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3. Communications and Documenting Lessons Learned

The mid-term evaluation of the project highlighted that “communication with local and District level stakeholders and of technical materials has been exemplary” but also stated that “communication products targeted to the needs of national and international stakeholders are less apparent”. The first two recommendations for the remainder of the project as stated in the evaluation report are: Identify and document lessons learned “We feel that the project has invested very widely in engaging a very large number of stakeholders. That has been positive, but we believe the learning from that can only be captured through reflective analysis. We suggest the project focus its remaining energies more on analyzing and capturing lessons learned than on new initiatives.” Communicate carefully “Choose strategic messages, especially targeted, synthetic lessons to upper level, high visibility policy makers and decision makers. Policy briefs and white papers such those now in progress are valuable; we think there also is a significant need for items that are shorter, more synthetic and more targeted.” In line with these recommendations, Year 4 will see greatly enhanced communications actions at the national level as well as a participatory approach at that level for documenting and sharing lessons learned. Activities surrounding the preparation, review and subsequent publication of issues briefs in the leading national newspaper will serve to accomplish this task as well as the set of activities associated with preparing a Fisheries Legislative Instrument. The final report will serve as a capstone document that is a readable account of what Hen Mpoano has done, learned, and clearly orients a well-thought out way forward. Hen Mpoano will continue its successful communications campaign at the local and regional level and will advocate for a transitioning of the communications activities to other programmatic partners such as the World Bank WARFP and the upcoming DFID investments in the coastal zone.

3.1 Communication and Liaison Between Regional and National Scales Activity leader: Elvis Addae,