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2.3.3 Awareness Raising Workshops
Awareness raising workshops and public consultations were conducted in coastal villages as part of the process of developing a district law to establish a community-based coastal resources
management program. Once the Minahasa CB-CRM law was passed that explicitly allows villages to establish marine sanctuaries among other things, grant funds were used to socialize
the ordinance. Awareness raising workshops were conducted in coastal villages and among local government so they know their new authority, what the law means and how it will be
implemented. A total of 47 workshops were held at the Regency, sub-district and village level with participation by more than 1500 representatives from 170 coastal and non-coastal villages.
Participants also represented 70 institutions at all levels of government in Minahasa and also included representatives from neighboring Regencies such as Bolaang Mongondow and Sangir
Talaud. Besides workshops, three general public awareness raising events were held in Likupang as part of the CB-CRM scaling up program. This public awareness raising was held
on Indonesia’s Environmental Day June 19
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2002, Soccer Final Cup in Likupang September 2002. Puppet Shows, environmental clean ups, and singing contests were held to raise
community awareness and support conservation efforts in Likupang.
Several presentations were made by project staff and university consultants in several workshops held outside North Sulawesi such as in East Kalimantan, Jakarta and Makassar, and South
Sulawesi. These presentations emphasized the establishment of community-based marine and mangrove sanctuaries, as well as the establishment as well as Minahasa CB-CRM Law. In a
workshop conducted by the Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries for 17 Provinces and more than 50 Regencies, the Minahasa Perda Law has been used as model of law to be adapted and
disseminated to other provinces and regencies. In East Kalimantan, the Minahasa Law content and development process is the basis for development of a Berau Regency CRM Law. In a
Makassar a workshop attended by all Sulawesi provincial governments, the community-based marine sanctuary model presented and was used as an example for improved fishery
management.
2.3.4 Provision of Material Support
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