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Enhancing Coastal Communities Social and Ecological Resilience and Reducing Vulnerabilities towards Fisherfolk Empowerment
by Tambuyog Development Center (Non-governmental organization (NGO))
Tambuyog voluntarily commits to contribute to the countrys attainment of SDG 14 through:

-empowerment of women and men municipal fisherfolk who are capable of claiming and protecting their rights over the sustainable use of municipal waters , and influencing duty-bearers in responding to fisheries management, livelihoods and social protection of fishing communities in at least 9 coastal municipalities in strategic fishing grounds . Continue Community organizing as one one of the key components towards attainment of the goal.
-continue to assist local government units in enhancing their capacity on sustainable fisheries and coastal management
- providing direct services to fiisherfolk in order to have secured and diversified sources of livelihoods; to provide direct services to the needs of municipal fishers;
Lobby governments to develop programs for increased investments in fisheries management and social protection programs.
This initiative, called Enhancing Coastal Communities Social and Ecological Resilience and Reducing Vulnerabilities towards Fisherfolk Empowerment (ECOSERVE ) aims to build and enhance social and ecological resilience in selected coastal communities in two major fishing grounds. It is a synergy and integration of development interventions in focused areas. It will primarily involve four major components or strategies, namely: sustained constituency-building and cooperative organizing; capacity building of both LGUs and fisherfolks; enterprise development and market facilitation; and policy research and advocacy.
Progress reports
14.2
By 2020, sustainably manage and protect marine and coastal ecosystems to avoid significant adverse impacts, including by strengthening their resilience, and take action for their restoration in order to achieve healthy and productive oceans
Type of commitment
  • Community or Locally Managed Marine Areas
  • Integrated Coastal Management
  • Marine Spatial Planning
  • Ecosystem-based Adaptation
14.4
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
Type of commitment
  • Compliance, monitoring and enforcement
  • Reduction and elimination fishing practices and gear that destroy/degrade marine habitat
  • Science-based fisheries management plans
  • Ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF)
  • Reduction of fisheries by-catch and product waste/losses
  • Eco-labelling, traceability, certification programmes
  • Market-based instruments (Individually Traded Quotas, Vessel Day Schemes, etc.)
14.b
Provide access for small-scale artisanal fishers to marine resources and markets
Type of commitment
  • Legal/policy/institutional measures
  • Access to market-based instruments
  • Transfer of fishing technology
  • Access to coastal fishing grounds
  • Access and capacity building for eco-labelling and traceability systems
  • Community empowerment for fisheries management
Jan 2017/21
Strengthened organizational and socio-economic capacities of all (30) Tambuyog organized fisherfolks and revitalized one (1) womens collective and enabled them to protect and promote human rights while participating and influencing decision-making processes related to their livelihoods and well-being
Jan 2017/21
Expanded social capital of organized men and women fisherfolks in collectively advancing their preferential rights over fisheries and coastal resources
Jan 2017/21
At least 10% increased in economic opportunities thru the establishment of community-based social enterprises established in selected project areas as primary and secondary livelihood sources
Jan 2017/21
At least 30% increased level of participation of fishing communities and enhanced institutional capacities of local governments (LGUs) in the sustainable use and management of marine and coastal ecosystems.
Staff / Technical expertise
personnel and experts to be deployed at the community level to share knowledge and capacities to fishers and government
Other, please specify
provision of initial capital to encourage savings and capital build up
In-kind contribution
provision of materials and resources relevant to the fisheries management and enterprise development
Other, please specify
tap expertise of private sector and government entities to provide needed technologies and post harvest facilities for men and women in target areas
Basic information
Time-frame: January, 2017 - December 2021
Website
Partners
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation ( NGO) Local Government Units around the target fishing ground (government) Men and women Fisherfolk (Civil Society Organizations) Academic Institutions
Ocean Basins
  • South Pacific
Beneficiary countries
Philippines
Other beneficaries
Small scale Fishers
Contact information
Dinna Umengan, Executive Drecor, admin@tambuyog.org / dinnaumengan@yahoo.com, +632 9264415
Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
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