PART I

FINAL REPORT

I. OPENING SESSION

The Working Groups meetings for the elaboration of TECAM and SELAM programmes of activities, as a follow-up to the recommendations of MEDRAP Steering Committee Meeting (Byblos, Lebanon, November 1993) were held in the Instituto Agronómico Mediterráneo (IAMZ) in Zaragoza, Spain, from 29 June to 1st July 1994. The lists of participants are appended (Annex 1).

The two Working Groups were jointly addressed by Mr. Miguel Valls, the Director of the IAMZ, which is the coordinating institution of the TECAM and SELAM Networks.

Mr. Miguel Valls presented the practical aspects of the meetings organisation and thereafter, he introduced the CIHEAM background, its objectives for cooperation development and its main concerns and areas of activities linked to the environment, production and economic aspects. He also pointed out that CIHEAM could assist in setting up common projects and developping human resources skills as it has considerable experience in the planning, execution and assessment of cooperative research networks as well as in providing advanced training and services (data bank and publication).

To the question on how to conduct activities and how to implement them, Mr. Miguel Valls highlighted that:

-   Research and advanced training should be the main activities of the networks.

-   For external funds, the proposed activities should be of good contents but of low cost implementation.

-   Exchanging researchers must be encouraged so to have larger interaction when having individual involving in small group working on a specific research subject.

Lastly, Mr. Valls informed the participants that CIHEAM had already designated Mr. lgnacio Arnal and Mr. Ramón Franquesa, both of them from Spain, respectively, Coordinators of TECAM and SELAM networks.

Mr. Hassan Akrout, MEDRAP Coordinator, thanked the CIHEAM for hosting the two meetings and sharing their organisation fees. He expressed his gratitude to Mr. Lasram, General Secretary of CIHEAM, and to his colleagues, Mr. Plaza, Mr. Valls and IAMZ Staff for their warm hospitality. He thanked also all experts for attending the meeting and contributing positively to its activities. Mr. Akrout welcomed the designation by CIHEAM of two Spanish Coordinators for TECAM and SELAM Networks, and expressed his wishes that through them, Spain would be involved in the future activities to be implemented in the frame of these two networks.

Mr. Akrout also reminded that networking is a long term aim and invited the experts to elaborate realistic proposals of activities, aiming to promote aquaculture development, taking into consideration the technical, socio-economic, legal and environmental aspects. He highlighted that these activities should be of common concern and should be undertaken in the frame of self-sufficiency and permanent Networks for a sustainable development of aquaculture within the socio-economic context of the Mediterranean region and in association with the private sector.

Mr. Akrout, thenafter, introduced the Mediterranean aquaculture cooperation and its development phases and also the institutional arrangements.

Before splitting into two groups, Mr. Akrout introduced the agendas (annex 2) of TECAM and SELAM meeting and proposed the following officials:

II. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TECAM AND SELAM WORKING GROUP MEETINGS

The two working groups of experts held a common closing session.

Mr Beji, on behalf of MEDRAP, presented the SIPAM network its objectives, its components and different phases, the environment used by the software, the different countries involved in its first phase. He Pointed out the different data bases existing yet in the SIPAM data bank and the disponibility of the SIPAM national centre (contact person) to begin to collect data to make them available when the software will be finished and adopted.

Mr Paquotte reported the conclusions of the SELAM Working group meeting who insisted on the following suggested activites:

It was recommended that a working group of experts should meet as soon as possible in order to prepare the above cited activities (1 and 2).

The retained date is 20–21 october 1994. CIHEAM will identify the venue (Bari or Rome) and will organise this meeting in close collaboration with MEDRAP.

This group should elaborate a propramme of activities for 1996 and onwards and consider the implementation of the following workshops:

1. Workshop on planning

2. Workshop on "Establishment and Management of aquaculture enterprises"

The SELAM working group highlighted also:

-   the real need of collection datas;

-   the request of FAO services when implementing regional workshop or seminar on healthy and sanitary regulations related to import/export of aquaculture products into markets;

-   the need of aquaculture planning for rational decisions.

On behalf of the TECAM working group of experts, Mr. Belkhir introduced the results and conclusions of the previous working groups meetings held in Malta, Cyprus and Syria and that concerning the proposals of activities respectively related to the Pathology, Nutrition, Diversification of the aquaculture production and to the Fresh water culture.

These proposals were deeply discussed and adopted after slight modification during the Zaragossa meeting.

Thenafter, Mr Arnald reported the conclusions of the meeting and summarised as follows, the TECAM prioritised activities:

After the general discussion and comments the following points were agreed:

-   preparation of activities is needed in order to have a well defined programme for discussion and publication during and after the seminars proceedings using the CIHEAM review publication;

-   the collation of information related to the markets and to the products quality criteria are of a big interest to the private sector which when involved may increase the attract of the EC for supporting such specific activities;

-   MEDRAP will continue to ensure the coordination of TECAM and SELAM activities during the first period (phase 1) of 1995;

-   CIHEAM will take in charge the coordination of TECAM and SELAM activities during the second period (phase 2) of 1995;

-   CIHEAM will carry out investigation in order to prepare specific projects for EC to finance the activities proposed when dealing with restricted areas.

At the end of session, Mr. Valls thanked all the participants and expressed the wishes that all activities will be carried on and that CIHEAM will do its best to make TECAM and SELAM succeeding.

Lastly, Mr. Akrout expressed his thanks to CIHEAM and experts. He reminded that next meeting will be on September, in Rome, having together the MEDRAP with CIHEAM, GFCM and PAP/RAC, respectively, the coordinators of TECAM and SELAM, the SIPAM and the EAM networks. Mr. Akrout pointed out that this meeting will stress further cooperation and more contacts. He expressed the wish that France represented by IFREMER will do its best to make involved Spain and Italy.

TECAM Network
Working Group Meeting

Saragossa, Spain, 29 June – 1st July, 1994

List of participants

SELAM Network
Working Group Meeting

Saragossa, Spain, 29 June – 1st July, 1994

List of participants

PART I: Annex 2

Adopted Agendas
(TECAM & SELAM)

TECAM Network
Working Group Meeting

Saragossa, Spain, 29 June – 1st July, 1994

Agenda

SELAM Network
Working Group Meeting

Saragossa, Spain,29 June – 1st July, 1994

Agenda