Strengthening the Center for Coastal Management at UCC Activity leader:

1.1.7 Training for Regional and District ICM and Fisheries Professionals Activity leader

: Mark Fenn: Team members: Don Robadue, Pam Rubinoff, Kofi Agbogah, Donkris Mevuta, Denis Aheto. ICM training programs will be carried out with the sub-committees or advisory groups in some cases for coastal spatial planning for the six districts and at the regional level. The initial training program will present an overview of ICM and set the stage for the issues identification and shoreline hazards mitigation survey work that includes assessments of vulnerability and resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems relative to the critical issues identified. This training will allow for local stakeholders to participate in these assessments and to integrate their findings and conclusions into the cursory spatial planning products that will be produced by the Jubilee Oil Partners. The survey work completed with the district sub-committees will guide more detailed shoreline hazards assessments that will be conducted by CRC and the Geography Department of the UCC. At another level, GIS support and training will be provided to the Town Country Planning Department personnel, the Ghana Land Administration Project, within the six districts at the Western Region Coordination Council. The initial technical training session will be implemented by the national Town Country Planning Department but subsequent follow-up support will be provided by the ICFG Project and UCC. Four of the six districts and the RCC will be provided with the essential equipment and software to be able to use spatial data information that has been already prepared by UCC two districts already have equipment furnished by other donors. At yet another level, an exchange program is planned to bring a CRC colleague, Mr. Jeremiah Daffa, leading the Tanzania Coastal Management Partnership Program supported also by USAID and CRC to Ghana. He will share his experiences and insights into mainstreaming ICM into government policy through a workshop for colleagues championing ICM in collaboration with the ICFG Project. Presently, the ICFG Initiative supports two Masters of Science students BS graduates from UCC to study at URI for two years. In addition, the in-country field research of four MS students has also been supported in 2011. In Year 3, support will be continued to the two Ghanaian URI students and an additional round of field research grants will be awarded for up to four students locally. For all of the students, their research topics are directly related to ICM issues in the Western Region as this facilitates further professional training and supervision from ICFG personnel and partners. A minimum of two people will be invited to participate in the CRCURI summer institute courses: one on Fisheries Management and; the other course on Population, Health, Environment programs for ICM. 18 Table of Key Activities and Milestones Task 1.1.7 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Climate change short-course X District and Regional ICM training X District level hazards and resilience surveys X Training of TCPD personnel on GIS X X X Purchase of equipment for districts and region X Workshop on mainstreaming ICM X Awarding of research and degree grants X Professional training at URI X List of Key Outputs ｸ Completed curriculum and monitoring programs for the conservation of selected wetlands in the three focal areas ｸ A second climate change short-course completed for professionals working on ICM ｸ Integration of hazards and resilience surveys into cursory district spatial plans ｸ Summary coastal issues profiling papers for 5 districts ｸ Training reports on ICM, GIS applications, and mainstreaming ICM into government programs ｸ Eight completed MS Thesis and two in preparation

1.1.8 A Coastal Fund Activity leader:

Mark Fenn: Team members: Don Robadue, Pam Rubinoff, Kofi Agbogah, Donkris Mevuta, Denis Aheto, the NGO COLADEF The transition period from Phase 2 to Phase 3 will see a close out of the small grants program. The ICFG Project will work to establish a coastal fund that provides similar funding support for small scale projects implemented by local NGOs, private sector groups that foster local scale resource management and sustainable livelihood development and institutional strengthening. Once officially established, the ICFG will provide some seed funds to the endowment, and then will approach the corporate entities in the Western Region that have available “corporate social responsibility” CSR funds. Several of these corporations have already expressed an interest in this concept. There is also the potential for synergy with a DFID funded program through a local NGO – COLANDEV - that has similar aims in orienting CSR funds to priority projects in district medium term development plans. Preliminary discussions have been held with the DFID representatives as well as with the German Society for International Cooperation GIZ a volunteer service. GIZ expressed interest through their support to the Western Region Chamber of Commerce. Precedents for such a fund exist elsewhere in Ghana and these programs will be thoroughly researched to learn pertinent lessons for this activity. These other fund mechanisms have an administrative board that meets periodically and minimal staff for technical and financial auditing of grant recipients. It is expected for the fund to be legally established in this work year 19