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- | ==== Marine CoLABoration Workshop - September 2015 ==== | + | ===== Marine CoLABoration Workshop - September 2015 ===== |
- | The main purpose of the Lisbon session is to strengthen the sense of direction and shared values for the Marine CoLAB. There will also be several opportunities to extend the community by building connections with Portugese marine NGOs. On Thursday (23/09) we will have a full day for a Marine CoLAB session. On Wednesday you will have the chance to jointly decide on the content, format and desired outcomes of this session, in line with the broader Marine CoLAB goal of communicating the value of the oceans. We invite you to think about what you would like to get out of this opportunity both individually and collectively: | + | The main purpose of the Lisbon session is to strengthen the sense of direction and shared values for the [[start|Marine CoLAB]]. There will also be several opportunities to extend the community by building connections with Portugese marine NGOs. On Thursday (23/09) we will have a full day for a Marine CoLAB session. On Wednesday you will have the chance to jointly decide on the content, format and desired outcomes of this session, in line with the broader Marine CoLAB goal of communicating the value of the oceans. We invite you to think about what you would like to get out of this opportunity both individually and collectively: |
* How will you build on the work and relationships developed up to now? | * How will you build on the work and relationships developed up to now? | ||
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- | various photographs | + | Photographs of the Lisbon trip can be found at https:// |
- | ====Notes 2015-09-23==== | + | A field trip to Portugal could seem as a luxury, but spending time together as a team in a different context can be essential for bringing the group closer together and advancing the vision and specific projects. Being with each other in formal sessions, on the bus and socialising before and after the sessions allowed the participants to get to know each other in a range of situations and hear about different aspects of their work and life. |
- | (a proposed agenda) | + | The first session in the lighthouse of Nazare introduced the participants to the Portugese marine conservation context, as well as provided time to think about what the participants wanted to achieve as Marine CoLAB in general, as well as specifically discuss what the purpose of the Lab sessions on Thursday would be. |
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+ | ==== Portugese Context ==== | ||
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+ | Catarina Grillo welcomed Marine CoLAB and described the context within which the Gulbenkian Oceans initiative | ||
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+ | The sector began with a need to get a seat on the table on the common fisheries policy. Now there is a bigger group of marine biologists who essentially do everything themselves. In the UK, the sector grew exponentially in the last 10-15 years. The main difference is in the growth of the support services (fundraising, | ||
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+ | During the field trip to Peniche, the participants had a chance to meet four partner organisations of the Gulbenkian Oceans Initiative and hear the stories of their current projects: | ||
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+ | From the visit to Lisbon' | ||
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+ | Marine CoLAB reflections after the field trip: | ||
+ | * Good to exchange with Portugese NGOs in their ' | ||
+ | * Disconnect: realisation that even though the Portugese sector is small, it is still quite disconnected. The participants emphasized the value of exchange and connection between the NGOs, between the fishermen and the communities, | ||
+ | * Realisation that a more holistic values based approach might help to bring marine issues closer to people who don’t understand or don’t care. | ||
+ | * Challenges in the Portugese and UK sector are similar. Marine CoLAB could offer mentoring to the Portugese sector, in order to encourage leapfrogging. | ||
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+ | ===== Lab Session 2015-09-23 ===== | ||
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+ | Co-creating the agenda: | ||
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+ | From the brainstorming about what the participants wanted to achieve in Lisbon, we distilled the following objectives for the Lisbon LAB sessions: | ||
- | (an exploration | + | 1. Direction: Clarify the mission and vision |
- | {{>http:// | + | * Design a sketch for a mission statement: See notes {{:marine_colab:marine-colab_notes-mission-statement_gb.pdf|here}} |
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+ | * Create a project pipeline (existing experiments, | ||
+ | * Have a detailed project planning session for the Plastics experiment | ||
- | ====Notes 2015-09-24==== | + | 3. Melting pot: look at Marine CoLAB as a long term collaboration (platform, network, think tank…) |
+ | * Discuss the value of Marine CoLAB beyond individual projects (opportunities, | ||
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+ | The LAB sessions should include conversations about "the Big Picture" | ||
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+ | ===== Lab Session | ||
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+ | === Agenda === | ||
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+ | 09:30 - 10:30 Check-in; reflection on field-trip, agenda design | ||
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+ | 10:30 - 11:30 Incubator project pipeline (existing and individual projects). Outcome: list of projects, decision: continue, postpone, abandon. | ||
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+ | 11:30 - 12:45 Plastics experiment: plan, roles and responsibilities, | ||
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+ | 12:45 - 13:30 Lunch | ||
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+ | 13:30 - 14:10 Movie screening on Community Voices Method (Sue Ranger), discussion | ||
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+ | 14:10 - 15:00 Melting pot: reflections on the connections between mission and projects; Marine CoLAB MO (non-project specific); Outcome: agreement on refined vision | ||
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+ | 15:00 - 15:45 Next steps, action points and agenda for November | ||
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+ | 15:45 - 16:25 Finalising plastics plan (added after lunch) | ||
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+ | 16:25 - 16:30 Check out, final reflections and thank yous | ||
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(larger image can be found [[http:// | (larger image can be found [[http:// | ||
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+ | ====Current projects/ | ||
+ | * plastics | ||
+ | * discussed in detail later | ||
+ | * [[transparency_experiment|Transparency of Marine Industries]] -> potential as longer term project | ||
+ | * possibly linking plastics & transparency | ||
+ | * use transparency mapping / data collection as a tool/ | ||
+ | * toward keeping corporate entities responsible for behaviour (embargo, legal, consumer, etc+) | ||
+ | * monitoring & exposing bad practice | ||
+ | * [[Value Added Marine Conservation]] (related: [[valuing what matters experiment|Valuing what matters]]) | ||
+ | * how do we communicate about the environment? | ||
+ | * from issue centric to a values based approach | ||
+ | * in developing trade off analysis -> lacking sufficient data, market centred, benefits often not apparent in market terms | ||
+ | * exploration of shared values, what values are in common across different stakeholders, | ||
+ | * communication -> from issue centric to values based) | ||
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+ | * [[game_on_experiment|Game On!]] -> potential as a longer term project | ||
+ | * would be great to develop, seems like a good time to work on it | ||
+ | * needs bigger team, perhaps focus by using transparency initiative, or issues around plastics | ||
+ | * could provide an opportunity to test ' | ||
+ | * pilot project to bring together a group of kids/ | ||
+ | * e.g. ZSL anti poaching add-on to minecraft, angry birds pangolin. | ||
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+ | ===related projects by marine colab partners=== | ||
+ | * marine safe | ||
+ | * blue new deal | ||
+ | * coastal partnership network | ||
+ | * river academy (Thames estuary) | ||
+ | * community voice method (MCS) | ||
+ | * Beach watch / Fishonline (MCS) | ||
+ | * project ocean (ZSL) | ||
+ | * ocean optimism (ZSL) | ||
+ | * sustainable seafood coalition (client earth) | ||
+ | * stopping fishing in protected sites (client earth) | ||
+ | * emerging issues in the marine environment (F4F) | ||
+ | * scanning network - areas of high change potential ( http:// | ||
+ | * diverting & accessing EU funds | ||
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+ | === Plastics experiment=== | ||
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+ | ==== Melting pot ==== | ||
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(larger image can be found [[http:// | (larger image can be found [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Next Steps ==== | ||
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+ | Action points with specific deadlines: | ||
+ | * Monday, 28th September: Submit plastics funding application to Oak. Heather to co-ordinate, | ||
+ | * Next week: Find a new date for the November meeting. Louisa to setup a doodle poll, all to respond ASAP | ||
+ | * Next week: Make Vox pops on the value of Marine CoLAB for the participants, | ||
+ | * In two weeks: Marine CoLAB mission statement drafted. Giles to initiate, send first draft to marine-colab@fo.am, | ||
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+ | Action points before the next meeting: | ||
+ | * Map Marine CoLAB Networks. All to send to marine-colab@fo.am: | ||
+ | * Value-based approach: Sue to prepare a session for November | ||
+ | * Games: Collect views and knowledge on games. All to send what they think and know to marine-colab@fo.am. Sandy to collate. | ||
+ | * Projects: Send 1 pagers on projects by participants to marine-colab@fo.am. Aniol to collate. Each description should include answers to the following questions: | ||
+ | * What is the project (elevator pitch)? | ||
+ | * Why is it relevant to Marine CoLAB (what can it offer)? | ||
+ | * What does it need from Marine CoLAB? | ||
+ | * Research into global collaboration platforms. Giles to share, all to test. | ||
+ | * The Future of Marine CoLAB: Think about what you would like to happen (LAB sessions, working groups, projects, network, etc. , what resources might be needed, etc. | ||
+ | * Decide on dinner speaker(s): Louisa to co-ordinate. | ||
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+ | Towards an agenda for the next workshop | ||
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+ | * Transparency (and other ways of holding companies accountable) | ||
+ | * Values based approach (Sue) | ||
+ | * Incubator / project pipeline: | ||
+ | * Game on: how to proceed (Sandy) | ||
+ | * Plastics work session (Heather) | ||
+ | * Review collected project ideas (Aniol) | ||
+ | * Future of Marine CoLAB (for 2016 and beyond). | ||
+ | * This information is needed to allocate funds from the gulbenkian budget in 2016 - They need to know what will happen with marine CoLAB, how it will develop, what LAB sessions might happen, what resources are needed etc. Louisa to structure the session. | ||
+ | * Dinner speaker(s) (e.g. SIX?) | ||
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+ | === Reflection on the Lisbon trip === | ||
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+ | * The participants are grateful for the whole experience, which they feel has brought them further quicker than in one-day workshops and has forged stronger bonds between the participants. | ||
+ | * Informal socialising and time to have in-depth conversations is much appreciated. The time on the bus allowed the participants to talk to each other at length outside of the formal sessions. Breakfasts, dinners, taxi rides, walks between places had a similar effect of social exchange and bonding. | ||
+ | * Being outside by the ocean that everyone cares about has provided a boost of energy and an emotional connection to what marine CoLAB is really about. | ||
+ | * Having LAB sessions in different environments (e.g. the lighthouse fortress) helps with reframing and distilling what’s important | ||
+ | * The value of different types of shared experience (e.g. Oceanario, the underwater forest exhibition) allows the participants to reflect on their own practice and Marine CoLAB as a whole. It reminded the participants how important it can be to be patient. | ||
+ | * Vali Lalioti' | ||
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