Joint Management Support to Mascarene Plateau Region - Draft Project Document United Nations Development Programme Countries: Mauritius, Seychelles PROJECT DOCUMENT Demonstrating Innovative Ocean Governance Mechanisms and Delivering Best Practices and Lessons for Extended Continental Project Title: Shelf Management within the Western Indian Ocean Large Marine Ecosystems (Short Title: Joint Management Area Demonstration) UNDAF Outcome(s): n/a UNDP Strategic Plan Environment and Sustainable Development Primary Outcome: 2.5. Legal and regulatory frameworks, policies and institutions enabled to ensure the conservation, sustainable use, and access and benefit sharing of natural resources, biodiversity and ecosystems, in line with international conventions and national legislation UNDP Strategic Plan Secondary Outcome: 1.3. Solutions developed at national and sub-national levels for sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystem services, chemicals and waste Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: UNDP Implementing Entity/Responsible Partners: UNDP This sub-component of the SAPPHIRE Project will focus on developing and demonstrating new management approaches for extended continental shelf areas which can provide lessons and management techniques which can be replicated both within the western Indian Ocean as well as throughout the global LMEs. This specific demonstration will focus on the newly-established Joint Management Area (JMA) between Mauritius and Seychelles for the Continental Shelf in the Mascarene region, as well as the associated Contiguous Adjacent High Seas Areas. The primary intention of such support would be to assist in the development of a management mechanism which demonstrates and institutionalises co-management and co-existence of the various activities of the multiple sectors and stakeholders operating within or benefiting from this ocean space. The Mauritius-Seychelles Joint Management Committee has established 5 Strategic Objectives related to the development of an institutional framework, technical capacity, data acquisition in support of adaptive management and a ‘blue ocean economy’ approach, along with multi-sector, multi-use planning. This UNDP GEF Project will provide direct support to achieving these objectives and capture lessons and best practices for the global LME community. Programme Period: Total resources required ________________ Atlas Award ID: ______________ Total allocated resources: ________________ Project ID: ______________ PIMS # Regular ________________ Other: o Start date: July 2015 GEF USD 2,210,392 o Government USD 4,837,200 End Date July 2019 o Other In-kind USD 2,701,000 Management Arrangements To Be Decided o Other Cash USD PAC Meeting Date ______________ o TOTAL USD 9,748,592 1 Joint Management Support to Mascarene Plateau Region - Draft Project Document Agreed by Mauritius: NAME, TITLE Date/Month/Year Agreed by Seychelles: NAME, TITLE Date/Month/Year Agreed by UNDP Country office – Seychelles/Mauritius: NAME, TITLE Date/Month/Year 2 Joint Management Support to Mascarene Plateau Region - Draft Project Document TABLE OF CONTENTS & ANNEXES Table of Contents & Annexes ..................................................................................................... 3 Acronyms and Abbreviations ...................................................................................................... 4 1. Situation analysis ................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Background to Providing GEF Support to the Joint Management of the Mauritius and Seychelles Extended Continental Shelf across the Mascarene Plateau .................................. 7 1.2 Baseline Analysis ............................................................................................................. 8 1.3 Summary of Challenges to be Addressed ........................................................................15 1.4 Existing Institutional and Management Frameworks ........................................................18 2. Project strategy .................................................................................................................... 28 2.1 Overall Objective .............................................................................................................28 2.2 Comparable Objectives and Deliverables ........................................................................29 2.3 End-of-Project Landscape ...............................................................................................36 2.4 Linkage and Fit with GEF 5 IW Objectives and UNDP Goals ...........................................37 2.5 Benefits of a Joint Management Approach to the Countries............................................41 2.6 Global Environmental Benefits: ........................................................................................42 2.7 Innovativeness, Sustainability and Potential for Scaling Up .............................................47 2.8 Stakeholder Involvement and Collaboration .....................................................................48 3. Project Results Framework: ................................................................................................. 57 4. Total Atlas budget ............................................................................................................... 62 5. Management Arrangements ................................................................................................. 66 5.1. Project Implementation and Execution ............................................................................66 5.2. Project Steering Committee ............................................................................................66 5.4. Project Management Structure .......................................................................................68 5.3 Interactions with UNDP GEF SAPPHIRE Project and other Primary Initiatives in the Region ...................................................................................................................................68 5.4 Project Inception Meeting ................................................................................................69 6. Monitoring Framework and Evaluation ............................................................................ 70 7. Legal Context .................................................................................................................. 74 Annexes Annex 1: Treaty Concerning the Joint Management of the Continental Shelf in the Mascarene Plateau. ……………………………………………………………………………….lxxv Annex 2: List of Relevant International Agreement to which Mauritius and Seychelles are Signatories ........................................................................................................... lxxv Annex 3: Proposed 2015 Sustainable Development Goal 14 (including Targets and cross- cutting sub-goals) ............................................................................................. lxxviii Annex 4: Risk Log (as required by UNDP) ............................................................................ lxxix 3 Joint Management Support to Mascarene Plateau Region - Draft Project Document Figures and Tables Figure 1: Map showing the western Indian Ocean region ........................................................... 9 Figure 2: Map showing the extent of the Extended Continental Shelf area to be jointly managed by Mauritius and Seychelles....................................................................................................... 9 Table 1: Comparison between the JMC Strategic Objectives and the Components of the Joint Management Demonstration Project .........................................................................................29 Table 2: Comparison of the GEF 5 Strategic Objectives with the aims of the JMA Demonstration Project ......................................................................................................................................38 Table 3: Linkages between GEF International Waters Objective 2 and the JMA Demonstration Project ......................................................................................................................................39 Table 4: Linkages between GEF Biodiversity Objective 2 and the JMA Demonstration Project .39 Table 5: Linkages between UNDP Africa Strategic Goals and the JMA Demonstration Project .40 Table 6: Linkages between the JMA Demonstration Outcomes and the Strategic Action Programme’s implementation activities .....................................................................................43 Table 7: Detailed Project Stakeholder List .................................................................................48 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACRONYMS DEFINITION ABNJ Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction ASCLME Agulhas and Somali Current Large Marine Ecosystems CAHSA Contiguous Adjacent High Seas Area CB&T Capacity Building & Training CBA Cost Benefit Analysis CBO Community Based Organization COI Indian Ocean Commission COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa DoE Department of Environment DOWA Deep Ocean Water Application DRDM Department of Risks and Disaster Management EBM Ecosystem Based Management ECS Extended Continental Shelf EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone ESA Environmentally Sensitive Area(s) FAO Food and Agriculture Organization GEF Global Environment Facility GIS Geographical Information