EVALUATION

Tasks Deliverables Results
EAFM Implementation in
Target MKBAs
System for Fisheries Management
Established and Effectively
Implemented in Select LGUs
Deliverable 13: Sustainable Financing
Programs for EAFM Implemented in
Select LGUs in the 8 MKBAs
Source: ECOFISH MPE’s SOW.
2.3 ALIGNMENT OF THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES AND
ACTIVITIES TO GPH-US PRIORITIES
ECOFISH Project objectives and activities have been designed to support the current priorities
of the Governments of the Philippines (GPH) and the United States (US), particularly USAID’s
Country Development Cooperation Strategy 2012-2016 (CDCS) for GPH with the overall goal
of fostering “A More Stable, Prosperous, Well-Governed Nation.” Under this strategy, the
project is expected to contribute to achieving “Development Objective 3: Environmental
Resilience Improved” particularly “Intermediate Result 3.2 Natural and Environmental Resource
Management Improved” through strengthening national and local governance and management
capacity for biodiversity conservation, ecosystem productivity enhancement, and profitability
restoration of fisheries in project sites. It is also expected to contribute to achieving the
priority objectives and actions set forth in the Philippine Development Plan 2011-2016 (PDP)
particularly “Chapter 4: Competitive and Sustainable Agriculture and Fisheries, and Chapter 10:
Protection, Conservation and Rehabilitation of Environment and Natural Resources.
At the national level, the project has focused its technical assistance to GPH’s Department of
Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) as the core partner in the
implementation of different project activities. DA-BFAR has played a key role in the successful
implementation of the project’s precursor - the Fisheries Improved for Sustainable Harvest
(FISH) Project - that initiated EAFM principles and practices in selected project sites. ECOFISH
Project has built on FISH Project’s initiatives to expand the application of EAFM in additional
key marine biodiversity areas (MKBAs), and develop the crucial elements for scaling up EAFM
through innovative approaches and partnerships nationwide. At the local and site levels, the
project has worked in partnership with selected LGUs and civil society organizations (CSOs) to
undertake the seven tasks and produce the 13 deliverables in order to achieve the six key
results.
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