The objective of the workshop organized by the African Confederation of Professional Organizations for Artisanal Fisheries (CAOPA) was to discuss and validate a participatory approach for the establishment of a national action plan for a sustainable artisanal fishery in Guinea. This objective aligns with the commitment made by CAOPA at...

The workshop brought together 17 external participants representing governments, regional organizations and small-scale fisheries civil society organizations (CSO), as well as FAO staff. The workshop used several different types of sessions to reach the expected results, which were to create awareness of SDG 14.b and its indicator 14.b.1, explore the...

This study is the result of a socio-economic livelihoods and food security assessment of fisher households along the Nile River in Sudan, conducted in October 2015, the analysis of the data collected, and a National Stakeholders' Workshop held in December 2015. The main goal of the socio-economic assessment was to...

The third side event of CFS44 explored the linkages between small-scale fisheries and relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the realization of the right to food, as well as the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication as a tool that...

To commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Governance of Tenure (VGGT), FAO, organized a technical thematic forum from 5-6 October 2017. A dedicated session on fisheries was held with the objective of exploring how the VGGT can be used in tangible terms to address some of...