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Topic outline
The Blue Ports Initiative (BPI) promotes the transformation of marine and coastal areas into social, economic and environmentally sustainable zones, involving all relevant stakeholders. Fishing ports serve as hubs in the maritime industry and have the potential to be transformed into strategic platforms for growth and value creation at local, national and regional levels. This course details the processes and steps to becoming a Blue Port.
This course is aimed at a variety of audiences including:
- port authority professionals
- marine resources administration
- port users
- other stakeholders along the fisheries value chain
- The role of ports in coastal sustainability and identifying characteristics of Blue Ports.
- The three-stage process of becoming a Blue Port as outlined in the FAO publication, Roadmap to a Blue Port.
- The important role of stakeholder engagement in the transformation into a Blue Port.
- How to measure project impact during the transformation into a Blue Port as well as methods for reporting and communicating findings and results.
This course is divided into 4 lessons that range from 20-45 minutes in duration:
- Lesson 1 – What is a Blue Port?
- Lesson 2 – How to become a Blue Port
- Lesson 3 – Stakeholder engagement
- Lesson 4 – Measuring impact
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