Disseminating the SUCCESS experience
SUCCESS and IMCAFS websites
November 2006
Completed Minor maintenance occurred
in this quarter IMCAFS electronic newsletter
May 2007 Second issue in
progress Development of newsletter
content is ongoing
7.4 Priorities for Next Quarter April 1 to Jun 30, 2007
Build additional reporting capabilities into Monitoring and Evaluation online reporting system Collaborate with WIOMSA on development of online systems to track mariculture activities in
the Western Indian Ocean region.
• Complete content evaluation and load information on mariculture cross-portfolio learning
topics into the theme-based KMS at CRC •
Launch a second issue of the IMCAFS Basins and Coasts newsletter •
Continue refinement and updating of SUCCESS and IMCAFS websites •
Assist SUCCESS staff in building their skills in making documents 508 compliant
8. Science for Management
8.1 Background
SUCCESS science for management includes two sub-components: 1 cross-project learning and, 2 site-level science for management. This work is linked closely to the knowledge management
activities and the monitoring and evaluation components. The SUCCESS Program builds on the WSSD position that good ecosystem governance includes
environmental, social and economic development components. We believe that while technical and institutional capacity is necessary for achieving the goals of ICM, they are insufficient unless
individuals and communities are also economically empowered. SUCCESS sees its livelihood projects as an important element of ICM programs because quantitative and anecdotal evidence
shows that early actions that demonstrate tangible benefits are crucial to sustained success. Thus, a primary premise of SUCCESS is that tangible benefits to quality of life through a livelihoods
approach is a necessary but not sufficient condition to sustained success of ICM programs. Unfortunately, there is also a growing body of anecdotal evidence that suggests many of the
livelihood activities are not having the intended impacts on increasing household income in coastal communities, or reducing pressure on coastal and marine resources. Additionally, there
have been very few rigorous assessments to date on livelihood activities in relation of marine conservation and resource management issues. For this reason, SUCCESS selected this topic as
the main theme for a cross portfolio global learning agenda. Since all three field sites and the associate award site in Thailand have significant livelihood components, they provide living
laboratories for this learning agenda, and the local partners involved in their implementation are a clientele for the learning outputs.
After much background preparation and planning, the learning agenda on livelihoods was launched in earnest in Year 3. There are two main outcomes expected from the field-level
learning agenda:
• A well documented assessment of the impacts of project livelihood strategies on coastal
households, and ICM initiatives, and;
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