Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program - Second Phase for Economic Resilience

active

Prospective

The Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program - Second Phase for Economic Recovery and Resilience (PROPER) project in the Republic of Marshall Islands (the Project) aims to strengthen regional collaboration and national capacity for sustained socio-economic contributions of the oceanic and coastal fisheries sector in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The Project is part of the Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program (PROP) which aims to strengthen the shared management of selected Pacific Island oceanic and coastal fisheries, and the critical habitats upon which they depend.PROPER is a continuation of PROP and will build on the lessons learned from implementation (2015-2021). Based on lessons and experience with the first phase of the project, advance procurement, project management and activity planning in a sequenced approach will be employed. PROP highlighted the need to ensure enough time is spent with government translating their priorities into action, after agreement to ensure sustained ownership. It will provide for continued support to national projects initiated under PROP and make it possible to address new regional and national requests. It is designed as a set of standalone regional and national projects linked in the collective aim of improved fisheries management, improved climate change adaptation and resilience and economic recovery. The Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority (MIMRA) will be the implementing agency (IA) for the Project. MIMRA has significant experience with World Bank (WB) procedures as they implemented PROP (P151760).The Project is structured to allow national and regional projects to work in conjunction, and for all national projects to contribute towards regional policy objectives and focus on addressing national priorities. The program has three thematic components and one project management component, each with regional and national activities:Component 1 Strengthening Policy and Institutions: The three major activities are: improving capacity for policy design, implementation and evaluation; strengthening seafood health monitoring; and improving infrastructure and their operations.Component 2 Strengthening Regional Collaboration and National Capacity for Oceanic Fisheries: This component will specifically address a selected set of Strategic Actions that aim to strengthen regional and national capacity for the management and sustainable development of oceanic fisheries and their value chains through two sub-components: consolidating oceanic fisheries management; and harnessing of oceanic fisheries to the regional economy.Component 3 Strengthening Regional Collaboration and National Capacity for Coastal Fisheries and Conservation of Critical Coastal Habitats: This component would specifically strengthen regional collaboration and national capacity for the management and sustainable development of coastal fisheries and their value chains with two subcomponents: strengthening coastal fisheries and habitat management; and developing and diversifying livelihoods in support of fisheries management.Component 4 Project Management: This component will finance technical and operational assistance works, goods, services, workshops, and operational costs to support day-to-day management and implementation of the project, and reimbursing project preparation.

FY17 - Agriculture, Fishing and Forestry

World Bank Group

Project

Raw Materials, Government