FAO’s work on the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (PSMA) was approved by the Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2009 and entered into force in June 2016.
It is the first binding international agreement to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing by strengthening port state controls as a means of ensuring the long-term conservation and sustainable use of living marine resources. FAO supports the implementation of PSMA through the global programme PGM/MUL/2016-2021/PSMA, consisting of 21 projects/projects funded by bilateral and multilateral donors.
The evaluation aims to provide accountability to national governments, resource partners and FAO management for the results to which the programme contributed. It also seeks to draw lessons from the programme’s design and implementation that could inform future, similar interventions. The findings, conclusions and recommendations of the evaluation will inform the 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Agreement and contribute to a broader understanding of FAO’s work on the prevention of IUU fishing.
What will the evaluation cover?
The evaluation will assess the relevance, effectiveness and sustainability of programme results. The evaluation will review three areas where capacity development support was provided, based on the initial capacity gapassessments conducted in each participating country, and in line with the subsequent national strategies and roadmaps. These areas are: i) national policy and legislative frameworks and institutional set up; ii) national monitoring, control and surveillance (MCS) operations; and iii) international trainings. The Global Information Exchange System
(GIES), the information sharing mechanisms of the PSMA designed to support the implementation of PSMA, is also examined