Project Coordination
KEMFSED
1. National Level
- The Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affair is the implementing agency.
- The State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries has the overall project implementation responsibility
- Project oversight and policy guidance is provided by a national project steering committee (NPSC)
- The project technical advisory committee (PTAC) is responsible for providing technical advice to the NPCU on implementation aspects
- The national project coordinating unit (NPCU) is responsible for management and coordination of project implementation activities
- Part of the NPCU functions are decentralized to Mombasa, especially those supporting the counties for execution of community-based activities
- The Technical NPCU staff are seconded to the project on a full-time basis by the national government and external staff recruited in specific cases where internal capacity is limited, including Procurement, Finance and Accounting, Social and Environmental Safeguards, Monitoring and Evaluation, Stakeholder Engagement and Communication
2. County Level
- The five coastal counties (Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Tana River, and Lamu) are responsible for execution of specific activities at the county level
- Their engagement has been formalized through County Participation Agreements (CPA’s) with the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs
- Each county is to establish a County Project Steering Committee (CPSC), responsible for decision making and providing oversight
- Each County has established a County Project Implementation Unit (CPIU), responsible for execution of specific project activities at the county level. Unless adequately justified, the composition, roles and responsibilities of these structures will be similar in all five counties
- The project provides support to each county for capacity building and institutional strengthening through a standard package of goods, equipment and training
- CPIUs (through county field officers) or staff from the productive alliance partnerships (Strategic Partners) will also provide support to communities in organizing smallholder fishing and non-fishing households into common interest groups (CIGs) for the participatory identification and preparation of livelihood, social or environmental sub-projects
- Community sub-project support would be provided to beneficiaries organized into CIGs to be formed in the 19 coastal sub-counties of the five project counties
- County field officers are responsible for identifying vulnerable and marginalized members of the community through affirmative targeting approaches
- In the case of the commercial enterprises that are already engaged for participation in the productive alliances, the roles and responsibilities for the implementation of sub-projects by out-grower CIGs is outlined in a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) already signed between the State Department for Blue Economy and Fisheries, the County and each Strategic Partner, prior to initiating implementation
National Project Coordination Unit (NPCU)
The NPCU is based in Nairobi with a satellite unit in Mombasa. The NPCU is led by the National Project Coordinator working with a team of operational staff, consultants and technical officers from the State Department, Kenya Fisheries Service and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute appointed to perform various roles in the unit
