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ANNEXES
Annex A. SFMP Strategic Partnerships Training Report Training Summary
From July 21-22, 2015, SSG Advisors led a workshop for SFMP implementing partners and representatives of the Fisheries Commission, focused on public-private partnership
development. Day 1 of the two-day session was a training, focused on the value of partnerships for development and on SSG’s methodology for public-private partnership
development. The training on Day 1 followed the following structure:
1. Introduction to Partnerships and Shared Value: Steve Zausner, former Managing
Director of SSG, introduced participants to SSG’s definition of partnership and shared value, and explored the ingredients for successful – as well as unsuccessful –
partnerships. Participants also discussed the different assets that both SFMP and the private sector might potentially bring to the table through partnership.
2. Introduction to SSG’s Partnership Building Methodology: Lawrence Ang, SSG’s
Partnership Specialist on the USAIDPhilippines ECOFISH project – a five-year project focused on sustainable fisheries – led a session to introduce participants to
how SSG identifies and builds partnerships. This session covered the different tools and stages in SSG’s Sustainable, Transparent, Effective Partnerships STEP
methodology, focused on the rapid partnership appraisal RPA. The RPA combines extensive interviews in the field with desk research and ideation to uncover high-
impact partnership ideas. Mr. Ang also shared lessons learned from applying this methodology to build partnerships in the Philippines.
3. PPPs in Practice: Public-Private Partnerships for the USAIDPhilippines ECOFISH Project:
Lawrence Ang then explored a range of examples of partnerships developed with SSG’s partnership methodology in the Philippines, under the USAID
ECOFISH project. These partnerships include among others: a partnership with Microsoft to use TV White Space technology to extend Internet access to remote
areas of the Philippines, to support government registration of fisherfolk in coastal communities; a partnership with a telecommunications company to create an SMS
enforcement hotline; and a partnership with the Philippine Association of Crab Processors to promote citizen science, working with fishermen to collect vital stock
assessment data for the blue crab population in the Philippines.
4. The day concluded with an open discussion and QA on partnerships and
