e.g. with regard to management and biodiversity institutional and conservation. Local communities will also administrative support, be engaged in sharing management and MCS and responsibilities, including monitoring, enforcement. control, and surveillance arrangements. Further areas for capacity building may be identified during project implementation. A 5-year long project will inevitably Political operate across national and subnational Change in key policy election cycles. The project is designed to and/or decision makers or facilitate national responses to agreed other events beyond the Moderately High Medium regional action programs, including the control of the project lead Likely ATS NAP, RPoA-IUU, CTI-CFF, etc., to changes in policies which are long-term commitments that and/or support for the are mostly unaffected by changes in project. national or local governments. A number of the planned project activities require high level enabling decisions, Regulatory including ministerial declaration for new Enabling decisions marine protected areas, DG level approval required for of fisheries improvement projects and implementation of some EAFM plans, etc. The regional project Medium Moderately of the key project High manager and the national coordinators Likely activities are delayed due will be proactive in project advocacy, to inefficiencies and/or including regular communication with lack of ownership by cross-sectoral coordination structures, national and/or local such as the national inter-ministerial government units. committees and the national project boards. Broad and inclusive stakeholder participation will be important in demonstrating the benefits of an ATS Strategic regional governance mechanism. It will consider existing regional frameworks Littoral countries cannot Moderately such as the CTI, though this excludes reach agreement on High Medium Likely Australia. An adaptive approach will be regional governance taken in designing the structure and mechanism and financing financing strategy for the mechanism, strategy. complementing other regional coordination platforms and fulling the objectives of the ATS countries. Strategic The integrated approaches supported by the project, including EAFM, FIP, ICM, Resource users including etc., are designed to deliver win-win communities and private solutions for resource users and sector enterprises are managers. For example, applying reluctant to collaborate Moderately Medium Low sustainable fishing practices under with the project. Likely fisheries improvement projects would enable local fishers the opportunity to gain better prices for their catch, while safeguarding the ecosystem services that support the species they are exploiting.
e.g. with regard to institutional and administrative support, and MCS and enforcement. management and biodiversity conservation. Local communities will also be engaged in sharing management responsibilities, including monitoring, control, and surveillance arrangements. Further areas for capacity building may be identified during project implementation. Political Change in key policy and/or decision makers or other events beyond the control of the project lead to changes in policies and/or support for the project. High Moderately Likely Medium A 5-year long project will inevitably operate across national and subnational election cycles. The project is designed to facilitate national responses to agreed regional action programs, including the ATS NAP, RPoA-IUU, CTI-CFF, etc., which are long-term commitments that are mostly unaffected by changes in national or local governments. Regulatory Enabling decisions required for implementation of some of the key project activities are delayed due to inefficiencies and/or lack of ownership by national and/or local government units. High Moderately Likely Medium A number of the planned project activities require high level enabling decisions, including ministerial declaration for new marine protected areas, DG level approval of fisheries improvement projects and EAFM plans, etc. The regional project manager and the national coordinators will be proactive in project advocacy, including regular communication with cross-sectoral coordination structures, such as the national inter-ministerial committees and the national project boards. Strategic Littoral countries cannot reach agreement on regional governance mechanism and financing strategy. High Moderately Likely Medium Broad and inclusive stakeholder participation will be important in demonstrating the benefits of an ATS regional governance mechanism. It will consider existing regional frameworks such as the CTI, though this excludes Australia. An adaptive approach will be taken in designing the structure and financing strategy for the mechanism, complementing other regional coordination platforms and fulling the objectives of the ATS countries. Strategic Resource users including communities and private sector enterprises are reluctant to collaborate with the project. Medium Moderately Likely Low The integrated approaches supported by the project, including EAFM, FIP, ICM, etc., are designed to deliver win-win solutions for resource users and managers. For example, applying sustainable fishing practices under fisheries improvement projects would enable local fishers the opportunity to gain better prices for their catch, while safeguarding the ecosystem services that support the species they are exploiting.