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Document ABNJ_Prog_2016_GSC5_Report

Fifth Meeting of the Common Oceans ABNJ Program Global Steering Committee

09 July 2016, 18:00-20:00 hours Rome, Italy

Summary Record of the Meeting The fifth meeting of the Common Oceans ABNJ Program Global Steering Committee (GSC), was held on 09 July 2016 in Rome, Italy. The following Steering Committee members and organizations were represented: Co-Chairs: Jacqueline Alder, Global Program Coordinator, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO Nicole Glineur, GEF Secretariat, Sr. Environmental Specialist Anganuzzi, Alejandro Global Tuna Project Coordinator, FAO Boccia, Marco alternate LTO Capacity Project, FAO Cicin-Sain, Biliana Coordinator Capacity Project, GOF Dyoulgerov, Milen OPP Coordinator, World Bank Garcia, Harvey Tuna evaluation manager, FAO Office of Evaluation Garcia, Serge Chair, IUCN Fisheries Expert Group of the IUCN Commission

on Ecosystem Management Gutierrez, Nicolas FAO, Lead Technical Officer Tuna Project Hett, Kathrin FAO, M&E Officer Lee, Jiiyun Environment Affairs Officer, CBD OBrien, Chris Global Coordinator Deep Sea Project, FAO Sakalian, Marieta Liaison Officer, UNEP Spurrier, Lauren Coordinator WWF-led outputs Tuna Project, WWF Despina Symons Director EBCD, attending on behalf of IUCN Million, Julien Tuna Specialist, FAO Stefán Ásmundsson NEAFC Secretary and Chair of RSN

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1. Introduction

Jacqueline Alder welcomed participants and introduced the draft agenda.

2. Agenda

The GSC adopted the proposed agenda as follows:

1) Introduction 2) Adoption of the agenda 3) Outcomes of GSC4 4) Update on status and progress: the four projects 5) Monitoring and Evaluation

5.1 Draft programmatic theory of change 5.2 Terminal Programmatic Evaluation

6) Role of the TAG; 7) Communications 8) Towards GEF7 – next steps in the ABNJ 9) Next meeting (date and place) 10) AOB

3. Outcomes of GSC4

Jacqueline Alder thanked GSC participants for their support and enthusiasm for the Program throughout the last year and welcomed the progress achieved.

She highlighted main items that required action from fourth meeting of the Global Steering Committee

- Development of a Programmatic Results Framework beyond what will be achieved through the projects. This was followed up at the ABNJ Tuna Project PSC in 2015 where key representatives of the Projects decided to develop a programmatic Theory of Change (ToC) which could subsequently provide the basis for a programmatic evaluation framework. The first draft of the ToC was circulated amongst main partners for comments. The anticipated next step will be to map the ToC to a Programme framework and identify possible indicators. Based on emerging experiences with the Coastal Fisheries Initiative, the other GEF-funded and FAO-implemented fisheries related program, during the process, it became clear that only one or two indicators will be common across the projects at the programmatic level.

Jacqueline Alder expressed her hope that the Mid-Term evaluators of the ABNJ Tuna Project will provide some suggestions on how to move this forward.

- TAG: As the minutes of the fourth meeting were not entirely clear with regard to the status/role of the TAG, this would be addressed under item 6.

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4. Update on status and progress: the 4 projects

Progress of the four different projects of the Common Oceans ABNJ Program was presented followed by a brief discussion.

Project 1 Sustainable Management of Tuna Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation in the ABNJ –Tuna Project

Start date: 15 January 2014

Alejandro Anganuzzi presented progress of the Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project, which is structured around three thematic components, aiming at facilitating and accelerating existing initiatives from the tuna RFMOs incorporating stakeholders through new partnerships with NGOs, CSOs and private sector, facilitating collaboration across RFMOs and, in some cases, at supporting innovative approaches to tuna fisheries management.

The Project Steering Committee took place from 06-08 July 2016 and included an in depth review of Project progress in collaboration with the Project Partners.

Component 1: Promotion of Sustainable Management (including Rights-Based Management) of Tuna Fisheries, in Accordance with an Ecosystem Approach

This component is considered the most transformational and focuses on strengthening fisheries management processes at the tuna RFMOs. The main targeted areas are the full implementation of the precautionary approach at the t-RFMO level and the implementation of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management, according to the guidelines of international instruments such as the UN Fish Stocks Agreement and the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.

There is clear indication that the process of implementation of the precautionary approach is moving forward in all RFMOs. In May 2016, IOTC adopted a harvest control rule for skipjack tuna in what was hailed as a landmark decision.

On the implementation of the ecosystem approach, the Project is supporting the proposal of ICCAT of organizing a global meeting of relevant officials and scientists involved with other t-RFMOs to discuss the operationalization of management plans based on the ecosystem approach to fisheries management which will take place in Rome during the first week of December with the support of the Project.

The review of the Vessel Day Scheme established by the Parties of the Nauru Agreement was completed independently of the Project intervention in September 2014. There is still an opportunity to facilitate up-scaling and replication by assisting in presenting an unbiased review of the conditions that enabled PNA Members to benefit from the VDS.

Component 2: Strengthening and Harmonizing Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) to Address Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported Fishing (IUU)

Addressing IUU fishing is supported through essentially two large areas: 1) Strengthening human resources by providing capacity building for current and future officials, as well as supporting regional and global initiatives for networking, sharing of knowledge and lessons learned, and exchange of intelligence when appropriate, and 2) by developing tools that could serve to harmonize, globally, principles associated with MCS systems.

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The 2009 FAO Port State Measures Agreement, which entered into force on June 05, 2016, is a global international instrument developed to combat IUU fishing. The Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project is supporting steps towards its implementation by with the completion of legal templates that will facilitate incorporation of the Agreement’s provisions into national legislation. Also, under this component, work has been completed on the automatic updates of the consolidated global List of Authorized Vessels for the five t-RFMOs that is providing a global framework to verify information about tuna fishing vessels.

Another important activity involves pilot trials in the use of innovative Electronic Monitoring Systems to improve compliance with national, regional and international requirements in tuna fisheries with direct collaboration between the governments of Ghana and Fiji, the private sector and NGOs. These trials started in Ghana and Fiji. The trials also include development of ‘business plans’ that would allow the expansion and sustainability of the activities beyond the life of the Project. During the 2015 Project Steering Committee, the government of Seychelles requested support from the Project for EMS trials on their own purse seine fleet in Seychelles in collaboration with the tuna boat association OPAGAC,. Similarly, Birdlife proposed to revise some of its activities to include two small-scale EMS pilots specifically to monitor seabird bycatch and the use of bycatch mitigation measures in South Africa and Brazil.

Market controls constitute one of the best lines of defence against products from illegal fishing reaching consumers. The Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project has supported an analysis of global tuna supply chains to identify possible weaknesses that might allow entry of IUU products into commercial markets, and propose design options for future implementations of Catch Documentation Schemes.

Component 3: Reducing ecosystem impacts of tuna fishing

The third component addresses the ecosystem impacts of tuna fisheries. The Common Oceans ABNJ Tuna Project is supporting the collaboration between the WCPFC and IATTC to develop integrated and consistent management plans for sharks in both sides of the Pacific.

In this context, the Project supports the development and dissemination of mitigation techniques for bycatch of small tuna and sharks in purse seiners and incidental seabird mortality in longline fleets, including the development of a global portal to access information on the success of various techniques. The Project is also supporting the acquisition of better bycatch and catch data in the gillnet fisheries from the northern part of the Indian Ocean, as the characteristics of these fisheries and their levels of bycatch are largely unknown. This activity also includes a component to raise awareness of the ecological impact of gillnets, and to promote gear conversion to alternative fishing practices that would have a smaller ecological impact.

The shark work is progressing very well, baseline data inventories have been completed by both IATTC and WCPFC (the latter being global) by May 2016. Two data improvement and harmonization initiatives have been approved. Two of the four shark assessments, i.e. porbeagle shark and bigeye thresher shark, are ongoing, one of them being done at the scale of the south-hemisphere and includes the three oceans. Re-development of the Bycatch Management Information System into a global system for reference is underway. The first of two workshops on joint analysis of sea turtle mitigation measure effectiveness was held in cooperation with the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council in Honolulu, USA in February 2016.

BLI achieved significant progress. Eight at-sea trials of best practice mitigation measures have been undertaken, and five trainings of Korean and Chinese fisheries observers successfully completed.

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Since mid 2015, in excess of 249 sea days in six ISSF at-sea campaigns have been expended in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in support of testing purse seine bycatch mitigation approaches. Seven Skippers Training Workshops have been conducted in Indonesia, Peru, Ecuador, Korea, France, Spain, China, and Ghana involving 464 participants.

WWF Pakistan continues data collection in Pakistan. Pakistan on-board observer coverage on gillnetters is now at 6.2% and will continue to scale to 15% during 2016.

Project 2: Sustainable Fisheries Management & Biodiversity Conservation of Deep-sea Ecosystems in the ABNJ - Deep Sea Project

Start date: 01 September 2014

Chris OBrien presented progress of the Deep Sea Project. He announced that Ruth Fletcher replaced Hannah Thomas as Area-Based Planning Specialist at UNEP-WCMC

A combined Inception/Project Steering Committee meeting was held in December 2015. During this meeting, the 2016 work plan was approved.

Broadly, the Project follows two works streams which are activities led by the Project Management Unit and activities led by the Partners.

PMU led activities:

Effort put into joining various Partner meetings (e.g. RFMOs, GOBI, CBD) meetings; scoping collaboration and integrating project into work plans

Expert meeting on biology and assessment of orange roughy

Worldwide review of bottom fisheries in the high seas is in progress – engaging RFMOs

Gender analysis of deep sea fishing industry

Review of the project logframe, and development of a theory of change

Partner activities:

CBD EBSA process review (and expert meeting) – GOBI and partners

CBD EBSA Workshops in Black Sea / Caspian Sea

SIODFA (Industry) data collection and contributions to scientific processes, including biodiversity monitoring

IUCN Seamounts analysis

WCMC - Review of area-based planning (ABP) tools and their applicability to deep sea ABNJ

WCMC institutional mapping

FAO - VME workshop with GFCM - Maintenance and updating of the VME database and portal - Production of identification guides on deep seas sharks - Sponges identification guides in prep - Alfonsino report printed and available (www.fao.org/3/a-i5336e.pdf) - FAO collaboration in the SponGES project

(http://www.uib.no/en/news/93365/unique-marine-research-programme-funded)

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In addition, the Project played a role in:

The deep seas fisheries industry meeting – forum for free and frank discussions, and development of a statement to the UNGA bottom fisheries review

Information used by FAO for its input into the UNGA bottom fisheries review and BBNJ Prepcom

International Waters Conference (IWC 8)

The ABNJ Capacity Project’s workshop on Capacity Development to Improve the Management of Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ): Needs, Experiences, Options, and Opportunities, held in Grenada

Outputs prepared so far include:

VME processes and practices technical report in press

Draft report - Analysis and guide for the implementation of internal legal and policy instruments related to deep-sea fisheries and biodiversity conservation in ABNJ

Draft Report - Institutional mapping for cross sectoral cooperation in Western Indian Ocean and South East Pacific

The Project also supported the Common Oceans ABNJ Program, in particular through contributions to the GEF 8th International Waters Conference in Sri Lanka in May 2016, and the Programmatic side event during COFI in July 2016, Theory of Change deliberations and collaborations with the Tuna and Capacity Projects, including planning for a rights based management in the ABNJ workshop.

Issues include the lack of clarity and finality to the formats and logo specifications for project outputs and time requirements for networking.

Project 3: Ocean Partnerships for Sustainable Fisheries and Biodiversity Conservation – Models for Innovation and Reform - Ocean Partnerships Project (OPP)

Effectiveness Date: February 23, 2015

Milen Dyoulgerov presented progress of the World Bank led Ocean Partnerships Project (OPP).

This project, under World Bank coordination, aims to support pilot public and private sector investment in better managed fisheries based on migratory stocks that straddle developing countries’ coastal jurisdictions (EEZs) and ABNJ.

The OPP is mostly regionally executed through the following subprojects:

o Bay of Bengal region – small-scale tuna longline fisheries led by the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter- Governmental Organisation –operational

o Western Central Pacific Ocean – tuna fisheries prosecuted mainly by distant-water fishing nations under the Parties to Nauru Agreement’s Vessel Day Scheme led by the Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)- integrated into much larger operations by the World Bank in the region, facing some delays

o West/Central Atlantic and Caribbean – recreational and commercial small-scale fisheries targeting billfish led by the Western Central Atlantic Fisheries Commission – fully operational

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and progressing well, country pilots in Grenada and Dominica – operational and progressing well

o Eastern Pacific Ocean – increasing the sustainability of the skipjack tuna purse seine fisheries led by WWF – operational

o The fifth subproject is an innovation support facility together with gear trials and knowledge dissemination under the lead of Conservation International. This subproject is currently lacking implementation progress.

Some of the pilots are already demonstrating impressive progress, like the one targeting billfish recreational and commercial fisheries in the Caribbean and the West/Central Atlantic or the one targeting India's semi-industrial tuna fishery in the Bay of Bengal.

Two issues are beginning to emerge:

- Difficulties to square the need for access management or rights allocation in the ABNJ and to draw boundaries to scale it into something transactionable.

- Related to Fisheries Performance Indicators, investment in value chain in relation to stock sustainability can be sequential or parallel to other investments to improve management. Functioning governance and MCS will be key factors to make it work, explore joint development with tuna project to make it operational.

The Global Think Tank (GloTT) to be created under this Project might provide a space for discourse and knowledge management in particular in relation to ABNJ and RBM, including the Tuna and Deep Sea Projects.

Project 4: Strengthening Global Capacity to effectively manage ABNJ - Capacity Project Starting date: 13 January 2014 Biliana Cicin-Sain presented progress of the Capacity Project which aims at promoting effective global and regional coordination, including exchange of information, and to strengthen capacity at these levels in order to contribute to sustainable fisheries and biodiversity conservation in ABNJ. She reiterated the importance of the Project due to its subject matter and glue function for the Program in terms of knowledge management. Component 1. Global and Regional Cross-Sectoral Policy Dialogue and Coordination The second workshop on Capacity Development to Improve the Management of Marine Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ): Needs, Experiences, Options, and Opportunities was held fromMay 18-21, 2016 in St. George’s, Grenada. The workshop brought together 55 participants representing various stakeholders, including governments, international organizations, civil society and national and regional ocean leaders. A high-level policy dialogue was carried out at the United Nations on March 30, 2016, during the first BBNJ PrepCom 28 March – 8 April 2016 in conjunction with the 2016 ABNJ Regional Leaders Program, Coordination phone calls with the other Common Oceans Projects are conducted every three months.

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One of the deliverables under this component is program wide knowledge syntheses (at Mid term and end of the Project) and guidance was sought regarding timing and modalities of this report. Component 2: Capacity Development The 2016 ABNJ Regional Leaders Program was conducted on 22 March to 1 April 2016. 31 ABNJ Regional Leaders, selected out of over 100 applicants, participated in the intensive course focused on ABNJ. In total 44 leaders from 34 countries participated in the Program so far. Additional co-financing could be raised (Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN, UNEP, Korea, Nippon foundation, PSIDS Program, submarine cable industry, other ABNJ projects) and lasting linkages were created between permanent missions and the leaders. Participants presented regional and national perspectives on ABNJ challenges and opportunities in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, and the Pacific Islands, at a UN side event held on 30 March 2016 (from 12:15 to 13:45), at UN headquarters. Component 3. Knowledge Management and Outreach The results of a Global survey on capacity development needs, results expected soon. Next phase on getting the Communities of Practice running (ABM and CC/FI).

5. M&E at the Programme level Kathrin Hett briefly introduced the M&E framework, which is currently focusing on the Project level, with a true programmatic M&E mechanisms still missing. The programmatic results framework provided in the Programme Framework Document does not include programmatic results going beyond the achievements of the projects. This was the reason which triggered the development of a programmatic Theory of Change.

The ratings provided in the PIRs are following the Results-Based Management GEF Trust Fund and LDCF/SCCF Reporting Guidelines (GEF 2012). The project progress reports are more agency specific.

5.1 Draft programmatic theory of change

Chris OBrien presented the draft programmatic Theory of Change (ToC) provided in Annex 1. He noted that the Common Oceans ABNJ Program had not been developed based on the ToC, and that the projects were mostly designed separately. The ToC was developed retroactively with inputs from the Projects during the last year, also relying on recent experiences with the Coastal Fisheries Initiative where the programmatic ToC was central during the design of the projects. Discussion GSC members welcomed this exercise which will be helpful to

- identify potential causal pathways and synergies between the projects - communicate results - identify a set of programmatic indicators - Identify causes for success or failure.

GSC members acknowledged

- the different nature of the OPP, which will make its full integration challenging, and - difficulties when reverse-engineering a ToC.

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GSC members considered synergies, cross-cutting issues and knowledge management as the main added value brought through the programmatic approach, which should be captured by programmatic indicators. GSC members expressed suggested that the Tuna Project MTE could have a look at the programmatic ToC. GSC members requested that next iteration of the ToC should take into account the cross-cutting role of capacity building and knowledge management and better reflect the harmonization across RFMOs. GSC members were invited to provide comments on the draft ToC. Biliana Cicin-Sain noted the important role of capacity building in the program which should be reflected more strongly in the ToC. Jackie Alder pointed out the cross-cutting nature of capacity-building and knowledge management in the program, which the revised ToC should take into account. Serge Garcia commented that the draft ToC is rather an impact assessment than a real ToC. Nicole Glineur emphasized the emerging synergies in particular with regard to the Tuna and Deep Seas Projects, which will need to be captured.

5.2 Terminal Programmatic Evaluation Milen Dyoulgerov introduced the topic which came up during the June 2016 coordination call, when participants inquired about the fund allocations for evaluations under the Program and to which extent this included provisions for an evaluation on the programmatic level. Based on the information from the PFD and the project documents, the allocation for Mid-term and Final Evaluation are as shown in Table 1 Table 1: Fund allocations for evaluations under the projects

Project Mid term Final Budget USD Comments

Program - Review 4,000

Tuna Evaluation Evaluation 224,162

Deep-Seas Evaluation Evaluation 100,000 65,6% through FAO and 35.4% through UNEP

Capacity - Evaluation 40,000

OPP Evaluations at the sub-grant level, OPP-wide evaluation not budgeted for

- Included in the sub-grants,

resources for OPP-wide evaluation

still to be identified

Wordbank will look into this

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Discussion

GSC members noted the limited availability of funds for programmatic evaluation activities and suggested to look at programmatic aspects in conjunction with the Deep Sea Project MTE using the Program funds available (as shown in table 1).

Nicole Glineur highlighted the positive interactions with the Tuna Project Mid Term Evaluation (MTE) team so far. She was optimistic that the Tuna MTE will identify opportunities for increasing the tuna Projects impact. The Tuna MTE team could also have an opportunity to capture programmatic aspects. Marieta Sakalian suggested to wait with a programmatic review until the MTEs for all projects will be completed. For Deep Sea Project, FAO is lead agency, FAO’s Office of Evaluation (OED) will manage the evaluation in consultation with UNEPs evaluation office. Nicole Glineur suggested that OED could consider working with the same evaluation team to ensure continuity using the funds are allocated for the programmatic review in table 1. Harvey Garcia from OED presented timeline for tuna evaluation, the draft report is expected in early 2017.

6. Status and first meeting of the TAG Jackie Alder reminded GSC members of the discussions related to the TAG during the fourth meeting of the GSC in 2015. She clarified that the role of the TAG was to serve the projects and program on an as needed basis to provide guidance on particular issues and that there was no plan to bring the TAG together for a physical meeting without a very specific reason. From the experience gathered so far, it appeared that none of the projects had the need for a meeting over the last year, but that several TAG members had been contacted for their specific expertise. Jackie Alder will contact TAG members to clarify their role. Nicole Glineur suggested to acknowledge TAG members and their contributions in the programmatic brochure

7. Communications Jackie Alder introduced the topic and highlighted that communications would need strengthening in terms of human resources as well as financially, including preparation of joint communications products as well as joint promotion of these products. She encouraged programmatic partners to support communications efforts through their networks. Biliana Cicin-Sain highlighted that there was no structured mechanisms to reach out to all partners. Stefán Ásmundsson reminded the programmatic partners to consult with partners before publishing and to refrain from portraying the RFMOs in a negative way (as happened in earlier communication products) as this might reduce CPCs willingness to actively participate in the program and its projects. Alejandro Anganuzzi acknowledged this issue for the Tuna Project during the project design phase, which luckily had been overcome since the implementation start.

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Jiyhun Lee informed GSC members that CBD COP13 will focus on mainstreaming biodiversity considerations into sectors including fisheries. The Sustainable Ocean Night to be held during COP13 could provide a good opportunity to highlight collaboration with RMFOs to delegates and policy makers. Marieta Sakalian raised concerns about the branding of Program and that consistent branding would be required for all communication products. In this context, Alejandro Anganuzzi informed the GSC about new communications policies in FAO, which overrun previous arrangements taken, such as the programmatic communications protocol (Annex 2). Program partners could bring this up at a higher level.

8. Towards GEF7 – next steps in the ABNJ

Nicole Glineur informed the GSC that she is expecting that some ABNJ-related work would be included under the GEF7 framework. Marieta Sakalian highlighted a new focus on integrated programs instead of country allocations, global commons are appearing as a thematic area. Stefán Ásmundsson noted that the term ‘global commons’ could be misleading from a legal point of view in relation to the high seas and that the use of misleading terminology could reduce the willingness of RFMOs to participate.

9. Next meeting

The next GSC meeting will be planned in conjunction with the Tuna Project PSC meeting, Rome from 10-12 July 2017. The GSC suggested to meet for a substantial amount of time (one day or half a day), in order to properly address questions related to program-level impacts, as well as project-level impacts.

10. AOB Program-wide knowledge synthesis Biliana Cicin-Sain reminded the GSC that a Program-wide knowledge synthesis is one of the deliverables of the Capacity project originally planned for Mid 2016 and asked for guidance in terms of structure and content of this report. GSC members noted that for some projects it could be more appropriate to postpone to wait for more substantive results to emerge. GSC members requested the Global Coordination unit to establish a committee to work on the structure, contents and timeline for the preparation of the Program-wide knowledge synthesis. Opportunities for highlighting Programmatic achievements GSC members highlighted the Our Ocean Conference, (DC, September 2016) and the Ocean Conference on SDG14 (NYC, 05-09 June 2017) as opportunities for presenting programmatic achievements. .

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Annex 1: Draft Programmatic Theory of Change

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Annex 2: Programmatic Communications protocol (as agreed by the Communications team in October 2012) COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN THE AREAS BEYOND NATIONAL JURISDICTION (ABNJ) In order to ensure streamlined, coherent and coordinated communications for the Global Sustainable Fisheries Management and Biodiversity Conservation in the ABNJ Program, it is important to have a communications protocol linked to the overall communications strategy of the Program. This protocol will facilitate decision-making as concerns both internal and external communications with an aim at delivering material and information in a timely, effective and impactful way. INTERNAL COMMUNICATION AMONG KEY PROGRAM PARTNERS

consisting of various folders to reflect Program structure, including for each project, the Coordination Unit and the Communications Team.

information relevant to the Program and/or respective project.

d maintaining project folder content, any changes should be immediately communicated to the Communications Team.

-to-date contact information of their respective communications officers is provided to the Communications Team.

EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS

through development of a Communications Strategy.

will be referred to ‘Common Oceans’ for purposes of public/external communications.

follows: GEF and its approved agencies

o GEF Secretariat

o FAO (lead agency)

o UNEP

o World Bank Executing partners

o WWF

o GOF

o IUCN

o CI

o ....

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Project partners

o T-RFMOs

o Member countries

o ISSF

o Bird Life

o NOAA .../...

sustainable management of fisheries resources and biodiversity conservation in the ABNJ."

dinator.

Communications Team.

including external Web site, use and positioning of partner logos, distribution of public content and material c (e.g. press releases, statements, media interviews, etc.). PROGRAM BRANDING For all branding, refer to the ABNJ branding guidelines which will be available on the Intranet. LOGO USE For specifications regarding logo use, including positioning and dimensions, refer to the ABNJ branding guidelines. PROGRAM COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS Within the Global Sustainable Fisheries Management and Biodiversity Conservation in the ABNJ Program a variety of communication products will be produced. For each one of them, there are standards and timely clearances established to be observed at all levels and by all program/project partners. Definition: Communication products are any online or printed material (other than black and white photocopies), photographic services or multimedia production services. Press Releases o The content of a press release should clearly reflect the vision and key messages contained in the Communications Strategy.

o Draft PR should be sent to the Communications Team for institutional review and approval within a specified period. In case of not receiving any comments during the specified period of time, the content will be considered approved.

o In the final version of the press releases, an embargo date will be included to be respected by all partners.

o Press releases and statements will be posted on the Internet site. Communications material Includes all information products, including promotional material o Content of communications products should clearly reflect the vision and key messages contained in the Communications Strategy.

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o Draft design of material should be sent to the Communications Team for institutional review and approval within a specified period. In case of not receiving any comments during the specified period of time, the content will be considered approved. Web site development and maintenance

o CommonOceans.org will be the URL used on all external communications products and the unique repository of ABNJ-branded products for external use.

o The Web site will include ABNJ-branded only, applicable to all news items.

o No subsites will be developed.

o Partners will be delegated authority and access for editing pages which must clearly follow ABNJ branding guidelines and protocol. ABNJ Communications Strategy, Brand Guidelines and Policy will be distributed to all partners and made available on the Intranet. All partner brand guidelines and policies will be linked from the Intranet.