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to Regional Aquatic Resources Management (STREAM) is an
initiative designed within the five-year Work Program cycle
of the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA).
It aims offer support to the livelihoods of poor peoples who
manage aquatic resources. It achieves this through supporting
agencies and institutions to:
- Better
understand poor people's livelihoods and use of aquatic
resources,
- Identify
aquatic resources management issues impacting on the livelihoods
of poor people
- Enable
poor people to exert greater influence over policies and
processes that impact on their lives; and
- Utilize
existing and emerging information more effectively
The STREAM Initiative is based around partnerships, involving
at the outset a coalition of founding partners (AusAID, DFID,
FAO and VSO) supporting NACA. It has adopted an inclusive
approach, linking up stakeholders engaged in aquatic resources
management and supporting them to influence the Initiative's
design, implementation and management.
STREAM implementation is an iterative process, initially operating
in Cambodia, India, Nepal, Philippines and Vietnam, and expanding
within Asia-Pacific where opportunities exist to tackle poverty
and promote good governance.
STREAM's
communications strategy aims to increase impact by ensuring
that existing knowledge and expertise inform ongoing change
processes around the region, and that the lessons learned
are disseminated throughout Asia-Pacific. The STREAM Journal
and the STREAM website are components of this strategy.
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