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The two projects share equipment and other resources and also, where relevant, share expertise between the two teams. The main project linkages and joint outputs are summarised in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Linkages between ACIAR Projects FIS/2003/027 and FIS/2002/076 and principal joint outputs.

DISSEMINATION STRATEGY

The two projects have jointly established a National Steering Committee (NSC) and a Local Advisory Committee (LAC) inSouth Sulawesi to fine tune and disseminate the project outputs to the stakeholders. We propose to establish other LACs in the near future. Figure 2 shows the general approach.

Figure 2: Adoption pathways between both ACIAR projects and Indonesian government

Both projects are also extending the planning tools through:

Extension workshops
Publication of guidelines, a coastal aquaculture classification scheme and accompanying maps
Research publications
Industry journals

The National Steering Committee (NSC) - Established November 2005

The NSC is a high-level working group comprising representatives from government agencies involved in coastal resource management and coastal industry development in Indonesia. The key role of the NSC is to ensure that the planning tools produced by the two ACIAR projects meet the needs of key stakeholder agencies, and to guide the development of nationally-relevant dissemination strategies. The composition of the group draws together agencies involved in research, extension services, planning and policy so that the dissemination strategies will provide an effective inter-agency approach to aquaculture development. The inter-agency approach ensures that the stakeholder needs and institutional requirements are effectively communicated and addressed where possible by the two projects.

The terms of reference for the NSC include:

To facilitate stakeholder consultation to ensure that project outputs are consistent with stakeholder needs;
To provide guidance on how to best disseminate and promote adoption of the planning tools more broadly within Indonesia; and
To facilitate and encourage effective two-way communication with the LAC (South Sulawesi)

Local Advisory Committee

An LAC for South Sulawesi facilitates interaction between the two research project teams and local authorities. The LAC comprises representatives from provincial and regency-based agencies as well as the Project Leaders from FIS/2002/076 and FIS/2003/027.

The LAC provides a forum to discuss local decision-making processes to enable the research projects to develop planning tools that are relevant to the needs of stakeholders involved in brackishwater aquaculture and mariculture with a particular emphasis on meeting the needs of farmers, extension officers and fisheries resource managers in South Sulawesi. The LAC also provides advice to the NSC and, through review and development, will provide a model for future LACs in other provinces and/or regencies.

Accordingly, the terms of reference for the LAC include:

to advise the two research projects on the planning needs of local stakeholder groups;
to play an active role in the development of planning tools, based on the research outcomes of the two projects;
to facilitate the dissemination and application of the planning tools; and
to provide advice to the NSC and communicate the projects' progress - two selected LAC nominees to attend the NSC meetings