MPA Regional Exchange, Raja Ampat, Indonesia
About This Event
Background
The Marine Protected Area Working Group (MPAWG) is among the five Technical Working Groups that is supporting the six member countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste) of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) to attain the objectives of the Regional Plan of Action (RPOA), particularly Goal 3 : “Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) Established and Effectively Managed”.
Foremost of the accomplishments of the MPAWG is the development of the Region-wide Coral Triangle MPA System (CTMPAS) which is targeted to be in place and fully functional by 2020 and developed a roadmap to achieve the targets of Goal 3 of the RPOA. To date, six Regional Exchanges (REX) and six TWG meetings were conducted which provided an opportunity for the CT6 countries to prepare the regional MPA workplan as well as the corresponding national plans. The MPA REX also provided a venue for the CT6 to share their accomplishments on MPA management and also to learn from the experience and best practices being implemented by the other countries.
In 2016, the MPA WG conducted the 6 th MPA REX and 6 th MPA TWG Meeting which developed and endorsed the 2017 Workplan. However, since the said workplan was not implemented, the CTI CFF 13 th Senior Officials’ Meeting, endorsed for its implementation in 2018. Part of that workplan is the conduct of the 7 th MPA REX and 7 th MPA TWG meeting.
Objectives
The MPA REX aims to a) monitor the progress of implementation of the CTMPAS; b) identify the indicators as well as develop a sustainable nature/marine tourism brand for the CTI-CFF MPAS with a study tour in Raja Ampat Marine Park; and c) develop the agenda for the 7 th MPA TWG meeting.
Specifically, the Rex will aim to : 1. Revisit and update the MPA M&E indicators and database; 2. Monitor the management of MPAs and status of implementation of M&E tools; 3. Discuss the National Recognition of Effectively Managed / Outstanding MPAs and identify steps towards regional recognition of effectively managed MPAs; 4. Present Updates on 3 rd round of CTMPAS nomination; 5. Identify concrete actions or steps leading towards the creation of the Sustainable Marine Tourism Task Force / identification of the members of the SMTF; 6. Develop the criteria and Branding for Sustainable Marine Tourism in CTI-CFF MPAS; 7. Conduct Study Tour to a MPA Learning Site on Sustainable Marine Tourism; and 8. Develop the Agenda for the 7 th MPA TWG meeting.
Provisional Agenda
| Time | Activity | Person Responsible | Remarks |
| Day 0: September 30, 2018; Sunday (arrival of participants) | |||
| – 11:00 am | Participants arrival | Event Organizer | Sorong Airport |
| 11:00 – 2:00 pm | Lunch Break | Event Organizer | Kasuari Restaurant |
| 2:30 – 3:30 pm | Technical Meeting (Resource Persons, Facilitator, Documentor, Note Taker) | MPA Coordinator | Swiss Belhotel, Sorong City/tbd |
| 3:30 pm - | Other activities | ||
| Day 1: October 1, 2018; Monday | |||
| 7:30 - 8:00 | Registration | Event Organizer | |
| 8:00 - 10:00 |
Session 1: Opening Ceremonies
Welcome Remarks
Opening Messages
Introduction of Participants
Expectation Setting
Overview of the Program
Outputs of the 6th MPA WG Meeting
SOM13 Decisions on MPA WG
Official Photo Session |
Facilitator | Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Tea Break | ||
| 10:15 - 12:00 |
Session 2: M&E of RPOA Goal 3 (MPA) Targets
Review of RPOA Goal 3 Targets and status:
Review of CTI-CFF M&E Process with focus on MPA: Definition and Importance of M&E M&E Manual of Operation Flow; Data Gathering/collection; Processing and analysis; Data banking/storage; Date Feedbacking/ communication).
Status of CT Atlas:
Updating of MPA Database:
Open Forum (10 minutes) |
Ms. Luz Baskinas of WWF Philippines | Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| 12:00 -1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 - 3:00 |
Session 3: Updates on Management of MPAs in the CT6:
Country presentations on MPA Management to include a map with information on:
|
Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City | |
| 3:00 - 3:15 | Tea Break | ||
| 3:15 - 3:45 | Session 3 continued | Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City | |
| 3:45 - 4:00 | Session 4: Updates/Results of 3 rd Round of CTMPAS nomination: | MPA Coordinator | Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| 4:00 - 4:30 |
Workshop 1: Workplan and Program Preparation for the Regional Recognition of Effectively Managed MPAs:
Break out groups (2) |
Facilitator | Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| 4:30 - 5:00 | Plenary 1: Presentation of outputs | Facilitator | Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| 7:00 - 9:00 | Welcome Dinner | Host - Papua Barat Governor (tbc) | Dining Hall, Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| Day 2: October 2, 2018 | |||
| 8:00 - 8:15 |
Registration Recap of Day 1 activities |
EO Facilitator |
Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| 8:15 - 10:00 |
Session 5: Sustainable Marine Tourism in CTI-CFF MPAs (Panel)
|
SEA Project to Facilitate WWF Ministry of Tourism, Republic of Indonesia CTC NOAA
INDECON (SEA Project) |
Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Tea Break | ||
| 10:15 - 12:00 |
Workshop 2: Identification of SMT criteria/indicators for CTI-CFF MPAs World Café (4 groups) |
Facilitator | Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Plenary 2: Presentation of outputs | Facilitator | Swiss Belhotel Hotel, Sorong City |
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Lunch Break | ||
| 1.30 – 2:00 pm | Preparation for Raja Ampat trip | ||
| 2.00 – 4.00 pm | Trip from Sorong to Raja Ampat | Sorong Pier | |
| 4.00 – 4.30 pm | Arrival and check in at Raja Ampat Dive Lodge; | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge | |
| 5.00 – 5.15 |
Session 6: Marine Tourism Task Force Briefing on SMTTF TOR Identification of members of the SMTF |
CTC | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge |
| 5:15 -6:00 | Session 7: Development of the 7 th MPA TWG Meeting Agenda | MPA Coordinator | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge |
| 6:00 – 7:00 | Break and refreshment | ||
| 7:00 – 7:30 pm |
Session 8. Field Study to Raja Ampat
Briefing on the field study including program and detailed itinerary, natural, biological, socio-cultural and Sustainable Marine Tourism profile of Rajah Ampat |
Dining Hall, Raja Ampat Dive Lodge | |
| 7.30 -9:00 pm | Informal Dinner | Dining Hall, Raja Ampat Dive Lodge | |
| Day 3: October 3, 2018 | |||
| 6.00 - 7.00 am | Preparation for the field study | Indonesian Organizers | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge |
| 7.00 – 9.00 am | Travel to Piyanemo | Piyanemo | |
| 9.00 - 11.00 am | Field Trip assessment on the surrounding environment and community | Piyanemo | |
| 11.00 – 12.00 pm | Travel from Piyanemo to Arbore | Packed lunch | |
| 12.00 – 12.30 pm | Welcoming Speech from Regent of Raja Ampat (on confirmation) | Village Hall, Arbore | |
| 13.00 – 2.00 pm | Community Observation and M&E Applied Tools Session | Arbore | |
| 2.00 – 4.00 pm | Fun Dive and Snorkeling | Organized by Event Organizer | |
| 4:00 - 5:00pm | Travel back to Raja Ampat Dive Lodge by boat and proceed to the hotel | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge | |
| 7:00pm | Farewell Dinner | Hosted by Government of Raja Ampat Regency | Dining Hall, Raja Ampat Dive Lodge |
| Day 4: October 4, 2018 | |||
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Recap of Day 4 | MC /Secretariat | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge |
| 8:15 - 9:15 |
Workshop 3: Update outputs on Workshop 2 Breakout groups; same grouping as Workshop 2. |
SEA Project | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge |
| 9:15 - 10:00 | Plenary 3: Group presentation on enhanced SMT Criteria and recommendations | Sea Project, CTC | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Tea Break | ||
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Continuation of presentation | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge | |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Closing Ceremonies
|
MPA Coordinator/ | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge |
| 11:30 - 1:00 | Lunch | ||
| 2:00 - 5:00 | 7 th MPA TWG Meeting | MPA Chair and Co-Chair assisted by RS | Raja Ampat Dive Lodge |
| 6:00 - 9:00 | Fellowship and Farewell Dinner (tbc) | Dining Hall, Raja Ampat Dive Lodge | |
| Day 5: October 5, 2018 | |||
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Hotel check out and proceed to Waisai Pier | ||
| 9:00 - 11:30 | Travel back to Sorong Pier by ferry boat | Organizers | |
| 11:30 - |
Sorong Pier to airport
Flights back to respective countries. |
Organizers | |
Documents and Attachments
- Report on the 7th MPA Regional Exchange
- Date: 07 December 2018
List of Attendances
(*) Need Confirmation
Venue
Swiss-Belhotel, Sorong and Raja Ampat, Indonesia