11 Working with the Marine Police MP and FoN, CRC will hold a workshop to develop a tool on
how to use a competency based approach to assessing minimal knowledge, skills and attitudes KSA needed by fisheries enforcement officers. This will enable the MP, with support of FoN,
to conduct rapid competence assessments of staff. A resulting report will identify competence gaps and recommended strategies to resolve them. This could then be applied to future
performance assessments, capacity development strategies, rewarding staff non-financially for outstanding performance, such as certifications, and changes to the Human Resources systems of
MP, to support long-term organizational change.
1.2.2 Communications behavior change communications on good fishing practices
Activity Lead: CRC Accra, Patricia Mensah
Activity Team: HM, FC, FoN
SFMP will provide particular importance to capacity building initiatives that can contribute towards lasting behavior change among stakeholders at all levels of governance to ensure the
rational and responsible management of fisheries. This is why the project strategy includes an important component for identifying, promoting and integrating the
good management practices used at local level in efforts to help FC implement its National Fisheries Management Plan.
In this regards, SFMP communications officer will work closely with HM to embark on coast- wide behavioral change communication campaign as a strategy to improve voluntary compliance
with fisheries regulations and instigate adoption of best fishing practices. This communication campaign will involve the use of a combination of audio-visual aids including short videos on
IUU fishing, engagement with fisher folk on impacts of IUU fishing on marine bottom and mid- water ecosystems and the
sardinella
fishery as well as posters communicating best fishing practices. Gender messages will be incorporated. This will be coordinated with the Fisheries
Commission. Parallel to this, an awards scheme will be instituted for fishermen engaged in good practices in
selected landing sites. Fishermen will be selected by a committee composed of stakeholder and user group representatives. HM will facilitate peer to peer exchange among fishers to encourage
widespread adoption of best practices along the coast of Ghana. This consists of wide advertising community based competition on best fishing practices. A group of judges will
review and select winners in an open forum meeting in Accra to present the results and the awards. If successful, the scheme will be scaled up nationwide in subsequent years.
1.2.3 Citizen Watch on Water program
Activity Lead: SSG
Activity Team: Kofi Agbogah FC, MP HM, CRC CoP, Communications Officer,
MOFADFC. SSG Advisors will draw on lessons from the USAIDPhilippines ECOFISH project to help
establish a citizen watch program in Ghana. In Year 1, SSG organized and led a study tour to the Philippines for key fisheries stakeholders from Ghana, and participants expressed a strong
interest in replicating the Philippines’
Bantay Dagat
Citizen Watch on Water CWOW program in Ghana. The
Bantay Dagat
are a network of local fishermen in the Philippines working on a volunteer basis to aid the marine police in detecting, reporting, and deterring illegal fishing. They
12 have played an important role in educating local communities about marine laws and
conservation, and they have improved enforcement of closed seasons and marine protected areas in the Philippines.
In Year 2, SSG and SFMP will start the work of building a comparable citizen watch program in Ghana. SSG will engage both Filipino and Ghanaian consultants to review the legal basis for
such a program and to recommend and guide any needed changes in policy or law to allow for a citizen watch program. In Q2, SSG will bring an expert from the Philippines to Ghana for an
intensive workshop, to lay the groundwork for a national-level framework for the program, build support among key stakeholders, and organize teams and plan activities for the coming months
to get the program pilot-ready. In Q4, SSG will also plan a second trip focused on advising key stakeholders and implementing partners on operationalizing and piloting the program at the local
level.
The sustainability of community-based surveillance groups can be enhanced via legislative provisions mandating the FC to support these groups following a Philippine example and
possible private sector support via public-private partnerships. SSG will also work to create innovative ICT partnerships see sections 2.2 and 6.1 to further promote civic engagement in
marine protection and management.
Hen Mpoano will coordinate with SSG to develop a pilot design and plan for pilot fisheries citizen watch groups. HM will work with SSG to launch pilot for Citizen Watch group for Year
3. Plan trainings for Year 3. HM will also arrange for operational support for citizen watch groups for Year 3: uniforms, ID cards, binoculars, flashlights, fuel for sea patrols, radios or cell
phones and minutes, etc.
1.2.4 Material support to law enforcement
