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marine_colab:workshop_20151125 [2015-12-01 11:03] – [Values based approach] majamarine_colab:workshop_20151125 [2015-12-01 12:50] – [Agenda] maja
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 Facilitators: Maja Kuzmanovic, Nik Gaffney, Vali Lalioti  Facilitators: Maja Kuzmanovic, Nik Gaffney, Vali Lalioti 
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 +This is the last workshop of the first year of [[start|Marine CoLAB]]. Louisa Hooper compared it to standing at the seashore at low tide, with rocks and mud emerging under water, so we can begin to see the peaks, as well as what underlies them. One of the biggest challenges for this workshop and the coming year is how to do less with game-changing effectiveness. It is important to look at the big picture as well well as the practicalities of the months and year(s) to come. 
  
  
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 ==== Framing ==== ==== Framing ====
  
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-This is the last workshop of the first year of Marine CoLAB. Louisa Hooper compared it to standing at the seashore at low tide, with rocks and mud emerging under water, so we can begin to see the peaks, as well as what underlies them. One of the biggest challenges for this workshop and the coming year is how to do less with game-changing effectiveness. It is important to look at the big picture as well well as the practicalities of the months and year(s) to come.  
  
 Maja Kuzmanovic looked back over the notes of the past year and distilled a few points from previous discussions on the future of Marine CoLAB, that can be used as a starting point or a point of discussion, when looking forward to 2016 and beyond. Marine CoLAB participants are keen to seize opportunities to reframe challenges and refresh whole systems. They do this by being a part of trusted collaborations and networks. After a year of working together, the facilitators added that the participants are very keen to and good at designing and working on projects.  Maja Kuzmanovic looked back over the notes of the past year and distilled a few points from previous discussions on the future of Marine CoLAB, that can be used as a starting point or a point of discussion, when looking forward to 2016 and beyond. Marine CoLAB participants are keen to seize opportunities to reframe challenges and refresh whole systems. They do this by being a part of trusted collaborations and networks. After a year of working together, the facilitators added that the participants are very keen to and good at designing and working on projects. 
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 Over the course of several workshops, a range of challenges for Marine CoLAB were identified, including systemic change, public engagement, valuing (cultural dimensions) of oceans, perception of marine conservation, transparency of marine industries and plastic pollution of oceans. The facilitators observed an additional challenge: developing a sustainable support network beyond and in-between projects. This is something that began to be addressed in Lisbon and continues in this workshop.  Over the course of several workshops, a range of challenges for Marine CoLAB were identified, including systemic change, public engagement, valuing (cultural dimensions) of oceans, perception of marine conservation, transparency of marine industries and plastic pollution of oceans. The facilitators observed an additional challenge: developing a sustainable support network beyond and in-between projects. This is something that began to be addressed in Lisbon and continues in this workshop. 
  
-Finally, before delving into the futures, mission, values and a range of experiments, projects and activities, it might be helpful to remind ourselves of the CGF’s goal for Marine CoLAB: **To communicate the role of the ocean for human wellbeing (particularly connecting natural sciences and economy).**. +Finally, before delving into the futures, mission, values and a range of experiments, projects and activities, it might be helpful to remind ourselves of the CGF’s goal for Marine CoLAB: **To communicate the role of the ocean for human wellbeing** (particularly connecting natural sciences and economy).  
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 +==== Agenda ==== 
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 +In the morning the participants focused om **Marine CoLAB as a whole**. Beginning with reflecting on //Marine CoLAB so far//: what worked and what needs more work. Grounded in this experience they moved into a visioning process lead by Giles to clarify the overall Marine CoLAB //vision and mission//. At the end of the morning Sue took the group through a beautiful presentation and discussion of the //values based approach//, as a lens that can be used to shape and evaluate projects, experiments and the initiative itself. In the afternoon, the focus was on **Marine CoLAB project incubator**, beginning with a broad //mapping of existing and emerging projects// by participating organisations which could be relevant to Marine CoLAB facilitated by Aniol. Two following sessions discussed the two projects that emerged from previous workshops: possible directions for //GameOn// guided by Sandy and a working/planning session for the //Plastic Bottles project// lead by Heather. The day ended with a session about the future of **Marine CoLAB in 2016**. 
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-== Organisational buy-in ==+== Connect to organisations ==
  
   * Dedicated staff   * Dedicated staff
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   * Us as individuals in CoLAB vs us as organisation; thinking about organisational/institutional buy-in and engagement; using more of the entire skillsets of organisations (e.g. corporate responsibility, 'creative' legal approaches, etc.; connecting beyond individuals to others in our organisations; additional collaborators to deliver projects (buy-in); would like to draw on expertise of colleagues    * Us as individuals in CoLAB vs us as organisation; thinking about organisational/institutional buy-in and engagement; using more of the entire skillsets of organisations (e.g. corporate responsibility, 'creative' legal approaches, etc.; connecting beyond individuals to others in our organisations; additional collaborators to deliver projects (buy-in); would like to draw on expertise of colleagues 
   * Understanding how to manage and maximise positive feedback into participating organisations   * Understanding how to manage and maximise positive feedback into participating organisations
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 +=== What can we improve? ===
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 +Get better at knowing "who we are, where we go and how we do it". 
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 +== Organisational buy-in ==
 +  * Engage not just individuals, but whole organisations in Marine CoLAB. This could be accomplished by:
 +    * Clarifying the strategic lines of work of Marine CoLAB (3 lines?)
 +    * Offering value add (e.g. building effective collaborations)
 +    * Try to find a common agenda that all organisations would be interested in
 +  * If Marine CoLAB activities can fit into day-to-day agendas of existing work in the participating organisations, more time can be freed to work on them
 +  * Think about the structure of the collaboration and how it could overlap with organisational missions, activities and strategies.
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 +== Sustainability ==
 +  * innovation
 +  * collaboration
 +  * projects
 +  * Core funding is likely to be needed for Marine CoLAB as a whole, as some of the organisations are only funded on a project basis, so do not have the capacity to offer people’s time. While it is important to get Marine CoLAB projects funded, the benefit of the collaboration needs the CoLAB as a whole funded as well. 
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 +== Communication == 
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 +(within organisations, with stakeholders)
 +  * Focus outwards
 +  * Create a thought piece explaining something like "this is the benefit of 12 months of Marine CoLAB", using the plastics project and other key outcomes as milestones. Communicate how Marine CoLAB affected ways of working, what effects it had on specific projects, potential long term value for oceans, etc. 
  
  
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-(cross reference with Aniol's notes)+Mapping existing and emerging projects by organisations as a way to identify strategic lines of work for Marine CoLAB
  
-  * ways to identify strategic lines of work +The participants identified three main groupings for projects
-  * list of relevant projects +
-    * marine safe +
-    * coastal partnership network  +
-    * Thames river academy (educational projects) +
-    * beach watch +
-    * capturing the value of our coast (citizen science, data collection) +
-    * capacity building at FFI (new educational programmes, masters, adult ed. etc) +
-    * strengthening NGO capacity in Portugal (aniol) +
-    * common ground (community voice project followup, biz case for marine resource mgmt) +
-    * MPA programme (increase in capacity for creating marine protected areas) +
-    * (FFI co-management approach) +
-    * sustainable seafood in Portugal (MCS & Client Earth - reducing unlawful fishing) +
-    * ocean schools (ocean awareness as part of general knowledge, general education) +
-    * #oceanoptismism (changing narrative around oceans -> more focus on successes & communication of best practice) +
-    * Blue New Deal +
-    * diverting EU marine funding to 'good things' (European funding opportunities) +
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-  * three main groupings+
     * opportunities around MPA & spatial planning, policy related     * opportunities around MPA & spatial planning, policy related
     * schools, training & educational projects     * schools, training & educational projects
     * exporting knowledge & support / capacity building     * exporting knowledge & support / capacity building
-  * (global wave conference) 
-  * capturing the value of our coast -> possible focus for various experiments, data collection & value testing 
-  * rethinking projects in terms of value lens, changes of impact with contributions from other partners 
-  * time-line and potential interactions between projects (dependencies....) 
  
-  * next steps +List of relevant projects 
-    * find specific ways for marine colab to inform existing and new projects, either as advisers,  + 
-    * write up value space for each project -> further mapping +== MPA and spatial planning == 
-    * Aniol to compile & reformat existing info by end of the week +  * [[http://www.marinesafe.org/|Marine Safe]]; a campaign to remove pollutants from personal care products 
-    * edits, additions and value prompt to be submitted by Dec. 4th+  * Common ground: [[http://www.sussex-ifca.gov.uk/repository/230115_Merged%20outputs_For%20web+participants.pdf|Community Voice Project]] followup, business case for marine resource management 
 +  * MPA campaign/programme at MCS: increase in capacity for creating marine protected areas, funded opportunity to experiment, potential involvement of Marine CoLAB; engage public in new ways and extend staff capacity 
 +  * Sustainable seafood in Portugal, Spain and EU (NEF, MCS & Client Earth - reducing unlawful fishing; scoping, looking at minimal standards for the seafood industry; including different stakeholders (policy, communities, judges), starting from holistic values and working on changing rules and compliance 
 +  * [[http://www.bluenewdeal.org/|Blue New Deal]], a possible platform to carry MarCoLab stories. 
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 +==Education and communication== 
 +  * Thames river academy (educational projects) across different sectors, including rivers and seas across the curriculum 
 +  * Ocean schools: ocean awareness as part of general knowledge, general education 
 +  * [[http://www.mcsuk.org/beachwatch/|Beach Watch]]: citizen science and innovation labs 
 +  * [[https://twitter.com/capturingrcoast|Capturing our coast]]: citizen science, data collection and social research capturing value 
 +  * [[https://twitter.com/hashtag/oceanoptism|#oceanoptismism]]: a network for changing narratives around oceans -> more focus on successes & communication of best practice 
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 +==Capacity building== 
 +  * [[http://www.coastalpartnershipsnetwork.org.uk/|Coastal Partnerships Network]] 
 +  * Capacity building at FFI: new educational programmes, scholarships, masters, adult ed., support for organisations 
 +  * (FFI co-management approach) 
 +     * Related: strengthening NGO capacity in Portugal (Aniol) 
 +  * Diverting EU marine funding to 'good things' (European funding opportunities) 
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 +=== Next steps === 
 +    * Aniol to compile & reformat existing info by end of the week, make a [[Project Incubator Form]] 
 +    * Edits, additions and value prompt to be submitted by Dec. 4th 
 +    * (cross reference these notes with Aniol's notes) 
 +    * Next workshop:  
 +      * Find specific ways for Marine CoLAB to inform or engage with existing and new projects (e.g. advisers)  
 +      * Write up value space for each project -> further mapping 
 +      * Rethink projects in terms of value lens, changes of impact with contributions from other partners, possibly create a time-line and potential interactions between projects (dependencies....) 
  
 ====Game On!==== ====Game On!====
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