WP 10 -Capacity Building in North African Countries (+ workshops of observatory managers) Daniel Cebrian 8 June 2017, International Day of the Oceans This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 727277

Why the capacity building need? Capacity building shortage is a major issue faced by the environmental sector in the 21st century, and there is a key need to exchange ideas, solutions and best practice More support regarding countries capacity still needed to achieve e.g. the majority of the CBD Aichi targets and UN SDGs : To undertake effective conservation actions and resource management For development and exchange of tools, incentives and processes, technologies and good practices For the full and active involvement of relevant stakeholders including indigenous and local communities, youth, NGOs, women and the business community.

“KISSES” approach to capacity building Knowledge mainstreaming: Guidelines Information exchange: innovative tools, web based support. Experience share Skills development: On the job training Stakeholder networking: Bridging NGOs, communities and official agencies Environmental awareness: make known degradation challenges and conservation advantages Sensitizing: brain is the engine but heart is the fuel. This is a key approach for the success of all efforts above

Premises to better achieve trainees engagement The action has measurable outputs, not abstractions on maybe-outcomes Fitting to local conditions by external trainers. Tailor to local knowledge and uses Continuous feedback: trainers and trainees hate the thanks and bye-bye Training of local trainers a must for such field of action Strategic sensitising and capacitating of key decision makers and local actors very well valued

Premises to better achieve trainees engagement The action has clearly identified gaps where action is needed Beneficiaries receive what they really wish from trainers! Bottom-up approach needed. Potential harm and disrespect to local pride and actions sustainability if not Complementarities regarding involved participants networking ensured: not overlap, not gaps, clear roles Show an extended number of beneficiary organisations and other actors satisfied, and a taste for clear stakeholder visibility

Opportunities for better achieving national level upholding Actions framed in institutions’ engagements (adapting management needed for that): Periodic programming of key Conventions as well as governing institutions in each geographical area Pursue CBD Strategic Goal E: Enhance implementation through participatory planning, knowledge management and capacity building; and Aichi biodiversity targets, with emphasis on approaching Community involvement and benefit sharing Sustainable development goals post 2015: goal 17 on means of implementation and partnerships

Opportunities for better achieving national level upholding Support to Conventions’ Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) instruments Outcomes of Climate conference Paris 2015 Joining effort of stakeholders for employment-raising: Work shift from development into sustainable resource management paradigma

Experience on recent capacity building tools and training actions by RAC/SPA Tools such as: Regional working programme for marine and coastal protected areas Policy and legal frameworks development in Adriatic Diverse guidelines, handbooks and teaching packages through a six year regional programme MPAs Roadmap that will bring the required focus in the remaining years to reach Aichi Target 11 in the Mediterranean region.

Experience on recent capacity building tools and training actions by RAC/SPA Tools such as: Countries’ experts gathered to define in common Med EBSAs Training on wildlife monitoring techniques in the field Training supporting communities to develop ecotourism businesses, nature-based products, crafts, rangeland and wildlife management methods, and cultural heritage & environmental education programs in key buffer areas for biodiversity conservation Press training on diffusing climate change information

Principles considered on capacity building and education Capacity building takes place within individuals or groups of people and cannot be forced upon them: although you can train, you cannot “do” capacity building for others, it is an internal process Trainees are far more likely to reject information that contradicts their own life experiences or beliefs (Sayers, 2006) Everybody learns differently: capacity building requires multiple strategies, methods and techniques to serve multiple needs

Principles considered on capacity building and education Developing capacity is impacted significantly by the learning environment: create a stimulating learning environment Trainees especially need to understand the big picture to recognize the value of each piece of information they encounter Establish connections between information received and knowledge already possessed. Participants’ feedback is vital for the effective building of capacity

WP 10 Objectives WP10’s aim is to ensure that the ODYSSEA platform, observatories, and associated services use is mastered by North African countries’ stakeholders, allowing their use at those countries level for monitoring, vulnerability and risk prediction and management, and optimise the availability of unused countries’ datasets for ODYSSEA

Task 10.1: Professional workshops for observatories managers within the consortium Training staff composed of members of the project as well as external advisors, if needed They aim to develop the needed capabilities for establishment of sustainable partnerships with local end users and local training to operate the observatories EcoOcean's research vessel aimed to be used as platform for the instruction of various marine sciences methods during the workshops

Task 10.1: Professional workshops for observatories managers within the consortium Three main skills development modules: Technical skills: needed for the establishment and technical operation of the observatories Managerial skills: needed for the ongoing operation Marketing, capacity building and assimilation tools: needed for locating and creating partnerships with end users, and for expanding the circle of end users as the project will progress Duration M6–M54; Task leader RAC-SPA; Participants: AGIR, NSV, ANDDCVS, RAED, IU, UNIBO, EcoO, DUTH, Sapienza, Alseamar, Develogic, Deltares, AP NOTE: Also WP 5.3 Trains on use of sensors (gliders...) along M12-M18

Task 10.2: Ongoing coordination and support during the project lifespan Coordination staff and mechanism to assist in the creation of local workshops as well as the coordinated operation of the observatories. Networking activities, such as local workshops, that will build individual, institutional and infrastructure capacity, including exchanges between North African and European scientists and the setting up and operation of the Model Observatories. An annual meeting of observatories managers will be done as a side event in the General Assembly or similar, during which operational issues will be discussed and experiences exchanged. Duration M12 – M54; Task leader RAED; Participants: AGIR, NSV, ANDDCVS, RAED, RAC-SPA, DUTH

Task10.3: Demonstration of platform novelties and monitoring & modelling systems 4 National workshops, in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, to present the main results to local stakeholders and end-users Towards the end of the project, a meeting addressed to expert representatives of the Barcelona Convention Parties: results, novelties and operational potentials of ODYSSEA presented and explained, to boost use by Mediterranean official institutions linked to ministries in charge of marine environment Duration M38 – M54; Task leader: RAC-SPA; Participants: AGIR, NSV, ANDDCVS, RAED

WP 10 Outputs # Deliverable name WP Lead Type Dis. level Del. date Training material for workshops 10 RAC OTH PU M18 D10.2 Reports of local capacity building workshops R CO M54 D10.3 Protocols of demonstrations

WP 10 and timeline

WP 10 and timeline

Thank you This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 727277