40 5. Goverance Scorecards Improving
Governance Scorecards for both the Sole fishery and the Oyster and Cockle fishery have been used since the beginning of the project to track progress in key categories. The baseline score recorded in 2009
improved significantly for both fisheries in 2010. Results for both the Sole and the Cockle and Oyster fisheries continued to improve in 2011 scored in JanuaryFebruary 2012 as the two co-management
plans were officially approved. The last and final scoring was done in September 2013 see results in Table 2 below. It is clear that with the approval of the two co-management plans, First Order
Outcomes focusing on commitment and capacity have shown significant improvement. Second Order Outcomes, focusing on changes in institutional, individual and investment behavior are progressing
more gradually after an initial leap in Year 1. Of note in the 201213 scoring is that, with implementation of the plans, stakeholders have a more in-depth understanding of the dimensions of
fisheries governance, have raised their expectations and are less willing to give high scores.
Outcome Order Sole
Cockles and Oysters
2009 2010 2011 201213
2009 2010
2011 201213 First Order Outcomes
14 29
36-37 36-38 11
28 33
34-36 Second Order Outcomes 14
31 32-37 32-35
10-12 27-29 35 38-40
Table 2: Governance Scorecard Results
b. Local Partner Capacity Strengthened
As reported under IR1 above, USAIDBaNafaa has strengthened the capacity of TRY and NASCOM in particular in various ways with positive results.
As reported under IR1 for the WASH component, PHAST training of WASH Management Committees and community leaders as well as the TOT for Community Outreach and Hygiene Promotion and
Training in Fish Hygiene and Handling are also building capacity at the community level.
c. Bilateral Stakeholder Capacity Strengthened
Second Annual Bilateral Co-Management Meeting. Based on the recommendation of the First Annual
meeting held in May 2012, the second annual meeting originally planned for Year 4 is now scheduled for November 2013 in The Gambia. Repeating this activity was also one of the recommendations of the
Mid-Term Evaluation of USAIDBaNafaa. One of the objectives for the second meeting is to secure support for the institutionalization of this forum annually.
d. Sharing the Co-Management experience outside The Gambia
One of the justifications for working in The Gambia to develop a participatory, ecosystem-based co- management planning process is the potential for the model, it successes and its challenges, to be shared
nationally, regionally in West Africa, and in the developing world in general. Below is a sample of some of the exchanges that took place in Year 4. These events were not funded by USAIDBaNafaa, but all
involve the sharing of results made possible by Project assistance.
41 • BBC World Service Radio aired a second radio piece on TRY produced by Helen Scales on
January • The UNDP Equator Initiative published and posted on their website a
Case Study on TRY .
• At the invitation of the USAID Aquafish Collaborative Research Support Project, Brian Crawford gave a presentation at Aquaculture 2013 in Nashville, TN in February 2013. The
presentation was entitled, “Action Research in The Gambia: Can Shellfish Aquaculture And Sea Ranching Enhance Food Security, Incomes And Empower Women Harvesters In The Gambia.”
•
The water quality testing and shellfish sanitation planning
process being undertaken in The Gambia was shared by Dr. Rice at the USFDA 65
th
Annual Mid-Atlantic Interstate Seafood Seminar in Rehoboth Beach, DE, “Changing Environments for the Future” on April 16th.
His presentation was entitled, “The Beginnings of Shellfish Aquaculture and Water Quality Certifications in
Gambia, West Africa.”
• MSC and Kaufland Seafood invited NASCOM to the European Seafood Exposition from April
22 - 24, 2013 in Brussels. Kaufland handed over a 100,000 Euro check donated to NASCOM at a media event at the MSC stand.
Also, The Gambia Sole Fishery has been selected by MSC as one of three examples worldwide to be the subject of a film it is producing under its
Developing World Program
. The Maldives Tuna fishery and the Mexican lobster fishery are the other two. • The Director of TRY attended the 2013 INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Conference in Madrid,
Spain from April 26-27. It brings together leading social entrepreneurship practitioners, academics, business leaders and policy makers from all parts of the world. The theme for this
year was “Technology, Innovation, and Social Change”. She presented on TRY, led the discussions that followed and exchanged ideas with her counterparts.
• The Director of TRY spoke on July 26th on a panel at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC entitled
“Oysters, Octopus and Resilience.” The talk is available on the Wilson
Center website archives. • The Director of TRY spoke on a panel on Coastal Communities chaired by the Rockefeller
Foundation at the Social Capital Markets Conference, SOCAP 2013,
in California in September. In November 2013, the Director of TRY will present at the
2013 International Population, Health and Environment Conference
in Ethiopia and a TRY Board Member will present a paper at a workshop on Human Development through Women’s Livelihood Security sponsored by the UNDP’s International
Centre for Human Development in India.
2.3 Intermediate Results 3 and 4
