WHAT WILL PROCARIBE+ DELIVER?

The PROCARIBE+ Project's Work Plan is structured around 4 technical Components, with 9 associated Outcomes (i.e. higher-level "results"). In pursuing these Outcomes, PROCARIBE+ is expected to deliver a total of 18 Outputs ("products").

The primary focus of PROCARIBE+ is on the countries from the Wider Caribbean Region (Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems).

8 Project Outputs are regional-level outputs, i.e. benefiting all countries from the region, with 1 additional Output being global in scope.

For 9 Outputs, PROCARIBE+ GEF-funding is provided for

location-specific activities. These "on-the-ground investments" focus on the 19 GEF-eligible countries that originally participated in the project's design.

Additional countries are benefiting from a strategic alliance between the PROCARIBE+ Project and the GEF Small Grants Programme.

Note: many of the location-specific Outputs still include a regional-level knowledge exchange/upscaling element.

The below table gives an overview of the PROCARIBE+ Project Components, Outcomes and Outputs, the entity(s) responsible for delivering each Output, and the corresponding beneficiary countries.

Note 1. Hyperlinks in the table will lead to the corresponding Output Pages, providing more specific information on work being planned / undertaken, and on the results being obtained. Output Pages are currently under development and will be progressively added.

Note 2. A more detailed pdf version of the Outcomes & Outputs table, including targets and metrics, can be obtained here.

all countries from the Wider Caribbean

location-specific

location-specific, with

regional upscaling / replication

COMPONENT 1. Strengthening regional-level Ocean Governance

OUTCOME 1.1. Coordinated, collaborative and synergistic implementation of regional, sub-regional and national (Strategic) Action Programmes and Plans in support of the CLME+ Vision, enabled through a regional Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM) and complementary, (thematic) partnership(s), and a regional programmatic approach

Output 1.1.1.a-b.

A regional Ocean Coordination Mechanism (OCM)

Responsible Party(s):

UNOPS Regional Project Unit

Output 1.1.1.c.

Wide-ranging multi-stakeholder ocean partnership(s)

Responsible Party(s):

UNOPS Regional Project Unit

Output 1.1.2.a.

Continued support for the 2015-2025 CLME+ Strategic Action Programme (SAP)

Responsible Party(s):

UNOPS Regional Project Unit

Output 1.1.2.b.

A new “Blue Economy” Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the region

Responsible Party(s):

UNOPS Regional Project Unit

COMPONENT 2. Creating national-level capacity and enabling conditions

OUTCOME 2.1. National-level capacity, enabling conditions and commitments for EBM/EAF and marine-based, climate and disaster-resilient “green-blue” socio-economic development

Output 2.1.1.

Advocacy & Support for enhanced National Intersectoral Coordination

Responsible Party(s):

UNOPS Regional Project Unit

Output 2.1.2.

1 prototype national State of the Marine Environment & associated Economies (SOMEE) report (Costa Rica)

Responsible Party(s):

to be confirmed

Output 2.1.3.

Training & capacity building for enhanced marine resources governance & management

Responsible Party(s): UNEP CEP, IOC of UNESCO / IOCARIBE

Output 2.1.4.

Mainstreaming marine and coastal assets in the next iteration(s) of the Nationally Determined Contributions (Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Jamaica and Panama)

Responsible Party(s):

to be confirmed

COMPONENT 3. On-the-ground action by all Sectors of Society

OUTCOME 3.1. Civil Society and MSME contributions to ocean conservation and ocean-based sustainable development & livelihoods/blue economies, upscaled

OUTCOME 3.2. Increased mobilization of private capital supporting environmental stress reduction and sustainable climate-smart blue economy initiatives, supporting CLME+ SAP implementation and post COVID-19 recovery, enabled

Output 3.1.1.

Small-grant financing of positive ocean actions by Civil Society (Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and St. Kitts and Nevis).

Responsible Party(s): UNDP GEF Small Grants Programme

Output 3.2.1.

Enabling conditions for sustainable financing instruments based on seagrass ecosystems (Panama)

Responsible Party(s): to be confirmed

OUTCOME 3.3. Expansion and integration of “Blue Economy”, Marine Spatial Planning and MPA/OECM efforts across the region (ecosystem approach), supporting ocean-based socio-economic development, recovery and resilience (Covid-19, hurricanes) and progressive delivery on international targets in the fields of: marine conservation and climate change mitigation and adaptation

Output 3.3.1.

Blue Economy planning in Costa Rica

Responsible Party(s):

to be confirmed

Output 3.3.1.

Marine Spatial Planning efforts in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Trinidad, Venezuela and the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) countries (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)

Responsible Party(s):

IMA, IOC of UNESCO / IOCARIBE + to be confirmed

Outputs 3.3.1-2.

Particular Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) for the Mesoamerican Reef (MAR) countries (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)

Responsible Party(s): to be confirmed

Output 3.3.2.

Enhanced area-based ocean conservation through Marine Protected Areas and other effective conservation measures in Colombia, Cuba and the Dominican Republic

Responsible Party(s):

UNEP CEP + to be confirmed

Output 3.3.2.

Fisheries Replenishment Zones in the Dominican Republic and the MAR region (Belize, Guatemala, Honduras)

Responsible Party(s):

to be confirmed

OUTCOME 3.4. Generalized implementation across the Wider Caribbean/WECAFC region of traceability systems is enabled for key fisheries and seafood products, as a key measure for sustainability and against IUU fishing

OUTCOME 3.5. Region-wide reduction of ghost fishing and negative habitat impacts from unsustainable spiny lobster fishing gear & practices, enabled

Output 3.4.1.a.

Implementation of traceability systems for key fisheries/seafood products including Queen conch, Spiny lobster and Shrimp in the Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Panama and Suriname

Responsible Party(s): OSPESCA, CRFM + to be confirmed

Output 3.4.1.b.

Regional-level actions to enable post-project upscaling and replication of fisheries/seafood traceability best practices & lessons learned

Responsible Party(s):

OSPESCA

Output 3.5.1.a.

Reduction of ghost gear and unsustainable spiny lobster trap fishing practices (Honduras)

Responsible Party(s):

OSPESCA

Output 3.5.1.a.

Regional-level actions to enable post-project upscaling and replication of spiny lobster fishing gear best practices & lessons learned

Responsible Party(s):

OSPESCA

COMPONENT 4. Regional-level Knowledge Management & Global Exchange of Best Practices

OUTCOME 4.1. A well-articulated marine data, information and knowledge management infrastructure/network is enabled, (a) providing a science-policy interface; (b) supporting the development/updating, implementation and M&E of regional Action Programmes and Plans; (c) boosting and increasing the impacts of marine & coastal investments

OUTCOME 4.2. Increased regional and global impacts from GEF IW investments through global dissemination and sharing of experiences, and by forging synergies with other Regional Seas/LME/Regional Fisheries programmes and the wider community of International Waters/Ocean practitioners & stakeholders

Output 4.1.1.

Project website & OCM Knowledge Hub

Responsible Party(s):

UNOPS Regional Project Unit

Output 4.1.2.

OCM-adopted Blueprint for Marine Data Infrastructure

Responsible Party(s):

UNOPS Regional Project Unit

Output 4.1.3.

Regional State of the Marine Environment & associated Economies (SOMEE) report, informing the new SAP

Responsible Party(s):

UNOPS Regional Project Unit

Outputs 4.2.1-3.

Global experience sharing in collaboration with GEF IW:LEARN and other international partners.

Responsible Party(s):

UNOPS Regional Project Unit

On the below interactive map, you can select from among the different PROCARIBE+ Outputs to see which countries stand to benefit¹ from each output. Alternatively, you can select a country to see the list of outputs in which it is anticipated to be engaged and/or from which it stands to benefit.

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¹whereas all countries from, or with Territories in the Wider Caribbean/CLME+ region will be able to participate in and/or benefit from the regional-level project activities, direct financial support from the PROCARIBE+ GEF grant for specific on-the-ground (in-country) activities focusses on the GEF-eligible countries that provided a GEF OFP endorsement letter for the PROCARIBE+ Concept Note (UNDP/GEF PIF document).

The approximate timeline for implementing the different activities under each of the project’s main outputs, both in terms of preparation and execution, is presented in the following table.

A more detailed, regularly updated Project Gantt Chart is accesable through this link.

Legend: P = Preparation, E = Execution

Component

Output

2023

2024

2025

2026

2027

2028

Quarter

Interim Coordination Mechanism

Ocean Coordination Mechanism

Wide-Ranging Partnership(s)

2015-25 Strategic Action Programme

new Strategic Action Programme

Intersectoral Coordination

National SOMEE

Training & Capacity Building

Nationally Determined Contributions

Small Grants

Blue Carbon

Blue Strategies

Marine Spatial Planning

Marine Protected Areas

Seafood Traceability

Spiny Lobster Trap Fishing

Knowledge Hub

Marine Data Infrastructure

Regional SOMEE

Global Experience Sharing

The WHAT, WHERE, by WHOM and WHEN of PROCARIBE+

WHAT WILL PROCARIBE+ DELIVER?

WHERE and WITH WHOM will we work?

COMPONENT 1. Strengthening regional-level Ocean Governance

COMPONENT 2. Creating national-level capacity and enabling conditions

COMPONENT 3. On-the-ground action by all Sectors of Society

COMPONENT 4. Regional-level Knowledge Management & Global Exchange of Best Practices

PROCARIBE+ Outputs versus Beneficiary Countries

Timeline for delivery

Countries & Territories of the CLME+ Region

Countries and territories that are eligible for direct financial support from the GEF and that are full PROCARIBE+ participants.

Countries and territories that can participate in and stand to benefit from the regional-level project activities

Lead Agencies

Co-Executing Partners

Component 1	Ocean Coordination Mechanism
	Wide-Ranging Partnerships
	Strategic Action Programme 2015-2025
	New Strategic Action Programme
Component 2	Intersectoral Coordination
	National SOMEE
	Training & Capacity Building
	Nationally Determined Contributions
Component 3	Small Grants
	Blue Carbon
	Blue Strategies
	Marine Spatial Planning
	Marine Protected Areas
	Seafood Traceability
	Spiny Lobster Trap Fishing
Component 4	Knowledge Hub
	Marine Data Infrastructure
	Regional SOMEE
	Global Experience Sharing