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4. Program Management

4.1 Strategic Partners and Clients

The Coastal Resources Center CRC at the University of Rhode Island URI is 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 that has on-going activities to address the crises in Ghana’s fisheries sector, especially in the Western Region. FoN has worked with fishery communities for over 12 years to achieve “Good Governance” by advocating for institutional reforms in the fisheries sector for more effective regulation and management. FoN applies an advocacy strategy that aims at citizens’ empowerment, community participation, building communal networks and providing district and regional platforms for national level advocacy in the fishery sector. • The WorldFish Center’s West Africa regional team has extensive experience in West Africa and Ghana, especially on fisheries co-management, governance, market analysis and livelihoods, and will provide technical support services to the ICFG Program. • SustainaMetrix is a “Guide Service” institution for communities and organizations that seek to create a desirable future. It builds the capacity needed for a more sustainable path of development. It does this by working with clients to help buildtransfer the skills, knowledge and attitudes that are necessary to understand the complex terrain of adaptive ecosystem- based management and to chart a course that is rooted in a deep understanding of the place. The primary clients of the Program are coastal communities and government agencies in the six coastal districts in the Western Region. Other implementing partners and beneficiaries are: • Fisheries Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture • National Fisheries Commission • Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology • Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources • University of Ghana and University of Cape Coast The ICFG Program will also work with the civil society sector in Ghana, which includes national and local nongovernmental organizations NGOs, especially those with on-going programs on environmental and community-based resources management in coastal areas of the Western Region. This includes: • Community-Based Fisheries Management Committees CBFMCs established to help decentralize fisheries management at the local level—with its membership including Chief fishermen, fisheries stakeholders and government representatives. 38 • Other Civil Society Organizations in the Western region and others with coastal and fisheries interests • Fishermen Associations including the National Association of Canoe Fishermen and other user group associations Figure 1: Key Local Program Partners and Clients Private sector partners will include the semi-industrial and industrial fisheries sector, especially concerning conflicts with the artisanal sector, the oil and gas industry, as well as fish marketing and processing enterprises mainly small scale domestically oriented supply chains, and the tourism sector. Artisanal Fisheries Organizations NGOs – FoN, FoE, etc. District CB-Fisheries Management Committees Integrated Coastal and Fisheries Governance in the Western Region of Ghana Key Markets Private Sector Civil Society Organizations Government Ministry of Food and Agriculture Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources Ministry of the Environment, Science and Technology Western Regional Government, Coastal Districts Fishers, Marketers Processors Oil and Gas Tourism 39

4.2 Operational Staffing