GOG LME PROJECT LESSONS BY EDWIN P D
GOG LME PROJECT LESSONS • BY • EDWIN P. D. BARNES
PROBLEMS OF THE LME Ø DECREASING FISH CATCHES Ø COASTAL EROSION Ø LOSS OF HABITAT FOR VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES Ø POLLUTION FROM VARIOUS SOURCES Ø DAMS AND HYDRO STATIONS Ø HARBOURS AND PORTS
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS(1) • GENERAL • DEVELOPMENT AND CONSOLIDATION OF THE CONCEPT OF ECOSYSYEM WIDE AND INTEGRATED APPROACH TO MANAGING THE GOG-LME
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS (2) SPECIFICS Ø POLITICAL SUPPORT Ø SOME 350 SCIENTISTS AND MANAGERS INVOLVED Ø DEVELOPMENT OF NETWORKS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS(3) • CAPACITY BUILDING OF INDIVIDUALS AND INSTITUTIONS • INSTITUTIONALISATION OF BASIC DATA AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DECISIONMAKING
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS(4) • PREPARATION OF COASTAL PROFILES FOR THE SIX COUNTRIES • FORMULATION OF NATIONAL INTEGRATED COASTAL MANAGEMENT PLANS • INVOLVEMENT OF GRASSROOTS IN ALL PROGRAMMES
PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS(5) • DEVLOPMENT OF ACTIVE COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS WITH OTHER PROJECTS AND ORGANISATIONS IN THE SUBREGION
PROJECT CONSTRAINTS(1) • DEVLOPMENT OF NECESARY COORDINATION AMONG INSTITUTIONS SOME OF WHICH HAD THEIR OWN FIXED WAY OF DOING THINGS • HIGH STAFF TURNOVER BOTH AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS
PROJECT CONSTRAINTS(2) • FOREIGN CONSULTANTS WITHOUT A GOOD APPRECIATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY HAD TO OPERATE – DID THEY HAVE THEIR OWN AGENDA?
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