Wasini Island, Kenya
CORDIO East Africa
Political will and a mandate for developing an Information Management Strategy
A mandate from the Parties to the Nairobi Convention, adopted at the 10th Conference of Parties in 2021, forms the basis for co-designing an Information Management Strategy for the Western Indian Ocean. It was emphasised that the development should happen in a co-development process, recognising the fundamental role of the Nairobi Convention national focal points, involving national data centres and amplifying the role of national experts to a sustainable regional Information Management Strategy development and implementation in the long term.
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Having an official mandate is an essential success factor for such a participatory process. It helps create ownership for the process and the implementation of the resulting strategy.
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Country participation in the creation of the strategy.
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Long process leading to the adoption of the decision asking for the development of the strategy.
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Coordination of such a regional and political process requires continuous capacities on all sides and strong will to actively participate.
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Continuity and a long-term process for developing and implementing strategy needs to exist before the start of the process.