CAPACITY BUILDING FOR MPA MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF THE UNEPCEP TRAINING OF TRAINERS PROGRAMME

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CAPACITY BUILDING FOR MPA MANAGEMENT THE CASE OF
THE UNEP-CEP TRAINING OF TRAINERS PROGRAMME
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• Coral reefs are of critical importance to the
  marine environment and to the economies of most
  countries of the Wider Caribbean
• MPAs are one of the major action by countries to
  assist with conservation of coral reefs
• Most MPAs lacked adequate management and were not
  meeting their objectives
• Issue of lack of capacity of MPA Managers was
  highlighted at the International Workshop on
  Framework for Future Training in Marine and
  Coastal Protected Area Mgt in 1997

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• Programme includes a course manual and modules in
  MPA Management in English and Spanish
• Module 1 Training and Communication Skills
• Module 2 The Nature of the Marine Environment
• Module 3 Uses and Threats to the Marine
  Environment
• Module 4 Marine Protected Area Overview
• Module 5 Participatory Planning
• Module 6 Marine Protected Area Planning
• Module 7 MPA Management
• Module 8 Research and Monitoring

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• 3 Regional Courses
• 2-13 November 1999, Saba, Netherlands Antilles
• 1-13 May 2000, Bayahibe, Dominican Republic
• 27 Oct-Nov 10, 2002, Soufriere, Saint Lucia
• 37 MPA Managers trained 247 MPA staff trained
• locally
• Additional courses planned

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• To build a cadre of MPA Managers in the WCR who
  are able to deliver quality training that will
  result in improved MPA Mgt throughout the region.
  
• Specific Course Objectives
• To introduce MPA Managers to relevant teaching
  methods
• To provide participants with additional knowledge
  to improve MPA Mgt in their own countries
• To facilitate the exchange of information among
  participants

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• A Train the Trainers Course Manual and Modules,
  including CD-ROM in both Spanish and English
• An increase in the number of trained MPA
  Managers with skills in mgt, planning, training
  communication
• An increase in the number of trained MPA staff

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• Anguilla, Dominica,
• Antigua Barbuda, Guatemala,
• Barbados, Honduras,
• Bahamas, Jamaica,
• Belize, Mexico,
• Bonaire, (NA) Saba, ((NA)
• Colombia, St. Lucia,
• Cuba, St. Martin (NA)
• Trinidad Tobago and Venezuela

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• The slow and inadequate response from some of the
  MPA Managers to undertake the local training
• The original timetable for completion of local
  training was ambitious
• Follow up is required by UNEP-CAR/RCU to ensure
  local training takes place
• UNEP-CAR/RCU offered assistance and additional
  time to prepare proposals
• Participants in the 3rd course were required to
  finalize draft proposals before the end of the
  course

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• The initiative is replicable throughout the WCR
  and the world
• Periodic review of the training manual is
  necessary
• The TOT Programme should be expanded to include
  other coastal zone practitioners and other MPA
  Managers from other regions of the world
• A comprehensive evaluation of the programme needs
  to be done to document its impact on the Wider
  Caribbean Region

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• The Netherlands Government, Coastal Zone
  Management Centre (CZMC)
• The World Bank
• The US Government
• The UN Foundation through the International Coral
  Reef Action Network (ICRAN)
• The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
• UNEP-CAR/RCU

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