3 Provide initial support to FFA member countries to develop additional and
appropriate national ocean fishery management regimes. Their commitment will be secured with
the aim to maximize regional benefit from the regional tuna fishery and its associated by-catch.
Activity 3.6 Support the coordination and continued development of regional surveillance and
enforcement. GEF support will top up the FFA's Monitoring Control and Surveillance System in
order to deliver accurate and relevant information to the participating countries to support the
control of illegal fishing and other threats to resource sustainability. Please see Annex 11 for further
details.
Activity 3.7 Coordinate and refine consultative processes among FFA member countries with the
objective of strengthening regional capability. This is an activity that will be implemented and
financed by the Forum Fisheries Agency and the Secretariat for the Pacific Community. This will
be undertaken through a series of joint FFA/SPC international meetings.
Activity 3.8 Provide assistance to review and further develop harmonized minimum terms and
conditions for foreign fishing vessel access to the EEZs of participating countries. This is an
activity that will be implemented and financed by the Forum Fisheries Agency.
Activity 3.9 Prepare a project proposal to catalyze and replicate methodologies and best practices
for sustainable ocean fisheries management based on an evaluation of project capacity-building
activities.
Objective 4: To maximize regional benefits from lessons learned through community-based
participation and to catalyze donor participation
109. Special emphasis will be placed on community-based participation and assessment in order to
ensure that all lessons learned are effectively replicated for regional and ultimately global benefit.
As noted under Objective 1, the PCU will include a full time professional with overall responsibility
for community assessment and participation and will work closely with community groups, NGOs
and education resources already in place within SPREP and other regional organizations.
110. Objective 2 identifies the clear links between local communities and the success of
demonstration projects in protecting freshwater and biological resources, the conservation and
sustainable management of coastal fisheries as well as improved waste management. The links
between effective oceanic fisheries management, addressed by Objective 3 and local food security
have also been highlighted. It will therefore be important to develop effective means of assessing
the conditions for success or failure within the project activities.
111. To promote lessons learned it will be essential to develop and disseminate educational materials
such as pamphlets, posters, and other teaching aids to complement formal and non-formal
educational programmes. The extrapolation of lessons learned to further national or regional
focus on ensuring facilitating and catalyzing full and active involvement of local communities in the
project.
Activity 4.2 Plan and convene a workshop to review project elements and define appropriate
community assessment, participation and education strategies to assure effective levels of
community-based participation in the work of the project. This activity will be coordinated with the
communication workshop and strategy of activity 1.6 above.
Activity 4.3 Develop a work plan to assess community participation and education with the
assistance of the CAPAC and taking into account workshop results.
Activity 4.4 Assess and ensure community participation for the selected demonstration projects
under the ICWM project component.
Activity 4.5 Create a public participation programme aimed at key stakeholders for the OFM
component of the project.
Output 4.B
Report and dissemination on lessons learned and best practices
Activity 4.6 Review and prepare a report describing the current state of best practices and lessons
learned relevant to the project regarding available community assessment work, past public
participation activities of this nature, currently available community education materials, and update
listings of all relevant community-based NGOs throughout the region and their functions.
Activity 4.7 Develop and disseminate educational materials such as pamphlets, posters, and other
teaching aids (maps and atlases, course materials) and public awareness materials to complement
formal and non-formal educational programmes. Relevant materials and other output of the project
will also be made available in WWW format, and made accessible through a link on the SPREP
web site (http://www.sprep.org.ws). SPC is also providing cost-sharing to carry out this activity.
Output 4.C
Donor support catalyzed to ensure long-term financial sustainability
Activity 4.8 Review and develop a report describing the opportunities for self-financing of
project components at regional and national levels, pinpointing the potential economic sources and
mechanisms. Undertake consultations with the cooperating governments and all stakeholders
involved, including the private sector.
Activity 4.9 Plan and convene a donor conference using the on-going GEF project to leverage the
necessary additional financial contributions and investments from donors. A wide array of inter-
according to an incremental cost analysis per GEF criteria. This is complemented by a co-financing
amount of US$8.06 million from the Forum Fisheries Agency, Secretariat for the Pacific
Community and SPREP. UNDP is also providing an additional US$ 60,000 cash and the
UNDP/ICARE programme of US$ 877, 250 is considered as associated financing to the project (see
Annex 2). This is also complemented by un-estimated government in-kind contributions. This
project builds upon a significant sustainable development baseline of existing and planned projects
in the focal areas of coastal, watershed and oceanic resource management (see Annex 3). An MOU
will be developed to define the working relationship between the GEF and ICARE projects.
113. A Project Manager will work full-time over the five years of the project. There will be a
Community Assessment and Participation Specialist and a Resource Economist who also both will
be employed full-time over the five-year life of the project. National and International consultants
with experience in coastal marine issues, ocean fisheries, and community assessment, public
involvement, information and education activities may be required to assist with studies, strategies,
and plans throughout the project. Priority will be given to qualified national consultants in the work
of the project. The project management staff will be assisted by a Regional Task Force (RTF),
National Task Forces (NTFs), a Community Assessment and Participation Advisory Committee
(CAPAC) and Demonstration Project Advisory Committees (DPACs).
114. This project requires significant management expertise given the wide regional coverage of 14
Pacific island countries. International expertise will be primarily sought from within the region to
the extent possible, and the budgeted amount corresponds to 17% of the total UNDP/GEF
contribution. Office personnel, duty travel, mission costs and national project personnel account for
another 19% of the total UNDP/GEF contribution while training represents 23% of total
UNDP/GEF. Operations, maintenance and equipment is an expensive component of the project
inputs, representing 36% of total UNDP/GEF costs. This is largely (31 of the 36%) for the
procurement of equipment for the 14 demonstration projects while 5% is for local procurement.
Reporting and miscellaneous costs represent the balance of 5%.
115. The equipment component is largely for the demonstration projects that are to be developed
under objective 2 of the project. There are a total of 14 demonstration projects. Please see outputs
2A to 2D. At this stage of the project, it was not possible to provide details on the cost of the
equipment needs of the demonstration projects, as these need to be developed under the project. An
over-riding criterion of the demonstration projects is that they are viable low-cost/no cost
alternatives. The project will provide training and expertise to develop the in-country capacity to
identify good options and practices and enable them to develop and implement these themselves.
Table 1:
UNDP/GEF Managed Input Budget
South Pacific SAP Implementation Project : RAS/98/G32/A/IG/99
Budget
TOTAL
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Percentage of
project total (%)
Line
Description
w/m
$
w/m
$
w/m
$
w/m
$
w/m
$
w/m
$
10
INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL
11 INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS
11.01 Project Manager
60
500,000
12
100,000
12
100,000
12
100,000
12
100,000
12
100,000
11.02 Community Assessment Specialist
60
350,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
11.03 Resource Economist
60
350,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
11.04 Fisheries Management Specialist
36
210,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
11.05 Stock Assessment Specialist
36
210,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
11.06 Fisheries Research Scientist
36
210,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
11.07 Fishery Monitoring Supervisor
36
210,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
12
70,000
11.99
sub-total
324
2,040,000
84
520,000
84
520,000
84
520,000
36
240,000
36
240,000
17
13
ADMINISTRATIVE PROJECT PERSONNEL
13.01 Project Assistant
60
100,000
12
20,000
12
20,000
12
20,000
12
20,000
12
20,000
13.02 Office Assistant
60
35,000
12
7,000
12
7,000
12
7,000
12
7,000
12
7,000
13.99
sub-total
120
135,000
24
27,000
24
27,000
24
27,000
24
27,000
24
27,000
1
15
DUTY TRAVEL
15.01 PCU Travel
200,000
40,000
40,000
40,000
40,000
40,000
15.02 Local Travel
50,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
15.99
sub-total
250,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
2
16
MISSION COSTS
16.01 Monitoring & Evaluation (incl. 2 ind. Evaluations)
175,000
25,000
25,000
50,000
25,000
50,000
16.99
sub-total
175,000
25,000
25,000
50,000
25,000
50,000
1
17
NATIONAL PROJECT PERSONNEL
17.01 Field Research Support
36
120,000
12
40,000
12
40,000
12
40,000
17.02 Workplan Consultant
2
20,000
2
20,000
17.03 National Coordinators (14)
60
1,500,000
12
300,000
12
300,000
12
300,000
12
300,000
12
300,000
17.04 National Short-Term Consultants (a)
36
150,000
12
50,000
12
50,000
12
50,000
17.99
sub-total
134
1,790,000
38
410,000
36
390,000
36
390,000
12
300,000
12
300,000
15
19 COMPONENT TOTAL
578
4,390,000
146
1,032,000
144
1,012,000
144
1,037,000
72
642,000
72
667,000
36
30
TRAINING
31
FELLOWSHIPS
31.01 Attachments SPC/FFA
120,000
40,000
40,000
40,000
31.02 Fellowships
180,000
60,000
60,000
60,000
31.99
sub-total
300,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
2
32
GROUP TRAINING AND MEETINGS
32.01 Regional Task Force Meetings
250,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
32.02 National Task Force Meetings
150,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
32.03 Communications Workshop
150,000
75,000
75,000
32.04 Demonstration Project Advisory Cttee. Mtgs. (b)
450,000
90,000
90,000
90,000
90,000
90,000
32.05 Regional Fisheries Management Workshops (3)
300,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
35
32.06 National Fisheries Management Workshops
300,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
32.07 FFA/SPC International Meetings
600,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
32.08 Community Assessment & Adv. Meetings
150,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
32.09 Donor Conference
80,000
80,000
32.99
sub-total
2,430,000
675,000
600,000
675,000
200,000
280,000
20
39 COMPONENT TOTAL
2,730,000
775,000
700,000
775,000
200,000
280,000
23
45
LOCAL PROCUREMENT
45.02 Non-expendable equipment
80,000
20,000
10,000
20,000
15,000
15,000
45.03 Oper. & maint. - equipment
215,000
80,000
30,000
35,000
35,000
35,000
45.04 Biological Sampling & analysis
90,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
45.72 Oper. & maintenance - office
215,000
80,000
25,000
40,000
35,000
35,000
45.99
sub-total
600,000
210,000
95,000
125,000
85,000
85,000
5
46
INTERNATIONAL PROCUREMENT
46.01 Freshwater Demo Projects (4)
900,000
400,000
400,000
100,000
46.02 Marine Prot. Areas Demos Projects (4)
1,000,000
350,000
300,000
250,000
100,000
46.03 Sust. Coastal Fish. Demos Projects (3)
740,000
440,000
300,000
46.04 Recycling/Disposal Demos Projects (3)
1,050,000
450,000
300,000
300,000
46.99
sub-total
3,690,000
400,000
1,640,000
1,000,000
550,000
100,000
31
49 COMPONENT TOTAL
4,290,000
610,000
1,735,000
1,125,000
635,000
185,000
36
52
REPORTING COSTS
52.01 Printing/Reporting costs
130,000
30,000
20,000
25,000
25,000
30,000
52.02 Auditing
30,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
5,000
10,000
52.03 Communications
60,000
12,000
10,000
10,000
14,000
14,000
52.99
sub-total
220,000
47,000
35,000
40,000
44,000
54,000
2
53
SUNDRIES
53.01 Sundries
20,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
53.99
sub-total
20,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
0
54
PROJECT SUPPORT SERVICES
54.01 Project Support Services
350,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
54.99
sub-total
350,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
3
59 COMPONENT TOTAL
590,000
121,000
109,000
114,000
118,000
128,000
5
99 BUDGET TOTAL
578
12,000,000
146
2,538,000
144
3,556,000
144
3,051,000
72
1,595,000
72
1,260,000
100
999 GEF/UNDP BUDGET CONTR.
578
12,000,000
146
2,538,000
144
3,556,000
144
3,051,000
72
1,595,000
72
1,260,000
100
(a) The National short-term consultants provide technical and expert advice on the design and implementation of the demonstration projects in each of the
14 participating countries.
(b) These are the national Demonstration Project Advisory Committee meetings that will take place for each of the 14 demonstration projects, at an average
of US$ 32,000 each for the duration of the project.
36
Table 2:
UNDP/TRAC Managed Input Budget
South Pacific SAP Implementation Project : RAS/98/G32/A/IG/99
Budget
TOTAL
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Line
Description
w/m
$
w/m
$
w/m
$
w/m
$
w/m
$
w/m
$
46.02 Marine Prot. Areas Demos Projects (4)
50,000
50,000
46.03 Sust. Coastal Fish. Demos Projects (3)
10,000
10,000
46.99
sub-total
60,000
0
60,000
0
0
0
49 COMPONENT TOTAL
60,000
60,000
99 BUDGET TOTAL
60,000
60,000
999 UNDP TRAC BUDGET CONTR.
60,000
60,000
37
Table 3:
UNDP Managed Output Based Budget
South Pacific SAP Implementation Project: RAS/98/G32/A/1G/99
Objective 1
Actitivies
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total GEF
1.1
Recruit the Project Manager
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
100,000
500,000
1.2
Recruit the Community Assessment and Participation Specialist
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
350,000
1.3
Recruit the Resource Economist
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
350,000
1.4
Establish the Programme Coordination Unit (GEF, SPREP)
90,000
104,000
96,000
100,000
90,000
480,000
1.5
Re-constitute and convene regular meetings of the Regional and
40,000
40,000
40,000
40,000
40,000
200,000
National Task Forces
1.6
Plan and convene a Communications Strategy Workshop
100,000
100,000
1.7
Reconvene communications workshop annually to review and improve
50,000
50,000
50,000
50,000
200,000
communications strategy
1.8
Develop a detailed work plan for the region wide implementation of
10,000
10,000
the SAP
1.9
Convene the RTF to support workplan preparation and
30,000
30,000
implementation
Component Total
510,000
434,000
426,000
430,000
420,000
2,220,000
Objective 2
2.1
Develop criteria for the selection of freshwater demonstration
50,000
50,000
projects
2.2
Develop and carry out four freshwater demonstration projects
350,000
400,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
1,200,000
2.3
Develop criteria for the selection of Marine Protected Areas
50,000
50,000
2.4
Develop three demonstration projects for MPAs
100,000
350,000
300,000
250,000
100,000
1,100,000
2.5
Undertake consultations to create partnerships among stakeholders
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
20,000
100,000
for managing MPAs
2.6
Establish the legal framework for the selected MPAs
30,000
30,000
60,000
2.7
Develop criteria for the selection of coastal fisheries demonstration
50,000
50,000
projects
2.8
Develop three demonstration projects for sustainable coastal fisheries
400,000
400,000
200,000
200,000
1,200,000
(GEF, SPC)
2.9
Develop criteria for the selection of three community-based waste
50,000
50,000
reduction projects
2.10
Undertake a feasibility study on regional recycling and disposal
50,000
50,000
options
2.11
Develop three demonstration projects on regional recycling and
350,000
350,000
300,000
150,000
1,150,000
disposal options
Component Total
650,000
1,650,000
1,270,000
920,000
570,000
5,060,000
38
Table 3: UNDP Managed Output Based Budget
Objective 3
3.1
Provide training to FFA to develop and implement project-related
200,000
185,000
185,000
570,000
management arrangements
3.2
Provide training to SPC for additional project-related scientific
270,000
270,000
260,000
800,000
advice and reporting requirements
3.3
Provide support to develop appropriate national ocean fishery
300,000
250,000
250,000
800,000
management regimes
3.4
Provide support to increase and improve fishery monitoring
250,000
245,000
245,000
740,000
3.5
Provide training in fisheries management capabilities
140,000
140,000
130,000
410,000
3.6
Improve regional surveillance and enforcement of ocean fisheries
50,000
50,000
40,000
140,000
(FFA, GEF)
3.7
Coordinate and refine consultative processes within and between
0
FFA member countries with the objective of strengthening regional
capability (FFA, SPC)
3.8
Provide assistance to review and further develop harmonized
0
minimum terms and conditions for foreign fishing vessel access to
the EEZ's of participating countries (FFA)
3.9
Prepare a project proposal to catalyze and replicate methodologies
40,000
40,000
and best practices for sustainable ocean fisheries management based
on an evaluation of project capacity-building activities
Component Total
1,210,000
1,140,000
1,110,000
40,000
0
3,500,000
Objective 4
4.1
Establish and convene regular meetings of a Community
30,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
30,000
150,000
Assessment and Participation Advisory Committee
4.2
Plan and convene a workshop to define community participation
10,000
50,000
60,000
and education strategies
4.3
Develop a community assessment, participation and education work
20,000
20,000
plan
4.4
Assess and ensure community participation in coastal resources
20,000
130110,000
10090,000
10090,000
8575,000
385435,000
demonstration projects
4.5
Create a public participation programme for ocean fisheries
50,000
50,000
component
4.6
Prepare a report on best practices and lessons learned re:
30,000
30,000
community participation
4.7
Develop and disseminate educational materials (SPREP, SPC)
8,000
42,000
10,000
5,000
5,000
70,000
4.8
Prepare a report on self-financing opportunities
3550,000
35,000
835,000
4.9
Plan and convene a donor conference
80,000
80,000
Component Total
98,000
3122,000
18075,000
16035,000
20190,000
930,000
Sub-total project budget
2,468,000
3,5436,000
2,9851,000
1,52550,000
1,1980,000
11,710,000
Project support services
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
70,000
350,000
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS
2,538,000
3,6106,000
3,0561,000 1,620595,000
1,2650,000
12,060,000
39
Table 4:
Total Output Based Project Costs: GEF and Co-financing Inputs
South Pacific SAP Implementation Project: RAS/98/G32/A/1G/99
Obj. 1
Actitivies
Total GEF
UNDP
SPC
FFA
SPREP
Total Project
1.1
Recruit the Project Manager
500,000
500,000
1.2
Recruit the Community Assessment and Participation Specialist
350,000
350,000
1.3
Recruit the Resource Economist
350,000
350,000
1.4
Establish the Programme Coordination Unit (PCU)
480,000
159,540
639,540
1.5
Re-constitute and convene regular meetings of the Regional and National
200,000
200,000
Task Forces
1.6
Plan and convene a Communications Strategy Workshop
100,000
100,000
1.7
Reconvene communications workshop annually to review and improve
200,000
200,000
communications strategy
1.8
Develop a detailed work plan for the region wide implementation of the
10,000
10,000
SAP
1.9
Convene the RTF to support workplan preparation and implementation
30,000
30,000
2,220,000
0
0
0
159,540
2,379,540
Obj. 2
2.1
Develop criteria for the selection of freshwater demonstration projects
50,000
50,000
2.2
Develop and carry out four freshwater demonstration projects
1,200,000
1,200,000
2.3
Develop criteria for the selection of Marine Protected Areas
50,000
50,000
2.4
Develop three demonstration projects for MPAs
1,100,000
1,100,000
2.5
Undertake consultations to create partnerships among stakeholders for
50,000
50,000
managing MPAs
2.6
Establish the legal framework for the selected MPAs
50,000
50,000
100,000
2.7
Develop criteria for the selection of coastal fisheries demonstration
50,000
10,000
60,000
projects
2.8
Develop three demonstration projects for sustainable coastal fisheries
1,200,000
874,203
2,074,203
2.9
Develop criteria for the selection of three community-based waste
50,000
50,000
reduction projects
2.10
Undertake a feasibility study on regional recycling and disposal options
50,000
50,000
2.11
Develop three demonstration projects on regional recycling and disposal
1,150,000
1,150,000
options
5,000,000
60,000
874,203
0
0
5,934,203
Obj. 3
3.1
Provide training to FFA to develop and implement project-related
570,000
570,000
management arrangements
3.2
Provide training to SPC for additional project-related scientific advice and
800,000
800,000
reporting requirements
3.3
Provide support to develop appropriate national ocean fishery management
800,000
800,000
regimes
40
Table 4: Total Output Based Project Costs: GEF and Co-financing Inputs
3.4
Provide support to increase and improve fishery monitoring
740,000
740,000
3.5
Provide training in fisheries management capabilities
410,000
410,000
3.6
Improve regional surveillance and enforcement of ocean fisheries
140,000
1,956,325
2,096,325
3.7
Coordinate and refine consultative processes within and between FFA
0
180,549
688,632
869,181
member countries with the objective of strengthening regional capability
3.8
Provide assistance to review and further develop harmonized minimum
0
3,462,354
3,462,354
terms and conditions for foreign fishing vessel access to the EEZ's of
participating countries.
3.9
Prepare a project proposal to catalyze and replicate methodologies and
40,000
40,000
best practices for sustainable ocean fisheries management based on an
evaluation of project capacity-building activities
3,500,000
0
180,549
6,107,311
0
9,787,860
Obj. 4
4.1
Establish and convene regular meetings of a Community Assessment and
150,000
150,000
Participation Advisory Committee
4.2
Plan and convene a workshop to define community participation and
60,000
60,000
education strategies
4.3
Develop a community assessment, participation and education work plan
20,000
20,000
4.4
Assess and ensure community participation in coastal resources
385435,000
43385,000
demonstration projects
4.5
Create a public participation programme for ocean fisheries component
50,000
50,000
4.6
Prepare a report on best practices and lessons learned re: community
30,000
30,000
participation
4.7
Develop and disseminate educational materials
0
276,780
460,000
736,780
4.8
Prepare a report on self-financing opportunities
835,000
835,000
4.9
Plan and convene a donor conference
80,000
80,000
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
860,000
0
276,780
0
460,000
1,596,780
Project support services
420,000
420,000
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS
12,000,000
60,000
1,331,532
6,107,311
619,540
20,118,383
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F. Work plan
South Pacific SAP Implementation Project: RAS/98/G32/A/1G/99
Work Plan: Quarters
Activities
OBJ 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1.1 Recruit Project Manager
**
1.2 Recruit the Community Assessment and Participation Specialist
**
1.3 Recruit the Resource Economist
**
1.4 Establish the Programme Coordination Unit (PCU)
**
1.5 Re-constitute and convene regular meetings of the Regional and
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
National Task Forces
1.6 Plan and convene a Communications Strategy Workshop
**
1.7 Reconvene communications workshop annually to review and improve
**
**
**
**
communications strategy
1.8 Develop a detailed work plan for the region wide implementation of
** ** **
the SAP
1.9 Convene the RTF to support workplan preparation and implementation
**
OBJ 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2.1 Develop criteria for the selection of freshwater demonstration projects
**
2.2 Develop and carry out four freshwater demonstration projects
** ** ** ** ** ** **
2.3 Develop criteria for the selection of Marine Protected Areas
**
2.4 Develop three demonstration projects for MPAs
** ** ** ** ** ** **
2.5 Undertake consultations to create partnerships among stakeholders for
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
managing MPAs
2.6 Establish the legal framework for the selected MPAs
** ** **
2.7 Develop criteria for the selection of coastal fisheries demonstration
**
projects
2.8 Develop three demonstration projects for sustainable coastal fisheries
** ** ** ** ** ** **
2.9 Develop criteria for the selection of three community-based waste
**
reduction projects
2.10 Undertake a feasibility study on regional recycling and disposal options
** **
2.11 Develop three demonstration projects on regional recycling and
** ** ** ** ** ** **
disposal options
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OBJ 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
3.1
Provide training to FFA to develop and implement project-related
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
management arrangements
3.2
Provide training to SPC for additional project-related scientific advice
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
and reporting requirements
3.3
Provide support to develop appropriate national ocean fishery
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
management regimes
3.4
Provide support to increase and improve fishery monitoring
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
3.5
Provide training in fisheries management capabilities
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
3.6
Improve regional surveillance and enforcement of ocean fisheries
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
3.7
Coordinate and refine consultative processes within and between FFA
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
member countries with the objective of strengthening regional capability
3.8
Provide assistance to review and further develop harmonized minimum
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
terms and conditions for foreign fishing vessel access to the EEZ's of
participating countries.
3.9
Prepare a project proposal to catalyze and replicate methodologies and
** **
best practices for sustainable ocean fisheries management based on an
evaluation of project capacity-building activities
OBJ 4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
4.1
Establish and convene regular meetings of a Community Assessment and
**
**
**
**
**
**
**
Participation Advisory Committee
4.2
Plan and convene a workshop to define community participation and
** **
education strategies
4.3
Develop a community assessment, participation and education work plan
** **
4.4
Assess and ensure community participation in coastal resources
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
demonstration projects
4.5
Create a public participation programme for ocean fisheries component
4.6
Prepare a report on best practices and lessons learned re: community
**
participation
4.7
Develop and disseminate educational materials
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
4.8
Prepare a report on self-financing opportunities
** **
4.9
Plan and convene a donor conference
** **
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G. Risks
116. The long-term success of regional scale management programmes such as the one proposed
here depends, among others, on the political willingness of the participating PICs to cooperate. The
latter in turn depends on changing economic, political and social conditions at the individual
country level. For this project, the geopolitical factor appears to introduce only a low to moderate
risk at this time. Indeed, the countries have made clear their specific commitment to the project by
their determined and successful participation in the SAP and through their on-going commitment to
the number of regional organizations of which they are all members.
117. A more important risk is likely to be the temptation to focus short-term priorities away from
environmental concerns to the potential detriment of the project. It may be that the country
commitment to a regional approach on the issues addressed by the project will help solidify
movement to sustainable approaches to the ICWM and OFM project components. Still, this risk is
seen as being moderate.
118. Another potential barrier to success is the enormous communication challenge posed by having
to effectively connect 14 countries. Many of these countries are not adequately served by or
connected to adequate communications systems. The involvement of hundreds, perhaps thousands,
of powerful local communities, countless languages, various lineal systems, and a myriad of other
important interests is essential to project success. The risk that the communications challenge may
prove problematic is seen as moderate, even given the substantial amount of project resources that
have been committed to this communications challenge.
H. Sustainability
119. The project is designed to identify, stimulate and integrate the use of sound land and water
resource management strategies in the region through proactive interventions aimed at protecting
international waters. The project will also focus on building sustainable institutional capacities for
environmental monitoring through criteria driven demonstration projects in ICWM activities and
strengthened regional management/institutional capability for OFM components. The project
components have a high potential for successful replication of successful practices both within and
outside of the region.
120. SAP implementation also supports efforts of the 14 countries and several regional organizations
to make changes in sectoral policies, target critical investments and develop necessary programmes
with community participation. The support of GEF will serve a catalytic role in the project to
leverage existing and potential donors to contribute to this multi-country, multi-regional
organization, and multi-stakeholder effort to ensure long-term sustainable and effective
I. Obligations and prerequisites
122. The obligations or prerequisites for work to commence on this project are as follows:
·
Approval of the project document by the Governments of all participating countries;
·
Work of the National Coordinators in each participating Government. The major role of the
National Coordinators will be to coordinate activities of participating ministries, local
governments, academic and research institutions, communities, and the NGO community.
J. Institutional framework and programme management
J.1 Implementation arrangements
123. The Programme Coordination Unit (PCU) will be responsible for the day-to-day
management of the project, which is the procurement and delivery of project inputs and their
conversion into project outputs. PCU activities include reporting, preparing Task Force Meetings
and overall coordination of project related activities. The PCU of the South Pacific SAP will be
established as a distinct unit within SPREP, but closely related to other relevant units in the
organization to ensure the effective coordination of project outputs. The core staff of the PCU will
dedicate all their time to the successful implementation of the project. The PCU will consist of the
Project Manager, the Community Assessment and Participation Specialist, a Resource Economist, a
Project Assistant and an Office Assistant. It is, however, acknowledged that there may be a need
for additional secretarial and administrative support during the implementation of the project.
Short-term consultants employed under the project will also support the work of the PCU, if
appropriate and as necessary. The PCU will be accountable to SPREP and UNDP for the quality,
timeliness and effectiveness of the services it provides and the activities it carries out, as well as for
the use of funds provided to it, and work closely on a day to day basis with identified staff at the
UNDP Apia office. The PCU will be the focal point for communications to the participating
countries, regional organizations, among others concerning the implementation of the project.
124. The PCU will provide a coordination and management structure for the implementation of the
Strategic Action Programme and function in accordance with the rules and procedures of
UNDP/GEF, as outlined in the Project Document, and SPREP. In situations where the nature of
SPREP's rules and procedures and those of UNDP are conflicting/or mutually exclusive rules and
procedures arise, solutions will be worked out on a case-by-case basis, thus ensuring that the
requirements of the GEF and UNDP's National Execution (NEX) modality are fully met.
125. SPREP, as the executing agency, will be responsible for providing the project with all the
appropriate administrative support to ensure for the successful delivery of the project outputs. The
126. The Project Manager will assume responsibility for this project and report directly to the
Director of SPREP and to the UNDP Resident Representative. The Project Manager will be
selected through consultations with other regional organizations and countries. Terms of
References are found in Annex 6. The Project Manager will be recruited for an initial period of
three years, renewable for the final two years. An early task of the Project Manager, in consultation
with participating countries, SPREP, UNDP, participating Regional Organizations and other
stakeholders as appropriate will be to review existing TORs and select the Community Assessment
and Participation Specialist, Resource Economist and PCU support staff. The Project Manager
will also review the existing TORs and membership of the RTF and NTFs and undertake
adjustments as necessary. Another early responsibility of the Project Manager, in discussions with
SPREP, will be to identify and secure the appropriate level of administrative support necessary to
successful implementation of the project. The Project Manager will also need to coordinate with
other project managers coordinating the implementation of related programmes, such as the ICARE
programme out of the UNDP Fiji office. The Project Manager will also make every attempt to
involve other regional organizations such as ASEAN, SARC and ECO, among others to participate
as partners to ensure the financial and institutional sustainability of the project's results.
127. A steering committee, known as the Regional Task Force (RTF), was formed under the
preparatory phase of the project, and will continue in a revised form during the full implementation
of the South Pacific SAP. The RTF's role is to provide guidance concerning the implementation
and monitoring of the project, with the over-riding rationale to ensure that policy recommendations
emanating form the SAP are appropriately incorporated into other regional programmes and
policies, and that these are implemented appropriately, over and above the recognized need to
ensure institutional ownership. A specific responsibility of the RTF will be as liaison to facilitate
liaison to the GEF Implementing Agencies. The Forum Secretariat coordinates the CROP, and thus
is a project partner. The list of RTF members who served during SAP development is included as
Annex 7. One of the first activities of project implementation will be to re-constitute the
membership of the RTF. To ensure the institutional ownership and sustainability of project
impacts, the RTF will be linked to the CROP Marine Sector Working Group and comprised of
CROP representatives, UNDP and selected individuals, as appropriate in order to increase the
regional political ownership and coordination of the project. Sub-committees of the RTF may be
established The Project Manager will chair the RTF and may establish sub-committees of the RTF
as necessary to focus on particular project activities.
128. The PCU will also be supported by a Community Assessment and Participation Advisory
Committee (CAPAC). The CAPAC is a sub-committee of the RTF, and will be comprised of
national and regional representatives with the array of skills necessary to realize the activities
related to community-based assessment, information, participation and education.
approaches to resource management, notably within fisheries. This also serves to mainstream the
adaptive management approach between fishery resource management with the upstream policy,
legal and institutional framework. The list of NTF Coordinators who served during SAP
development is included as Annex 8. Due to the constrained capacity in many of the participating
countries, National Coordinators would be contracted by SPREP to facilitate the work of the
NTFs. The National Coordinators will be an integral part of the Memorandum of Understanding
between SPREP and participating governments. This model is based on the approach used by the
GEF PICCAP project.
J.2 Financing and contracting arrangements
130. SPREP will be responsible for financial control of the GEF project implementation using the
National Execution (NEX) modality of UNDP. SPREP will make arrangements to enable, to the
extent practicable, the decentralized management of the project. SPREP, working with the Project
Manager, will assume responsibility for entering into the necessary work arrangements with other
regional organizations to maximize efficient and effective project implementation. These work
arrangements are particularly important with regard to the implementation of objective 3 that will
be implemented largely by SPC and the FFA. A memorandum of understanding will be signed at
the initiation of the project among SPREP, FFA and SPC, detailing the agreement on the
accountability of delivering on project components. SPREP will also provide the Project Manager
with full authority to engage services consistent with delegations provided by the Director under
SPREP's Financial Regulations. SPREP will provide the Project Manager with full support in order
to enable the PCU to maintain a close record of all expenditures planned or made under the project
in full accordance with UNDPs procedures for NEX. In addition to SPREP and UNDP, the Project
Manager will also report to the RTF on the disbursement of funds under this project in order to
ensure full transparency of action.
K. Project Reviews, Reporting and Evaluation
131. All reports produced under this project will become a visible and integral part of both SPREP's
and UNDP's libraries, which will facilitate the access of materials, and make it available to
interested visitors. The opportunity to photocopy relevant documents will also be provided. Except
in rare cases where commercial confidentiality is involved summaries of all reports will be made
publicly available through a project web site, with reference to how and where further information
can be obtained. The specifics of the project web site content, level of integration with the full
range of project partners, and its management will be a subject of the Communications Workshop
and become part of the communications strategy to be developed and implemented early in project
implementation.
L. Lessons learned and technical reviews
133. Objective 4 of this project focuses on developing, applying and maximizing benefits from
lessons learned through community-based participation. This is an important component of the
project that builds upon the experience of past projects in the region, recognizing the importance of
culture and community. In addition to this, the project will be involved from the start in the new
GEF International Waters LEARN (Learning Exchange and Resource Network) programme.
IW:LEARN is a distance education programme whose purpose is to improve global management of
transboundary water systems. IW:LEARN will provide structured interactive conferencing capacity
across and within the portfolio of GEF International Waters projects which will allow participants
to share learning related to oceans, river basins, and coastal zone management. For environmental
professionals working on GEF-financed projects, IW:LEARN will greatly expand opportunities for
peer-to-peer consultation, collaborative research with physically distant colleagues, opportunities to
exchange best practices and training modules among projects, and the delivery of short courses.
134. The project would also build upon and strengthen linkages with the on-going UNDP training
initiative called Train-Sea-Coast. The TRAIN-SEA-COAST (TSC) programme is designed to build
up an in-country capacity to improve skills in integrated ocean and coastal management among
policy makers and practitioners in developed as well as developing countries. The main objectives
of the TSC programme are to strengthen the capabilities of local institutions (called course
development units (CDUs)) to provide training and to do so within the framework of a network of
participating institutions worldwide which share personnel and course material. Lessons learned
will be shared with other regions, particularly other SIDs that share similar problems, and in the
context of the Barbados Plan of Action.
M. Legal Context
General responsibilities of the Government, UNDP and the executing agency
135. All phases and aspects of UNDP assistance to this project shall be governed by and carried out
in accordance with the relevant and applicable resolutions and decisions of the competent United
Nations organs and in accordance with UNDP's policies and procedures for such projects, and
subject to the requirements of the UNDP Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting System.
136. The Government shall remain responsible for this UNDP-assisted development project and the
realization of its objectives as described in this Project Document.
137. Assistance under this Project Document being provided for the benefit of the Government and
139. The Government shall continue to pay the local salaries and appropriate allowances of national
counterpart personnel during the period of their absence from the project while on UNDP
fellowships.
140. The Government shall defray any custom duties and other charges related to the clearance of
project equipment, its transportation, handling, storage and related expenses within the country. It
shall be responsible for its installation and maintenance, insurance, and replacement, if necessary,
after delivery to the project site.
141. The Government shall make available to the project - subject to existing security provisions -
any published and unpublished reports, maps, records and other data which are considered
necessary to the implementation of the project.
142. Patent rights, copyright rights and other similar rights to any discoveries or work resulting from
UNDP assistance in respect of this project shall belong to the UNDP. Unless otherwise agreed by
the Parties in each case, however, the Government shall have the right to use any such discoveries
or work within the country free of royalty and any charge of similar nature.
143. The Government shall assist all project personnel in finding suitable housing accommodation at
reasonable rents.
144. The services and facilities specified in the Project Document which are to be provided to the
project by the Government by means of a contribution in cash shall be set forth in the Project
Budget. Payment of this amount shall be made to the UNDP in accordance with the Schedule of
Payments by the Government.
145. Payment of the above-mentioned contribution to the UNDP on or before the dates specified in
the Schedule of Payments by the Government is a prerequisite to commencement or continuation of
project operations.
Participation of the UNDP and the executing agency
146. The UNDP shall provide to the project through the Executing Agency the services, equipment
and facilities described in the Project Document. Budgetary provision for the UNDP contribution
as specified shall be set forth in the Project Budget.
147. The Executing Agency shall consult with the Government and UNDP on the candidature of the
Project Manager who, under the direction of the Executing Agency, will be responsible in the
country for the Executing Agency's participation in the project. The Project Manager shall
149. Fellowships shall be administered in accordance with the fellowships regulations of the
Executing Agency.
150. The Executing Agency may, in agreement with the Government and UNDP, execute part or all
of the project by subcontract. The selection of subcontractors shall be made, after consultation with
the Government and UNDP, in accordance with the Executing Agency's procedures.
151. All material, equipment and supplies which are purchased from UNDP resources will be used
exclusively for the execution of the project, and will remain the property of the UNDP in whose
name it will be held by the Executing Agency. Equipment supplied by the UNDP shall be marked
with the insignia of the UNDP and of the Executing Agency.
152. Arrangements may be made, if necessary, for a temporary transfer of custody of equipment to
local authorities during the life of the project, without prejudice to the final transfer.
153. Prior to completion of UNDP assistance to the project, the Government, the UNDP and the
Executing Agency shall consult as to the disposition of all project equipment provided by the
UNDP. Title to such equipment shall normally be transferred to the Government, or to an entity
nominated by the Government, when it is required for continued operation of the project or for
activities following directly therefrom. The UNDP may, however, at its discretion, retain title to
part or all of such equipment.
154. At an agreed time after the completion of UNDP assistance to the project, the Government and
the UNDP, and if necessary the Executing Agency, shall review the activities continuing from or
consequent upon the project with a view to evaluating its results.
155. UNDP may release information relating to any investment oriented project to potential
investors, unless and until the Government has requested the UNDP in writing to restrict the release
of information relating to such project.
Rights, Facilities, Privileges and Immunities
156. In accordance with the Agreement concluded by the United Nations (UNDP) and the
Government concerning the provision of assistance by UNDP, the personnel of UNDP and other
United Nations organizations associated with the project shall be accorded rights, facilities,
privileges and immunities specified in said Agreement.
157. The Government shall grant UN volunteers, if such services are requested by the Government,
the same rights, facilities, privileges and immunities as are granted to the personnel of UNDP.
c. Be immune together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them from immigration
restrictions;
d. Be accorded the privileges of bringing into the country reasonable amounts of foreign
currency for the purposes of the project or for personal use of such personnel, and of
withdrawing any such amounts brought into the country, or in accordance with the relevant
foreign exchange regulations, such amounts as may be earned therein by such personnel in
the execution of the project; and
e. Be accorded together with their spouses and relatives dependent on them the same
repatriation facilities in the event of international crisis as diplomatic envoys.
159. All personnel of the Executing Agency's contractors shall enjoy inviolability for all papers and
documents relating to the project.
160. The Government shall either exempt from or bear the cost of any taxes, duties, fees or levies
which it may impose on any firm or organization which may be retained by the Executing Agency
and on the personnel of any such firm or organization, except for nationals of the host country
employed locally, in respect of:
a. The salaries or wages earned by such personnel in the execution of the project;
b. Any equipment, materials and supplies brought into the country for the purposes of the
project or which, after having been brought into the country, may be subsequently
withdrawn therefrom;
c. Any substantial quantities of equipment, materials and supplies obtained locally for the
execution of the project, such as, for example, petrol and spare parts for the operation and
maintenance of equipment mentioned under (b), above, with the provision that the types and
approximate quantities to be exempted and relevant procedures to be followed shall be
agreed upon with the Government and, as appropriate, recorded in the Project Document;
and
d. As in the case of concessions currently granted to UNDP and Executing Agency's
personnel, any property brought, including one privately owned automobile per employee,
by the firm or organization or its personnel for their personal use or consumption or which
after having been brought into the country, may subsequently be withdrawn therefrom upon
departure of such personnel.
162. The privileges and immunities referred to in the paragraphs above, to which such firm or
organization and its personnel may be entitled, may be waived by the Executing Agency where, in
its opinion or in the opinion of the UNDP, the immunity would impede the course of justice and can
be waived without prejudice to the successful completion of the project or to the interest of the
UNDP or the Executing Agency.
163. The Executing Agency shall provide the Government through the resident representative with
the list of personnel to whom the privileges and immunities enumerated above shall apply.
164. Nothing in this Project Document or Annex shall be construed to limit the rights, facilities,
privileges or immunities conferred in any other instrument upon any person, natural or juridical,
referred to hereunder.
Suspension or termination of assistance
165. The UNDP may by written notice to the Government and to the Executing Agency concerned
suspend its assistance to any project if in the judgement of the UNDP any circumstance arises
which interferes with or threatens to interfere with the successful completion of the project or the
accomplishment of its purposes. The UNDP may, in the same or a subsequent written notice,
indicate the conditions under which it is prepared to resume its assistance to the project. Any such
suspension shall continue until such time as such conditions are accepted by the Government and as
the UNDP shall give written notice to the Government and the Executing Agency that it is prepared
to resume its assistance.
166. If any situation referred to in paragraph 1, above, shall continue for a period of fourteen days
after notice thereof and of suspension shall have been given by the UNDP to the Government and
the Executing Agency, then at any time thereafter during the continuance thereof, the UNDP may
by written notice to the Government and the Executing Agency terminate the project.
167. The provisions of this paragraph shall be without prejudice to any other rights or remedies the
UNDP may have in the circumstances, whether under general principles of law or otherwise.
Audit and Management Arrangements:
168. In conformity with NEX guidelines and the UNDP Programming Manual, the government
coordinating authority will, in consultation with the UNDP country office, draw up an annual audit
plan by November of each year. The office of Audit and Performance Review (OAPR) must be
kept informed about audit plans. Please see Annex 9 for the draft schedule of project reviews,
reporting and evaluation.
Annexes:
Annex 1.
Logical framework
55
Annex 2.
Incremental cost assessment and matrix
59
Annex 3.
List of on-going and planned projects
64
Annex 4.
Table of environmental threats
68
Annex 5.
Background information on the South Pacific
Regional Environment Programme
71
Annex 6.
Terms of References
73
Annex 7.
Regional Task Force Members for SAP Formulation
87
Annex 8.
National Task Force Members for SAP Formulation
88
Annex 9.
Draft Schedule of Project Reviews
89
Annex 10.
Organogram
90
Annex 11.
Data Verification for FFA Monitoring Control and Surveillance
(MCS) Systems
91
Annex 1:
Logical Framework
Intervention Logic
Objectively Verifiable Indicators
Sources of Verification
Assumptions and Risks
Long-term Objectives
· Implementing the SAP · A framework and coordination
· PCU documents
· Continued country commitment to a regional
to conserve and
mechanism for regional and national
· RTF Meeting
approach.
sustainably manage the
interventions on behalf of PICs.
· RTF Meeting Minutes
· Project capacity to adequately conceptualize and
coastal and ocean
· Improved national and regional
· Work plans
implement a community based approach.
resources in the Pacific
capacities for the long-term sustainable
· Key regional institutions and national governments
Region
development of ocean fisheries and
working co-operatively.
· Achieve integrated
improved ICWM capabilities in the
· Changes in economic political and social conditions
sustainable
Pacific Region.
may detract from country commitment to a regional
development and
approach.
management of
International Waters.
Project Purpose
· Address the root causes · Country participation in development
· Completed OCM and ICWM work plans. · The number of countries may make it difficult to
of degradation of
of and endorsement for the OFM and
· National and additional donor
secure adequate country participation.
International Waters
ICWM work plans.
commitments to work plan elements.
· Regional organizations and country participants may
through a programme
· Country participation on committees
· PCU documents and working group
not be able to work co-operatively to the extent
focus on improved
and workgroups associated with OFM
reports.
necessary for project success.
OFM and ICWM.
and ICWM activities.
· Disbursement records.
· GEF funds may not adequately complemented by
country commitments and other donors.
Output 1
· Enhance transboundary
· PROJECT MANAGER and CS
· Executing agency willing to commit physical space
management regimes
· PCU created
employed
and support resources.
and create effective
· RTF and NTF re-established
· Adequate support staffing provided
· Commitment to a substantial investment in
project coordination
· Effective project communications
· Purchase orders and training records
communications capability if project is to succeed.
support.
system plan developed and
· Increased level of governmental
· Lack of clear lines of responsibility to the GEF
implemented
participation in regional fora.
project may hamper implementation.
· Increased country commitment for
· Increased extent to which explicit
· Potential regional benefits merit higher-level
regional level participation in project
regional positions are formed for use in
government participation and capacity to form
related global fora.
various global fora.
regional positions.
· Increased capacity to create national
· Documents of existing and potentially
· Short-term national needs may outweigh increased
benefits through enhanced
new regional fora.
level of participation in regional fora.
transboundary management regime.
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Output 2
· Achieve sustainable
· Regional commitment to and
· Approved work plan for the ICWM
· Countries see the long-term benefit deriving from
development and use of
participation in demonstration
component.
a demonstration approach.
coastal living and non
projects.
· PCU documents
· Demonstration sites selected through application
living resources
· Demonstration project results
· Demonstration site visits
of criteria that maximizes replication.
effectively communicated at the
· Interviews at site with stakeholders
· Countries may not be willing to participate fully in
regional level and replication of
demonstration site work.
results begun.
· Demonstration Projects poorly executed.
Output 3
· Achieve sustainable
· Increased regional effectiveness in
· FFA and SPC documents. Specific
· Country benefits to be gained through regional
development and use of
global ocean fisheries negotiations.
regional benefits derived in international
cooperation justify country participation.
ocean living marine
· Increased regional benefit from tuna
fisheries negotiations.
· Increased benefits from the tuna stocks in country
resources
stocks in participating country EEZs. · Country fisheries related economic
EEZs can be realized.
reports.
· Increased capacity in monitoring and · Improved information on non participating · Short-term benefits of country by country
surveillance of participating country
country tuna and by-catch within country
approach to tuna fisheries may impede regional
EEZs.
EEZs
approach.
· Strengthened fisheries management
· Increased level of professional training
capabilities within participating
opportunities for national fisheries
countries to secure added regional
personnel.
benefit.
· Increased quantitative and qualitative
national fisheries participation in regional
fora.
Output 4
· Effective project related
· Community advisory committee
· PCU documents
· Communities will recognize benefits of
community assessment
created.
· Report of stakeholder analysis/study
involvement. Stakeholders will recognize benefits
participation and education · Community participation work plan
· Stakeholder consultation reports.
of involvement.
developed and approved.
· Report of the communications advisory
· Countries will be willing to partner with
· Key stakeholders analyzed and
committee re: project related
communities to improve activity results.
involved in project activities.
communications requirements and
· Perceived benefits of participation may be
· General project progress and activity
associated work plan.
insufficient to attract full range of stakeholders.
updates broadly disseminated
· List of direct community group
· Project aims may be seen as inconsistent or
electronically and through other
participants in project activities.
competing with local interests.
venues.
· List and description of written materials
· New stakeholder networks created.
publicly disseminated.
· Strong community influence on
natural resource use decisions
harnessed.
· General public awareness of project
related issues enhanced.
Output/Activities
Output 1
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· Hiring of Staff
· Issuance of Contracts
· Meeting Reports
· Staffing pattern can be completed within 3
· Establish RTF/NTF
· Disbursement record
· Disbursement records
months.
· Establish Communications · SAP work plan
· Suitable support and physical arrangements can be
System
· Communications work plan
made.
· SAP Work plan
· Organization lists
Development
· Advisory Committees
formed
Output 2
· Freshwater supply related · Specific demonstration sites selected. · PCU documents.
· Countries can agree on demonstration sites to be
demonstration projects.
· Workgroups established.
· Visits to project demonstration sites.
chosen.
· Development of pilot
· Work plans completed.
· Interviews with demonstration site
· Suitable criteria can be developed that will lead to
projects for a regional
· Project records.
participants.
replicability.
system of community
· Demonstration site activities may be poorly
based marine heritage and
implemented and badly managed thus hampering
conservation areas.
success.
· Coastal fisheries
· Host country commitment may lessen due to
demonstration projects
conflicting national priorities.
· Waste reduction
demonstration projects
Output 3
· Capacity building for FFA
· FFA and SPC records.
· Meeting reports.
· Country benefits to be gained through regional co-
and SPC.
· Development of GEF project related · Availability of work programme.
operation justify country participation.
· Maximize regional benefit
work programmes.
· Project documents defining new and
· Increased benefits from the tuna stocks in country
of tuna/by-catch fisheries.
· Availability of drafts and convening
improved management arrangements on
EEZs can be realized.
· Improved fish monitoring
of expert meetings according to
behalf of member countries
· Short-term benefits of country by country
capability.
agreed work plan.
· Project documents related to improved
approach to tuna fisheries may impede regional
· Improved fisheries
· Development of implementation
regional management regime for tuna
approach.
management capabilities for
strategies for each specific activity
fisheries/by-catch.
· Governments may not release appropriate staff for
regional effect.
· Development of implementation
· Project documents related to improved
further training.
· Coordination/continued
mechanisms for each activity
fisheries monitoring activities.
development of regional
· Project documents related to additional
surveillance of enforcement
measures to strengthen country fisheries
activity.
management capabilities.
· Strengthened consultative
· Project documents related to improved
processes for FFA member
regional surveillance and enforcement
countries
activities.
· Project documents related to continued
development for harmonized minimum
terms and conditions for FFV access to
EEZs.
Output 4
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· Create community
· PCU documents.
· Publication of public information and
· Government participants willing to incorporate
assessment participation
· Successful establishment of the
educational materials.
public members and others in project work.
advisory committee
CAPAC and appropriate sub-
· Interviews with community stakeholders · Adequate level of community interest.
(CAPAC)
CAPACs.
including NGOs.
· The work of involving community level
· Create necessary site
· Appropriate materials developed.
· Manuals for effective community based
participants may be seen as too difficult and time
specific community
· Work plan developed.
activities.
consuming to achieve.
participation advisory sub- · NGOs, key stakeholders and others
· Records of public meetings and
· Experts may conclude that presence of community
committees.
identified.
consultations.
members on committees may impede work
· Review currently available
· Participation of community members
progress.
community assessment,
NGOs and others in project activity
public participation,
workgroups.
community education
experiences and related
materials
· Workshop to define
community participation
work plan.
· Identify key stakeholders
for the OFM component.
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Annex 2: Incremental Cost
Domestic
Baseline
Alternative
Incremental
Benefits
Objective Environmental management policies, strategies and Coordination and management efforts among PICs.
Interventions more effectively targeted at the regional level
1
programmes within individual PICs lack sufficient
to removing the root causes of threats, thus improving the
co-ordination; by themselves national efforts are
efficacy and cost effectiveness of national management
insufficient to mitigate threats to their shared
endeavours.
international waters.
Objective Countries face growing environmental, social and
Efforts targeted at removing the root causes of coastal
The ecological sustainability of development activities in
2
economic costs from degradation of their
environmental degradation.
country coastal areas will be better assured.
respective coastal resources.
Objective At present domestic benefits from ocean resources Increased level of co-operation within existing regional
Increase in national fisheries management capabilities will
3
are limited and benefits must be increased within
fora will allow individual countries to benefit
ensure that each country can participate more effectively in
the limits of sustainability.
economically and help reduce unsustainable fishing
regional fora, thus will yield direct country benefits as well.
pressure in coastal areas.
Objective Stakeholder involvement at national level uneven
Targeted emphasis on project related common
Countries able to integrate communities and stakeholders
4
and overall poorly utilized given the importance of assessment participation information and education will
into sustainable development activities based on project
local control over natural resources.
accrue to the benefit of each country.
experience and results.
Global
Baseline
Alternative
Incremental
Benefits
Objective Limited national activity does not take into account Regional and cross-sectoral approaches are emphasized Increased interactions and regional transactions facilitates
1
regional considerations and is not cross-sectoral
as a means of bringing about long term sustainable
planning, implementation and maximizes learning from
approach.
development for PICs.
regional cross-sectoral approach to problems.
Objective Distances involved and lack of resource availability Develop mechanisms for effective country experience in Support for demonstration projects in coastal areas and
2
within countries makes difficult a regional
coastal resource protection and enhancement measures
development of mechanisms for maximizing learning and
approach to integrated coastal management.
and ensure successful replication across the region.
replicability.
Objective Regional organizations have made substantial
Increase regional capacity to secure additional regional
Region benefits economically and socially from accessing
3
progress in effectively representing regional
benefit from ocean fisheries and determine conditions
ocean fisheries and a fishery of global importance is
interests in ocean fisheries related international
necessary to assure long term sustainability of ocean
sustained over the long term.
fora.
fishery resources.
Objective Individual country stakeholders poorly sensitized to Raise regional stakeholder awareness of regional
Regional distribution of publications, brochures, manuals
4
the connection between regional environmental
connections through communication of the results of
and community participation models.
sustainability and individual country environmental and lessons learned from project activities and public
sustainability.
involvement in them.
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Objective
Baseline (B)
Alternative (A)
Increment (A-B)
1
Support for the Creation of
278,070 2,498,070
2,220,000 (GEF)
Enhanced Transboundary
Management Regimes and Project
Coordination Support
2
Create the Conditions Necessary to
51,600,405 57,534,607
5,000,000 (GEF)
Achieve the Sustainable
874,202 (non-GEF)
Development and Use of Coastal
60,000 (UNDP)
Living and Non-Living Resources
3
Create Conditions Necessary to
24,738,627 34,526,487
3,500,000 (GEF)
Achieve the Sustainable
6,287,860 (non-GEF)
Development and Use of Oceanic
Living Marine Resources
4
Assure that the Appropriate Level of 863,333 2,689,654 930,000 (GEF) 896,321
Community Assessment,
(non-GEF)
Participation, and Education
Characterizes Work Undertaken
During the Life of the Project
Project Support Services*
350,000 350,000
Total
77,480,435 97,598,818 20,118,383
PDF
290,000
Total project cost
20,348,383
* The incremental cost matrix has been revised to include an additional US$ 60,000 of UNDP
cost-sharing. US$ 70,000 of Project Support Services has also been re-allocated to component
4Annex 3a: List of on-going and planned projects
Programme / Project
Countries
Year
On-going and
Co-
Associated
Funding Agency Cooperative
Planned,
financing
Funding
and/or Country
Agencies
Secured
Funding
Programme / Project
Countries
Year
On-going and
Co-
Associated
Funding Agency Cooperative
Planned,
financing
Funding
and/or Country
Agencies
Secured
Funding
Post Harvest
Papua New
98
38,376 300,000
UK Funded
Guinea,
76,751
ICFMaP
Tokelau, Fiji,
Tonga, Cook
Islands
Training
Regional
98 - 2000
388,123
AusAid, France, SPC/Nelson
776,245
1,500,000
NZ,
Polytechnic
Commonwealth Pacific Island
Sec, UNDP
Fisheries
Officers Course
Information Services
Regional
98 - 2000
276,781 900,000
France
FFA and
553,563
SOPAC
Resource Assessment
Regional
98
44,974 300,000
UK, EC, France
89,947
Women's Fisheries
Regional
98 - 2000
130,050
NZ, AusAid
Development
260,100
OCEANIC
FISHERIES
Administration
Regional
98 - 2000
180,549
Core budget,
361,097
AusAid, NZ,
ROC/Taiwan
Fisheries Statistics
Regional
98 - 2000
France, European
852,975
Commission,
Consultancies
Tuna and Billfish
Regional
98 - 2000
AusAid,
Research
930,495
ROC/Taiwan,
PNG, ACIAR
South Pacific Regional
Regional
98 - 2000 2,905,088
European
FFA
Tuna Resource
Commission
Assessment and
Monitoring Project
(SPR Tramp)
OCEANIC
FISHERIES
Executive Management
Regional
98 - 2000
General Fund,
1,474,350
AusAid
Economics and
Regional
98 - 2000
1,600,739
General Fund,
SPC
Marketing
3,201,478
NZODA, AusAid,
Canada, EU, ADB,
CFTC, OFCF
(Japan), UNDP and
Taiwan
Legal Services
Regional
98 - 2000
558,767
General Fund, UK,
1,117,533
AusAid, CIDA,
CFTC, NZODA,
Rep. of Korea
Programme / Project
Countries
Year
On-going and
Co-
Associated
Funding Agency Cooperative
Planned,
financing
Funding
and/or Country
Agencies
Secured
Funding
Environmental Science - Regional and
98, 99
Regular Budget,
Coastal
country
402,570
163,300
Canada, AusAid,
activities
Japan, Korea
Human Resources
Regional
98
Regular Budget,
Development
250,630
CFTC, AusAid,
France, Canada
Information Technology
Regional
98
Regular Budget,
278,070
16,330
Various, France
Sanitation and Public
Kiribati
Health
500,000
National Fisheries
FSM
Policy FSM
400,000
Water Supply and
FSM
Sewage
11,500,000
Majuro Water Supply
Marshall
and Sanitation
Islands
10,800,000
Urban Development
Samoa
420,000
Sanitation and Master
Vanuatu
Plan for Port Vila
470,000
Legislative Framework
Vanuatu
for Urban Planning and
405,000
the Environment
Urban Infrastructure
Vanuatu
Project
12,400,000
Fisheries Management
Papua New Guinea
12,000,000
Management
Regional
98 - 2000
1,687,260
Finance and
Regional
98 - 2000
Administration
1,548,110
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Project Management
Regional
98 - 2000
30,070
South Pacific
Regional
97 - 2000
4,468,319
UNDP
Biodiversity Programme
2,831,000
GEF Funded
Natural Resource
Regional
98 - 2000
Conservation
268,400
1,504,140
Programme
Coastal Management
Regional
98 2000
and Planning
1,440,870
Programme
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, INFORMATION AND CAPACITY
BUILDING (SPREP)
Project Management
Regional
98 - 2000
159,540
Programme / Project
Countries
Year
On-going and
Co-
Associated
Funding Agency Cooperative
Planned,
financing
Funding
and/or Country
Agencies
Secured
Funding
Integrated Community
Regional
98-2000
877,250
Approach for Resource
and Environment
Programme (UNDP)
Environmental
Regional
98 - 2000
Management Planning
295,000
3,110,000
Waste Management,
Regional
98 - 2000
3,275,000
Pollution Prevention
1,390,000
Total
77,480,434
8,935,633
18,719,520
The baseline of this project (US$ 77,480,434) is based upon those activities identified as on-going, planned,
or secured. The co-financing (US$ 8,935,633) represents the leveraged cost of those new activities of the
proposed project's of the baseline projects. Another US$ 18,719,520 is planned for a set of activities
associated with the proposed project.
Annex 3:
List of on-going and planned projects (Baseline contribution)
Programme / Project
Project Objectives and Issues
Objective 1
Objective 2 Objective 3
Objective 4
Addressed
Marine Resources
Technical guidance and develop
Division Management
collaborative links with other South
478,941
Pacific Regional bodies.
COASTAL FISHERIES
Capture
Training programmes in fishing and
seamanship skills, adaptation of new
545,360
fishing methods, technical assistance
in FAD programme planning and
implementation.
Post Harvest
Promotes income earning
opportunities through introduction of
76,751
new improved seafood processing,
packaging and marketing.
Information resource base on post
harvest fisheries.
Training
Development and implementation
training courses in small fishing
776,245
business management. Regional and
national workshops on grading
sashimi tuna, safety-at-sea public
awareness and fishing methods.
Information Services
Provide information on a wide range
553,563
of fisheries development and
management issues.
Resource Assessment
Assist with design and implementation
of inshore resource surveys;
89,947
programmes for the collection,
analysis and interpretation of fishery
statistics and other activities and
mechanisms to prevent over-
exploitation of national fishery
resources.
Women's Fisheries
Promotes creation of income earning
Development
opportunities, building capacity of
260,100
rural women to participate in seafood
economic activities.
OCEANIC FISHERIES
Administration
Provide technical oversight for OFP
and develop collaborative links with
361,097
other regional and international bodies
working in tuna research.
Fisheries Statistics
Maintain database on industrial tuna
852,975
fisheries for research and monitoring
purposes.
Programme / Project
Project Objectives and Issues
Objective 1
Objective 2 Objective 3
Objective 4
Addressed
Executive Management Pivotal role in Agency internal
management and regional initiatives
1,474,350
and developments.
Economics and
Assist member countries develop
Marketing
effective management arrangements of
3,201,478
their domestic tuna industry and
prepare for MHLC2 related activities
designed to develop an effective
regional arrangement for conservation
and management of the migratory
stocks.
Legal Services
Assist member countries to strengthen
and fulfil their legal responsibilities.
1,117,533
Key role in regional initiatives and
developments in international law -
involved in harnessing benefits of
UNCLOS and meet new challenges.
Monitoring Control and Reinforce member countries' capacity
Surveillance
to achieve compliance by fishing
3,912,650
operators with national regulations
and regional arrangement license
conditions.
Information Technology Develop effective and standardized
and Communication
information technology and data
1,377,264
communication systems as a priority
for member countries.
Corporate Treaty
Accountable and efficient
2,605,697
Services
administration of treaties and
provision of personnel, finance,
property and office services.
COASTAL ZONE
MANAGEMENT
Resource Development Sustainable development and
- Water Resources
utilization of water resources in
536,450
member countries.
Environmental Science - Improved management of the coastal
Coastal
zone of member countries for
402,570
preservation and sustainable
development.
Human Resources
Strengthen national capacity in
Development
geoscience through education and
250,630
training of member country
individuals.
Information Technology Support Regional electronic databases, 278,070
Internet services, Installation and train
member country individuals.
Sanitation and Public
TA to improve sanitation, sewage
Health
disposal and water supplies, and to
500,000
Programme / Project
Project Objectives and Issues
Objective 1
Objective 2 Objective 3
Objective 4
Addressed
Majuro Water Supply
New water wells, reservoirs, water
and Sanitation
treatment plants, transmission mains,
10,800,000
sewage pumping stations with
development of sector plans and
programmes.
Urban Development
TA to prepare project to refurbish and
improve drainage and sewage systems
420,000
and drainage for preparation of an
urban development plan for Apia.
Sanitation and Master
TA to prepare Sanitation Master Plan
Plan for Port Vila
for development of sanitation
470,000
requirements for Port Vila over 20
year timeframe.
Legislative Framework TA to assist the Government in
for Urban Planning and reviewing, updating, drafting,
405,000
the Environment
adoption and enforcing physical
planning legislation and regulations,
building codes and physical plans.
Urban Infrastructure
For rehabilitation and improvement of
Project
urban roads and traffic management,
12,400,000
water supply and sanitation and repair
of Port Vila wharf.
Fisheries Management
Increase employment and incomes in
6,000,000
PNG through the establishment of a
6,000,000
sustainable domestic private sector
fishing industry.
Management
Effective implementation of policies
and directives of Sprep Meeting on
1,687,260
behalf of member countries and
effective implementation of SPREP
Action Plan.
Finance and
Responsible for providing `core"
Administration
administration services and assisting
1,548,110
management in monitoring and
implementing obligations and
requirements set out in SPREP's
Financial and Staff Regulations.
CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES
Project Management
30,070
South Pacific
Endeavour to identify, establish and
Biodiversity Programme initially manage a series of large,
-
diverse Conservation Areas to protect
important ecological features.
Natural Resource
Participation by countries in regional
Conservation
campaigns on species conservation
268,400
Programme
and sustainable use initiatives.
Implementation of Regional and
Programme / Project
Project Objectives and Issues
Objective 1
Objective 2 Objective 3
Objective 4
Addressed
Project Management
79,770
Environmental
National Development Plans
230,000
Policy/Strategy
integrating environment and
Education, Information strengthening institutional support in
and Technology
member countries - Environmental
legislation.
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLANNING
Project Management
69,570
Climate Change and
Integrated Coastal
Management
Environmental
Integrated Coastal Management
Management Planning
approaches- EIA national planning,
295,000
Population and environmental
linkages.
Waste Management,
Pollution Prevention
1,390,000
Total
278,070
51,600,405 24,738,627
863,333
Annex 4: Table of Regional Environmental Threats
Issue
Symptoms/Impacts
Immediate Causes
Root Causes
Scale
Severity
Degradation of associated critical habitats
Coastal
Destruction of coral reefs, Increased demand from
Inadequate environmental Localized
Moderate to
Development
lagoons, seagrass beds,
population growth, food
guidelines for coastal
throughout the severe
beaches: Species depletion production, cash cropping,
development. Lack of
region
or loss and ground and
urbanization, tourism,
enforcement. Limited use
surface water shortage.
industrialization, lifestyle
of environmental
changes, agro-deforestation,
assessment. Limited
damming and canalization
awareness
Damage to Coral Loss of coral habitat by
Nutrients derived from sewage,
Lack of education about Localized
Moderate to
Reefs
collision and removal;
soil erosion and agricultural
sensitivity of marine
throughout the severe
indirect impacts through
fertilizers. Solid waste disposal
ecosystems: lack of
region
siltation; declining reef
and sedimentation from soil
management; lack of
associated fauna. Reduced erosion dredging, coral mining,
enforcement
capacity to meet basic
trampling of shallow reef flats,
human needs and loss of
breaking of corals, collecting of
aesthetic and recreational
marine souvenirs
value
Mangrove
Deterioration of mangrove Reclamation for land, landfill,
Lack of regulations and
Localized and Moderate to
destruction
habitats: decreased fish
wood collection, shrimp farm
management, lack of
common in
severe
and shrimp catches:
construction and decreased
awareness, damming, of
the western
reduced water quality:
freshwater supply
waterways and rivers:
part of the
coastal erosion
increased population
region
pressure.
Destruction of
Signs of physical
Coastal dredging and filling.
Lack of adequate
Localized and Moderate to
Seagrass beds
disturbance: loss of
Pollution, overfishing and
regulations and
common in
severe
and other subtidal seagrass-associated
elevated nutrient levels and
enforcement: limited
the western
habitats.
endangered species,
sedimentation.
awareness, limited
part of the
including turtles, dugong,
awareness of seagrass
region
seabirds and certain
importance
cetaceans.
Issue
Symptoms/Impacts
Immediate Causes
Root Causes
Scale
Severity
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Unsustainable exploitation of resources
Overfishing in the Changes in biological
Increased fishing efforts - too
Lack of surveillance and
Regional
Severe
coastal areas
community structure.
many boats and too many
enforcement of existing
Habitat modification, loss fishermen for
regulations. Lack of
of protected species.
subsistence/survival needs.
stock assessment hampers
Decline in catches with
Destructive fishing practices.
resource management.
decrease in average size.
Destruction of nursery
habitats (mangroves and
seagrass)
Turtle capture and Decrease in nesting
Need for subsidiary food supply Lack of public awareness, Regional
Severe
egg collection by populations
in areas of poor fish resources.
and alternative food
local fishermen
Economic returns from sales to
sources. Lack of
and communities;
tourists. By catch of turtles in
enforcement and stock
sale of shells to
fisheries.
assessment.
tourists and for
export
Collection of
Breakage of corals and
Unregulated collection of corals Expansion of tourism;
Regional
Moderate to
corals and
decline of live coral cover; and mollusks
lack of awareness; lack of
Severe
mollusks for
decline in reef-associated
regulations and
souvenir trade
fauna
enforcement
Ornamental fish
Potential decrease in reef
Potential over-fishing of
Lack of stock assessment, Localized
Low to
collection for
fish populations, damage
individual species, destructive
monitoring and
throughout the moderate
export
to the reef
fishing methods
management. Lack of
region
collector training
Conservation of
Potential decline in
Accidental capture in fisheries
Lack of awareness
Localized
Low to
marine mammals
population
throughout the moderate
(especially
region
dugongs)
Over-fishing of
Potential decline in
Excessive by-catch and discards. Lack of monitoring and
Regional
To be
oceanic resources population
Poor fishing gear selectivity
enforcement of
determined
especially purse seine/ longline
regulations. Lack of
trained staff for
surveillance
Issue
Symptoms/Impacts
Immediate Causes
Root Causes
Scale
Severity
Degradation of water quality
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Surface and
Excessive exploitation of
Poor water reticulation and
Inadequate regards for
Regional in
Moderate to
groundwater
surface and groundwater
distribution systems with
conservation measures
urban areas
severe
for urban use: reallocation inadequate concern for water
including maintenance of
of surface water to
conservation and excessive
distribution systems and
domestic and agricultural
pumping of groundwater
household plumping - no
uses; draw-down of limited resources.
pricing for water and lack
groundwater resources;
of incentive for water
saltwater intrusion into
conservation.
coastal aquifers
Sewage-related
Marine and aquatic
Direct discharge of untreated or Inadequate pollution
Localized in
Severe
and solid
organism infections and
poorly treated sewage; Lack of
control regulations,
the vicinity of
microbial
diseases. Eutrophication
sewage treatment plants
monitoring and
coastal urban
pollution
and alteration of marine
enforcement
areas and
environment, habitat loss
large tourist
and human health effects.
developments
Contamination of
groundwater.
Disposal of Solid Deterioration of aesthetics, Improper solid waste disposal
Lack of adequate waste
Localized in
Moderate to
Waste
alteration of coastal
and beach litter.
disposal regulations and
the vicinity of severe
habitats, physical damage
enforcement, inadequate
coastal urban
to coastal and marine life;
public awareness
areas, coastal
contamination of
villages,
groundwater from landfill
tourism
developments
and adjacent
to major
shipping lanes
Tourism
Destruction of coastal
Intense tourism development:
Limited coastal zone
Regional
Moderate to
Development
areas and adjacent marine
overexploitation of available
planning and
severe
habitats
water resources; poor
infrastructure planning;
infrastructure linkages: excessive limited awareness of
use of marine habitat: land-
adverse tourism impacts:
filling
unregulated tourism
activities and access
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Annex 5:
Background information on the South Pacific Regional Environment
Programme
The South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is a regional organization
established by the governments and administrations of the Pacific Region to look after its
environment. This is reflected in the Mission Statement of SPREP that calls on the organization,
"to promote cooperation in the South Pacific region and to provide assistance in order to protect
and improve its environment and to ensure sustainable development for present and future
generations".
SPREP's members total 26, consisting of all 22 Pacific Island countries and territories, and four
developed countries with direct interests in the region: Australia, France, New Zealand and the
United States of America.
The importance of the environment to the Pacific region is exemplified by the fact that in an era
where governments and administrations are seeking to consolidate, rather than to extend regional
organizations, they decided to establish SPREP as a separate organization. Through this action, the
Pacific island governments and administrations saw the need not only for the people of the Pacific
to focus their attention on environmental considerations, but also for SPREP itself to serve as the
conduit for concerted action in this area at the regional level. The establishment of SPREP also
sends a clear signal to the global community of the deep commitment of the Pacific Island
governments and administrations towards sustainable development.
Historically, SPREP was conceived out of a workshop in 1969 focusing on nature conservation.
The result of the workshop led to the inclusion in 1973 of a programme for the conservation of
nature within the South Pacific Commission (SPC), based in Noumea, New Caledonia. That
humble beginning led to the establishment of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
in 1982. The programme had a unique Coordinating Group which guided its operations, comprising
representatives of the South Pacific Bureau for Economic Cooperation (now the South Pacific
Forum Secretariat based in Suva, Fiji); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP); and South Pacific
Commission. In 1991, the governing body of SPREP - the Intergovernmental Meeting - agreed that
it should become an autonomous regional organization, and in agreeing to an offer by the
Government of Samoa, relocated its headquarters to Apia, Samoa in 1992. On 31 August 1995,
SPREP officially became autonomous when Niue (the tenth country to do so), ratified the
Agreement Establishing SPREP.
Since its establishment as a separate entity in Samoa (1992), the Secretariat has continually
expanded its coverage of environment issues to the extent that its staff has grown from less than ten
·
The South Pacific Biodiversity Conservation Programme (SPBCP): a project for the
preparation of a regional strategy for international waters; and the Pacific Islands Climate
Change Assistance Programme (PICCAP) and CC:TRAIN (assist Pacific island countries meet
their obligations under Article 4 and 12 of the UN Framework Convention on Climate
Change). These projects are funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) through the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP);
·
Waste Management Education and Awareness by the European Union;
·
Climate Change and Environmental Education and Training programmes through AusAID;
·
Atmospheric and Radiation Measurements in the Tropical Western Pacific with the US
Department of Energy;
·
Meteorological services in conjunction with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO);
·
The Programme of Capacity Building for Sustainable Development in the South Pacific:
Building on NEMS (Capacity 21 for short), part of UNDP's focus on capacity building; and
·
The environmental clearing-house functions of SPREP operate with funding from
New Zealand.
The above are only some of the activities covered by SPREP, however, under a broader
perspective, SPREP will develop and implement a regionally coordinated and comprehensive
range of activities under the following programmes:
·
Biodiversity and Natural Resource Conservation
·
Climate Change and Integrated Coastal Management
·
Waste Management, Pollution Prevention and Emergencies
·
Environmental Management, Planning and Institutional Strengthening
·
Environmental Education, Information and Training
All of SPREP's activities are guided by the Action Plan for Managing the Environment of the South
Pacific Region to the year 2000 (this document is available from the Secretariat) and it outlines the
vision for SPREP as:
" ... a community of Pacific island countries and territories with the capacity and commitment to
implement programmes for environmental management and conservation. This SPREP community
shares responsibility for implementation of the Action Plan, facilitated by its Secretariat."
SPREP in all its activities endeavours to work with its member countries, donor agencies and other
regional organizations to ensure that its goals and objectives, as stated by its Action Plan, are
successfully achieved to the benefit of the Pacific region for present and future generations.
Annex 6
Terms of Reference
Project for the Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Pacific Small
Island Developing States
Background
The Pacific Small Island Developing States are jointly engaging in an effort to define the terms of
environmental sustainability for the Pacific region. A specific initiative is the Strategic Action
Programme for International Waters of Pacific Islands, undertaken cooperatively by 14 Pacific
Small Island Developing States. The SAP identifies environmentally significant transboundary
regional concerns, imminent threats, root causes, information gaps, proposed solutions, and
priorities for action. Particularly important is the lack of strategic information presented in an
appropriate manner to decision-makers, resource users, managers and communities to evaluate costs
and benefits of, and to decide among, alternative activities. Work undertaken during the SAP
process resulted in the identification of three priority transboundary concerns related to
International Waters:
·
Degradation of their quality
·
Degradation of their associated critical habitats
·
Unsustainable use of their living and non-living resources
The threats were examined from the perspective of critical species and their habitats and living and
non-living marine resources. Priority was given to those transboundary concerns that arise from the
following imminent threats to the health of those waters. The priority concerns include:
·
Pollution of marine and freshwater (including groundwater) from land-based activities
·
Issues related to the long term sustainable use of marine and freshwater resources
·
Physical, ecological and hydrological modification of critical habitats unsustainable
exploitation of living and nonliving resources, particularly, although not exclusively, the
unsustainable and/or inefficient exploitation of coastal and ocean fishery resources.
The SAP provides a framework for Pacific island countries to improve regional capacity for
management of transboundary water resources and to create improved management structures to
address environmental degradation and ensure the long term sustainability of ocean fisheries in the
Western Pacific Warm Pool ecosystem. Implementation of the SAP will lead to improved
integration of environmental concerns into local, national and regional policy, and improved water
quality and the conservation of key coastal and ocean ecological areas.
undertaken will be those that address problems that have a demonstrable, negative effect on coastal
living resources.
The OFM component will focus on measures to achieve the long-term sustainable development of
ocean fisheries in the region are a SAP priority, targeting the Western Pacific Warm Pool
ecosystem. Regional level options to increase domestic benefits from the tuna fishery and
associated by-catch are to be explored in an effort to reduce fishing pressure on increasingly
degraded and over-exploited near-shore resources. The result would be to protect and enhance
globally significant biological resources and increase food security for the region. Management
capacity at the individual country and regional level will be strengthened and global benefits would
accrue. The project will provide working examples of economies of scale in environmental
management.
Applications
Applications to be submitted, preferably using a United Nations Personal History Form, not later
than thirty (30) days after the publication of this announcement. Applications should be sent to:
The Director
South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
P.O. Box 240
Apia,
Samoa
Job Descriptions
1.
Project Manager
The Project Manager shall be contracted to SPREP and responsible for the overall coordination of
all aspects of the general implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the International
Waters of the Pacific Islands. In particular, he/she will be responsible for the overall management
and supervision of the UNDP/GEF project. He/she shall liaise directly with the Regional Task
Forces, National Task Forces and National Coordinators, as well as the representatives of the GEF
partners and other donors, in order to coordinate the annual work plan for the programme. The
Project Manager will also liaise with other project managers and coordinators of related and
relevant projects and programmes, such as the UNDP/ICARE programme implemented out of the
UNDP Fiji Office. The work plan will provide guidance on the day-to-day implementation of the
current project document and on the integration of the various donor funded parallel initiatives.
This will include close coordination with the Forum Fisheries Agency and the South Pacific
Commission who are responsible for the implementation of major project components. He/she shall
be responsible for all substantive, managerial and financial reports from the Project. He/she will
provide overall supervision for all staff in the Programme Coordination Unit (PCU) as well as
providing guidance concerning external relations for the project.
The Project Manager will consult and coordinate closely with the Director and other representatives
of the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), and report directly to the Director
of SPREP and to the UNDP Resident Representative in Samoa. He/she shall also consult with the
respective UNDP officers in Fiji and Papua New Guinea and other senior representatives of partner
agencies. Supplementary technical guidance will be provided by UNDP/GEF.
In particular the Project Manager:
·
Serve as the Head of the Project Coordination Unit (PCU) located in the offices of SPREP;
·
Assume general responsibility for the day-to-day management and implementation of all
project objectives and activities;
·
Supervise all UNDP/GEF related activities pursuant to implementation of the objectives and
specific activities of the SAP;
·
Manage the UNDP/GEF components of the PCU, its staff and budget;
·
Prepare the annual work plan of the programme, in a format consistent with SPREP's output-
based budget and monitoring and evaluation procedures and Financial Regulations and
UNDP's guidelines for National Execution (NEX), on the basis of the Project Document, and
in close consultation and coordination with the RTF, NTF, National Coordinators, GEF
partners and relevant donors;
·
Ensure consistency between the various programme elements and related activities provided or
funded by other donor organizations;
·
Prepare and oversee the development of Terms of Reference for consultants and contractors;
·
Coordinate and oversee the preparation of the substantive and operational reports for SAP
implementation;
·
Collect and disseminate information on policy, economic, scientific, and technical issues
related to SAP implementation;
·
Promote public awareness and participatory activities necessary for successful SAP
implementation;
·
Provide support for the preparation of technical and feasibility studies;
·
Prepare progress reports concerning project activities; and
·
Participate and prepare project reviews (PIRs, PPER, and Tri-Partite Reviews).
Qualifications
The selected candidate will have:
·
An advanced degree (Ph.D. or equivalent) in a discipline relevant to environmental
management and institution building (e.g., applied marine science, natural resources
economics), with emphasis on the coastal resources and marine sectors;
·
At least ten years of professional experience in senior project management posts with
increasing managerial responsibility in fields related to the assignment;
·
Demonstrated diplomatic and negotiating skills;
·
Demonstrable excellent verbal and written communications skills, both at a technical level and
in the preparation of information destined to the general public;
·
Previous experience in the operational aspects of large UN-funded projects or similar
regional/multi-country projects, as well as experience with funding organizations such as the
GEF;
·
Excellent working knowledge of English. Familiarity and knowledge of participating
countries and their languages would be an advantage;
·
Familiarity with the goals and procedures of international organizations, in particular of the
GEF implementing agencies (UNDP, UNEP, World Bank), and of SPREP and other regional
organizations in the Pacific;
·
Other essential requirements include: the ability to manage the work of consultants; a proven
ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary and/or multi-cultural team; the ability to meet
project deadlines, often under difficult circumstances; and an ability to live and work within
Pacific island communities. Applicants with a direct experience of coastal and marine issues
in the Pacific region, as outlined in the SAP, will be highly regarded.
2.
Community Assessment and Participation Specialist
The Community Assessment and Participation Specialist will work under the direct supervision of
the Project Manager of the UNDP/GEF project. The Specialist will assume direct responsibility for
the substantial community assessment, participation, information, and education activities of the
project, and work closely with the existing education, assessment and information specialists in
SPREP, UNDP and other regional partners. More specifically the Specialist will:
·
Coordinate the full range of project activities for related to assessment of community issues,
community participation and awareness and education needs;
·
Serve as an expert resource for the various committees and working groups of the project;
·
Oversee the selection of the membership of the Community Assessment and Participation
Advisory Committee (CAPAC);
·
Oversee the selection of the membership of the Demonstration Project Advisory Committees
(DPAC);
·
Provide technical support to the CAPAC and DPACs;
·
Assure the development of and be responsible for the successful implementation of the work
plan as it relates to community participation and education activities;
·
Other essential requirements include: the ability to manage the work of consultants and
committees; a proven ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary and/or multi-cultural team;
the ability to meet project deadlines, often under difficult circumstances; experience with the
assessment of social, cultural and economic conditions in Pacific island countries; an
understanding of Pacific cultures; and an ability to live and work within Pacific island
communities
Qualifications
·
The selected candidate will have an advanced degree in a discipline in the social sciences,
relevant to community assessment, involvement and public education issues as they relate to
the project;
·
The candidate must possess excellent written and oral communication skills in English,
familiarity and knowledge of participating countries and their languages would be an
advantage;
·
A minimum of eight years of direct, relevant, field-based experience is a necessity;
·
Other essential requirements include: the ability to manage the work of consultants; a proven
ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary and/or multi-cultural team; the ability to meet
project deadlines, often under difficult circumstances; and an ability to live and work within
Pacific island communities. Applicants with a direct experience of coastal, marine and socio-
cultural issues in the Pacific region, as outlined in the SAP, will be highly regarded.
3.
Resource Economist
The Resource Economist will work under the direct supervision of the Project Manager. The
Resource Economist will assume direct responsibility for the determination of economic aspects
and viability of the demonstrations and other project activities, and liaise closely with related
programmes in SPREP, UNDP and other regional partners. More specifically the Resource
Economist will be responsible for the overall economic evaluation of resource use related to the
implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the International Waters of the Pacific
Islands. In particular the Resource Economist will:
·
Contribute to the development of the annual work plan of the programme;
·
Support the Project Manager as appropriate during its meetings of the RTF and its sub-
committees;
·
Coordinate and monitor the economic dimensions of activities in the work plan;
·
Facilitate liaison and networking between and among the 14 country participants, in particular
the private sector, relevant regional organizations, other relevant organizations, non-
governmental organizations, key stakeholders and other individuals involved in project
implementation on matters related to resource economics and viability;
·
Assist with the preparation and oversight of Terms of Reference for consultants and
contractors;
·
Provide financial input to the development of demonstration projects and the preparation of the
substantive and operational reports for SAP implementation;
·
Collect and disseminate information on economic issues related to SAP implementation;
·
Promote public awareness of economic approaches to resource allocation necessary for
sustainable development of demonstrations and the successful SAP implementation;
·
Assist with the preparation of technical and feasibility studies;
·
Assist with the preparation of progress reports concerning project activities; and
·
Participate and prepare project reviews (PIRs, PPER, and Tri-Partite Reviews).
Qualifications
·
The selected candidate will have an advanced degree in resource economics or a related
discipline (e.g., applied marine science, coastal management), with emphasis on resource
economics;
·
At least eight years of professional experience in senior technical or policy advice posts;
·
Demonstrated technical and project delivery skills;
·
Demonstrable excellent verbal and written communications skills, both at a technical level and
in the preparation of information destined to the general public;
·
Previous experience in the delivery of regional/multi-country projects, as well as experience
Pacific island communities. Applicants with a direct experience of coastal, marine and
economic issues in the Pacific region, as outlined in the SAP, will be highly regarded.
Duty Station: SPREP premises, Apia, Samoa
Duration:
An initial fixed-term contract of three years, with a possible renewal for
another two years.
Institutional Structures
4.
Program Coordination Unit (PCU)
The PCU will be a distinct unit within SPREP, which will work closely together with other units as
required. The unit will provide a coordination and management structure for the implementation of
the Strategic Action Programme and function in accordance with the rules and procedures of
UNDP/GEF, as outlined in the Project Document, and SPREP. It is, however, recognized that there
may be situations where the nature of SPREPs rules and procedures and those of UNDP may
conflict. In situations where conflicting/or mutually exclusive rules and procedures arise, solutions
will be worked out on a case-by-case basis, thus ensuring that the requirements of the GEF and
UNDP's National Execution (NEX) modality are fully met.
The PCU will be headed by the Project Manager and guided by the decisions of the RTF, NTFs and
advisory committees" and support the implementation of the project outputs through the following
tasks:
·
Assistance in networking between Regional and National Task Forces, RTF sub-committees
and National Coordinators for all participating countries;
·
Organization of technical cooperation activities between regional organizations for capacity-
building, environmental policy, management and pre-investment activities related to the
implementation of the SAP;
·
Organization of consultative meetings for introducing and implementing programme activities;
·
Collection and dissemination of information on policy, economic, scientific and technical
issues related to the programme;
·
Provision of support for the preparation of technical and feasibility studies;
·
Preparation of progress reports (administrative and financial) concerning programme
activities;
·
Establishment of and assistance in networking between specialized institutions in participating
countries and technical specialists from elsewhere;
·
Assistance in implementing demonstration projects as outlined in the project document;
A steering committee, known as the Regional Task Force (RTF), was formed under the
preparatory phase of the project. The RTF's role is to act as a technical, managerial and advisory
group (TMAG) to the project, and to guide the PCU in the implementation and monitoring. The
over-riding rationale for the RTF is to ensure that policy recommendations emanating form the SAP
are appropriately incorporated into other regional programmes and policies, and that these are
implemented appropriately, over and above the recognized need to ensure institutional ownership.
One of the first activities of project implementation will be to re-constitute the membership of the
RTF and agree on meeting procedures. The RTF will meet yearly. To ensure the institutional
ownership and sustainability of project impacts, the RTF will be linked to the CROP Marine Sector
Working Group and comprised of CROP representatives, UNDP and selected individuals, as
appropriate. Sub-committees, more technical in nature, of the RTF may be established as necessary
to focus on particular project activities. A specific responsibility of the RTF will be to facilitate
liaison to the GEF Implementing Agencies. The Forum Secretariat coordinates the CROP, and thus
is a project partner.
The Regional Task Force shall:
·
Be comprised of representatives of the CROP Marine Sector Working Group, up to five (5)
participating countries on a rotating basis or as the agenda of the RTF dictates, two (2) NGO
representatives on a rotating basis or as the agenda of the RTF dictates and one (1) from the
private sector. The Forum Secretariat will chair the RTF and UNDP will participate as an ex-
officio member of the Task Force.
·
Provide technical assistance, policy guidance and political support in order to facilitate and
catalyze implementation of the project;
·
Annually review programme progress and make recommendations as appropriate; and
·
Serve as liaison to and involve the GEF Implementing Agencies, as appropriate.
6.
National Task Force
Capacity at a national level to coordinate and administer activities to implement the project will be
critical as they are currently stretched in many smaller island States. National Task Forces (NTF)
were established under the preparatory phase of this project. They will be re-constituted with new
membership and nominated by the participating governments. They could be existing mechanisms,
e.g., NEMS. The NTFs will be responsible for securing the necessary level of cooperation from
their respective country, including the securing of country-specific information and resources
necessary to project activities. The list of NTF Coordinators who served during SAP development
is included as Annex 8. Due to the constrained capacity in many of the participating countries,
The National Task Forces shall:
·
Be chaired and formed by a senior governmental official designated by each of the
participating countries;
·
Be inter-ministerial in nature and serve as the official link to all elements of project
implementation within each participating country;
·
Serve as the principal source of information concerning available country resources for all
aspects of project implementation; and
·
Be closely coordinated with the meetings of the RTF and the PCU;
·
Provide input to the RTF for strategic policy guidance for the implementation of the project, as
well as guidance to implement national components of the project;
·
Facilitate national policy and institutional changes necessary to engender success in project
activities;
·
Provide guidance to the DPACs for the implementation of the demonstration projects if the
demonstration is of significant national interest.
7.
Community Assessment and Participation Advisory Committee
A Community Assessment and Participation Advisory Committee (CAPAC) will support the PCU.
The CAPAC is a sub-committee of the RTF, and will be comprised of national and regional
representatives with the array of skills necessary to ensure that the activities related to community-
based assessment, information, participation and education are effective, of a high standard which
can maximize the sustainability of the projects impacts and facilitate the replication of
demonstrations.
The CAPAC shall:
·
Be representative of the full range of expertise needed to implement the social assessment and
public participation and education elements of the project;
·
Be nominated by participating regional organizations, countries and the NGO community;
·
Be selected by the Project Manager, in consultation with the RTF, NTF and other regional
organizations;
·
Be chaired by the Project Manager or his/her designee;
·
Meet at the call of the Chair and give advice as necessary to the achievement of project-related
social assessment and public education elements.
8.
Demonstration Project Advisory Committees
Community participation, including the private sector, will be an integral component of each
of their respective demonstration projects, derive lessons learned and prepare recommendations for
how best to replicate activity results across the region.
Each DPAC will:
·
Be comprised of country representatives at the governmental and non-governmental levels,
private sector, regional organizations and the PCU;
·
Be chaired by the Project Manager or her/his designee;
·
Meet at the request of the Project Manager to review demonstration project implementation;
and
·
Facilitate the development of their respective demonstration projects, monitor and evaluate
project results during implementation, help synthesize project results, and derive lessons
learned and prepare recommendations for how best to replicate demonstration activities across
the region.
9.
Fisheries Management Adviser
The Fisheries Management Adviser will support member countries in the development of effective national
and regional fisheries management arrangements for the tuna fisheries of the western and central Pacific.
The Adviser will focus on assisting in the development of strategies to conserve and manage the highly
migratory fish stocks associated with the Western Pacific Warm Pool ecosystem. Specifically, this position
will be responsible for assisting FFA member countries with the coordination and development of fisheries
management arrangements. Such arrangements are designed to help FFA member countries assess the
biological, economic and social implications of alternative fisheries management strategies in the context of
the management of highly migratory fish stocks. The Fisheries Management Adviser will be required to
travel extensively, mainly within the Pacific region.
The Adviser shall:
·
Assist FFA member countries to identify, and prioritize, fisheries management issues in the
tuna fisheries of the central western Pacific;
·
Convene and participate in in-country fisheries management workshops to assist member
countries identify their national priorities and policies with respect to tuna management;
·
Assist member countries to develop national tuna management plans;
·
Foster effective relations with the tuna fisheries managers of FFA member countries;
·
Help plan, prepare for, and participate in, meetings of the skip-jack, and albacore, big-eye and
yellow-fin species working groups;
·
Prepare briefing papers for FFC on fisheries-management related matters;
·
Assist in the planning and undertaking of fisheries management activities in relation to the
MHLC process;
·
Assist the Manager and other staff of the Economics and Marketing Division to prepare and
understanding of fisheries science, particularly stock assessment techniques, international fisheries
law, and the tuna industry, are helpful though not essential attributes.
The Adviser will have:
·
relevant tertiary qualification in the fields of fisheries economics, natural resource
management, or a related discipline;
·
At least five years of professional experience in senior project advisory posts with increasing
responsibility in fields related to the assignment;
·
Demonstrable excellent verbal and written communications skills, both at a technical level and
in the preparation of information destined to the general public;
·
Previous experience in the operational aspects of large UN-funded projects or similar
regional/multi-country projects, as well as experience with funding organizations such as the
GEF;
·
Excellent working knowledge of English. Familiarity and knowledge of participating
countries and their languages would be an advantage;
·
Other essential requirements include: the ability to manage the work of consultants; a proven
ability to work as part of an inter-disciplinary and/or multi-cultural team; the ability to meet
project deadlines, often under difficult circumstances; and an ability to live and work within
Pacific island communities. Applicants with a direct experience of fisheries issues in the
Pacific region, as outlined in the SAP and currently the focus, will be highly regarded.
Duty Station:
FFA premises, Honiara, Solomon Islands
Duration:
An initial fixed-term contract of three years.
10.
Stock Assessment Specialist
The Stock Assessment Specialist will work under the direct supervision of the Principal Fisheries
Scientist, Oceanic Fisheries Programme (OFP), at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
The Specialist will analyze and interpret biological and statistical data pertaining to the assessment
of tuna and billfish species harvested in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO), in
collaboration with OFP staff, and in the context of an ecosystem approach to sustainable harvest
and management of oceanic resources in the region.
More specifically, the Specialist will
·
conduct statistical analyses of fishery catch and effort data, indices of abundance, and
biological and oceanographic data
Qualifications:
The selected candidate will have a post-graduate degree in fisheries science, including extensive
knowledge of statistical analysis and modeling; the candidate will possess demonstrated experience
in oceanic fishery research of high international standard, and must possess excellent skills in
formulating and presenting scientific advice, and written and communication skills of a high order.
A minimum of eight years of direct relevant experience will be required.
Duty station: SPC Headquarters, Noumea, New Caledonia.
Duration:
A fixed term contract of three years in the first instance.
11.
Fisheries Research Scientist (Ecosystems)
The Fisheries Research Scientist will work under the direct supervision of the Oceanic Fisheries
Coordinator of the Oceanic Fisheries (OFP) at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC). The
Scientist will coordinate biological research on the Warm Pool Large Marine Ecosystem which
supports the tuna fishery of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean, with the long-term intention of
determining sustainable levels of harvest from this ecosystem, and the impacts of removals of target
tuna species on other components of the system.
More specifically, the Scientist will
·
undertake biological research on all components of the Warm Pool ecosystem, particularly
tunas and non-target, associated and dependent (by-catch) species
·
devise and implement biological sampling programmes in support of this research, utilizing
observer and other sampling programmes, as required
·
develop and apply models of the biodynamics of the Warm Pool ecosystem, in collaboration
with OFP scientists
·
assess where possible impacts of fishing on stocks of non-target, associated and dependent
species
·
document the results of research and analyses for publication, and present these as required
·
integrate these results with complementary OFP research
Qualifications:
The selected candidate will have a university degree in biology, fisheries stock assessment or
related discipline, with a post-graduate qualification desirable. The candidate will have extensive
experience with field research programmes, computer-based analysis of fishery and biological data
and pelagic fisheries stock assessment, as well as some familiarity with ecosystem approaches to
12.
Fishery Monitoring Supervisor
The Fishery Monitoring Supervisor will work under the direct supervision of the Oceanic Fisheries
Coordinator of the Oceanic Fisheries Programme (OFP) of the SPC. The candidate will actively
participate in the development of, and oversee the operation and maintenance of national and
regional observer and port sampling programmes. These programmes will monitor all aspects of
the fishery and catch of tunas and non-target, associated and dependent species (by-catch), and
provide a range of data in support of stock assessment and studies of ecosystem dynamics.
More specifically, the Supervisor
·
Support and assist the implementation of national port sampling and observer programmes
providing representative coverage of tuna fleets operating in the region, and assist in the
design of these programmes
·
Supervise, in the field, the placement and work of all observers and port samplers, ensuring
that data as required for stock assessment and ecosystem studies are systematically collected,
standardized data collection procedures are followed, and data quality is optimized.
·
Ensure the incorporation of data collected in regional databases, and maintain data quality
through debriefing of national coordinators and their staff.
·
Supervise the work of national coordinators, through regular contact and visits where
necessary; and coordinate and maintain standards amongst such programmes
·
Prepare and present periodic written and oral reports on the results of the port sampling and
observer programmes
Qualifications:
The selected candidate will have a degree in biological or fishery science, or equivalent
qualification, with extensive experience in sea-going research programmes, and observer/port
sampling programmes, preferrably involving tuna fisheries. Some knowledge of fishery data
analysis would be desirable, and basic computer skills required. The candidate will have the ability
to supervise and motivate persons from differing cultural and educational backgrounds, in Pacific
Island communities, and should have good written and oral communication skills.
Duty station:
SPC Headquarters, Noumea, New Caledonia, but extensive travel and field
work within the region will be required.
Duration:
An initial fixed-term contract of three years.
13. National Coordinators
The coordinator will have the following specific responsibilities and duties:
·
To prepare, in consultation with the PCU and national task force, the work plan, schedule and
budget for the national activities, and to submit the same to the relevant national Ministry and
the GEF/SAP Project Manager;
·
To report regularly to the GEF/SAP Project Manager regarding the progress of the national
activities and to account for budget expenditures;
·
To draft and submit the terms of reference for work to be contracted nationally, to monitor and
manage all work contracted to national experts, to submit the work produced by national
experts to the national task force and certify that it meets the terms of reference for such work;
·
To ensure that the work contracted out to national experts is coordinated and integrated at a
national level so that it contributes effectively to the implementation of the SAP;
·
To arrange for the administrative and logistical support required by the national task force and
related committees under the project;
·
To serve as the secretary of the national task force, to facilitate the exchange of information
within and without the task force;
·
To facilitate the meetings of the national task force;
·
To lead, monitor and manage the organization and implementation of the national activities;
·
To perform such other duties as may be required by the national task force consistent with the
objectives of the programme.
The national coordinator will be nominated by the relevant national Ministry, in accordance with
the following considerations:
a. That he or she should be in a position to work as a full-time, dedicated nationally recruited
project personnel for 36 months;
b. That he or she will have at least five years supervisory experience in government;
c. That he or she has an advanced degree in a field relevant to coastal and marine issues as defined
by the SAP.
The national coordinator shall have the authority, in consultation with the national task force, to do
the following:
a. To request for the disbursement of project funds from the PCU, in accordance with the budget
and work plan.
b. To call meetings of the national task force and to invite such persons and institutions deemed
useful by the national task force.
Annex 7:
Regional Task Force Members for SAP Formulation
Country Representatives
Fiji: Maciu Lagibalavu, Director, Fisheries, Suva - Fax: (679) 361 184
Marshall Islands: Jorelik Tibon, Director, Environmental Protection Authority, Majuro -
Fax: (692) 625-5202, email: missa1@ntamar.com
Samoa: Frances Brebner, Treasury Department, Apia - Fax: (685) 21312,
e-mail: plan_pol@talofa.net
Tonga: Saimone Helu, Director, Water Board, Nuku'alofa - Fax: (676) 23360,
email: twbhelu@cwand.to
Vanuatu: Dorosday Kenneth, Director, Fisheries, Port Vila - Fax: (678) 23 641,
represented by Moses Amos
Council of Regional Organizations for the Pacific (CROP)
Anthony D. Lewis, Director, Oceanic Fisheries, South Pacific Commission, Nouméa, New
Caledonia Fax: (687) 263-818, email: tonyl@spc.org.nc
Iosefa Maiava, Director, Development and Economic Policy Division, Forum Secretariat,
Suva, Fiji Fax: (679) 300-192, email: iosefam@forumsec.org.fj
Andrew Munro, Waste Management Officer, SPREP, Apia, Samoa - Fax: (685) 20231,
email: munro@talofa.net
Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
Paul Holthus, Marine and Coastal Programs, IUCN/World Conservation Union, Gland,
Switzerland Fax: 41-22-999-0024, email: pfh@hq.iucn.org
Andrew Smith, The Nature Conservancy, Koror, Palau - Fax: (680) 488-4550,
email: 103732.3465@compuserve.com
Private Sector
Curly Carswell, President, Fiji Dive Operators Association, Savusavu, Fiji - Fax: (679) 850-344
email: seafijidive@is.com.fj
Implementing Agencies
Elizabeth Brouwer, Pacific Country Officer, The World Bank, Washington, D.C.
Fax: 1-202-522-3393, email:ebrouwer@worldbank.org
Annex 8:
National Task Force Members for SAP Formulation
Cook Islands: Teresa Manarangi-Trott, Director, Island Wide Services, Rarotonga -
Fax: (682) 27007, email:trott@gatepoly.co.ck
Federated States of Micronesia: O'Kean Ehmes, Capacity 21 Programme Officer (Micronesia),
Palikir, Pohnpei - Fax: (691) 320-2933, email: oehmes@mail.fm
Fiji: Bale Tamata, Manager, Environment, Institute of Applied Sciences, University of the South
Pacific, Suva - Fax: (679) 300-373, email: tamata_b@usp.ac.fj
Kiribati: Alolae Cati, Consultant, Tarawa - Fax: (686) 21 348
Marshall Islands: Abraham Hicking, Environmental Protection Authority, Majuro - Fax: (692)
625-5202, email:missa1@ntamar.com
Nauru: Joseph Cain, Senior Project Officer, Dept. of Island Development and Industry, Yaren
District - Fax: (674) 444-3791
Niue: Terry Chapman, Consultant, Alofi - Fax: (683) 4094
Papua New Guinea: Navu Kwapena, Director, Nature Conservation Division, Department of
Environment, Boroko - Fax: (675) 301-1694
Samoa: Tu'u'u Ieti Taule'alo, Public Works Department, Apia - Fax: (685) 21927,
email: opcv@talofa.net
Solomon Islands: Michelle Lam, Principal Fisheries Officer, Fisheries Department, Honiara
Fax: (677) 30256, email: sbfish@ffa.int
Tonga: Netatua Prescott, Senior Ecologist, Ministry of Lands, Survey and Natural Resources,
Nuku'alofa - Fax: (676) 23216
Tuvalu: Roger Moresi, Consultant, Funafuti - Fax: 688) 20666
Vanuatu: Sarah Mecartney, Capacity 21 Programme Officer (Melanesia), Port Vila
Fax: (678) 27421, email: environment@vanuatu.pactok.net
Annex 9:
Draft Schedule of Project Reviews, Reporting and Evaluation
* to be finalized at outset of project operations
Project Starting Date:
15 December 1999*
Description
Date *
1. Inception Report
2/2000
2. Annual Project Review
2/2001
3. TPR
3/2001
4. Audit
TBD
5. GEF Project Status Report
late-2001
(Project Implementation Review short form)
6. Annual Project Review
2/2002
7. TPR
3/2002
8. Audit
TBD
9. GEF Project Implementation Review
late-2002
10. Annual Project Review
2/2003
11. TPR
3/2003
12. Independent Mid-Term Evaluation
3/2003
13. Audit
TBD
14. GEF Project Implementation Review
late-2003
15. MTR
late-2003
16. Annual Project Review
2/2004
17. TPR
3/2004
18. Audit
TBD
19. GEF Project Implementation Review
late-2004
20. Terminal Report
11/2004
21. End of Project Evaluation
12/2004
22. Terminal TPR
3/2005
23. Independent Final Evaluation
3/2005
Annex 10
Organogram
National Governments
National Coordinators
Demonstration Project
Advisory Committees
National Task Forces
National Fisheries
Support Officers
Community Assessment
Regional Task Force
and Participation
Advisory Committee
South Pacific Forum,
Council of Regional
Organizations for the Pacific
SPREP
South Pacific
Project Coordination Unit
Programmes and
Projects (e.g.,
Project Manager
SIDSNET, ICARE,
PCU Staff
IW:LEARN and
TRAIN:SEA:COAST
)
SPC
UNDP
FFA
Stock Assess. Specialist
Fishery Mgmt Advisor
Fisheries Res. Scientist
Fisheries Mon. Superv.
Annex 11.
Data Verification for FFA Monitoring Control and Surveillance (MCS) Systems
(Under Activity 3.6 Technical Support to FFA for VMS Core Systems).
Background
The FFA member countries' vessel monitoring system (FFA VMS) has undergone extensive testing
and is now installed in all fourteen FFA island member countries with a proven capacity to monitor
the activities of fishing vessels in their exclusive economic zones (EEZs). As a near real-time
management tool, it needs to operate at 95% availability. The FFA VMS links to surveillance crafts
such as patrol boats is very high priority and such requirements necessitate enhancement of the
VMS.
In addition, MCS operations as a whole will benefit from the proposed enhancement features to the
VMS.
FFA has an extensive fisheries database (the Corporate Data Resource or CDR), which is one of the
best of its type in the world. While including some catch data, the CDR is primarily concerned with
handling data to support the control of illegal fishing and other threats to resource sustainability.
The CDR, which includes VMS data will succeed, depends on the delivery of accurate and relevant
information to member countries. Without a data verification (quality assurance) function, CDR and
FFA VMS will quickly lose their value to the work of FFA in supporting fisheries management
purposes. This cannot be achieved at FFA with existing resources and GEF funding for his
component would make a substantial and meaningful contribution to this activity.
It is fair to note that until the FFA VMS came into operations, the FFA did not have mission-critical
applications in place. This has changed because of the support provided by VMS to enable member
countries to make urgent and costly decisions on the use of surveillance assets. A patrol boat or
surveillance aircraft launched into operation as a result of VMS reports that are based on outdated
or incorrect license information will undermine the credibility of the regional surveillance umbrella,
and the be very costly. Without adequate and focused attention data verification, the FFA cannot
guarantee the accuracy of the information despatched to member countries using the FFA VMS and
other CDR data.
Objective:
The objectives of the project are to:
· Develop and implement adequate data verification (quality assurance) strategy to ensure that
CDR, VMS and other data management tools meet the needs of FFA member countries,
including a review and assessment of the computing technology and business processes used in
the FFA Corporate System; and
surveillance (MCS) requirements.
2. Review of all integrated database systems at FFA that were developed to manage MCS
management arrangements and those in support of such initiatives.
3. Development of an adequate quality assurance strategy with an action plan for implementation
at FFA and training of all staff resources involved.
4. Implement the quality assurance action plan and closely monitoring to ensure successful uptake.
5. Implement a long-term approach to maintain the relevancy and suitability of the endorsed
quality assurance strategy in a sustainable manner.
This project requires funding support for two years to complete the tasks itemised above. It would
require the recruitment of one professional and supporting equipment costs to establish the quality
assurance function at FFA for eventual incorporation into the MCS core funding mechanism based
on its cost-recovery strategy at the end of two years.
Outcomes:
1. Improve the accuracy, timeliness and completeness of corporate information on which member
countries base their fisheries management and surveillance decisions;
2. Provide a robust framework to verify, store and make use of a variety of fisheries data and
information available to member countries for decision making;
3. Adequately support the management initiatives implemented by member countries for the
control and exploitation of their tuna fisheries resources; and
4. Enhance the capability of member countries to manage their fisheries in a sustainable manner.