MEM: Strategic Partners and clients

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5. Project Management

5.1 Strategic Partners and clients

The University of Rhode Island URI is the implementing agency for COMFISH, and it works in close association with various partners who each have important expertise. Each of these contributes to and is strengthened by these partnerships which ensure i that fisheries sector in Senegal is strengthened ii that capabilities of national agencies and their local divisions acquire the capacities necessary to carry out new approaches developed during the life of the project. Beneficiaries and Partners are identified below.

5.1.1 MEM:

The Minister of the Maritime Economy, Fisheries, and Maritime Transport MEM, for the French “Ministère de lÉconomie Maritime, de la Pêche, et du Transport Maritime” is the main COMFISH beneficiary. The DPM Direction des Peches Maritimes is the designated fisheries management institution in Senegal, chiefly responsible for the management of marine resources in Senegal, and is COMFISH’s main contact at MEM see 6.1.2 below. COMFISH will also work if necessary with: • Department of the Fishery Processing Industries DITP, for the French “Direction des Indus- tries de Transformation de Pêche ”, which plays an important role in exportation and quality control, added value, and the packaging of marine products; • Department of the Fisheries Protection and Monitoring DPSP, for the French “Direction de la Protection et de la Surveillance des Pêches”, responsible for the monitoring, control and surveillance of the application of fisheries legislation and for the development of comanage- ment initiatives with local comanagement organizations CLPAs; • Unit of Studies and Planning CEP, for the French “Cellule d’Etudes et de Planification” which, although its directly overseen by the Cabinet, occupies a cross-cutting position. CEP is responsible for: leading prospective preliminary studies of policies and strategies for sus- tainable development in the maritime sector; assuring the monitoring of the preparation and development of plans, projects and programs in the sector and of their consistency; following on the execution and verifying the assessments of the implementation of the projects and pro- grams of the Department; organising and managing the flow of information in the sector; as- suring the coordination of the planning of all activities in the Department; providing the eco- nomic monitoring of the maritime sector; playing the role of the spokesperson for the minis- try services and the international organizations knowledgeable and competent in the field of marine studies and planning, among others. • Department of Communal Areas DAC, for the French “Direction des Aires Communau- taires” responsible for the development and implementation of policies in matters related to the development and management of an integrated and consistent national network of com- munal areas, marine protected areas and artificial reefs will be involved in most activities re- lated to the management of marine and coastal ecosystems. • In accordance with the request of the DPM, the coordination of the project will be linked to the Management and Governance Office and the focal point will be the leader of this Divi- sion. 37

5.1.2 The Department of Maritime Fisheries DPM: