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Objective 1
Enhance strategic oversight, efficient operational systems, partnership, and collaboration
Strategic dimensions · 450 results · 2018–2025
How FAME results map to strategic frameworks
Every FAME result reported between 2018 and 2025 is tagged against the SPC Strategic Plan 2022–2031 (Key Focus Areas, Pathways, Flagships), the SDGs (primary + secondary), and from 2025 onwards to the FAME Business Plan 2022–2027 objectives. This page distils the 450-result corpus across all six dimensions.
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BP Objectives
2022–2027
2022–2027
7
SP Key Focus
Areas
Areas
5
SP Pathways
tagged
tagged
13
SDGs
contributed to
contributed to
450
Results
analysed
analysed
1 · FAME Business Plan 2022–2027 Objectives
The FAME Business Plan 2022–2027 organises FAME's work into seven objectives. The 2025 reporting cycle is the first to tag every result against an objective — 49 results in total. Objective 4 (scientific research and advice) dominates with one-third of all results.
Coverage note
Business Plan objective tagging is only present in the 2025 register (49 of 450 results). Earlier reporting years (2018–2024) used different result-area structures — SPC Development Objectives (2018–2021) and KFA + KRA pairs (2022–2024). Back-tagging earlier years to the new objectives is a candidate piece of work.
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Objective 2
Provide, and facilitate access to and interpretation of fisheries, aquaculture, and marine ecosystem science
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Objective 3
Enhance data collection and provide data management services for fisheries, aquaculture, and marine ecosystems
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Objective 4
Provide scientific research, analysis, and advice for evidence-based fisheries management
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Objective 5
Strengthen the contributions of Pacific islands aquaculture and fisheries toward sustainable food systems
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Objective 6
Identify diverse and sustainable livelihood options for SPC member PICTs
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Objective 7
Support the development of national capacity and enhance capabilities in fisheries and aquaculture
2 · SPC Strategic Plan Key Focus Areas (KFAs)
Every FAME result is tagged against one of the seven SPC Strategic Plan Key Focus Areas. KFA 2 (Natural resources and biodiversity) dominates with 292 results — unsurprisingly, given FAME's mandate. KFA 7 (Transforming institutional effectiveness) is second at 9.6%, reflecting strong reporting on partnerships, systems and ways of working.
2. Natural resources and biodiversity
292 (67.3%)
7. Transforming institutional effectiveness
43 (9.9%)
3. Food systems
32 (7.4%)
4. Equity, education and social development
29 (6.7%)
5. Sustainable economies and livelihoods
27 (6.2%)
1. Resilience and climate action
11 (2.5%)
Coverage: 432 of 450 results tagged. 18 legacy entries (pre-2022 SPC Development Objectives) are excluded from these bars but counted in the totals.
3 · SPC Strategic Plan Pathways
SPC's Strategic Plan 2022–2031 defines five ways the organisation creates change. Pathway tagging applies to 240 of 450 FAME results (from 2022 onwards). Capability and influence dominates at 40% — consistent with FAME's heavy investment in training, leadership programmes and technical advice.
Capability and influence
96 (40.0%)
Data, statistics and knowledge
43 (17.9%)
Policy to action
42 (17.5%)
Innovation and research
37 (15.4%)
Digitalisation and technology
22 (9.2%)
What the pathway mix tells us
FAME builds change primarily through capability (training, leadership, advisory work). Data and policy are equally weighted (≈18% each), with innovation/research and digital technology playing supporting roles. This balance is consistent with FAME's position as a regional science and capacity-building organisation.
160 of 450 results also carry a secondary pathway, most often Data/statistics or Policy to action — suggesting FAME results typically combine two pathways rather than relying on one.
4 · SPC Cross-cutting Flagships
SPC's Flagships are cross-divisional programmes that mobilise the whole organisation around major themes. Flagship tagging is new in 2025 and only 5 results are currently tagged — this is a reporting development area rather than reflecting actual contribution.
Oceans
2 results tagged in 2025Climate Change
2 results tagged in 2025Food Systems
1 results tagged in 2025Under-tagged dimension
Many FAME results contribute substantively to the Climate Change, Oceans, and Food Systems flagships — including the GCF US$107.4M Regional Tuna Programme (Climate + Oceans), CKMR sampling (Oceans), and small-scale fisheries work (Food Systems). Surface tagging is sparse; the underlying contribution is much larger.
5 · Sustainable Development Goals contribution
Each FAME result is tagged against the SDG it contributes to most strongly (primary) and optionally a secondary goal. SDG 14 (Life Below Water) is the primary SDG for 73% of results — the strongest concentration of any dimension on this page. The secondary SDG mix tells a richer story.
Primary SDG contribution
450 of 450 results have a primary SDG · SDG 14 dominates (330 results, 73.3%)
14 Life below water
330 (73.3%)
02 Zero hunger
37 (8.2%)
17 Partnerships for the goals
21 (4.7%)
05 Gender equality
17 (3.8%)
08 Decent work and economic growth
15 (3.3%)
13 Climate action
7 (1.6%)
12 Responsible consumption and production
6 (1.3%)
16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
5 (1.1%)
01 No poverty
5 (1.1%)
09 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
3 (0.7%)
03 Good health and well-being
2 (0.4%)
15 Life on land
1 (0.2%)
10 Reduced inequalities
1 (0.2%)
Secondary SDG contribution
137 of 450 results have a secondary SDG · SDG 8 (Decent Work) tops the list at 24.8%
08 Decent work and economic growth
34 (24.8%)
14 Life below water
28 (20.4%)
02 Zero hunger
19 (13.9%)
17 Partnerships for the goals
13 (9.5%)
01 No poverty
11 (8.0%)
13 Climate action
9 (6.6%)
05 Gender equality
9 (6.6%)
09 Industry, innovation and infrastructure
4 (2.9%)
15 Life on land
3 (2.2%)
16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
2 (1.5%)
The richer story is in the secondary SDGs
Primary SDG concentration (73% in SDG 14) reflects FAME's core mandate. The secondary SDG distribution is more diverse — SDG 8 (Decent work, 25%), SDG 14 (Life below water, 20%), SDG 2 (Zero hunger, 14%), SDG 17 (Partnerships, 10%). This shows that beyond the headline ocean focus, FAME work consistently contributes to economic growth, food security, and partnership building.
What the strategic alignment tells us
FAME is well-aligned with its core mandate
- 65% of results sit in KFA 2 (Natural resources and biodiversity) — this is FAME's home territory.
- 73% map to SDG 14 (Life Below Water) as their primary contribution — the strongest of any SDG concentration in SPC reporting.
- 40% use the Capability and Influence pathway — matching FAME's deep investment in regional training and leadership development.
- Objective 4 (scientific research and advice) takes 33% of 2025 results — FAME's flagship analytical function.
Strategic dimensions to develop further
- Flagship tagging is only present on 5 of 49 results in 2025. FAME's contribution to Climate Change, Oceans and Food Systems flagships is much larger than current tagging shows.
- Business Plan objective back-tagging for 2018–2024 results would enable consistent multi-year analysis under the seven 2022–2027 objectives.
- Pathway tagging started in 2022. Backfilling 2018–2021 results (165 entries) would complete the time series.
- Secondary SDG tagging sits at 30% (137 of 450) — many results have multiple SDG contributions that go unrecorded.
Methodology & data sources
Source registers
FAME_20182022_Results.xlsx (sheets 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022); 2023_Results.xlsx ("2023 Results" sheet); 2024_Results_Framework_FINAL_EN.xlsx; 2025_Results.xlsx ("FAME" sheet). Filtered to FAME-tagged rows only (450 records).
Dimension availability
KFA: 432/450 (96%). Primary SDG: 450/450 (100%). Secondary SDG: 137/450 (30%). Primary Pathway: 240/450 (53%, from 2022). BP Objective: 49/450 (11%, 2025 only). Flagship: 5/450 (1%, 2025 only).
Normalisation
Strings normalised to canonical forms (e.g. "2. Natural Resources and Biodiversity" / "Natural resources and biodiversity" → KFA 2). Legacy 2018–2021 Development Objectives (DO1, DO2…) are not directly comparable to the post-2022 KFA framework.