environmental Scientific and management in all Technical Committee countries Local community 4.3: Management Continuity of action catalysed via Minimal stakeholder Board Terms of participation of establishment and participation in Reference and community operation of planning of local Quarterly meetings of quarterly meeting stakeholders in the management actions to manage Site-Based reports (joint planning, monitoring boards for fisheries threats to fish stocks Management Boards management and evaluation of at 14 refugia and critical habitats decisions and fisheries locations in the South refugia linkages participant lists) management China Sea and Gulf of Thailand Regional Scientific Status of the RSTC and Technical and the uptake of the Committee (RSTC) 4.4 RSTC Terms of scientific and Lack of a formal established and Reference and annual technical advice it mechanism for the functioning as a meeting reports provides sharing of science Biannual meetings of bridge between the (documenting and technical the RSTC scientific community scientific and knowledge relating to and decision-makers Continuity of technical advice and fisheries for operation of a refugia participation of participant lists) regional system of members in annual fisheries refugia meetings [annual meetings] Project Steering Annual meetings of Status of the PSC 4.5 PSC Terms of UNEP and GEF Committee the PSC Reference and annual requirement for established and meeting reports establishment of functioning to Continuity of Completion of (documenting joint regional decision oversee and act as a participation of Annual Project decisions and making and planning principal decision members in annual Implementation participant lists) body for the project making body for the meetings Reviews project Functioning regional Project Coordinating Unit (PCU) supporting the Executing agency has coordination of managed components 4.6: Terms of regional and national of larger FAO/GEF Reference and Program coordination Timely and cost level activities projects but is yet to contracts for program unit recruited and effective delivery of associated with the act as executing coordination unit staff retained project outputs establishment and agency for GEF staff operation of regional project of this system of fisheries magnitude and meeting refugia reporting requirements of UNEP and the GEF
environmental management in all countries Scientific and Technical Committee 4.3: Management Board Terms of Reference and quarterly meeting reports (joint management decisions and participant lists) Continuity of participation of community stakeholders in the planning, monitoring and evaluation of fisheries refugia management Minimal stakeholder participation in planning of local actions to manage threats to fish stocks and critical habitats linkages Quarterly meetings of Site-Based Management Boards Local community action catalysed via establishment and operation of management boards for fisheries refugia at 14 locations in the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand 4.4 RSTC Terms of Reference and annual meeting reports (documenting scientific and technical advice and participant lists) Status of the RSTC and the uptake of the scientific and technical advice it provides Continuity of participation of members in annual meetings Lack of a formal mechanism for the sharing of science and technical knowledge relating to fisheries refugia Biannual meetings of the RSTC Regional Scientific and Technical Committee (RSTC) established and functioning as a bridge between the scientific community and decision-makers for operation of a regional system of fisheries refugia [annual meetings] 4.5 PSC Terms of Reference and annual meeting reports (documenting joint decisions and participant lists) Status of the PSC Continuity of participation of members in annual meetings UNEP and GEF requirement for establishment of regional decision making and planning body for the project Annual meetings of the PSC Completion of Annual Project Implementation Reviews Project Steering Committee established and functioning to oversee and act as a principal decision making body for the project 4.6: Terms of Reference and contracts for program coordination unit staff Program coordination unit recruited and staff retained Executing agency has managed components of larger FAO/GEF projects but is yet to act as executing agency for GEF project of this magnitude Timely and cost effective delivery of project outputs Functioning regional Project Coordinating Unit (PCU) supporting the coordination of regional and national level activities associated with the establishment and operation of regional system of fisheries refugia and meeting reporting requirements of UNEP and the GEF
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