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region. It encompasses all of the diversity, dynamics and complexity described
above. An attempt to create a shared vision or visions of marine EBM was deemed
crucial from the outset of the project to ensure that the many stakeholders involved
in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Project could use it as a common point
of reference to guide their activities. It was decided to approach this by holding a
symposium that brought a wide cross-section of stakeholders together to generate a
vision for a shift to marine EBM that would be grounded in a set of agreed-upon
principles. A secondary goal of the symposium was to promote networking among
key collaborators who are in a position to steward the shift. Creating linkages among
key players will help to keep the shared EBM vision alive and in sight, and will help
to coordinate efforts regionally. Symposium participants came from the groupings
illustrated in Fig. 17.2 . They were selected based either on the role of their organization in regional living marine resource governance, their connection with the CLME
initiative or their known expertise and activity in marine EBM.
Symposium Process Design and Organization
Facilitation services were engaged to plan and implement the symposium. Design
meetings were held between the lead facilitator and symposium conveners to determine the most effective methods to achieve the desired outputs. What the conveners
wished to achieve was the identi fi cation of a shared vision for EBM and its inherent
principles and how stakeholders will work together, or individually, to achieve it.
Fig. 17.2 The mix of participants in the symposium. The number and percentage of participants
is shown under each label
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region. It encompasses all of the diversity, dynamics and complexity described
above. An attempt to create a shared vision or visions of marine EBM was deemed
crucial from the outset of the project to ensure that the many stakeholders involved
in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Project could use it as a common point
of reference to guide their activities. It was decided to approach this by holding a
symposium that brought a wide cross-section of stakeholders together to generate a
vision for a shift to marine EBM that would be grounded in a set of agreed-upon
principles. A secondary goal of the symposium was to promote networking among
key collaborators who are in a position to steward the shift. Creating linkages among
key players will help to keep the shared EBM vision alive and in sight, and will help
to coordinate efforts regionally. Symposium participants came from the groupings
illustrated in Fig. 17.2 . They were selected based either on the role of their organization in regional living marine resource governance, their connection with the CLME
initiative or their known expertise and activity in marine EBM.
Symposium Process Design and Organization
Facilitation services were engaged to plan and implement the symposium. Design
meetings were held between the lead facilitator and symposium conveners to determine the most effective methods to achieve the desired outputs. What the conveners
wished to achieve was the identi fi cation of a shared vision for EBM and its inherent
principles and how stakeholders will work together, or individually, to achieve it.
Fig. 17.2 The mix of participants in the symposium. The number and percentage of participants
is shown under each label