Food and Agriculture Department for Organization of the International United Nations DFID Development Programme pour des Moyens d’Existence Durables dans la Pêche (PMEDP) (GCP/INT/735/UK) Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) PILOT PROJECT «COASTAL FISHERIES CO-MANAGEMENT IN CONGO, GABON, GUINEA AND MAURITANIA» TERMINAL REPORT By Jean-Calvin Njock Regional Coordinator Regional Support Unit (RSU), Cotonou - Benin May 2007 Pilot Project 2 – Terminal Report TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ....................................................................................................4 1. INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................5 1.1 General information and background..........................................................................5 1.2 Project organization ....................................................................................................5 1.3 Aim, objective and outputs of the project.....................................................................6 1.4 Strategy used .............................................................................................................6 1.4.1 Raising the awareness of and informing the stakeholders .....................................6 1.4.2 Gender issues........................................................................................................6 1.4.3 Monitoring and Evaluation......................................................................................7 1.5 Fishing communities’ poverty profile ...........................................................................7 Mauritania.......................................................................................................................7 Guinea............................................................................................................................7 Gabon.............................................................................................................................8 Congo.............................................................................................................................8 1.5.1 Analysis of the project stakeholders.......................................................................9 1.5.2 Establishing partnerships.......................................................................................9 1.5.3 Case studies for use in policy development ...........................................................9 2. ANALYSIS OF RESULTS.................................................................................................10 2.1 Output 1: Development of all stakeholders’ skills to allow them to participate in fisheries management and local development (including livelihood diversification) ...10 2.1.1 Organization of training and awareness-raising sessions.....................................10 2.1.2 Changes brought about through skills development.............................................11 2.2 Output 2: Establishment and operation of consultation mechanisms for small-scale coastal fishery management .....................................................................................14 2.3 Output 3: Improvement and implementation of government policies and institutional and regulatory frameworks for small-scale coastal fisheries co-management ...........16 2.4. Output 4: Preparation of a strategy supporting the fishing communities’ efforts to protect and manage the coastal marine environment................................................17 2.5 Result 5: Application and dissemination of the lessons learned from the project in order to develop policies for the benefit of the fishing communities...........................18 2.6 Regional activities.....................................................................................................19 2.6.1 Social and economic contribution of fisheries to GDP and rural development......19 2.6.2 Fishermen’s migrations........................................................................................20 2.6.3 Participatory surveillance .....................................................................................21 3. RECOMMENDATIONS TO PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES.............................................23 Congo................................................................................................................................23 Gabon ...............................................................................................................................23 Guinea...............................................................................................................................23 Mauritania .........................................................................................................................24 4. LESSONS LEARNED.......................................................................................................25 4.1 Policies and institutions.............................................................................................26 4.2 Processes.................................................................................................................27 4.3. Information/Communication ......................................................................................28 Annex 1: LIST OF PILOT PROJECT PERSONNEL .............................................................29 Annex 2: LIST OF DOCUMENTS PREPARED DURING PILOT PROJECT.........................30 4 Pilot Project 2 – Terminal Report LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AICP Association pour l’auto promotion des initiatives communautaires de pêche (Association for Self-Promotion of Fishing Community Initiatives) CAPPED Caisse de participation à la promotion des entreprises et à leur développement (Fund for enterprise promotion and development) CCFAD Commission de coordination des actions de formation et de développement en pêche artisanale (Small-scale Fisheries Training and Development Coordination Committee) CCNADP Conseil consultatif national pour l’aménagement et le développement des pêcheries (National Consultative Council for fisheries management and development) CCRF Code of conduct for responsible fisheries CDD Comité de développement des débarcadères (Landing Stage Development Committee) CDP Commission départementale des pêches (Departmental Fisheries Committee) CEDEAO Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (West African States’ Economic Community) CEBEVIRHA Commission économique du bétail, de la viande et des ressources halieutiques (Livestock, Meat and Fishery Resources Economic Committee) CEMAC Communauté économique et monétaire de l’Afrique centrale (Central Africa Economic and Monetary Community) CIDA Canadian International Development Agency CLAP Comités locaux d’aménagement et de développement des pêcheries (Local Fisheries Management and Development Committees) CLC Comité local de consultation (Local Consultative Committee) CNLS Conseil national de lutte contre le VIH/SIDA (National HIV/AIDS Prevention Council) CNSHB Centre national des sciences halieutiques de Boussoura (Boussoura National Fishery Sciences Centre) CNSP Centre national de surveillance des pêches (National Fisheries Surveillance Centre) COREP Comite régional des pêches du Golfe de Guinée (Gulf of Guinea Regional Fisheries Committee) CRD Communauté rurale de développement (Rural Development Community) CSRP Commission sous régionale des pêches (Sub-regional Fisheries Committee) CRG Crédit rural de Guinée (Rural Credit of Guinea) DFID Department for International Development DPAC Direction de la pêche artisanale et côtière (Small-scale Coastal Fisheries Department) GPRSP Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper FAH Fonds d’aménagement halieutique (Fisheries Management Fund) FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations GDP Gross Domestic Product GTZ German Cooperation Agency IEC Information, education, communication LDED Livelihoods Diversification Enterprise Development MAEP Ministère de l’agriculture, de l’élevage et de la pêche (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries) MECREPAG Mutuelle d’épargne et de crédit de la pêche artisanale de Guinée (Small-scale Fisheries Savings and Credit Association) MFI Micro-Finance Institutions MPA Ministère des pêches et de l’aquaculture (Ministry of Fisheries & Aquaculture) 4 Pilot Project 2 – Terminal Report MPEM Ministère des pêches et de l’économie maritime (Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Economy) NCU National Coordinating Unit NGO Non-Governmental Organisation OD Organisational development OSP Organisations socioprofessionnelles (Social and Occupational Organisations) PCU Programme Coordination Unit PIP Policies, institutions and processes PMT Project Management Team PNLS Programme national de lutte contre le SIDA (National AIDS Prevention Programme) PP2 Pilot Project 2 PSRP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper RSU SFLP’s Regional Support Unit SCS Suivi, contrôle et surveillance (Monitoring, control and surveillance) SFLP Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme in Africa SLA Sustainable Livelihoods Approach STD Sexually-Transmitted Diseases UEMOA Union économique et monétaire Ouest africaine (West African Economic and Monetary Union) UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNPAG Union nationale des pêcheurs artisans de Guinée (National Small-scale Fishermen’s Union of Guinea) WB World Bank 4 Pilot Project 2 – Terminal Report 1. INTRODUCTION The introduction to this final report covers