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Norad 2009 Yes, fisheries projects are complicated, due to the following factors: 1.Conflicting goals (e.g. food versus export) 2.Open access nature (the free-rider problem) 3.Large fluctuations in resources and markets 4.Inherently political nature of fisheries management (which implies allocation) BUT: No indication that fisheries projects have had a higher failure rate than other sectors within development assistanceTRANSCRIPT
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Bjørn HersougNorwegian College of Fishery Science
University of Tromsø
””It’s hard to be humble when It’s hard to be humble when you are the best!”you are the best!”
Norwegian development assistance in Norwegian development assistance in the field of fisheries the field of fisheries
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Norad 2009
• For years Norway and Norad have struggled with simple perceptions of complicated fisheries projects
• Public perceptions have been dominated by three (in)famous projects:
• Kerala (1952-72): creating shrimp millionaires• Lake Turkana (1971-86): the white elephant in the
desert• Mbegani FDC (1972-92): little Norway• Whatever the final evaluation: these projects were not sustainable in any sensible meaning of the word.
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Norad 2009
• Yes, fisheries projects are complicated, due to the following factors:
1. Conflicting goals (e.g. food versus export)2. Open access nature (the free-rider problem)3. Large fluctuations in resources and markets4. Inherently political nature of fisheries management
(which implies allocation)
• BUT: No indication that fisheries projects have had a higher failure rate than other sectors within development assistance
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Norad 2009
A large number of projects since 1952:• Phase 1: Production inputs: boats, gear, processing
equipment, ice making machinery• Phase 2: Technical training: technical experts, local
training institutions, training abroad• Phase 3: Framework and management: laws and
regulations, management training, management experts
• Phase 4: Monitoring, control and surveillance: inspectors, boats, planes, software, training
• Phase 5: Institution building: setting up new management institutions, modifying old ones
• Phase 6: ? Rights based fisheries (ITQs, IFQs, IVQs, community quotas) as precondition for aid and loans
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Norad 2009
• The present evaluation a solid documentation of the past
• Norway’s fisheries projects have performed reasonably well
• There are shortcomings (but they are familiar in the aid industry!)
• BUT, the evaluation has relatively little to say about poverty and future challenges
• Where do we go from here?
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Norad 2009
• “the goal of poverty reduction has not always been the key priority in establishing cooperation objectives”.
• Poverty reduction has been seen as an implicit goal of improved management or as a trickle down effect of private sector support
• If Norad should prioritise poverty oriented projects this would require another approach, different types of expertise, different evaluations
• Maybe we should make a distinction between poverty reduction and poverty prevention
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FF 2007: Small-scale fisheries
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FF 2007: Small-scale fisheries
• The dominant position: they are poor because they are fishers!
• Solution: limit access, increase the income of the prioritized bona fide fishers, sector-oriented
• Alternative position: they are fishers because they are poor! (fishing as an employer of last resort)
• Solution: alternative employment, multi-sectoral approach, keep the common pool resources open!
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Poverty Reduction
(lifts people out of poverty)
through - Rent surplus extraction - Wealth generation
leading toEconomic growth andCapital accumulation
(prevents people from falling deeper into poverty)
through - Safety-net mechanisms - Welfare function
leading toPoverty impact mitigation and
Reduction of vulnerability
Contribution of SSF to rural development
Common pool / Open AccessRestricted Access
Poverty Reduction Poverty Prevention
Béné 2007
Norad 2009
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Norad 2009
• Hard to disagree on the recommendation that projects should be better documented according to a more rigorous methodology
• But, Norad’s projects are within the fields of management, science, education, institution building, etc.
• Normally small projects with scattered impacts, often with effects after many years and different places
• Cause and effects will still be hard to find!
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Norad 2009
Human resources:• Yes, need for more capacity in Norad!• But the real problem is much more complicated:• In which areas should we participate? • Norwegian or foreign expertise?• Consultancy firms, public authorities (twinning)
or research /university institutions?• Who should be responsible for capacity
development?• If more small-scale/poverty oriented fisheries
projects, who is responsible for dev capacity?
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Norad 2009
Private sector support:• Originally a good idea, turning attention away from
state run fishing industries• Based on the ”trickle down” effect• But lack of investment (especially in the fleet) hardly
the main problem today• If new products and new markets , Yes• If old products and old markets, No• Aquaculture in Africa a main bottleneck, but few
private investors interested (low value species)• Research and consultancy exchange a better option?
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Norad 2009
• Recipient responsibility: yes but who are the recipients?
• Different views on what is beneficial!• Small-scale versus large scale?• Aquaculture versus traditional fisheries?• Industrial processing versus traditional?• The fisheries agreements demonstrate the differences
and the dilemmas• NGOs can be used when state intervention is difficult,
but there are limits to bilateral interventions• Norway withdrew from Tanzania (MFDC) in 1992• A need for exit strategies! (as in Mozambique)
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Norad 2009
• The early lessons of fishery projects were :1. Too little information on resources 2. Too much ”little Norway”3. Too advanced technology
• Three types of learning:1. Not repeating former mistakes (single circuit learning)2. Gradual change of project profile (double circuit learning,
reconsidering the goals)3. Trying to build a learning organisation (meta-learning)
• Still limits to aid: Norway and MFA/Norad has to work through official channels, with heavy emphasis on planning and control + large turnover of key personnel. Most cooperating countries are NOT major fisheries countries!
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Norad 2009
Should Norway concentrate on:• The poorest nations (which by chance are not
fisheries nations, with some exceptions)• Fishing nations?• Nations with the largest resource potential?• Nations with the largest potential for fisheries
management improvement?• Nations most in need of the expertise we
have?• NB! Namibia was the lucky exception, but
results cannot be generalized!
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Norad 2009
• The old saying in Kerala:• ”To be a Norwegian you have to be an expert!”• Maybe time for some modesty abroad? • Norway has certain key competencies that could be applied
usefully in a number of fisheries in developing countries, but the magnitude of the problems and the size of the expert group, indicate that we can only be ”a bubble in the stream”
• Often the real benefits of development cooperation are primarily on the Norwegian side (as in China)
• Maybe time for larger ambitions at home?• Fisheries and aquaculture development projects only
responsible for less than 1% of bilateral assistance
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Where are the challenges?Global production of aquatic
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PROFISH Forum 2007
X= poverty oriented fisheries projects