FAO – ICSF Project: Strengthening capacity of small-scale fisheries communities at local level in Brazil, Ghana and Nigeria

Strengthening capacity of small-scale fisheries communities at local level in Brazil, Ghana and Nigeria to actively engage in securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of the implementation of the SSF Guidelines

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
&
International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Project Period April 2021 to March 2023

Implement empowerment activities for small-scale fishing communities and Indigenous Peoples at local level that also involve other relevant key stakeholders, in particular from government, in three countries (Brazil, Ghana and Nigeria) and to produce a guide on social development, employment and decent work (Chapter 6 of the SSF Guidelines).

International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
&
Operacao Amazonia Nativa (OPAN)

Brazil

Project: Indigenous youth participating in the project are aware of the SSF Guidelines and of the recommendations for its implementation in Amazonas from the 2018-19 phase; produce audio-visual content to spread the discussions in their communities; and begin the articulations for the creation of a popular youth communication network linked to Indigenous fishing.

Activities:

• Two training meetings for indigenous young people on communication methodologies and techniques to expand the awareness about the SSF Guidelines and the recommendations for their implementation in Amazonas;
• Inter-module monitoring of the training participants; the development of final training material package
• Producing communication materials of the training meetings for public experience sharing, e.g. including pictures, links, quotes, including also from the related previous LoA.

Contact Details

Operacao Amazonia Nativa – ( OPAN )
Mr. Gustavo Falsetti Viviani Silveira
Technical Coordinator
BRAZIL
Phone: 97 3331 1737 / +55 65 3322 2980
Email: gustavo@amazonianativa.org.br

Project Resources

• Workplan and Timeframe 
• Performance indicators and means of verification
• Detailed report on the communication two training meetings for indigenous young people on communication methodologies and techniques to expand the awareness about the SSF Guidelines and the recommendations for their implementation in Amazonas
• Narrative report on Brazil
• Photos
• Participants List: Training Meeting for Indigenous Youth
• Report on the inter-module monitoring of the participants
• Creation of whatsapp group
• Narrative Report 
• Video: Youth Training Communicators, Paumari, December 2022: The importance of Fisheries Management, Purus River, Labrea, State of Amazonas, Brazil

International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
&
Technical Services for Community Development (TESCOD)

Ghana

Project: Capacity of small-scale fishery leaders have been developed applying a human rights-based approach; leaders and members of fishworker organizations (FWOs) are educated on human rights standards; and national polices of relevance to small-scale fisheries and fishing communities are influenced through advocacy and the formulation of a draft policy document on SSF.

Activities:

• Consultative engagements with small-scale fisheries stakeholders to develop a draft document on national policy on SSF
• Training and capacity-building of FWOs and SSF leaders to educate their members and align their organizations and communities with the human rights standards
• Develop informational materials and articles to address communication gaps in promoting the SSF Guidelines, including final training and capacity development materials and communication materials for public experience sharing, with pictures, links, quotes etc.

Contact Details

Technical Services for community Development – (TESCOD)
Mr. Peter Linford Adjei
Executive Director
Technical Services for community Development,
P. O. Box CT 6440
Cantonments Accra,
GHANA
Email: pieroquz@gmail.com
Phone: +233 (0)261464481

Project Resources

• Workplan and Timeframe
• Performance indicators and means of verification
• Ghana: National Policy Workshop Report, 6-7 December 2022, Erata Hotel, Accra-Ghana
• Narrative report on Ghana
• List of Participants
• Ghana: Training & Capacity Building Narrative report
• List of Participants
• Narrative Report: Consultative Engagements with SSF Stakeholders to Develop a Draft Document on National SSF Policy, 24 June 2021–31 December 2022
• Proposed Draft Policy on Small-Scale Fisheries
• Training Manual for Community-Based Implementation of the SSF Guidelines
• Photos
• Posters
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  • Ewe: Tenure Rights, Social Development, Value Chains, Gender Quality, Disaster Risks, Policy Coherence, Information Resources and Communication
  • Mfantse: Tenure Rights, Social Development, Value Chains, Gender Quality, Disaster Risks, Policy Coherence, Information Resources and Communication
  • Nzema: Tenure Rights, Social Development, Value Chains, Gender Quality, Disaster Risks, Policy Coherence, Information Resources and Communication
• Media News Articles
  • Workshop to make input into Proposed Draft Policy on SSF held
  • ICSF, TSCD organise workshop to discuss small-scale fisheries policy in Ghana

International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
&
Lagos State University (LASU)

Nigeria

Project: The State and non-State actors are better aware, sensitized, understand the challenges facing the implementation of the SSF Guidelines and develop capacity to implement the SSF Guidelines.

Activities:

• Organizing a 2-day National Multi-Stakeholders workshop to sensitize and raise awareness of the state and non-state actors on the SSF Guidelines as a tool for sustainable fisheries development in Nigeria and to validate synthesis paper on SSF of Nigeria.
• Organize a 2- day national training workshop for the youth and community-based organizations (CBO) on media and advocacy. The aim is to create awareness on the vulnerabilities of the SSF and the implementation of the SSF Guidelines as a way of ameliorating the challenges of the small-scale fisheries actors towards their sustainability in the context of food security and poverty eradication and to validate synthesis paper on SSF of Nigeria.
• Develop communication product tools, materials (brochures, pamphlets, posters, booklets, website etc.) on the SSF Guidelines in local languages and shareable contents for the national workshops.
• Present a synthesis/discussion/white paper on SSF in Nigeria which will include an overview of information from the Nigeria Illuminating Hidden Harvests (IHH) country case study developed in close consultation with and support from the relevant members ofthe IHH team from FAO and WorldFish, and ultimately with detailed inputs/recommendations/reflections/interpretations from national workshops as annexures.
• Seek regular engagement with the regional Advisory Groups of the Global Strategic Framework in support of the implementation of the SSF Guidelines for Africa.
• Build on existent synergies with the WorldFish in promoting sustainable development of the small-scale fisheries in the country as part of fisheries sector development, inclusive governance and food system investments.

Contact Details

Ms. Kafayat Fakoya
Senior Lecturer
Department of Fisheries
Faculty of Science
Lagos State University
Nigeria
Email: kafayat.fakoya@lasu.edu.ng

Project Resources

• Workplan and Timeframe 
• Performance indicators and means of verification
• Narrative report on Nigeria
• National Stakeholders’ and Awareness Raising Workshop for the Implementation of the SSF Guidelines in Nigeria, 9 and 11 May 2022, Aderemi Makanjuola Hall, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria
  • Programme
  • Concept Note
  • List of Participants
  • Photos
• National Workshop on Media and Advocacy Capacity Building for the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines) in Nigeria
  • Photos
• Final report for regular engagement with regional advisory groups of global strategic framework report prepared by Shehu Akintola and Kafayat Fakoya, (LASU)
• Development of communication materials and tools for national workshops on small-scale fisheries guidelines implementation in Nigeria report prepared by Shehu Akintola and Kafayat Fakoya, (LASU)
• Final Report of Synergy and Collaboration with WorldFish
• Background Paper: The contribution of small-scale fisheries to food and nutrition security, livelihoods and the Sustainable Development Goals of Nigeria
• Links to additional information on workshops reported in social and print media
• Narrative Report

Global Product

Developing a guide on social development, employment and decent work (Chapter 6 of the SSF Guidelines)

1.1 Produce one practical implementation guide on social development, employment and decent work (chapter 6 of the SSP Guidelines). This guide will focus on raising the standard of living and enjoyment of human rights of informal small-scale fishers and fishworkers as well as their communities (including Indigenous Peoples). The guide will aim at raising awareness about human rights (and duties), about violence arid corruption, about access to education, justice, etc., and about various government ministries and departments responsible for the realization, protection and promotion of human rights(at the level of individuals, men and women, .citizens, non-citizens, communities, Indigenous Peoples, collectives and as migrants). !twill highlight how the fisheries department, for example, could act as midwife on behalf of the vulnerable and marginalized in small-scale fisheries (both marine and inland),in particular.

The guide, in this context, will highlight the role of national human rights commissions (NHRCs), the OHCHR Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and the Universal periodic review in protecting the human rights of fishing communities. The target audience will align with that outlined in paragraph 2.3 of the SSF Guidelines.

The guide will then go into the pillars of decent work-rights at work; employment; social protection; and social dialogue as elucidated by ILO-and will provide guidance on strengthening these pillars, especially in the informal marine and inland fisheries sector as fishers and fishworkers-both men and women.

This will be mainly based on ILO’s work in the informal economy (see, for example, Decent Work and the Informal Economy Report VI, International Labour Conference 2002).

• Practical Implementation Guide: Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (Chapter 6: Social Development, Employment and Decent Work)