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SPC HOF meeting
Fisheries Aquaculture and Marine
Ecosystems Division
Director’s Report
Topics to be Covered
- Role of Directors’ office
- Funding and staffing
- Our planning process
- Work of the Director’s office – 2012 and
2013 plan
- FAME draft strategic plan 2013-16
FAME Division
Director & PA
Climate Change Adviser
Information Unit
SciCOFish Project Coordinator
• Oceanic Fisheries
Programme
• Coastal Fisheries
Programme
• Stock Assessment and
Modelling
• Data Management
• Fisheries Monitoring
• Ecosystem Monitoring and
Analysis
• Coastal Fisheries Science
and Management
• Nearshore Fisheries
Development
• Aquaculture
Staff and funding
Staff numbers at January 2013
86 staff in total
Director
Revised 2012 Budget – 13.36 mi.
CFP Units
OFP
CFP
Professional
4
34
19
Technical
2
22
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Admin.
1
2
2
Total
7
58
21
Director
OFP
CFP
19 nationalities (as well as staff from all
3 French territories)
40% female
17 Pacific Islands professional staff
Director’s Office Work in 2012
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Review of strategic plan and development of
indicators.
Mini-Hof meeting in June.
Support for project design and reporting.
SciCOFish administration, reporting, steering
committee & communications.
Marine Sector Working Group and
Oceanscape Initiative.
Expert consultation on sea cucumber.
Participation in SPC Independent External
Review.
PACENET meeting and consultations with EU
in Brussels.
Liaison with FFA, PIFS, WCPFC.
Missions to Solomon Islands, Kiribati.
Administration and reporting to CRGA –
fisheries and oceans.
Communications efforts throughout the year.
Fisheries and Climate Change
• Four-day meeting for senior
fisheries officials on climate
change and fisheries;
• Development of 4 policy
briefs on CC and fisheries;
• 3 in-country workshops to
develop national awareness
and strategies;
• Representation of SPC at
various CC related events.
Information Section
• Website continuously updated
and improved
• 3 Fisheries Newsletters in full
colour
• 7 policy briefs laid out
• 6 Special Interest Group Bulletins
produced
• Digital Library updated
• 2012 Fisheries Address Book
• Various publications for sections
• Assistance with production of
national information materials
(FSM, Palau, Kiribati, Tuvalu,
Samoa)
• Annual report lay-out
• Poster for Kiribati schools
Planning Process
HoF > Strategic Plan Objectives & Results < Reviews
V
JCS > Annual Work Plan Activities < Consultations
V
Individual Staff Work Plans
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Implementation during the year < Urgent Requests
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Staff Appraisals - Annual Report
2013 Work Plan
• Many 2012 activities to continue
• EU funding a priority – extension of SciCOFish
and possible new project approach for EDF11
• Explore possible project with FFA and UNIDO
on tuna by-catch utilisation
• 4-5 in-country workshops on climate change
adaptation
• Further development of materials for schools.
FAME Strategic Plan
• Current plan runs from 2010-13
• Reviewed last year and HoF agreed
minor changes to objectives
• Development of new indicators –
for Pacific Fisheries and for FAME
• Alignment with new SPC Corporate
Plan
• Proposed to have a series of rolling
plans reviewed every 2 years
• External review of Division planned
for 2014
Thank you – any questions?