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4.2 Roles of Strategic Partners and Clients, Collaboration

The Coastal Resources Center CRC at the University of Rhode Island URI remains the lead institution responsible for overall Program management and implementation including Program performance and financial reporting to USAIDGhana. Several other international, national and local organizations will play critical partnership roles with implementation. Key implementing partners are The WorldFish Center, Sustainametrix and Friends of the Nation: Friends of the NationFoN is a local socio-environmental NGO based in the Western Region that has on-going activities to address the crises in Ghana’s fisheries sector as well as advocacy programs relative to local rights and industrial exploitation of natural resources. FoN is viewed as the organization that can follow through and provide longer-term support to District Assemblies on ICM USAIDGhana AOTR Program Director Chief of Party Sekondi CRC URI Director CRC URI Program Manager SustainaMetrix WorldFish Centre Consultants URI Technical Team National Policy Coordinator Accra Liaison Office Finance and Administrative Manager Administrative, Fiscal and Logistical Support Program Officers Focal Area Interventions District Support Monitoring Evaluation National Consultants National Partners Friends of the Nation Sekondi Advisory Council Program Coordinator CRCURI Administrative 53 and governance initiatives and local communities relative to co-management of the fisheries resources and management of critical coastal habitats.. The WorldFish Center’s West Africa regional team has provided targeted technical support for the fisheries work and will be leading many of the actions aiming to: provide a legal and practical means for piloting co-management of the fisheries; improving the livelihoods of fisherfolk and; identifying measures for building resilience in the coastal communities. SustainaMetrix was instrumental in Year 1 in training the Initiative team and partners to conduct baseline surveys and to understand and assess governance issues in the coastal districts. During Years 2 and 3, they provided a critical support role for communications and periodic ME reviews. They will continue to provide significant backstopping to communications activities, notably in the development of the “Capstone Document” that will serve as the final report. Finally, the ICFG has worked in close collaboration with the development and initial planning of several other donor programs that will be focusing in the Western Region. These include: investment from the World Bank in the WARFP through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Fisheries Commission, orienting DFID’s future investments to build capacity in the region and districts to address challenges with oil and gas; and with NORAD on spatial planning and implementation in the coastal districts of the Western Region. Collaborative programs and MOUs have also been developed with evolving USAID investments in the Western Region, notably: The LOGODEP Governance Project implemented by Management Systems International on capacity building of district assemblies and civil society groups; the Behavior Change Project led by Johns Hopkins University and the Local Governance and Decentralization Project led by Management Systems International, the US Peace Corps currently 5 Volunteers serving with ICFG, and the BUSAC Advocacy Fund four grants to ICFG partners. . The following table estimates the percentage of time that key local project staff will devote over the year to the main project components.

4.3 Monitoring, Evaluation, Performance Management and Reporting