Multi-stream Capacity Building for Marine Conservation

As part of the 2009 inception of the Coral Triangle Initiative, through two Participating Agency Program Agreement (PAPA) between USAID and NOAA, NOAA has partnered with four USAID missions and government agencies in... [ view full abstract ]

As part of the 2009 inception of the Coral Triangle Initiative, through two Participating Agency Program Agreement (PAPA) between USAID and NOAA, NOAA has partnered with four USAID missions and government agencies in Indonesia, Philippines, and Timor-Leste to support national and regional initiatives to promote fisheries governance and enforcement, as well as, to foster coastal community and ecosystem resilience.   To support these initiatives, the partnership focuses on a variety of technical assistance workstreams.   For example, NOAA bring expertise to the region to help combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing including Port State Measures, Catch Documentation and Traceability programs, and use of technologies such as VIIRS to monitor boat traffic in regulated areas;  encourage Sustainable Fisheries; manage Marine Protected Areas; promote Sustainable Tourism, and implement Climate Adaptation Strategies.  These workstreams are designed to address capacity building in these countries with the ultimate goal of institutionalizing tool and/or programs within the partner governments. Components such as curriculum development, training of trainers, peer-exchanges, mentor programs, and small grants initiatives have played key roles in this process. We will share our lessons learned from this multi-stream scope of capacity building with regards to partnership building, implementation, and the processes of institutionalization.