Fujian Fishing Ports Project

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The development objective of the Fujian Fishing Ports Project for China is to reduce the vulnerability of fishing communities to extreme weather events in selected counties in Fujian province. The project comprises of four components. The first component, construction and upgrading of fishing port facilities focuses on building the infrastructure to provide shelters to protect fishing vessels from being lost or damaged during typhoons and seasonal storms. The second component is improvement of the early warning and response system in order to ensure the effectiveness of an integrated emergency preparedness and response system. It includes following two sub-components: (i) early warning and emergency response plan (ERP); and (ii) equipment necessary to aid officers the emergency response and command center (ERCC) of Xia'pu county. The third component, training and capacity building will focus on: (i) broadening access to training for fishermen and improving the quality of its delivery, (ii) facilitating the sector's transformation from coastal to marine fishing through the provision of the required additional skills, (iii) increasing the understanding and compliance with safety and emergency procedures, and training fishermen of required checklist of emergency preparedness actions to be followed in event of an impending storm, and (iv) facilitating the safe production and sustainable development of the fishing industry. It comprises of following three sub-components: (i) capacity building for administrators and teachers; (ii) developing and updating of curricula, textbooks, and delivering of training; and (iii) upgrading of facilities and equipment. The fourth component, technical support and project management will ensure the quality of project implementation through enhancing both project management skills and the day-to-day management capacity of project management offices (PMOs) and implementation agencies at all levels. It includes following four sub-components: (i) project management consultancy services to assist the PMOs and project implementation units (PIUs) in project implementation through the services of reviewing designs and procurement documents, and preparing semi-annual progress reports; (ii) domestic and overseas study tours to build up the capacity of staff of PMOs and PIUs; (iii) port management consultancy services to develop a port management manual to enhance routine fishing ports management capacity, as well as to help in the successful implementation of component two, improvement of the early warning and response system; and (iv) independent external monitoring (funded by domestic funds) to monitor the implementation of resettlement action plan (RAP) and environmental management plan (EMP).