FAO.

Report of the Ad Hoc Meeting of Intergovernmental Organizations on Work Programmes Related to Subsidies in Fisheries. Rome, 21-22 May 2001.

FAO Fisheries Report. No. 649. Rome, FAO. 2001. 14 p.

ABSTRACT

The Ad Hoc Meeting of Intergovernmental Organizations on Work Programmes Related to Subsidies in Fisheries took place at FAO Headquarters for one and a half days starting on 21 May 2001 as a follow up to a recommendation made at the Twenty-fourth Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI). Representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariats attended the Meeting. Mr Ulf Wijkström, FAO Fisheries Department, was elected Chairperson of the meeting and an agenda that included two main issues: (i) presentation and discussion of work programmes on subsidies in fisheries by participating organizations; and (ii) challenges and possible way forward/issues for the future was adopted.

While noting that collaboration amongst the agencies concerned has been going on for some time, the meeting identified a number of additional opportunities for collaboration. The meeting also identified actions for intergovernmental organizations and governments respectively.