Lead country
Fiji
Participating countries
Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Cook Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From June 5, 2015 to June 5, 2021
Project ID: 4607
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Technical team
- Oceans and Water Programme
Technical area(s)
- Small Island Dev States Program (SIDS)
Landscape(s)
- Marine
- Conserved areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Large marine ecosystem
- Marine and coastal protected areas
Transformed sector(s)
- Fisheries
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Convening / Partnerships / Knowledge Sharing
- Innovative approaches
Strategy
- Governance
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Institutional framework
- Transboundary governance
- Community engagement
- Ecosystem-based management
- Knowledge/Data management
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Women
Gender equality
- Awareness raising (on gender)
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Improve resilience
SDG target(s)
- 14.4 Regulate harvesting, overfishing, illegal fishing
- 14.7 Increase economic benefits of marine resources to SIDS
- 14.6 Prohibit and avoid harmful, perverse fisheries subsidies
Conventions and protocols
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- SIDS
- Food and agricultural commodities strategy
- Poverty reduction
Project objectives
To support Pacific SIDS in meeting their obligations to implement & effectively enforce global, regional & sub-regional arrangements for the conservation & management of transboundary oceanic fisheries thereby increasing sustainable benefits derived from these fisheries.
USD $5,200,000
Grant amount
USD $85,551,875
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Source(s) of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($5,200,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Fiji
Joint agencies
- Food and Agriculture Organization
Project metrics
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