1. FAME DIRECTOR’S OFFICE
Information and Monitoring & Evaluation Sections

2. 1. Information Section Three staff:
Constance Odiardo, Technical Support Officer
Boris Colas, Technical Support Officer
Aymeric Desurmont, Fisheries Information Officer

3. Objectives Provide, and facilitate access to, fisheries information
Develop information and knowledge products
Facilitate information management and circulation

4. Highlight 1a Information for the Region
Fisheries in the economies of Pacific Island Countries and Territories

5. Highlight 1b
Information for the Region
SPC Fisheries Newsletter

6. Highlight 2 Information for a specific country
Teachers’ Information Kit on Fisheries produced for Vanuatu

7. Highlight 3 Formatting of information produced by a specific country
Tuvalu Fisheries Department Corporate Plan 2017/2019

8. Key enablers
Well-established network allowing to respond quickly to all forms of information requests
Support from SPC’s Publication and Translation Section
Competent and multi-talented staff
DFAT tagged funding (Australia)

9. Key risks or challenges
Speed and cost-limitation requirements are at the expense of information quality
Information doesn’t reach targeted audience
Section’s funding future is uncertain

10. 2. Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
New position established in 2015
Role to assist with MEL, reporting, project design, funding proposals & strategic planning
Support provided internally to FAME/SPC as well as regionally

11. Quick jargon Planning / Learning Evaluation Monitoring
Set goals
Develop strategies
Outline implementation
Allocate resources
Evaluation
Periodic
Outcomes & impact
Assess the design, implementation and impact
Monitoring
Continuous / ongoing
Activities & outputs
Accountability
Inform ongoing refinement
Monitoring: Are we doing things right?
Evaluation: Are we doing the right things?
Monitoring looks at the activities and processes within programs and projects
Evaluation looks at the overall picture, i.e. the whole program or project.

12. Highlight 1 Internal review
Review of the Fisheries Information Section to support continuous improvement in 2015
On the whole activities undertaken were found to be effective, efficient and relevant
Recommendations included added communications capacity, exploring cost recovery for printing & freight and reducing printed material.
Process included stakeholder interviews, time use analysis and cost-benefit analysis to explore whether the current structure was the most cost effective for the Divison.

13. Highlight 2 Training impact
Support provided to evaluate the effectiveness of FAME workshops, including 6 month follow up
Example result from 2016:
96% of those trained in fisheries science or economics demonstrated improved skills on training completion (72 of 75 tested)

14. Key enablers Supportive environment within FAME
Willingness of members and beneficiaries to provide feedback
SPC-wide improvements in MEL

15. Key risks or challenges
SPC-wide systems: further systems development & alignment required
Multiple reporting requirements (to donors, partners and SPC) across a wide range of activities

16. Future priorities
Improved project management and project monitoring systems within FAME
Increased focus on understanding the impact of our work (evaluation)
Regional support for MEL given increasing reporting requirements