Roles of Strategic Partners and Clients, Collaboration
ｸ Functioning Community-Based Fisheries Management Committees CBFMCs andor Chief Fishermen and their councils
ｸ Western Region Alliance of NGOs ｸ Other Civil Society Organizations in the Western region such as localized community
associations and faith-based groups ｸ Fishermen Associations including the National Association of Canoe Fishermen and
other user group associations Private sector partners include the semi-industrial and industrial fisheries sector, especially
concerning conflicts with the artisanal sector, the oil and gas industry, as well as fish marketing and processing enterprises mainly small scale domestically oriented supply chains, and the
tourism sector.
Finally, the ICFG has worked in close collaboration with the development and initial planning of several other donor programs that will be focusing in the Western Region. These include a 50
million dollar investment from the World Bank into the fisheries sector for 2011 through the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the Fisheries Commission. Collaborative programs have
also been developed with evolving USAID investments in the Western Region, notably the Behavior Change Project led by Johns Hopkins University and the Local Governance and
Decentralization Project led by Management Systems International.
The following table estimates the percentage of time key project staff and implementing partner staff devote of their time annually to the main project components.
Key Staff and Implementing Partner Responsibilities for Major Activity Areas
Fraction FTE TDYs 1.1
ICM nested