Highlights
School Feeding: How Can Public Policies Change Lives?
By Najla Veloso, Senior Specialist in School Feeding at FAO for Latin America and the Caribbean
80th Anniversary of the FAO
FAO celebrates 80 years of working for a more prosperous, sustainable, and equitable future for all, leaving no one behind.
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Events
XVII Session of the Commission of Small Scale, Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPESAALC)
Hybrid Event, 27/10/2021 - 29/10/2021
Objectives:
The meeting complies with the provisions of the Commission's statutes regarding the holding of regular biennial sessions. Its objectives are to report the measures adopted with respect to the agreements of the previous meeting; reflect collectively on the issues that concern the sustainability and contribution of fisheries and aquaculture to food security, the alleviation of rural poverty and the responsible and harmonious management of natural resources, in line with the needs of the member countries of the Commission, FAO regional priorities and the goals of the UN Sustainable Development Agenda.
List of documents
Supporting documents:
- COPPESAALC-XVII-A Provisional Agenda
- COPPESAALC XVII 1 MEASURES TAKEN ON DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE XVI REGULAR SESSION OF COPPESAALC
- COPPESAALC XVII 2 SUMMARY OF THE PRIORITIES ESTABLISHED AT THE XXXVI FAO REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR LAC
- COPPESAALC XVII 3 SUMMARY OF AGREEMENTS ADOPTED DURING THE XXXIV FAO COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES
- COPPESAALC XVII 4 OVERVIEW OF MARINE FISHERIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
- COPPESAALC XVII 5 OVERVIEW OF INLAND FISHERIES IN LAC
- COPPESAALC XVII 6 OVERVIEW OF AQUACULTURE IN THE COPPESAALC COUNTRIES
- COPPESAALC XVII 7 EFFECTS OF THE COVID19 PANDEMIC ON THE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SECTOR IN THE REGION
- COPPESAALC XVII 9 EVALUATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES
Information Documents:
Contact
COPPESAALC Secretariat contacts:
For general inquiries, confirmation of attendance and any other matter, kindly contact: [email protected]
Alejandro Flores Nava
Senior Fisheries Officer FAORLC
COPPESAALC Secretary
Tel.: (56) 2 2923-2170
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