The overall aim of this work package is to contribute to the transfer of knowledge on and experience in MSP governance in a North-South transboundary Atlantic context. The development of joint research and innovation activities aimed at understanding and critically analysing, evaluating and comparing political, legal and governance frameworks in MSP will enhance the research skills and capabilities of academic and non-academic researchers with different social science backgrounds. International and inter-sectoral collaboration will support dynamic solutions and innovative governance designs for MSP in tropical waters.

To this end, this WP will consist of four Tasks :

• An in-depth review of existing MSP policies, legal and institutional frameworks, and governance arrangements in the Tropical Atlantic, to generate a state-of-the-art review.
• Task 3.2 entails mapping national and sub-national policies and policy-making in the three case study countries (Senegal, Cape Verde, Brazil).
• Task 3.3 will involve a critical analysis of best practices in MSP, allowing researchers to identify the key characteristics of successful MSP processes.
• Insights from Tasks 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 will feed Task 3.4 which involves the exploration of possible governance designs and policy innovations for MSP in the Tropical Atlantic.

Please find a tentative bibliography for this workpackage through this link.

Please find the related data library through this link, last updated on June 17th, 2019.