Country presentation: xxxxxx 2nd Executive Project Steering Committee meeting 1-2 November, 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Key national objectives in xxx (your country) List main objectives of the Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project (national projects without referring to them in specific, i.e. no need to mention titles or project codes) in your country to be reached by 2018 end (the end of the global Project) Provide quantitative objectives, where possible. This slide may include: hectares of Marine Protected Areas to be established, expanded; specific data to be collected; number of Locally Marine Areas or other conservation areas to be developed/ expanded; policy/ policies to be improved etc. Source of this information - Annex A of the national project proposals, Logframe Max 1 slide

Project implementation structure List all national projects in your country, the Partners, implementing them and the role of each project for dugong & seagrass conservation in your country Show links between projects, if any You can use a bullet point, table or chart format to present the information of this slide Max 1 slide

Xxx (your country) achievements List what the projects achieved as of Sep-Oct 2016. Please provide quantitative and qualitative information in terms of: Research – project code and main achievements – data gathering, data base development, monitoring trainings, surveys, any papers, results from research, etc. Add information on equipment purchased using the GEF funding under the Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project. Policy – include here National Facilitating Committees, as well as any policy work (working groups – national/ international, policy papers etc.) Add information on equipment purchased using the GEF funding under the Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project. Incentives – include current status of incentives projects, including the projects focused on expanding or establishing protected areas/ Locally Managed Marine Areas, Community-based Conservation Areas, etc. – where they work, how many communities they covered, what is achieved as of Sep-Oct 2016 Add if there were any partnerships with external to the Project organisations, businesses, communities, etc. Add information on equipment purchased using the GEF funding under the Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project. Communications – materials, initiatives, on social or other media, etc., key communications messages. Include any newly develop projects by all partners in relation to the GEF Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project Add photos Max 3 slides

Xxx (your country) challenges Please list all problems and challenges: Challenges and issues external to the Project that occurred until Sep-Oct 2016 – changes of political cabinets, social or economic issues, ecological problems that also impacted the Project Challenges and problems specific to the Project related to equipment, technical support needs, knowledge, experience, financial matters, etc, Research Policy Incentives Communication – both internal (with Partners and the Project Coordination team), and external Global Project administration – Funding Agreements, payments, reports, etc. Max 3 slides

Xxx (your country) lessons learned List here what are the main lessons learned from the national projects, from the start of the Project until Sep-Oct 2016. This can be done by answering the following questions: What went well and why? What went wrong and why? How can we do better? Please note: the questions above are only in relation to the Dugong and Seagrass Conservation Project/ national projects. Thus, the information should be project specific. Max 2 slides

Next steps List expected major Project activities and their outcomes until the end of 2016 and for the first half of 2017 List any support you might need until the first half of 2017 List any cross-country cooperation/ collaboration you would like to explore List any other future key event/ initiative/ project in your country, not organised by the national partners or the global Project Max 2 slides