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E EUROPEAN UNION. FAR BAN B  PROJECT This project is Funded by the European Union. PROMOTING AND PROTECTING SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES LIVELIHOODS IN GHANA. PRESENTATION ON THE FAR BAN B  PROJECT. EUROPEAN UNION. 6 th Capitalization on the EU Land Governance Programme (Phases I&II)

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  1. E EUROPEAN UNION FAR BAN B PROJECT This project is Funded by the European Union PROMOTING AND PROTECTING SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES LIVELIHOODS IN GHANA

  2. PRESENTATION ON THEFAR BAN B PROJECT EUROPEAN UNION 6th Capitalization on the EU Land Governance Programme (Phases I&II) 08 – 10 November 2017 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia KWAME MENSAH, Project Coordinator, CARE

  3. PRESENTATION OUTLINE EUROPEAN UNION • What Far Ban Bo Project is about • The Project Objectives • The Project Expected Results • Linkage of FBB output 3 to Land Tenure Issues. • Project Intervention. • Major Anticipated Challenge

  4. Is a 4-year Fisheries Governance project to contribute to food security, nutrition and livelihoods of fishing (dependent) communities in Ghana THE FAR BAN BPROJECT Funded by the EUROPEAN UNION (80%) With 20% contribution from CARE and Oxfam. The project Consortium Partners are: CARE (the Lead), Friends of Nation and Oxfam. EUROPEAN UNION

  5. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES The Overall Objective, is to contribute to sustainable fisheries resources management to improve food security, nutrition and livelihoods of smallholder fishers and other users of fishery resources. The Specific Objective is that smallholder fishers and processers benefit from equitable and sustainable rights-based fisheries resources management. EUROPEAN UNION

  6. EXPECTED RESULTS OF FAR BAN BO 1. Empowered Smallholder Fishery Associations and CSO Alliances take Active Part in Fisheries Governance 2. Effective IUU Monitoring and Grievance Mechanisms Piloted 3. Social and Economic Safeguards Contribute to Improving Livelihoods and Nutritional Status of Smallholder Fishers and other Users of Fishery Resources EUROPEAN UNION

  7. Linking the project to VGGT principles • Recognize and respect all legitimate tenure right holders and their rights. • Safeguard legitimate tenure rights against threats and infringements. • Provide access to justice to deal with infringements of legitimate tenure rights. • Gender equality • Accountability • Transparency • Consultation and participation

  8. Linkage of FBB output 3 to Land Tenure Issues • Increasing rate of ‘land grabs’ • constructions of hotels and resorts • other industrial and residential facilities. • Large areas earmarked for Major Oil/Gas works • A number of factors affecting availability, access and Security of land tenure for fishing landing, processing and marketing. • One major factor is the lack of boundary demarcation and secure documentation of communal lands dedicated for fishing land sites in coastal communities

  9. Project Intervention

  10. What had been your experience in dealing with those issues?

  11. Major Anticipated Challenges • The Security of the usage right of the marginalized group. • Lack of Spatial Development plan

  12. Major Anticipated Challenges • The Security of the usage right of the marginalized group • Fishermen collectively acquires the land • Local Authority acquires the land for the fisher folks • Government uses compulsory acquisition • Private Public Partnership (Owner and Fisher folks enter into Agreement). • Lack of Spatial Development plan • No spatial development plan for Central Regional and Volta Regions.

  13. THANK YOU ! EUROPEAN UNION

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