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| Photographs of the Lisbon trip can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/albums/72157650383972831 | Photographs of the Lisbon trip can be found at https://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/albums/72157650383972831 |
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| A field trip to Portugal might seem as a luxury, but spending time together as a team in a different context can be essential for bringing the group closer together and advancing the vision and specific projects. Being with each other in formal sessions, on the bus and socialising before and after the sessions allowed the participants to get to know each other in a range of situations and hear about different aspects of their work and life. | A field trip to Portugal could seem as a luxury, but spending time together as a team in a different context can be essential for bringing the group closer together and advancing the vision and specific projects. Being with each other in formal sessions, on the bus and socialising before and after the sessions allowed the participants to get to know each other in a range of situations and hear about different aspects of their work and life. |
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| The first session in the lighthouse of Nazare introduced the participants to the Portugese marine conservation context, as well as provided time to think about what the participants wanted to achieve as Marine CoLAB in general, as well as specifically discuss what the purpose of the Lab sessions on Thursday would be. | The first session in the lighthouse of Nazare introduced the participants to the Portugese marine conservation context, as well as provided time to think about what the participants wanted to achieve as Marine CoLAB in general, as well as specifically discuss what the purpose of the Lab sessions on Thursday would be. |
| ==== Portugese Context ==== | ==== Portugese Context ==== |
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| Catarina Grillo welcomed Marine CoLAB and described the context within which the Gulbenkian Oceans initiative (GOI) operates. She talked about the importance of the blue economy, in a country suffering from the economic crisis and decrease of investment, including connecting to European maritime and fisheries funds. GOI is specifically focusing on the value of marine ecosystem services, and connecting social and natural sciences. They work with a range of organisations, some of whom we had a chance to meet. The Portugese marine NGO sector is very small, primarily project-based with a maximum of 20 people employed, the rest driven by volunteers. While it is wonderful to have many volunteers involved, this creates a challenge of continuity in the mid term, without much institutional memory. The small size of the sector also has its benefits: it can be agile, as everyone knows each other (a good example is [[https://pongpesca.wordpress.com/|PONG Pesca]]). The sector began with a need to get a seat on the table on the common fisheries policy. Now there is a bigger group of marine biologists who essentially do everything themselves. In the UK, the sector grew exponentially in the last 10-15 years. The main difference is in the growth of the support services (fundraising, communication…), where marine conservationists had to learn to work with other skillsets to make projects happen. Skills and funding in the Portugese marine NGO sector need to be diversified. Funding should not be driving the direction of the sector, there should be more of a feedback-loop between the funding and delivery, in response to real needs. Participation is another challenge the sector is dealing with. There isn’t much environmental awareness and the extent of participation tends to be limited to signing petitions. Non-participation is a cultural problem linked to Portugese dictatorship, which ended only 40 years ago. An encouraging aspect of Portugal is that the oceans is seen as a cultural value, it is embedded in cultural traditions for centuries. This means that there is a lot of media attention for fisheries and other marine services related issues. | Catarina Grillo welcomed Marine CoLAB and described the context within which the Gulbenkian Oceans initiative (GOI) operates. She talked about the importance of the blue economy, in a country suffering from the economic crisis and decrease of investment, including connecting to European maritime and fisheries funds. GOI is specifically focusing on the value of marine ecosystem services, and connecting social and natural sciences. They work with a range of organisations, some of whom we had a chance to meet. The Portugese marine NGO sector is very small, primarily project-based with a maximum of 20 people employed, the rest driven by volunteers. While it is wonderful to have many volunteers involved, this creates a challenge of continuity in the mid term, without much institutional memory. The small size of the sector also has its benefits: it can be agile, as everyone knows each other (a good example is [[https://pongpesca.wordpress.com/|PONG Pesca]]). |
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| | The sector began with a need to get a seat on the table on the common fisheries policy. Now there is a bigger group of marine biologists who essentially do everything themselves. In the UK, the sector grew exponentially in the last 10-15 years. The main difference is in the growth of the support services (fundraising, communication…), where marine conservationists had to learn to work with other skillsets to make projects happen. Skills and funding in the Portugese marine NGO sector need to be diversified. Funding should not be driving the direction of the sector, there should be more of a feedback-loop between the funding and delivery, in response to real needs. Participation is another challenge the sector is dealing with. There isn’t much environmental awareness and the extent of participation tends to be limited to signing petitions. Non-participation is a cultural problem linked to Portugese dictatorship, which ended only 40 years ago. An encouraging aspect of Portugal is that the oceans is seen as a cultural value, it is embedded in cultural traditions for centuries. This means that there is a lot of media attention for fisheries and other marine services related issues. |
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| {{:marine_colab:trip_to_lisbon_context.pdf|Context and Background Information for the Lisbon Marine CoLAB}} | {{:marine_colab:trip_to_lisbon_context.pdf|Context and Background Information for the Lisbon Marine CoLAB}} |
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| During the field trip to Peniche, the participants had a chance to meet four partner organisations of the Gulbenkian Oceans Initiative and hear the stories of their current projects: | During the field trip to Peniche, the participants had a chance to meet four partner organisations of the Gulbenkian Oceans Initiative and hear the stories of their current projects: |
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| [[http://www.spea.pt/pt/|SPEA]]: Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves | |
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| [[http://www.wwf.pt/|WWF]] Portugal | {{:marine_colab:20150923_145125.mp3}}\\ |
| | [[http://www.spea.pt/pt/|SPEA]]: Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves |
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| Research project on the economic value of marine ecosystem services lead by the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) and NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE) | {{:marine_colab:20150923_151011.mp3}}\\ |
| | [[http://www.wwf.pt/|WWF]] Portugal |
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| | Research project on the economics of marine ecosystem services lead by the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) and NOVA School of Business and Economics (NOVA SBE) |
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| * Next week: Find a new date for the November meeting. Louisa to setup a doodle poll, all to respond ASAP | * Next week: Find a new date for the November meeting. Louisa to setup a doodle poll, all to respond ASAP |
| * Next week: Make Vox pops on the value of Marine CoLAB for the participants, to be used in the trustee meeting in three weeks. Mirella to send questions and instructions for recording of videos. All to record their own video, send to Sue who will put the movie together (something along the lines of the CVM video) | * Next week: Make Vox pops on the value of Marine CoLAB for the participants, to be used in the trustee meeting in three weeks. Mirella to send questions and instructions for recording of videos. All to record their own video, send to Sue who will put the movie together (something along the lines of the CVM video) |
| * In two weeks: Marine CoLAB mission statement drafted. Giles to initiate, send first draft to marine-colab@fo.am, all to comment and/or edit. Has to be finished before the trustee meeting in three weeks. | * In two weeks: Marine CoLAB mission statement drafted. Giles to initiate, send first draft to marine-colab@fo.am, all to comment and/or edit. Has to be finished before the trustee meeting in three weeks. Giles' notes can be found {{:marine_colab:marine-colab_notes-mission-statement_gb.pdf|here}} |
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| Action points before the next meeting: | Action points before the next meeting: |
| * Having LAB sessions in different environments (e.g. the lighthouse fortress) helps with reframing and distilling what’s important | * Having LAB sessions in different environments (e.g. the lighthouse fortress) helps with reframing and distilling what’s important |
| * The value of different types of shared experience (e.g. Oceanario, the underwater forest exhibition) allows the participants to reflect on their own practice and Marine CoLAB as a whole. It reminded the participants how important it can be to be patient. | * The value of different types of shared experience (e.g. Oceanario, the underwater forest exhibition) allows the participants to reflect on their own practice and Marine CoLAB as a whole. It reminded the participants how important it can be to be patient. |
| | * Vali Lalioti's reflection on [[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/taking-teams-perfect-storm-vali-lalioti-phd-mba-frsa?trk=prof-post|The Perfect Storm]] |
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