Understanding institutions and their role in governance and management is crucial in creating more effective, efficient and equitable management interventions. MRAG have considerable experience of undertaking systematic analysis of the role and function of institutions across a range of scales and of building and developing institutional capacity and capability as a foundation for sound resource management and environmental policy. With its wealth of experience, built up over many years at the forefront of the design of practical solutions to resource management problems, MRAG is well positioned to offer advice, services and personnel to assist in the enhancement of institutional capacity. A complete service is offered, ranging from initial capability and needs assessment and systems analysis, to provision of key management personnel for short or long term advisory positions in resource management agencies.

Projects

Title Region End Date
Conduct situation analysis functions of the competent authority in Sierra Leone.

The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) in Sierra Leone is responsible…

Africa
Supporting Liberia and Sierra Leone’s Fishery Management Improvement

The objective of this project was to provide technical assistance for the World Bank…

Africa
Consultancy Services for Preparation Of Three Management Plans For Reef, Octopus And Small Pelagic Fisheries in Zanzibar

This 9-month project developed three fisheries management plans (FMP) for (i) octopus…

Africa
International Oceans Governance – Scientific support

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) adopted by world leaders in 2015 set the…

Global
Technical Recommendations to Improve the EU IUU Regulation Catch Certificate System

A coalition of NGO’s (The Environmental Justice Foundation, Oceana, The Pew Charitable…

Europe
MRAG Project Scientific research, fish stock assessment and training of IMBO and MFMR staff and students (WARFP)

The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources had received a loan from the IDA and a…

Africa
BNF Staff Training Course

The in-country capacity need for skills and capacity to develop, maintain, extend and…

Africa
Framework Contract for evaluation and impact assessment, Lot 3: International Dimension of the CFP

This is a framework contract where specific services will consist of assisting the…

Europe
MRAG Project Support to the Bureau of National Fisheries to develop provisional TAC limits for new Fisheries Regulations

The objective of the assignment was to support the Bureau of National Fisheries (BNF)…

Africa
Training in the implementation of ParFish methodology in Madagascar

The WWF Southern Toliara Marine Natural Resource Management project aims to achieve…

Africa
African Capacity Building Training Event - South Africa

On behalf of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), and in accordance with the…

Africa
Workshop on UK Overseas Territories activities associated with UK obligations under ICCAT

The UK is a member of the International Convention on the Conservation of Atlantic…

Atlantic Ocean
MRAG Project Provision of Scientific Advice to Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

Advice was provided to the FCO and GSGSSI on scientific and fisheries issues related…

Atlantic Ocean
MRAG Project Developing a Regional Agreement for Sustainable Use of Fisheries Resources in the Yellow Sea Large Marine Ecosystem

The development objective of this task was to achieve, through development of a…

Asia
MRAG Project Attendance at the High Seas Task Force Workshop on Measuring RFMO Performance and Flag State Performance Criteria

Dr Parkes represented the UK at the High Seas Task Force Workshop on Measuring RFMO…

Global
MRAG Project Tonle Sap Sustainable Livelihoods Project

The Tonle Sap Great Lake is important to the economy of Cambodia, and essential to the…

Asia
MRAG Project How to strengthen national, sub-regional and regional institutions and policies to better address developing countries needs (in respect of the UN Agreement on Straddling and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks)

This project reviewed and analysed Part VII of the UN Agreement on Straddling and…

Europe
MRAG Project Coherence between Fisheries Agreements and EC Country Development Programmes

This project looked to evaluate the coherence between third country fisheries  …

Global
MRAG Project SADC Regional Fisheries Information Systems (RFIS)

The RFIS project played an important role in the development of fisheries management…

Africa
MRAG Project Seafood trading on the internet

Numerous studies have shown that the international fisheries trade has been rapidly…

Global
MRAG Project Ministry of Marine Resources : Cooperation on Fisheries Development

The Government of Eritrea requested assistance from MRAG, through the…

Africa
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands Fisheries Management.

The work undertaken by MRAG for Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich…

Atlantic Ocean