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Who Activity 3.1 Development Of A National
Communications Strategy
Q1 Q2
Q3 Q4
3.1.2 NationalRegional Fisheries Policy Campaign
All Partners Routine Press releases of partners to be done in
collaboration with CRC-URI Communications point persons
X X
X CRC-Accra
National Fisheries Policy Dialogue 1 See 1.2 X
CRC-Accra National Fisheries Policy Dialogue 2 See 1.2
X CRC-Accra,
SNV World Environment Day 2015 – Proposed venue to
be discussed at tech. meetings X
CRC-Accra, FoN, SNV
One Day Orientation for Media X
SNV Media Engagements – setting the tone for
regionalnational dialogue X
X X
FoN Briefing packet for NationalRegional Stakeholder
Engagements X
CRC-Accra National Policy Dialogue document editing and
production See 1.2 X
3.1.3 A Special Communications Plan in the Central Region See 1.7
SNV Child Labour Communications Plan – embedded in
Communications Strategy X
SNV Healthy Fish Communications Plan – embedded in
communications strategy X
3.2 SFMP Executive Level Communications
Activity Lead: Patricia Mensah
Activity Team: CRC-Accra, Hen Mpoano, SNV, CRC-URI
This section aims at building the political will for improved marine resource governance. The SFMP will deliver specific communication strategies that focus on people in political positions
and high-level decision-making roles to help ensure legal and policy reforms necessary to end overfishing and rebuild stocks are adopted and implemented. This will include the following
activities:
• Hold monthlyquarterly briefing with the Minister, Deputy and other senior level
personnel of MOFAD on progress of our worksupport needed and critical interventions needed at high level to enable policy and legislative changes needed to enable effective
action on-the-ground
• Establish a working relationship with a parliamentary caucus of coastal MPs and brief
them on as-needed and when available basis. We will invite them to our national dialogues and provide them with issuepolicy briefs to guide their debatemotions they
44 can move in parliament. We will provide behind the scenes support to government
counterparts in MOFAD and FC to make compelling arguments to these political leaders about the benefits to be gained from legislative reforms and to speak publically about the
accomplishments in the fisheries sector resulting from project activities.
• Make presentations to Parliamentary select committee on Agriculture and Fisheries on
Annual basis either directly via project staff, encourage NGO partners to testify and via coaching of MOFAD and FC representatives, with permission of Speaker of Parliament.
• Formalize relationships with Advisors to the President, the Hon. Emelia Arthur and
others. Send briefs, request responses and meetings to discuss issues in more depth, and invite them to dialogue sessions.
Table of Key Activities and Milestones
Who Activity 3.2 SFMP Executive Level
Communications
Q1 Q2
Q3 Q4
CRC-Accra, SNV
Monthlyquarterly briefings with the Minister, Deputy and other senior level personnel of
MOFAD X
X X
CRC-Accra, FoN, SNV
Establish a working relationship with a parliamentary caucus of coastal MPs
X X
X CRC-Accra, Annual SFMP Presentations to Parliamentary
select committee on Agriculture and Fisheries X
CRC-Accra Formalize relationships with advisors to the President
X
3.3 Contact Management and Capacity Building