This is indeed a typical challenge. FISH4ACP pursues an approach based on partnership, which means that stakeholders are involved throughout the project and they are in the driver’s seat when it comes to developing a vision and taking strategic decisions. Because of this intense and continuous interaction with the stakeholders, messages from workshops will be more effectively spread.

This is an important process that needs to be implemented gradually and built, as much as possible, on what is already there. The process should start informally, bringing the stakeholders together to discuss issues, develop new ideas and solve smaller challenges. As the value of such collaboration is proven in these initial steps, the process and the platform will gradually become more structured, more formal and more engaging. Over time, facilitation by the project will be replaced by national models for operating the platform.