Transcript Sustainable use of Marine Fisheries Resources

For Bangladesh activities to support
Adaptation requires urgent attention as
adverse impacts of Climate Change like
Floods/Flash Floods, Cyclones and Storm
Surges,
Salinity
Intrusion,
Extreme
Temperature and Drought are already
being felt in the country.
Several National Plans have been
developed so far to address climate
change:
 NAPA was formed in 2005 and
updated in 2009
 BCCSAP was developed in 2009
 Other National Plans are also
recognizing the concerns as major crosscountry issue. e.g. NSDS, 6th Five Year
Plan & Strategic Plan, etc.

The NAP preparation process is about to start in
Bangladesh.
The following points, based on experiences of
actions/projects so far, are highlighted for
consideration while the implementation
strategy is worked out:
1. We roughly know the interventions that will
possibly be recommended under the NAP.
Prioritization of interventions /action, based on
agreed approaches, e.g. Life saving, food
security, etc. receive due attention.
2.
Need Financial support. Government’s own
Trust Fund and Donor’s Resilience Fund is
utterly small against the actual requirement.
Requirement of funding agencies should be
given importance at planning stage.
3.
Need effective utilization of resources. GOB
has done Climate Public Expenditure and
Institutional Review (CPEIR) to find out ways
and means to ensure appropriate solutions
are taken on board.
4.
Need to ensure Transparency, Accountability and
inclusiveness in implementation of Adaptation
actions and spending of funds.
5.
Develop Result Framework and set some indicator
for monitoring. BCCRF Secretariat is now working
on Result Framework for BCCRF projects. Strong
monitoring mechanism should be in place.
6.
Towards sustainability of projects, involvement of
beneficiaries (co-management) may be ensured .
Introduction of participatory monitoring
mechanism may be approached.
7.
Need strong coordinating mechanism among the
institutions/agencies responsible implementation of
various components of the NAP.
9.
Strong integration among key ministries like MoEF,
Planning Commission ( including IMED) and Finance will
ensure avoiding duplication and no-so-urgent projects.
10.
NAP should be an open ended process and updated at
regular interval (instead of revising totally).
11.
Set up a high level committee supported by a Team of
Experts for continuous guidance.