Summary of the side event on Capacity Development in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ): Experiences, Lessons, and Possible Ways Forward on July 17, 2017, at BBNJ PrepCom 4.

Result of capacity development assessment designed to determine existing capacity as well as desired capacity in the management of ABNJ. Participants include 250 regional, and national decision-makers in global organizations (such as FAO, UNEP, UNESCO, UNDP, regional organizations, the Permanent Commission for the South pacific, regional conventions, and national organizations). 

Scientists and observers from the deep-sea fishing industry, academia, regional fisheriesorganizations, and non-governmental organizations met at the FAO headquarters from 30 January to February 2017 to review the performance of acoustics data in the assessment of orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus) in the southern Indian Ocean.

Capacity Development side event at the fourth session of the Preparatory Committee on BBNJ. Focusing on experiences, and lessons learned in existing efforts at capacity develop­ment in ABNJ, this side event aims to explore ways and options of moving forward on this central issue in the BBNJ process.   

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