Management Response Detail

Terminal Evaluation Sulu Celebes Seas Sustainable Fisheries Management

Commissioning Unit:	Philippines
Evaluation Plan:	2012-2018
Evaluation Type:	Project
Completion Date:	12/2014
Unit Responsible for providing Management Response:	Philippines

1. Recommendation: The reluctance of Malaysia to support extension of the MOU of the SSME Tri-Com after the first one expires in 2015 is a critical risk to the overall viability of the tri-national collaborative framework. The other members of the Tri-Com, with support from the Sub-Com, UNDP, GEF, and also the CTI Secretariat should implement concerted advocacy efforts to communicate the added value of maintaining the SSME Tri-Com, and trying to persuade Malaysian decision makers to reconsider their position

Management Response: [Added: 2015/09/13]

Agree on this recommendation Key Actions: UNDP together with other members of Tri-com should reiterate and convince Malaysia of the value of the sustaining the gains in this project towards a successor project mainly to implement the RSAP. Time Frame: May?December 2015 Responsible Unit/s: UNDP, Philippines, Indonesia

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2. Recommendation: A sustainability strategy should be prepared to aid the Sub-Com in over-seeing subsequent implementation activities, including but not limited to the following items: a. Outline the steps are suggested for deciding upon how coordination of the RSAP implementation will be operationalized; b. Request the countries to indicate roles and responsibilities for implementation of the NSAP?s; c. Also, request the countries to outline how continued progress from the demonstration sites will feed into the NSAP?s monitoring and evaluation program, as many activities in the current NSAP?s are related to the demonstration sites.

Management Response: [Added: 2015/09/13]

Agree on the recommendation with condition Key Actions: Sustainability Strategy to be developed together with the countries, with condition that this inputs to successor project. Time Frame: May- December 2015 Responsible Unit/s: Tri Com, UNDP Comments: Since PMU has already been dissolved as project has ended, sustainability strategy will be developed as part of activities under 2nd phase

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3. Recommendation: The RSAP should be rationalized, by considering the following suggestions: a. An executive summary, understandable to the general public, should be added; b. There should be clear, logical linkages to the SSME CAP; c. A Year-1 review should be made, including a detailed account of activities completed, costs incurred, and contributions made toward the SAP targets; d. Short-term and medium term targets should be developed that are attainable and measurable with available resources. If three years is selected as the first phase of implementation, then decide upon fewer activities than currently are included; e. National responses should be rationalized, and activities should be reconciled to the medium-term development funding cycles of the countries (thus enhancing the likelihood for achievement); f. A financing strategy should be made, including an incremental cost analyses for activities that the countries are unable to fund themselves; g. There should be a strategy for eventually agreeing upon common baselines, information management and sharing, and financial reporting; and h. A simple flow chart showing how the RSAP is complementary to other regional initiatives, such as the CTI, PEMSEA, ECOFISH, etc. would greatly aid advocacy efforts

Management Response: [Added: 2015/09/13]

Agree on this recommendation with condition Key Actions: Updating of RSAP to be done as part of successor project Responsible Units: Tri-Com, UNDP Comments: Since PMU has already been dissolved as project has ended, RSAP updating will be done as part of activities under 2nd phase

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4. Recommendation: The results and lessons learned on the Project, including the demonstration sites should be documented in concise, informative case study reports and made available on the IW:Learn website and disseminated among the SCS stakeholder community

Management Response: [Added: 2015/09/13]

Agree on this recommendation Key Actions: National agencies under the project to make reports and other information on project available on the IW as recommended. UNDP and UNOPS to make information available on their respective websites accordingly. Time Frame: April-December 2015 Responsible Units: UNDP, UNOPS, member countries Comments: UNOPS and UNDP, currently working with the three countries for the uploading in IW and their respective websites.

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