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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. At the end of the day we came back to **Marine CoLAB's future in 2016**.+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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 (within organisations, with stakeholders) (within organisations, with stakeholders)
   * Focus outwards   * 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. +  * 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. 
-Communicate how it affected ways of working, what effects it had on specific projects, potential long term value for oceans, etc. +
  
  
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-( cross reference w. Giles' notes )+Marine CoLAB is a network focused on values based solutions to protect and restore the ocean. We exist because a collective is a powerful means to address the urgent need for humans to value the ocean and drive change. We aim to achieve a shift in how the ocean is valued by individuals and society to improve ocean health. We tackle these issues by collaborating, incubating, innovating, catalysing and influencing.
  
-  * network focused on values based solutions to protect & restore the ocean +  * Value shift: what is Marine CoLAB’s theory of change? All participating organisations have one, but the glue could be the 'values based approach’   
-  * a collective is a powerful means to address the urgent need for humans to value the oceans & drive change +    * Recognising existing values, rather than changing or creating 'new' values 
-  * we aim to achieve a shift in how the  ocean is valued by individuals and society to improve ocean health+    * What is the timeframe?
  
-  * recognising existing values, rather than changing or creating 'new' values+Glue: values based → USP → what is the BIGGER SHIFT the lab wants to focus on (e.g. climate change, fossil fuels and oceans - a big goal to strive towards)? What are the relevant values for this goal? As a lab, how do we experiment with strategies?  Is it economic transformation the Marine COLAB is looking for? Perceptual shifts, cultural change, or something else?
  
-  * we tackle the issues by collaborating, incubating, innovating, catalysing and influencing+When talking about a values based approach, there could be two possibilities: 
 +  * Recognising and amplifying values: the CoLAB needs clearer ideas for methods to 'amplify' existing values. Behavioural change can be a result of recognising, uncovering & understanding existing values, as well as finding where values of oceans and people are at odds and experimenting with ways to make them not at odds any longer.  
 +  * Changing values: a more pro-active process, although perhaps an impossibility - possibly better to focus on changing behaviours instead.  
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 +To do in 2016 → look at values based campaigning [[http://www.campaignstrategy.org/|Chris Rose]] and also NEF’s approaches. 
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 +( cross reference w. Giles' notes )
  
-  * s/collection/network 
-  * values based -> USP 
-  * requires time-frame?  
  
-  * we aim to achieve 
-    * organisations all have a theory of change, glue is the values based piece... 
-    * as a lab, how do we experiment with strategies? 
-    * economic shift? perceptual shifts? 
-      
-  * clearer ideas for methods to 'amplify' existing values 
-  * behaviour shift as a result of uncovering existing values, finding where values & behaviour are at odds. 
-  * something for 2016 -> values based campaigning (chris rose ? also NEF) 
  
 ====Values based approach==== ====Values based approach====
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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 +== MPAs and marine 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 
 + 
 +==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) 
 +  * http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/|Frameworks]] research 
 + 
 +== 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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