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The International Institutions and liaison Service (FIEL) has the primary responsibility for providing support to regional fishery bodies and for ensuring liaison and coordination with FAO members, UN and its specialized agencies, other international intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned with capture fisheries and aquaculture.
The Service promotes, in particular, the implementation of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, its related instruments and other relevant international instruments, and elaborates additional guidelines and international plans of action in specific areas.
The Service promotes global fishery coordination, international agreement and action, inter-country collaboration on global and regional issues and knowledge exchange, including through the organization of conferences or other expert and technical consultations or meetings in cooperation with the relevant units of the Department at Headquarters and in decentralized offices, as well as through the development of regional or global networks and information systems. FIE promotes collaboration and consultation among UN and specialized agencies, other global, regional and subregional organizations and arrangements, such as regional fishery bodies (RFBs), and non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations (NGO/CSOs).
The Service acts as the Secretariat of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI); liaises with other units and coordinates departmental inputs to FAO's statutory bodies (Conference, Council, FAO regional conferences and FAO regional fishery bodies) and monitors the follow-up action by the Department on decisions and recommendations of these bodies.
See a list of programmes which FIEL leads.
See a list of projects which FIEL leads.
For further information about the programme and its activities, please send an email
See the list of FIEL staff and responsibilities | |
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