Ecosystem Approach Community of Practice: EA-CoP stakeholder group

Template for description of each instance of EA-CoPCommunity of Practice.

• Name of the initiative
• Objective of the initiative
• Positioning of iMarine
• Characteristics of the CoPCommunity of Practice. (target at the end of iMarine project)
  • Type of First range users / second range users / third range users
  • Number of First range users / second range users / third range users
• Involvement of the CoPCommunity of Practice. in the Governance process

Notes:

The terminology "First range users / second range users / third range users" refers to cascading levels of involvement, from users directly interacting with iMarine Board (the first range users) towards end-users eventually benefiting from the iMarine services (second or third range users).

The Type of actors which are potentially concerned as EA-CoPCommunity of Practice. are listed in the paragraphs under Communication messages

Instances of the EA-CoPCommunity of Practice. - as of October 2012

Under BC3

Smartfish

• Name of the initiative: SWIOFC's Regional Fisheries Information System, funded by the Smartfish project in partnership with SWIOFP and iMarine.

• Objective of the initiative: The RFIS will provide a broad range of information in support to EAF oriented decision making in fisheries in the South West Indian Ocean region. RFIS will primarily build on existing complementary information systems (Statbase, Wiofish, FIRMS, national statistical systems).

• Positioning of iMarine: iMarine aims at providing tools to support RFIS. iMarine will enable a seamless integration and harmonization of the existing systems within RFIS.

• Characteristics of the CoPCommunity of Practice. (target at the end of iMarine project)

The first range users are information system specialists and data managers supporting the existing systems. About 8 persons are primarily concerned (2 per target system).

The second range users are the national data managers in the region, which are involved in feeding the existing systems. About 20 persons are concerned (about 2 per country)

The third range are users of the existing systems, ie scientists and regional fisheries policy makers.

• Involvement of the CoPCommunity of Practice. in the Governance process