ICSF workshop on the implementation of the SSF Guidelines at local level in India

FAO supports an International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) project on social, economic and environmental transformation of inland and marine small-scale fisheries.

In early November, ICSF in collaboration with the Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), hosted a national workshop of local governments – known as panchayat raj institutions – to raise awareness about the SSF Guidelines and review the capacities of panchayati raj institutions to implement the SSF Guidelines in India.

The objectives of the workshop were to:

• Raise awareness about the SSF Guidelines and review the capacities of panchayat institutions to implement the Guidelines;
• Review existing panchayat budgets and programmes for marine and inland fisheries and fishing communities, and identify opportunities and gaps in local governance; and
• Highlight panchayat-level best practices on participatory decision making; delivery of welfare and social services benefiting fishing communities; women's socio-economic development and equal representation; climate change adaptation and disaster risk management; and sustainable fisheries management and resource utilization

Concept note

Link to workshop website