Addressing community needs

In order to enable communities to engage in the complex, long term work of the sustainable management of marine resources, their basic needs must be addressed. Working across sectors to enable communities to meet their basic needs creates an enabling environment within which they are able to work towards longer term goals.

 

The need for a livelihood is addressed through Blue Ventures’ work to rebuild fisheries, and through livelihood diversification initiatives where appropriate. The unmet need for health care is addressed through supporting and strengthening local health systems, and through partnerships with health care providers.

 

Working in a multisectoral way creates efficiencies through the sharing of resources and opportunities across programmes. It provides opportunities to broaden community engagement and build trust, and experience has shown that it enables communities to better respond to shocks and stressors.

  • Multidisciplinary teams
  • Taking a whole system approach to problem solving and developing a theory of change
  • Strong partnerships with actors from different sectors

 

  • Build a unifying vision and integrated program of work with partners, based on shared values and respect for each other’s contribution to the overall goal and with buy-in from the whole team
  • Capture and share evidence of the added value of working in a multisectoral way
  • Ensure effective communication with all stakeholders, anchoring messaging in the purpose of collaboration