Adjustments in Program Strategy

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2. Adjustments in Program Strategy

When the SUCCESS Program was initiated in 2004, Program activities were focused on site- based activities with an emphasis on livelihood development. This was complemented by goals and activities aimed at learning, knowledge management; building capacity; and global leadership. The SUCCESS strategy has evolved in the four years since then—partly owing to evolutions in the USAID areas of interestfocus in their investments in developing country programs and also owing to evolutions in the practice of ICM itself. These have prompted the Program to “refocus” its areas of programmatic emphasis rather than eliminate any one Program component. The result is a greater emphasis on initiatives that promise greater impact on the global practice of ICMecosystem governance rather than those that promote largely site-specific advancement as well as a greater emphasis on biodiversity conservation objectives. This does not eliminate site-specific activities, but rather looks to use them to identify lessons learned, successful strategies, tools, techniques and best practices “proven” at the site level and to disseminate these from both the SUCCESS and other programs through learning networks, knowledge management systems, and a longer-term capacity building initiative focused on certification programs to reach a more global audience and to inform the practice of ICM writ large. Also, with the wealth of experience that has resulted from not only the SUCCESS Program, but over 20 years of other USAID-funded, CRC-led developing country projectsprograms, there is now the critical mass of experience and knowledge that can be translated into lessons writ large that can inform leadership on some key issues facing ICM globally—from the need for small scale fisheries and mariculture reform and good practice adoption to guidance on how to most effectively adapt our coasts to the impacts of climate change. So again, while the initial elements of the SUCCESS Program—on-the-ground results; knowledge management, networks, learning; capacity building; and global leadership—remain the same, five years later the emphasis has been rebalanced with more emphasis on those activities that can best contribute to global leadership, capacity building, knowledge management, and on-the-ground results—in that order of priority. 14

3. Year 5 Activities