Blockchain Papers

Jungsuk Han, Jongsub Lee, Tao Li

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Jewel Das, Maheshwaran Govender, Haseeb Md. Irfanullah, Samiya Ahmed Selim · 5 authors

The ‘Ocean Decade’ focuses on ocean governance and management including ocean health and human well-being in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. Here, we use participatory network mapping to investigate perceptions of Blue Economy governance networks in Bangladesh. Representatives of four Blue Economy stakeholder categories (government, researchers, private sector and civil society, and non-governmental organizations) mapped who they perceived as Blue Economy actors and the relationships between these actors. The resulting “netmaps” highlight 83 actors and diverse perceptions of the composition, structure and dynamic of Blue Economy governance. Relations between governance actors were categorized as formal command, information and support, funding, and competition or obstruction. Information and support, followed by funding were the most frequently perceived Blue Economy governance interactions. The centrality and influence of government actors at different levels, the role of international agencies, and the marginalization of coastal resource users and communities emerged as key themes. A narrow view of the Blue Economy was found; this focused on fisheries, tourism, and shipping sectors indicating a risk of non-inclusive development. We find that Bangladesh’s Blue Economy governance needs to be more inclusive, collaborative, and decentralized and mainstream marginal actors, while carefully considering international actors’ motivations, roles and influence. We propose ‘blue equity’ to guide a holistic approach to Blue Economy governance which aims for a ‘Community of Practice on Blue Economy Governance’. In Bangladesh, such a policy shift requires an effective Blue Economy Cell of the Government that supports knowledge and capacity building, innovative financing, and research-guided policy.

Jesús Felicidades García, Ángeles Piñeiro Antelo

The incorporation of the territorial perspective into the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), through the delimitation of fishing areas and the creation of Fishery Local Action Groups (FLAGs), has allowed the decentralized management Axis 4 of the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) through the application of the LEADER method in this sectoral policy. The present study brings together the research of five case study regions (including Portugal) and their FLAGs in the period 2007-2013. Based on the analysis of each participatory local development strategy (LDS) and measures financed, there are different responses to the experience: misalignment and lack of cohesion between projects, excessive dependence on local power, and, in contrast, very meritorious actions and impact both in the fisheries sector and in the sustainable development of the coastal communities.