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forward ten 10 opportunities for consideration by SFMP. The RPA team presented these opportunities to Ghana SFMP implementing partners and stakeholders at a Prioritization
Workshop in July 2015. At the workshop, participants discussed each opportunity in small groups and with SSG, before individually ranking each partnership idea for SFMP.
As a general rule, the SSG team worked together to create partnership ideas that were 1 in line with Government of Ghana and SFMP priorities; 2 rooted in the interests of the private
sector, which were uncovered through SSG’s RPA fieldwork; and 3 practical and feasible
for SFMP and its potential private sector partners. In all, SSG divided the RPA fieldwork process into four key phases in order to generate
partnership concepts based on shared value, matching private sector interests with SFMP.
Figure 3 Initial Partnership Opportunities for Ghana SFMP
Through the first three stages of this process – desk research, fieldwork, and brainstorming
partnership concepts – the SSG team worked to develop a list of ten promising partnership
opportunities for Ghana SFMP. The table below summarizes these opportunities, their possible development value, and the potential partners involved.
Table 8 Partnership Opportunity Summaries
Partnership Concept Development
Value Possible Partners
1. Fish Stock App
Develop and deploy a mobile application to improve fish stock data collection,
aggregation, and analysis. More efficient
and more comprehensive
data collection and analysis to
better monitor the health of key
fish stocks
– an essential step
toward improved fisheries
IPMC Subah
Infosolutions Esoko
Image AD Think Data
Brainstorm
Desk Research May 1-15, 2015
•Generated a list of over 110 firms
and organizations of
potential relevance to
Ghana SFMP
Test
Fieldwork May 18 - July 15,
2015 •Interviewed
companies, stakeholders,
development organizations,
and Ghana SFMP technical
teams
Refine
Brainstorming Partnership
Concepts
July 16 -17, 2015 •International and
local SSG team met in Accra to
generate refine partnership ideas
based on fieldwork
Prioritize
Prioritization Workshop
July 22, 2015 •Worked with
Ghana SFMP implementing
partners and stakeholders to
prioritize top 3 partnerships
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Partnership Concept Development
Value Possible Partners
management.
2. IUU Enforcement Hotline
Create a toll-free SMS hotline, to allow residents of coastal communities to
quickly and easily report illegal fishing on their mobile phones
Greater community
engagement in fisheries
protection
– expanding the
“eyes and ears” of enforcement
agencies to improve IUU
fishing detection. National
Communication s Authority
Esoko IPMC
Internet
Solutions
3. SFMP Communication Hub
Develop a comprehensive communications strategy, with
documentaries, flyers, brochures, print ads, and radio sessions, to 1 share
information about Ghana SFMP, fisheries laws, and management
programs with target communities and stakeholders; and 2 to advance
education about the need for marine conservation and fisheries management.
Improved communication
about fisheries issues with local
stakeholders and communities;
and greater education of
coastal communities on
fisheries management.
Global Media Alliance
Origin 8 Kyzz FM
4. Three-Point Partnership with Jubilee
Partners
Support and enhance marine spatial planning, fisheries enforcement, and
diversified livelihoods in coastal communities in the Western Region.
Potential funds for innovative
enforcement interventions
e.g., IUU Enforcement
Hotline or for SFMP efforts to
promote diversified
livelihoods in local
communities. Jubilee
Partners
1
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Interviewed Tullow Ghana and Kosmos Energy Ghana. Tullow leads the decision-making process, representing the Jubilee Partners i.e., Tullow Ghana, Kosmos Energy Ghana, Anadarko, Sabre Oil and Gas, Ghana National
Petroleum Corporation, and EO Group
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Partnership Concept Development
Value Possible Partners
5. Vodafone
Farmers’ Club
Adapt Vodafone’s Farmers’ Club to the needs of the fisheries sector, allowing
members to receive weather and market price alerts on their mobile phones,
access a helpline tailored to their needs, call each other for free to share best
practices, and receive relevant SMS and voice alerts about best practices in
fishing and fisheries management. For SFMP and
FC, a direct line of
communication with fishermen.
For fishermen, valuable services
and access to information.
Vodafone Ghana
Esoko
6. Insurance for Fishermen
