List of projects- StewardFish Microgrants Scheme for Caribbean Fisherfolk Organisations

On July 1, 2020 CANARI launched the call for applications for the USD20,000 StewardFish Microgrants Scheme for Caribbean Fisherfolk Organisations.

The overall goal of the microgrant scheme is to provide support to Caribbean fisherfolk organisations for organisational strengthening initiatives that will enhance their capacity to participate in coastal and marine resources governance and management, including ecosystem stewardship. The call targeted the following five fisherfolk organisations participating in StewardFish:

1. Barbuda Fisherfolk Association – Antigua and Barbuda 2. Barbados National Union of Fisherfolk Organisations (BARNUFO) – Barbados 3. Guyana National Fisherfolk Organisation (GNFO)- Guyana 4. Saint Lucia Fisherfolk Cooperative Society Limited – Saint Lucia 5. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines National Fisherfolks Co-Operative Limited (SVGNFO) – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Each of the targeted fisherfolk organisations successfully submitted proposals to the microgrant scheme and were each awarded a USD4,000 microgrant for their projects which will run from November 2020 to April 2021.

Table 1: List of StewardFish fisherfolk organisational strengthening projects Fisherfolk organisation Project title Project goal Barbados National iFish: Piloting an online To promote organisational strengthening Union of Fisherfolk platform for of BARNUFO to effectively mobilise Organizations organisational resources and build the capacity of its (BARNUFO) strengthening of membership, with special emphasis on BARNUFO Board members. Barbuda Fishers Barbuda Fishers To build the administrative capacity of Association Association adaptation the Barbuda Fishers Association strategies for building sustainability and resilience Guyana National Networking fisherfolk in To strengthen the GNFO through an Fisherfolk Organisation Guyana through a engaged membership and sustained (GNFO) strengthened National collective action for sustainable fisheries Fisherfolk Organisation and livelihoods in Guyana and collective action for sustainable fisheries and livelihoods Saint Lucia Fisherfolk Strengthening the To establish a central secretariat to carry Cooperative Society capacity of the St. Lucia out the mandate of the St. Lucia Limited Fisherfolk Cooperative Fisherfolk Cooperative Society Limited to Society Limited to better support the needs of its primary societies serve primary societies and fishers and members St. Vincent and the Improving fisherfolk To develop an electronic registry of FFO Grenadines National engagement and members, increase membership of the Fisherfolk Co-operative enhancing overall SVGNFO and provide training in business Limited (SVGNFO) capacity to participate in and resource management ecosystem stewardship