1. The Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (GCP/INT/735/UK) and FAO Advisory Committee on Fisheries Research (ACFR) Joint Working Party on Poverty in Small-Scale Fisheries - Promoting the Contribution of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in Poverty Alleviation, was held in FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy, from 10-12 April 2002. The Agenda for the meeting is provided in Appendix A. The List of Participants is given in Appendix B. A list of papers and submissions tabled at the meeting is provided in Appendix C.
2. At its Third Session, Rome, Italy, 6-7 December 2001, the Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP) Steering Committee approved a normative three-year project on “Promoting the contribution of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries in poverty alleviation”. The principal purpose is to strengthen FAO’s normative and field work programme in support of member countries’ efforts to alleviate poverty in fishing communities, and to enhance the contribution of the fisheries sector in national poverty reduction strategies and programmes. In addition, the project seeks to increase global awareness on poverty in small-scale and artisanal fisheries and on poverty alleviation strategies and measures. In the desire to ensure that this project is carried out in the most efficient manner possible, taking into account the recommendations of ACFR as well as the experience and knowledge of as wide a cross-section of persons knowledgeable on the subject, FAO and SFLP convened this working party whose expected outcomes were to:
enrich our understanding of the subject through exchange of experience and knowledge;
identify clearly how the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (CCRF) could serve as a tool in poverty alleviation in fishing communities;
identify critical knowledge gaps and research needs;
elaborate a project framework and research methodologies.
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[1] This report is structured
such that it first presents summaries of the various presentations made during
the meeting and some pertinent commentaries. It then provides in the final
section a summary of the meeting’s main outcomes and findings. |
