Civil society preparatory workshop to be held prior to FAO World Conference on Small-scale Fisheries
Date: 06-09-2008
Source: ICSF
A preparatory workshop is being organized by civil society groups at Bangkok during 11-13 October, 2008, prior to the World Conference on Small-scale Fisheries to be conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 13 - 17 October at Bangkok.
The preparatory workshop is being organized by the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), The Sustainable Development Foundation (SDF), Southern Fisherfolk Federation (SFF), The International NGO/CSO Planning Committee (IPC) and the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF).
This workshop has the following objectives:
* To discuss and arrive at acceptable positions on how to engage with the three main conference themes;
* To generate wider support for campaigns against the abuse of rights of fishworkers and coastal communities;
* To decide on strategy for engaging with the conference, to ensure that fishworker/fishing community issues are well reflected in all discussions and in the conference report; and
* To provide a forum to discuss women-in-fisheries related issues.
A website for information on the preparatory workshop has been put up at
http://sites.google.com/site/smallscalefisheries/Home
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