Building the Capacity of Civil Society to Shape Public Policy Reform in the Caribbean to Protect Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Fortalecimiento de la capacidad de la sociedad civil para dar forma a la reforma de las políticas públicas en el Caribe para proteger la biodiversidad y los servicios de los ecosistemas
Brief Description:
Support the mainstreaming of biodiversity conservation into development decision making through several activities: assessments of the effectiveness of the policy frameworks for public participation, strategy development to strengthen environmental impact assessment (EIA) regulations, capacity building for local civil society, development of an online platform for public engagement in development decision making, and national and regional networking. This grant focuses on Jamaica, although select activities will be implemented in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Apoyo la integración de la conservación de la biodiversidad en la toma de decisiones de desarrollo a través de varias actividades: evaluaciones de la efectividad de los marcos de políticas para la participación pública, desarrollo de estrategias para fortalecer las regulaciones de evaluación de impacto ambiental (EIA), desarrollo de capacidades para la sociedad civil local, desarrollo de una plataforma en línea para la participación pública en la toma de decisiones sobre el desarrollo y la creación de redes nacionales y regionales. Esta subvención se enfoca en Jamaica, aunque algunas actividades se implementarán en República Dominicana y Haití.
Partners: Jamaica Environment Trust, Windsor Research Centre, C-CAM, North Cockpit Country Local Forest management Council, INSAPROMA. ADHEN
Grant (USD):
$254,843.00
Total co-financing (USD):
$0.00
(Co) financing not originating from GEF:
Participating Country(s):
Dominican RepublicHaitiJamaica
Contributions to the 10-year CLME+ Strategic Action Programme (2015-2025)
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1. Enhance the regional governance arrangements for the protection of the marine environment
1.5. Establish and/or enhance the capacity of the regional,sub-regional and national governance arrangements for the involvement of civil society in the implementation of the EBM/EAF approach (IGOs,NGOs,CBOs,private sector...)
1.6. Enhance the capacity within and among arrangements to undertake and mainstream lessons learned and findings from monitoring,science and research in regional, sub-regional and national decision-making
1.10. Establish and/or enhance the data and information quality and collection and management capacity of the regional, sub-regional and nationalgovernance arrangements for the protection of the marine environment, including through the establishment of public-private partnerships
2. Enhance the regional governance arrangements for sustainable fisheries
3. Establish and operationalise a regional policy coordination mechanismfor ocean governance, with initial focus on shared Living Marine Resources
3.4. Develop and adopt a regional policy for data and information harmonization and sharing
3.7. Facilitate the preparation of data and information products and the uptake of monitoring and research outputs by (sub)regional and national science-policy interfaces
4. Enhance the governance arrangements for ecosystem-based management for reefs and associated ecosystems
4.7. Strengthen the capacity of Regional Fisheries Bodies to engage and build capacity among member States to implement the EBM/EAF approach, through National Action Plans (NAPs), data/information management and analysis, and operationalisation of national intersectoral coordination and consultation mechanisms that include science-policy interfaces
4A. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for spiny lobster fisheries
4B. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for queen conch fisheries
5. Enhance the governance arrangements for implementing an ecosystem approach for pelagic fisheries
5A. Enhance the governance arrangements for implementing the ecosystem approach for flyingfish fisheries
5B. Enhance the governance arrangementsfor implementing an ecosystem approach for large pelagics fisheries
6. Implement EBM/EAF of the Guianas-Brazil continental shelf with special reference to the shrimp and groundfish fishery
Contributions to the 2030 UN Sustainable Development Agenda (SDG’s)
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1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere
2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
4 Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
5 Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
6 Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
7 Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
8 Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
10 Reduce inequality within and among countries
11 Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
12 Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
13 Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
14 Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development
14.2 By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
14.5 By 2020, conserve at least 10 per cent of coastal and marine areas, consistent with national and international law and based on the best available scientific information
14.c Enhance the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources by implementing international law as reflected in UNCLOS, which provides the legal framework for the conservation and sustainable use of oceans and their resources, as recalled in paragraph 158 of The Future We Want
15 Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
16 Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
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