Next Steps: Utilising the BCP
• Share the information enclosed in the BCP and have feedback
• Open channels with intergovernmental organisations (UNESCO, UNEP, NMK) and the media
• Communicate with government
• Create awareness of Lamu Port BCP through media, rallies, Lamu flag, the development
Lamu Charter and stakeholders meetings
• Develop legal capacity of the Lamu communities
• Get the legal recognition of Lamu Port BCP
• Hold regular community meetings to make all the above happen
Needs
• Financial support
• Legal expertise
• Partnership development and support
Peer to Peer Learning Support
• Share experience of BCP development process
Roadmap n°5: LIFE Network and MPIDO, Kenya
Goal
Develop a Samburu and Maa BCP for communities to use as a tool to protect their resources and
engage with the outside world.
Action Plan
• Encourage different communities to appreciate and understand each other and their
resources – (i) cultural festivals and (ii) indigenous breed shows
• Build the capacity of communities to get involved, understand, own and use BCP – (i)
training paralegals and (ii) institutional arrangements
• Explore possibilities of negotiating with other communities – (i) expanding coverage, (ii)
resources, (iii) exchange via learning visits and dialogues
• Develop and validate the common BCP that should cover among other community
processes, issues of lands and governance and, very importantly, links to national and
international laws.
• Develop mechanism for legal recognition of BCPs
(authorities, policy makers and
implementers) – (i) stakeholders workshops, (ii) build alliances and synergies with other
communities, (iii) media campaign and (iv) linkages at all levels
Needs
• Legal guidance – legally sound and not in conflict with other laws
• Experts
• Finance
• Capacity building
Peer to Peer Learning Support
• Share experience of BCP development
• Share endogenous development expertise
• Training paralegals with regard to Kenyan national laws and new constitution
Group n°3: South Africa and Namibia
Roadmap n°5: SAEDP, South Africa
Goal
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