Second South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth Project - Madagascar

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The development objective of the Second South West Indian Ocean Fisheries Governance and Shared Growth Project for Southern Africa is to improve the management of selected fisheries at regional, national and community levels and to increase access by targeted fishers to alternative livelihood activities. The project has comprises four components. 1) The first component, enhanced regional collaboration promotes the implementation of Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Resolutions in the South West Indian Ocean (SWIO) countries enhancing their compliance with their international fisheries obligations. It provides a coordination mechanism between African and Indian Ocean Developing Island States (AIODIS) for collaborating and sharing their own experiences to address some of their specific challenges and strengthens the newly created Indian Ocean Federation of Artisanal Fishers (Fédération des Pêcheurs Artisans de l’Océan Indien, FPAOI); 2) The Second component, strengthening capacities for priority fisheries management primarily targets policies, strategies, institutions, legal frameworks, and actions by the public sector necessary to improve priority fisheries management and performance and sustain regional marine environmental health and resilience to climate change. It will be backed by applied research activities aimed at understanding the resource base and building human and institutional capacity necessary to implement fisheries policies and management plans. 3) The third component, strengthening capacities for engagement in alternative fishing practices and livelihoods activities supports the fisheries management activities building acceptance and adherence to the fisheries management plans by the targeted communities. This component directly benefits the targeted local population by providing financial transfers, training, and small community infrastructure. 4) The fourth component, project management and coordination will support regional project coordination, implementation and management, country level implementation and management, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) at regional and country levels.