Introduction to the Zero Draft and
working group discussions
FAO/SPC Pacific Islands Regional Consultation on the Development of
Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF)
Noumea, New Caldonia, 12-14 June 2012
Expected workshop outputs
• Compilation of experiences of good policies + practices in the Pacific Islands
region in support of small-scale fisheries
• Comments on overall considerations, principles and general principles, title,
structure and target audience of the Guidelines
• Considerations and suggestions concerning institutional and incentive
structures for bringing the Guidelines into effective implementation in the
region, including identification of potential constraints, opportunities for
support and partnerships.
• Recommendations for the next steps in the development process for the
Guidelines, including the potential need for further consultations at national
and local levels, and responsibilities of governments and other stakeholders.
How to achieve the workshop outputs?
The ‘Zero Draft’ based on
– outcomes of the extensive consultation
process taken place during the last few years;
– Discussion Document: Towards Voluntary
Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small-scale
Fisheries prepared as a stock-taking exercise by
the FAO SSF Guidelines Secretariat in July 2011
and
– contributions to and outcomes of the FAO
Workshop on International Guidelines for
Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries,
February 2012
The ‘Zero Draft’
Purpose: Stimulate further consultations among
all concerned parties
Target audience:
– Fisheries administration
– CSOs
– Other stakeholders
Outcomes of additional consultations will provide guidance to
the FAO Secretariat when preparing the text of the SSF Guidelines that
will be submitted as a draft to the formal inter-governmental negotiation
process tentatively scheduled for May 2013
Part 1
• Purpose and objectives of the SSF Guidelines
– what the SSF Guidelines are,
– who they are for,
– what they are intended to apply to and their scope,
• Characterization of SSF
• How the SSF Guidelines link to other relevant
international instruments
• General principles on which the SSF Guidelines
are based and that should guide implementation.
Part 2
5.
Need for SSF communities to have secure rights to fishery resources
and land and the ability to benefit from them
–
Sustainable use of aquatic resources, effective management and stewardship
regimes
6.
Importance of social development dimension of SSF livelihoods (e.g.
access to social services, need for equality and equity)
7. Need for small-scale fishing communities to have secure incomes
and to enjoy safe, fair and decent working conditions
8. Specific issues related to the postharvest sector and trade
9. Importance of gender and the need to promote equality and equity
10. Vulnerabilities of small-scale fishing communities in the context of
disaster risks and climate change
– Ways of reducing this vulnerability and to increase resilience
Part 3
11.Often common lack of policy coherence and
cross-sectoral collaboration
12.Interrelated aspects of access to information
and capacity development
– General lack of information and research on SSF
– Need for capacity development at all levels and
scales
13.Potential challenges in implementing the SSF
Guidelines and strategies for ensuring that the
SSF Guidelines are applied
Build on it!
Many substantive issues have been identified in previous
consultations. How can we move the process forward?
– Is anything missing in terms of key issues to be addressed by the SSF
Guidelines?
– How can the issues be best addressed in the SSF Guidelines (language,
structure, level of detail, etc.) to be relevant at all levels and for all
stakeholder groups?
– Consider all stakeholder perspectives in the discussions!
– (How) can implementation issues be already be built in?
Working groups
Session 1: Responsible fisheries
and sustainable development
Session 2: Ensuring and enabling
environment and supporting
implementation
• GROUP1: Governance of rights,
resource management and
stewardship
• GROUP 2: Social development
and gender equality and equity
• GROUP 3: Postharvest and value
chains, decent work and
employment
• GROUP 1: Policy coherence,
institutional coordination and
collaboration
• GROUP 2: Research, information
and capacity development
• GROUP 3: Implementation
support and monitoring
Group organization
FAO
Facilitator
• Brief introduction to the
topic at the beginning of
the session to convey key
elements and additional
information on the
particular topic
Rapporteur
Group
Presenter
• Documentation of
discussions
• Support to presenter to
prepare plenary
presentation
• Discussion summary and
PPP to FAO Secretariat
• Chosen among the groups
participants
• Reports back to plenary on
group discussions
• Responsible for preparing
Power Point with help from
Rapporteur
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