SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT PROJECT (SFMP) Selection of Key Competencies for a Ghana Marine Police Fisheries Law Enforcement Induction Curriculum SEPTEMBER 2018 This publication is available electronically on the Coastal Resources Center’s website at http://www.crc.uri.edu/projects_page/ghanasfmp/ For more information on the Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project, contact: USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project Coastal Resources Center Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island 220 South Ferry Rd. Narragansett, RI 02882 USA Tel: 401-874-6224 Fax: 401-874-6920 Email: [email protected] Citation: Coastal Resources Center (2018). Selection of Key Competencies for a Ghana Marine Police Fisheries Law Enforcement Induction Curriculum. The USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP). Narragansett, RI: Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island and URI Fisheries Center. GH2018_POL110_FoN. 26 pp. Authority/Disclaimer: Prepared for USAID/Ghana under Cooperative Agreement (AID-641-A-15-00001), awarded on October 22, 2014 to the University of Rhode Island, and entitled the USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP). This document is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The views expressed and opinions contained in this report are those of the SFMP team and are not intended as statements of policy of either USAID or the cooperating organizations. As such, the contents of this report are the sole responsibility of the SFMP team and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Cover photo: Marine Police Officers on patrol with a fisherman (CREDIT: FoN) i Detailed Partner Contact Information: USAID/Ghana Sustainable Fisheries Management Project (SFMP) 10 Obodai St., Mempeasem, East Legon, Accra, Ghana Telephone: +233 0302 542497 Fax: +233 0302 542498 Maurice Knight Chief of Party [email protected] Bakari Nyari Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist [email protected] Brian Crawford Project Manager, CRC [email protected] Justice Odoi USAID Administrative Officer Representative [email protected] Kofi Agbogah [email protected] Thomas Buck Stephen Kankam [email protected] [email protected] SSG Advisors Hen Mpoano 182 Main Street 38 J. Cross Cole St. Windy Ridge Burlington, VT 05401 Takoradi, Ghana (802) 735-1162 233 312 020 701 Victoria C. Koomson Andre de Jager [email protected] [email protected] CEWEFIA SNV Netherlands Development Organisation B342 Bronyibima Estate #161, 10 Maseru Road, Elmina, Ghana E. Legon, Accra, Ghana 233 024 427 8377 233 30 701 2440 Lydia Sasu Donkris Mevuta [email protected] Kyei Yamoah DAA [email protected] Darkuman Junction, Kaneshie Odokor Friends of the Nation Highway Parks and Gardens Accra, Ghana Adiembra-Sekondi, Ghana 233 302 315894 233 312 046 180 Gifty Asmah Peter Owusu Donkor [email protected] Spatial Solutions Daasgift Quality Foundation [email protected] Headmaster residence, Sekondi College #3 Third Nautical Close, Sekondi, Western Region, Ghana Nungua, Accra, Ghana 233 243 326 178 233 020 463 4488 For additional information on partner activities: CRC/URI: http://www.crc.uri.edu CEWEFIA: http://cewefia.weebly.com/ DAA: http://womenthrive.org/development-action-association-daa Daasgift: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Daasgift-Quality-Foundation- FNGO/135372649846101 Friends of the Nation: http://www.fonghana.org Hen Mpoano: http://www.henmpoano.org SNV: http://www.snvworld.org/en/countries/ghana SSG Advisors: http://ssg-advisors.com/ Spatial Solutions: http://www.spatialsolutions.co/id1.html ii ACRONYMS ASP Assistant Superintendent of Police C/SUPT Chief Superintendent of Police CRC Coastal Resources Center/ The University of Rhode Island FoN Friends of the Nation GMP Ghana Marine Police IUU Illegal Unreported Unregulated LI Legislative Instrument MCS Monitoring Control and Surveillance NFMP National Fisheries Management Plan NGO Non-Governmental Organization PPT Powerpoint presentation Reg Regulation SFMP Sustainable Fisheries Management Project SOP Standard operating procedure UCC University of Cape-Coast UNDOC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime VMS Vessel Monitoring System W/R Western Region iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................... v LIST OF TABLES ..................................................................................................................... v SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 1 Section 2: BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................... 2 SECTION 3: INDUCTION PROGRAM................................................................................... 2 3.1 Goals of the Induction Curriculum .................................................................................. 2 3.2 Competence-Based Curriculum ....................................................................................... 3 3.3 Learning Methods ............................................................................................................ 6 3.4 Assessment Methods ........................................................................................................ 7 3.5 Eligibility ......................................................................................................................... 9 3.6 Venue ............................................................................................................................... 9 3.7 Resource People ............................................................................................................... 9 3.8 Timeframe ...................................................................................................................... 10 3.9 Key Resources ............................................................................................................... 10 3.10 Linking Competencies to Course Session .................................................................... 11 SECTION 4: NEXT STEPS .................................................................................................... 20 iv LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. A chart showing general percentages of transfer of knowledge through field experience. (Source: Charles Jennings - http://charles-jennings.blogspot.com/2011/08/social- workplace-learning-through.html) ............................................................................................. 6 Figure 2. Deliberate learning after formal training. (Source: http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/blog/2014/12/31/50-key-messages/) .................................................... 7 Figure 3. Fields exercises and stakeholder interactions. ............................................................ 8 Figure 4. Marine Police Officers participating in one of the training courses. .......................... 9 Figure 5. A local fishing landing site in Ghana used for simulations. ....................................... 9 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Ghana MPU Field Officer competencies and standards. Asterisks denotes suggested priorities for Induction curriculum and assessment. ................ Error! Bookmark not defined. Table 2. Link between MPU induction competencies and existing session plans and materials by SFMP/FON and UNODC. .................................................................................................. 12 v SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION The Ghana Marine Police Unit (MPU) is focused on the unique law enforcement issues confronting the country to ensure the marine resources are used according to the laws and plans developed by the government and coastal stakeholders. Engaging the fisheries sector to ensure compliance with national laws is a high priority for the MPU’s mandate. At this time the Ghana Police Academy does not have a dedicated course on fisheries law enforcement that adequately prepares new recruits to the MPU. To bridge this gap, a new MPU induction course is proposed based on the recently devised MPU Field Officer competencies that guides the learning process for MPU Officers. This document outlines suggested competencies and methods for the Ghana Police Academy to apply when developing a MPU induction curriculum for training all new MPU Officers after graduating from the Police Academy and before joining the MPU on patrols. This curriculum is rooted in existing key resources such as the Ghana Police Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), MPU Preparation for Boat Patrol SOP, and the Enforcement Manual for Fisheries Officers drafted by the Fisheries Commission. All of these are incorporated into initial iterations of fisheries law enforcement course sessions and materials produced by the Friends of the Nation (FoN) and the United National Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The focus of the induction curriculum is on understanding Ghana’s marine environment, the importance of marine fisheries to Ghana, the basic offences and the areas of the fisheries laws that relates to those offences. Unique aspects of coastal/marine law enforcement are covered including fisheries related intelligence gathering, stakeholder