Before joining the CCLME project, Ms. Tamba worked for the United Nations Organization against Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional office in Dakar as a Programme Assistant.
During her years at UNODC, she was responsible for the administrative and financial arrangements for the Drug Demand Reduction and HIV Section. She also took care of logistics in relation to missions, trainings and other events and has experience in the organization of trainings and workshops.
]]>During his career, Mr Sambe has also been entrusted with several sub-regional and regional responsibilities and has held national coordinating and steering committee functions for a range of international research projects. For several years Mr Sambe was responsible for the coordination of the Working Group on research for the Sub-regional Fisheries Commission (SRFC) and he also served as Chairman of the Scientific Sub-Committee of CECAF for two periods from 2000 to 2005. Since 2007 he has been the Chairman of the FAO Working Group on the assessment of small pelagic fish off Northwest Africa and for a three year period he also coordinated the ACP-EU project on fisheries management. All of the above assignments have allowed him to gain a solid understanding of regional fisheries and ecosystem issues relevant to the coastal countries of West Africa.
Mr Sambe also has to his assistance Ms. Birgitta Liss Lymer (Marine Fisheries and Coastal Management Officer) who has been seconded by the Government of Sweden to support the project for up to two years. Before joining the CCLME team, Birgitta was based in Bangkok where she worked with UNEP Regional Seas (COBSEA).
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Dr Aboubacar Sidibe is specialized in stock assessment and fisheries management. He worked for more than 10 years as a researcher at the National Centre for Fisheries Science of Boussoura (CNSHB) in the Republic of Guinea, where he held various positions: Head of Research programs, Deputy Head of Department of Research and Deputy General Director. During this period, Dr Sidibé has worked extensively on the dynamics of demersal marine resources exploited in West Africa through various programs and projects.
In 2007, Dr Sidibe joined the Permanent Secretariat of the Sub Regional Fisheries Commission (SFRC) in Dakar (Senegal) where he served nearly three years as the Scientific and Technical Advisor. In collaboration with the Member States of this intergovernmental institution, he followed un and animated several scientific research projects concerning the institution, he followed up and animated several scientific research projects concerning the sub-region (ISTAM project 2006-2008; AMPHORE project 2008-2011; Small Pelagics project, building regional capacity for management and governance of fisheries project, to support initiatives of co-management of fisheries and MPAs project, Preparatory Phase PRAO project,...). Between 2003 and 2008 he also participated in the CECAF working groups on the evaluation of fisheries resources. Since October 2009, Dr Sidibe has worked as an independant consultant for organizations like FAO, IUCN andFIBA conducting evaluations of fisheries management projects and studies on marine biodiversity and protection of coastal marine ecosystems.
In addition to several seminars and conferences organized as part of his daily working as department chief and program coordinator, he was president of the consultative committee of IMROP’s international working groups (2006 and 2010), which became a regional and international fishery meeting.
He coordinated, scientific IMROP projects in collaboration with other institutions in North West Africa and Europe. For several years, he was project manager for the monitoring of Imraguen fisheries. This project concluded with a national institution (the National Park of Banc d'Arguin). The NPBA provides annual proposals for resources management in the largest marine protected area of West Africa. In addition, he coordinated since 2007, an FSP project (Priority Solidarity Fund), of scientific knowledge ecosystem of the Banc d'Arguin (PACOBA).
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The CCLME inception workshop was organized in Dakar, Senegal on 2-3 November 2010. Almost 70 representatives from the seven participating countries, donors, partners and stakeholders attended the official launch of the CCLME project and the inception workshop.
The overall aim of the workshop was to inform on the progress of the project since it became operational on 1 April 2010, to take into consideration the contributions of all parties involved in achieving the CCLME project objectives, and to present the project work plan.
Apart from presentations from the the Regional Project Coordinator on the progress and planned activities of the project, the workshop included a number of presentations introducing the main concepts and methodologies important for the CCLME Project, such as the Large Marine Ecosystem concept, the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries, Methodologies for TDA and SAP development and monitoring and evaluation of GEF LME projects.
A set of presentations to provide useful baseline information on the CCLME region were also provided, including information on fisheries, socioeconomic and governance, marine biodiversity and climate change.
In addition, each participating country presented national reports and the present regional organizations presented short overviews of their activities and potential linkages with the CCLME project.
A number of recommendations related to project management, project implementation (including the establishment of working groups), TDA/SAP development and monitoring and evaluation were made by the CCLME inception workshop.
The First Project Steering Committee Meeting of the CCLME project was held on 4 November 2010. The PSC meeting took into consideration the recommendations made by the inception workshop participants and adopted the overall CCLME work plan (2010-2015), the 2011 CCLME work plan and estimated budget, the CCLME technical working groups and ToRs and the CCLME monitoring and evaluation plan. The First PSC meeting also revised and adopted the terms of references for the CCLME Project Steering Committee, National Inter-Ministry Committees, National Project Focal Points and National Technical Coordinators.
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The tool could potentially support the validation of other global habitat datasets such as corals and salt marsh layers. The CCLME Regional Coordination United in Dakar, Senegal, reported 4 July that the overall objective of the project was to review and integrate relevant spatial data for mangroves in The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal and Mauritania. This forms part of the Global Environment Facility-funded Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem Demonstration Project 5. Project 5 is the ratification of a regional mangrove conservation action plan and implementation of pilot mangrove restoration actions. The project is in collaboration with the regional Wetlands International and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature offices.
In developing the tool, CCLME worked with partners Wetlands International and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature on the integration of spatial data relevant to mangroves of the CCLME region. The products and data will be used to help UNEP to conduct a feasibility study for mangroves and REDD+ in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem region.
The UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre in England (UNEP-WCMC) and the Regional Network of Marine Protected Areas in West Africa in Dakar, Senegal, are developing a joint proposal to seek funding for further capacity-building for field scientists to use habitat validation tools within the CCLME region.
UNEP-WCMC will ensure that validated mangrove datasets resulting from this project will be made available through the Ocean Data Viewer (http://validation.unep-wcmc.org) in order to provide decision-making support to other stakeholders within the CCLME region.
Regional universities have expressed an interest in using the habitat validation tool as an educational learning resource to support students’ projects focusing on coastal habitats. In order to meet this need, UNEP-WCMC is looking at providing educational support tools based on the habitat validation tool. These tools are currently being developed through a Blue Forests project.
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