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• Applied research to determine the source of the harmful algal bloom green-green in the coastal waters of the two westernmost districts which impact adversely on fishing
livelihoods and the coastal communities • Providing diversified livelihood opportunities for fishing households to make them less
dependent on fishing
Figure 6: Illegally caught live turtles in the trunk of a Taxi
Figure 7:Rescued turtles released to sea near Cape Three Points
1.5 How the Project is Monitoring Progress on Addressing Biodiversity and FtF Objectives
The H İn Mpoano Initiative tracks progress on activities under the Feed the Future and
Biodiversity through nine 9 customized performance indicators see Annex 2. For example, Indicator 1 tracks three initiatives Cape Three Points, Amanzuri and Shama and Indicator 2
provides evidence of an Integrated Coastal Management and Fisheries strategy, plans, policies and by-laws to be adopted by government while Indicator 3 tracks the number of organizations
strengthened for advocacy in and management of natural resources. The other six indicators track of progress on other activities.
1.6 Overview of Year 2
This semi-annual report covers the period October 1, 2010 to March 31, 2011 of the second year of the project. The first year focused on a learning period that included: issues identification and
profiling in the coastal districts; building constituencies and developing partnerships; training and initial capacity building of program partners; and piloting small scale activities to test new ideas
and possible social approaches. A series of sector assessments and field based research culminated in the summary publication “Our Coast” which analyzed the evolution of governance
within the coastal zone of the Western Region in relation to the land and seascapes, identified and profiled critical issues that will need to be addressed, and suggested a way forward.
Year 2-4 2010-2013 considered as Phase II, focuses on defining and achieving the four enabling conditions for the sustained practice of the ecosystem approach as defined in the project
document and subsequent annual work plans. Experience suggests that the transition to the full scale implementation of an ICM program can be anticipated only when all four of the following
conditions are present:
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• A core group of well informed and supportive constituencies supports the program • Sufficient capacity is present within the institutions responsible for the program to
implement its policies and plan of action • Governmental commitment to the policies of a program has been expressed by the
delegation of the necessary authorities and the allocation of the financial resources required for long-term program implementation
• Unambiguous goals define both the societal and the environmental conditions against which the efforts of the program can be measured
The assessments conducted in Phase I set the stage for designing the specific activities to be implemented in the subsequent years of the H
İn Mpoano Initiative as well as key partnerships to be developed. The key issues identified in Phase I were discussed during several
stakeholders forums as part of the work planning process for Phase II and Year 2 in Takoradi in August, 2010. The outcomes of these forums led to the development of five specific
objectives for Phase 2. These objectives were developed into the following programmatic components as stated below.
• Component 1: Develop and Formalize a Nested Governance System for the Coastal Zone
of the Western Region • Component 2: Improve Governance of the Landscape
• Component 3: Improve Governance of the Seascape • Component 4: Build Capacity for the Governance of the Coastal Zone and Marine
Fisheries • Component 5: Monitor and Evaluate Progress and Learning
These objectives are being implemented through a series of activities within the six coastal districts. However, as we progress towards meeting these objectives, we expect that there may be
needs and opportunities that emerge from this experience that requires work at the national level on revised policies, regulations or laws that enable improved governance at the local scale
regional, district and community scales. Activities in fulfillment of the objectives stated above are presented in detail in Section 2 of this report.
This semi-annual report presents the progress made to date in Phase II. In addition to reporting progress, it highlights successes, lessons learned, and emerging constraints to successful
implementation and measures identified to address them. The annexes report on the monitoring and evaluation indicators that are integral parts of the Performance and Monitoring Plan.
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2.0 Program Activities
