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Pan-African workshop on strengthening organizational structures of non-state actors for sustainable small-scale fisheries in Africa
dc.creator | Westlund, L. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-04-17T07:05:21Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-04-17T07:05:21Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Lena Westlund. (30/3/2020). Pan-African workshop on strengthening organizational structures of non-state actors for sustainable small-scale fisheries in Africa. Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9789251322895 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12348/4066 | |
dc.description.abstract | Small-scale fisheries play a vital role for the food security and livelihoods of millions of people globally, and in Africa in particular. Accordingly, the development of sustainable small-scale fisheries is an integral part of the African Union (AU) Policy Framework and Reform Strategy for Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa (PFRS – 2014); moreover, a 10-Year Action Plan for Small-Scale Fisheries Development in Africa was published in 2017. At the global policy level, the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) represent the first international instrument specifically dedicated to small-scale fisheries and provide a comprehensive framework for states and stakeholders to support them. A key premise for both the PFRS and SSF Guidelines is the effective participation of smallscale fishers and fishworkers in decision-making and development processes that concern their lives and livelihoods. To make such participation possible, organizations representing small-scale fisheries need organizations that represent them as well as the appropriate processes to give them a seat around the decision-making table. Accordingly, the AU Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) and AU Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) have supported the establishment of non-state actor (NSA) platforms. At the same time, at the global level, a multistakeholder partnership mechanism with an important advisory role for small-scale fisheries actors has been conceived in the context of SSF Guidelines implementation: the SSF Guidelines Global Strategic Framework (SSF-GSF). To continue building these organizational structures already put in place and to strengthen collaboration between small-scale fisheries actors and African regional organizations, while also linking the regional arena to global processes, a Pan-African Workshop on Strengthening Organizational Structures of Non-state Actors for Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in Africa was held in Kasane, Botswana, on 10–12 July 2019. The workshop was organized by WorldFish and FAO in collaboration with AU-IBAR and hosted by the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The workshop was attended by some 40 participants, including representatives of Regional Economic Communities (RECs), regional fishery bodies (RFBs), small-scale fisheries (SSF) actor organizations, NSA platforms and other relevant actors. The main objectives of the workshop were to enhance the functioning of the five subregional NSA platforms in Africa; to develop strategies and recommendations for the establishment of a Pan-African NSA Platform; and to link global and regional processes and investigate how regional representation can be reflected in the SSF-GSF mechanism, in particular its Advisory Group. | en_US |
dc.format | en_US | |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) | en_US |
dc.rights | CC-BY-4.0 | en_US |
dc.subject | small-scale fishers | en_US |
dc.title | Pan-African workshop on strengthening organizational structures of non-state actors for sustainable small-scale fisheries in Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
cg.contributor.crp | Fish | en_US |
cg.contributor.funder | OAK Foundation | en_US |
cg.contributor.project | Building capacity, coordination and communication for collective action on small scale fisheries | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Botswana | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Democratic Republic of the Congo | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Egypt | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Ethiopia | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Gabon | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Ghana | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Kenya | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Malawi | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Namibia | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Nigeria | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | South Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | United Republic of Tanzania | en_US |
cg.coverage.country | Zambia | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Southern Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Middle Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Northern Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Eastern Africa | en_US |
cg.coverage.region | Western Africa | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | partnerships | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | capacity building | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | cooperation | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | small-scale fisheries | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | workers | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | goal 2 zero hunger | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | goal 14 life below water | en_US |
cg.subject.agrovoc | goal 17 partnerships for the goals | en_US |
cg.contributor.affiliation | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations | en_US |
cg.identifier.status | Open access | en_US |
cg.description.theme | Resilient small-scale fisheries | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.4060/ca8141en | en_US |