View source for Working Group 3: Policy, Governance, and Development

DFM Working Group 3 investigates policy, governance, and development connections to dried fish value chains.

Detail on the theoretical approach and methods are provided in the [[DFM WG3 Guiding document|'''DFM WG3 Guiding document''']].

== Meetings ==

* '''2021-01-14.''' The Working Group discussed the [[DFM WG3 Guiding document|Guiding Document]] prepared by Emdad, focusing on the logistics of research building on the work of the Research Teams. See the [[DFM WG3 Minutes 2021-01-14|minutes of this meeting f]]<nowiki/>or details of the discussion.

== Current action items ==

* '''Derek''' and '''Emdad''' will meet to discuss next steps in RA-supported work.
** Extended an offer of employment to '''Mahed Choudhury''', PhD student at the Natural Resources Institute, who will work with Emdad on activities related to WG3.
** SRA work plan to be presented at the next WG3 meeting.
** Planning meeting 2021-04-07
* '''Eric''' will get status updates on outstanding governance reviews from the Research Teams and request urgent submission. The governance reviews will support a synthesis study by the Working Group.
** Thus far we have received dedicated policy reviews from Sri Lanka and Gujarat, as well as scoping reports from Mizoram & Manipur and Cambodia that address policy and governance issues. 
** We are also expecting policy/governance reviews from Bangladesh and West Bengal (both past due) and Thailand (due at the end of Scoping research). 
** Dedicated policy/governance reviews were not part of the work plans developed for Karnataka or Andhra Pradesh. 
** A governance and technical interventions report is due from Myanmar, but the future status of that research remains unclear. 
* '''Derek''' will formalize a plan for MARE contributions and solicit comments by email.
** Draft proposals are posted on the page [[MARE conference 2021]].
** The deadline for submissions to the conference organizing committee has been extended to 12 February, 2021. Comments should be provided to Derek by FEBRUARY 5.
* '''Prateep''' will develop a survey to be sent out to Research Teams, intended to gather data supporting a MARE conference contribution on policy, governance, and development.
* The '''Working Group''' will reconvene in a month or so.
** Query to Emdad and Prateep 2021-03-04

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