SocPro4Fish Updates | Focus on Colombia

HIGHLIGHT

PODCASt - Colombia's sea women net a better deal

In this episode, you will meet the platoneras, Afro-descendent women who sell fresh fish and seafood to delight local and foreign diners with the fruits of the Pacific Ocean. The platoneras are part of the afro-descendent identity of the Colombian Pacific. They are an example of the preservation of customs of a group who has passed their knowledge and livelihood from one generation to another, thus bequeathing the techniques and methods for the processing and sale of fish and seafood, which their relatives and fellow countrymen bring every morning to the port of Buenaventura.

TODAY

EVENT- GIPRO National Roundtable in Bogota

As part of the SocPro4Fish project, developed by INVEMAR and FAO with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), a national roundtable is being held in Bogotá to strengthen the actions of the Interagency Group for Social Protection in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector (GIPRO). The objective of GIPRO is to create a space of articulation that influences the decision-making process to promote social protection in the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the country.

PAST EVENTS

WORKSHOP – In 27 artisanal fish farmers trained in financial management and revolving funds

28/02/2023

27 artisanal fish farmers trained in financial management and revolving funds. As part of the activities to strengthen the capacities of small-scale fish farmers through the Social Protection for Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture in Colombia (SocPro4Fish) project, the Marine and Coastal Research Institute (INVEMAR) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) held two workshops in April this year on financial aspects and revolving funds.

MEETING -  Participatory exercise for the social protection of the country's fisheries and aquaculture sector

05/04/2022

The first meeting of the Interinstitutional Group for the Social Protection of Fisheries and Aquaculture (GIPRO) was held, comprising public and private entities, academia, NGOs, and civil society from the fisheries and aquaculture sector, as well as the country's social protection.

WORKSHOP - Inputs for the recovery of livelihoods and identification of gaps towards social protection in small-scale fisheries in Buenaventura

25/02/2023

With the purpose of promoting dialogue, knowledge sharing and advocacy to identify the gaps that exist for social protection, as well as the strengths and weaknesses in the marketing of fishery products, the FAO, together with the Institute of Marine and Coastal Research of Colombia - INVEMAR, conducted this workshop aimed at fishers, fishery workers and local institutions in this sector. This workshop was accompanied by NORAD, who were in the territory to learn first hand about the work with the communities.