Working Paper on Options for a Nested Coastal Management Program Policy Briefs on Key ICM Issues

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1. Designing Options for Nested Integrated Coastal and Fisheries Governance

Systems The Year 3 activities differentiate between the different roles and responsibilities of the Districts, Region and National government in supporting ICM policies. The initiation of a design of a nested governance system for coastal planning is targeted at capacity building for key constituency groups to assure that there are Ghanaians with capacities and commitment to carry forward the design options and opportunities for nested governance.

1.1 Options for a Nested Coastal Governance System for the Western Region

1.1.1 Working Paper on Options for a Nested Coastal Management Program

During this reporting period, a draft Working Paper on the Hen Mpoano model for a ‘Nested Marine and Coastal Resources Management Program for Ghana’ has been prepared. This proposal is being discussed with stakeholders for further orientation prior to a wider public communication in the following semester. Figure 3 shows the current and the proposed nested governance systems.

1.1.2 Policy Briefs on Key ICM Issues

The objective of the Year 3 activities is to obtain a governmental commitment for a nested system of governance in the Western Region that provides a model of a future integrated coastal management ICM program. A series of short policy briefs, or policy discussion papers, aimed at influencing policy at the national level, or implementing policy at the regional and district levels have been prepared and circulated among targeted audiences including persons working in the various sectors public and private sector and civil society knowledgeable in the subject matter for inputs or orientations before a formal proposition to the government. The briefs cover: • Strengthening Voluntary Compliance and Effective Enforcement of Fisheries Laws • Best practices for Tourism Development • Managing Wetlands • Water Supply and Maintenance of Hydrological Services • Vulnerability of Coastal Districts in Ghana’s Western Region to Impacts of Climate Change and Natural Hazards • Causes and Management Concerns of the Green-Green Macroalgae Bloom along the Western Coast of Ghana and Ivory Coast 12 A. Existing Governance Structure B. Proposed Nested Marine and Coastal Governance structure Figure 3: The current A and proposed B nested governance structure for coastal and marine governance for the Western Region and Ghana 13 The policy discussion papers will be published in national newspapers, and widely distributed, in the coming semester together with other media events or field actions that are in direct relation to the specific paper.

1.1.3 Policy Brief for Marine Protected Areas and Support to the MPA Committee