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Greening
the Blue
African Centre for Technology Studies
(ACTS)
Researchers’ Seminar Series
Joel Onyango, ACTS, 2022
The Green Economy
– reducing environmental risks and ecological
scarcities, and that aims for sustainable
development without degrading the environment
– applies the triple bottom line of people, planet and
profits across all corporations at the microeconomic
level and throughout the entire economy at the
macroeconomic level.
Good Governance
Efficiency and
Sufficiency
Planetary
Boundaries
Justice
Wellbeing
Principles of Green Economy
The Blue Economy
– sustainable use of ocean (water)
resources for economic growth, improve
livelihoods and jobs while preserving the
health of ocean (water) ecosystems.
– Blue Economy in the African context
covers both aquatic and marine spaces,
including oceans, seas, coasts, lakes,
rivers, and underground water. It
encompasses a range of productive sectors,
including fisheries, aquaculture, tourism,
transport, shipbuilding, energy,
bioprospecting, and underwater mining and
related activities
Provides social and economic
benefits
Restore biological diversity
Governed by an inclusive,
innovative and proactive public
and private processes
Measurable impact that can be
communicated for decision making
Principles of Blue Economy
About the Blue
Empowerment (BE) Initiative
AQUACULTURE OF SEAWEEDS AND
FISH: OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLUE
ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND
COVID-19 RESILIENCE OF FISHER
WOMEN IN KENYA
African Centre for
Technology Studies
(ACTS)
Kenya Industrial
Research And
Development
Institute (KIRDI)
Bahari CBO Network
Kenya Marine and
Fisheries Research
Institute (KMFRI)
Kenyatta University
(KU)
Sea Moss
Corporation Ltd
…and the People of
Kilifi and Kwale
Counties
Aim of the action Initiative
To contribute to the tackling of barriers for the empowerment of fisher
women in Kenya’s coastal region through adoption of climate-smart
integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) of seaweeds and fish for
improved livelihoods and resilience.
Objective 1
To provide state-
of-the-art
information for
equitable and
sustainable
adoption of fish-
seaweeds IMTA
among coastal
fisher communities
in Kenya.
Mwazaro community launching a
locally constructed cage to the
sea in Kwale.
Objective 2
To provide options
for enabling
policies, technology
uptake, and
governance
frameworks for
IMTA adoption and
women fisherfolk
empowerment.
Objective 3
To design, set-up,
test and optimise
gender
transformative fish-
seaweeds IMTA
solutions for the
socio-economic
empowerment,
COVID-19 and
Climate Change
resilience of fisher
women.
Objective 4
To promote knowledge
translation,
dissemination and
learning for IMTA
systems upscaling,
climate change and
COVID-19 response
strategies for the local
community and women
empowerment in Kwale
and Kilifi counties
Overview of the initiative
Planning &
Coordination
Work package 1
(WP1): Project
Planning and
Coordination
•Overall coordination,
ensuring inclusive
management and
coordination, & work
package coordination
•Budget and audits, and
monitoring, evaluation,
learning and reporting
Discovery
Work package 2
(WP2): To provide
state-of-the-art
information
•Barriers and
solutions/opportunities
for the equitable
adoption of fish-
seaweeds IMTA
(literature review,
baseline survey)
•Adaptive responses to
uncertainties of COVID-
19 and climate change
(process survey, life
histories
documentation)
Define
Work package 3
(WP3): Mapping
socio-technical
pathways
•Socio-technical gaps
critical for the
adoption and upscaling
of IMTA (rapid
technology assessment,
gendered policy
analysis, governance
analysis)
•Institutional,
organizational, policy
and governance
configurations (MCM
mapping value
chain/process
stakeholders, HCD
policy and strategy
recommendations)
Develop
Work package 4
(WP4): Optimizing
gender
transformative fish-
seaweeds IMTA
•Optimized set-up for
IMTA (suitability
mapping, comparative
analysis of IMTA
design, transect
analysis)
•Optimized value chain
scenarios for gender
transformative IMTA
(IMTA scaling models,
inclusive innovation &
co-production,
development of business
models)
Deliver
Work package 5
(WP5): Promoting
knowledge
translation,
dissemination and
learning
•Research users'
engagement (capacity
building, field days,
benchmarking, awareness
campaigns, training
manuals translations,
business incubation)
•Transformative
technologies and
business models
(impact, communication,
engagement)
How is the initiative Greening
the Blue? Project Planning and
Coordination
To provide state-of-the-art
actionable socio-cultural
information
Mapping socio-technical
policy and institutional
pathways
Optimizing gender
transformative technology
Promoting knowledge
translation, dissemination
and learning
Internal project
processes
Project
engagements
How is the initiative Greening
the Blue?
Project Planning and
Coordination
To provide state-of-the-art
actionable socio-cultural
information
Mapping socio-technical
policy and institutional
pathways
Optimizing gender
transformative technology
Promoting knowledge
translation, dissemination
and learning
Promoting good
governance
Inclusive,
innovative and
proactive
processes
Communication
for decision
making
Sustainable
production &
Consumption
Equity within
generations
Collective
prosperity
Restore nature
Social economic
benefits
Restores
Biodiversity
How is the initiative Greening
the Blue?
Green Indicators
Blue Indicators Good
governance
Efficiency &
Sufficiency
Planetary
boundaries
Justice Wellbeing
Promoting social
& economic
benefits
Formal & informal
governance
frameworks for
decision making
Intensive
mariculture system
environmental
remediation
Gender
transformative
development
Sustainable business
models
Restorative
biological
diversity
Alternative
exploitation of
marine/aquatic
resources
Low-carbon
technology
Waste bioremediation
Inclusive &
innovative
processes
Formative
perspectives for
decision making
Diversity of products
from integrated set-up
(Integrated
Multitrophic
Aquaculture systems)
Internal & external
inclusive economy
Provides
opportunities for
ocean-depend
communities
Inclusive business
models for impact that
enable WEE
Communication
for impact
Policy dialogues Multiple pathways for
sustainable resources
exploitation
Community
engagements and
dialogues
Business units
support for
sustainable
Achievements
– Initiated information
gathering in Kilifi and
Kwale counties in Kenya
– Discovery phase of the
initiatives – setting the
baseline
– Blogs, Podcasts, Videos
Achievements
– Communication
framework towards
impact.
– Outputs targeted at
policy, practice and
research
https://blueeconomy.a
cts-net.org/
Achievements
– Diversity in the team
contributing to
inclusivity
Achievements
– Fabrication of an
Innovative Fish
Fingerling
Transport Unit =
optimizing low
carbon technology
promoting
restorative
biological diversity
Achievements
– Impactful communication material
Podcast (Kibokoni 1, Kibokoni 2 ….)
Seaweed Framing in Kibuyuni:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4LPT4MNDRM
Seaweed Processing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvLM04NIU_M
Crab Fattening, Dabaso, Kilifi County:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsOM1KEt04E&t=483s
Fish Framing in Kibokoni, Kilifi County:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wOo-
rmHEQo&t=221s
The Blue Empowerment Project
Thank you!

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Greening the Blue ACTS Seminar Presentation

  • 1. Greening the Blue African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Researchers’ Seminar Series Joel Onyango, ACTS, 2022
  • 2. The Green Economy – reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities, and that aims for sustainable development without degrading the environment – applies the triple bottom line of people, planet and profits across all corporations at the microeconomic level and throughout the entire economy at the macroeconomic level. Good Governance Efficiency and Sufficiency Planetary Boundaries Justice Wellbeing Principles of Green Economy
  • 3. The Blue Economy – sustainable use of ocean (water) resources for economic growth, improve livelihoods and jobs while preserving the health of ocean (water) ecosystems. – Blue Economy in the African context covers both aquatic and marine spaces, including oceans, seas, coasts, lakes, rivers, and underground water. It encompasses a range of productive sectors, including fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, transport, shipbuilding, energy, bioprospecting, and underwater mining and related activities Provides social and economic benefits Restore biological diversity Governed by an inclusive, innovative and proactive public and private processes Measurable impact that can be communicated for decision making Principles of Blue Economy
  • 4. About the Blue Empowerment (BE) Initiative AQUACULTURE OF SEAWEEDS AND FISH: OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLUE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND COVID-19 RESILIENCE OF FISHER WOMEN IN KENYA African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Kenya Industrial Research And Development Institute (KIRDI) Bahari CBO Network Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) Kenyatta University (KU) Sea Moss Corporation Ltd …and the People of Kilifi and Kwale Counties
  • 5. Aim of the action Initiative To contribute to the tackling of barriers for the empowerment of fisher women in Kenya’s coastal region through adoption of climate-smart integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) of seaweeds and fish for improved livelihoods and resilience.
  • 6. Objective 1 To provide state- of-the-art information for equitable and sustainable adoption of fish- seaweeds IMTA among coastal fisher communities in Kenya.
  • 7. Mwazaro community launching a locally constructed cage to the sea in Kwale.
  • 8. Objective 2 To provide options for enabling policies, technology uptake, and governance frameworks for IMTA adoption and women fisherfolk empowerment.
  • 9.
  • 10. Objective 3 To design, set-up, test and optimise gender transformative fish- seaweeds IMTA solutions for the socio-economic empowerment, COVID-19 and Climate Change resilience of fisher women.
  • 11.
  • 12. Objective 4 To promote knowledge translation, dissemination and learning for IMTA systems upscaling, climate change and COVID-19 response strategies for the local community and women empowerment in Kwale and Kilifi counties
  • 13. Overview of the initiative Planning & Coordination Work package 1 (WP1): Project Planning and Coordination •Overall coordination, ensuring inclusive management and coordination, & work package coordination •Budget and audits, and monitoring, evaluation, learning and reporting Discovery Work package 2 (WP2): To provide state-of-the-art information •Barriers and solutions/opportunities for the equitable adoption of fish- seaweeds IMTA (literature review, baseline survey) •Adaptive responses to uncertainties of COVID- 19 and climate change (process survey, life histories documentation) Define Work package 3 (WP3): Mapping socio-technical pathways •Socio-technical gaps critical for the adoption and upscaling of IMTA (rapid technology assessment, gendered policy analysis, governance analysis) •Institutional, organizational, policy and governance configurations (MCM mapping value chain/process stakeholders, HCD policy and strategy recommendations) Develop Work package 4 (WP4): Optimizing gender transformative fish- seaweeds IMTA •Optimized set-up for IMTA (suitability mapping, comparative analysis of IMTA design, transect analysis) •Optimized value chain scenarios for gender transformative IMTA (IMTA scaling models, inclusive innovation & co-production, development of business models) Deliver Work package 5 (WP5): Promoting knowledge translation, dissemination and learning •Research users' engagement (capacity building, field days, benchmarking, awareness campaigns, training manuals translations, business incubation) •Transformative technologies and business models (impact, communication, engagement)
  • 14. How is the initiative Greening the Blue? Project Planning and Coordination To provide state-of-the-art actionable socio-cultural information Mapping socio-technical policy and institutional pathways Optimizing gender transformative technology Promoting knowledge translation, dissemination and learning Internal project processes Project engagements
  • 15. How is the initiative Greening the Blue? Project Planning and Coordination To provide state-of-the-art actionable socio-cultural information Mapping socio-technical policy and institutional pathways Optimizing gender transformative technology Promoting knowledge translation, dissemination and learning Promoting good governance Inclusive, innovative and proactive processes Communication for decision making Sustainable production & Consumption Equity within generations Collective prosperity Restore nature Social economic benefits Restores Biodiversity
  • 16. How is the initiative Greening the Blue? Green Indicators Blue Indicators Good governance Efficiency & Sufficiency Planetary boundaries Justice Wellbeing Promoting social & economic benefits Formal & informal governance frameworks for decision making Intensive mariculture system environmental remediation Gender transformative development Sustainable business models Restorative biological diversity Alternative exploitation of marine/aquatic resources Low-carbon technology Waste bioremediation Inclusive & innovative processes Formative perspectives for decision making Diversity of products from integrated set-up (Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture systems) Internal & external inclusive economy Provides opportunities for ocean-depend communities Inclusive business models for impact that enable WEE Communication for impact Policy dialogues Multiple pathways for sustainable resources exploitation Community engagements and dialogues Business units support for sustainable
  • 17. Achievements – Initiated information gathering in Kilifi and Kwale counties in Kenya – Discovery phase of the initiatives – setting the baseline – Blogs, Podcasts, Videos
  • 18. Achievements – Communication framework towards impact. – Outputs targeted at policy, practice and research https://blueeconomy.a cts-net.org/
  • 19. Achievements – Diversity in the team contributing to inclusivity
  • 20. Achievements – Fabrication of an Innovative Fish Fingerling Transport Unit = optimizing low carbon technology promoting restorative biological diversity
  • 21. Achievements – Impactful communication material Podcast (Kibokoni 1, Kibokoni 2 ….) Seaweed Framing in Kibuyuni: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4LPT4MNDRM Seaweed Processing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvLM04NIU_M Crab Fattening, Dabaso, Kilifi County: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsOM1KEt04E&t=483s Fish Framing in Kibokoni, Kilifi County: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wOo- rmHEQo&t=221s
  • 22. The Blue Empowerment Project Thank you!

Editor's Notes

  1. The green economy is guided by integrated, accountable and resilient institutions – good governance The green economy is geared to support sustainable consumption and production – efficiency and sufficiency The green economy safeguards, restores and invests in nature – planetary boundaries The green economy promotes equity within and between generations – justice A green economy enables all people to create and enjoy prosperity – well being The 5 Principles of Green Economy | Green Economy Coalition
  2. The WWF principles of sustainable blue economy wwf_marine_briefing_principles_blue_economy.pdf (panda.org)