Workshop on Sea Safety and Fisheries Management: Training and Capacity Development of Local Self-Governments, 01-02 March 2023, Kerala, India

Workshop on Sea Safety and Fisheries Management:

Training and Capacity Development of Local Self-Governments

01-02 March 2023, Kerala, India

Organized by
ICSF and KILA

The negotiated Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) were endorsed by the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at its Thirty-first Session in June 2014. The implementation of the SSF Guidelines is identified as a significant step for enhancing the contribution of small-scale fisheries to nutrition and food security. As part of the implementation process, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Trust is organizing a sub-national capacity development workshop on fisheries management, social development and safety at sea—supported by FAO. The workshop will be held at Kerala Institute of Local Administration, Thrissur, Kerala, India in March 2023. Key representatives from panchayats, FWOs, CSOs and CBOs in Kerala are expected to attend.

Workshop Materials

• Report of the Workshop on Sea Safety and Fisheries Management: Training and Capacity Development of Local Self-Governments, 01-02 March 2023, Kerala, India Report prepared by A. J. Vijayan (English and  Malayalam)
• Programme
• Concept Note in English and Malayalam
• Registration Form
• Feedback Form
• Claim Form
• Questions for Group Discussion
• Participants list
• Group Discussion Report
• Best practices: Case study report in Malayalam by Shinina Elayi
• Interventions of Local Self Government bodies in Fisheries development, management and livelihood by Shibina Elayi
• Feedback received from the participants

Links to other workshops

• National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop (Inland Fisheries) on the SSF Guidelines, Seva Kendra, Kolkata, West Bengal, 22-24 December 2022
• National Training of Trainers (TOT) Workshop (Marine Fisheries) on the SSF Guidelines, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 13-15 October 2022
• National Workshop: SSF Guidelines and Women in Fisheries, India, Asha Nivas, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 8 to 10 April 2022

Photos

• Day 1
• Day 2

Presentations

• Introductory Remarks by Sebastian Mathew, ICSF Trust
• Interventions of Local Self Government Bodies in Fisheries Development, Management and Livelihood by Shibina E, Research Scholar, Central University, Kerala
• Role of Panchayats in improving Safety at Sea and Regulating IUU fishing by Sajeevan Moosamikandy, Associate Professor and Head of Department, Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (KUFOS)
• Role of Panchayats in Sea Safety, Fisheries Management and Social Development by P. Aneesh, Assistant Director, Fisheries Station, Government of Kerala
• Drone-assisted Search and Rescue Operations in Small-scale Fisheries: Thalikulam Experience, Kerala by Devang Subil, Engineering student, drone pilot and photographer (Video presentation)
• An Alternative  Livelihood Programme for Fisherwomen Experience From Theeramythri Project by Mathew A.K, Former Consultant, Theeramythri programme, Department of Fisheries, Government of Kerala

News Articles Compilation from South Asia News Alerts

• Kerala news articles from January 2020 to February 2023
  • Sea Safety
  • Climate Change
  • Sea Erosion
  • Natural Disasters

Resources

• Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) – Summary in English and Malayalam
• Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) in English and Malayalam
• Social protection for fishworkers: An assessment and suggestions for reform – Report of the working group, January 2022
• Summary of the Social protection for fishworkers: An assessment and suggestions for reform – Report of the Working Group presented to the Kerala State Planning Board in English and Malayalam
• Chapter on sea safety, translated from social protection for fishworkers: An assessment and suggestions for reform: Report of the working group Presented to the Kerala State Planning Board

ICSF’s Resources

• Report of the National Workshop on Panchayats (Local Self-Governments) and the FAO Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines, Kerala Institute of Local Administration (KILA), Thrissur, Kerala, India, 5th – 6th November, 2019
• Bridging the Global with the Local, Samudra Report No. 82, February 2020
• Report of WFF-WFFP-ICSF-CIC  National Workshop on Capacity-building for the Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries (SSF Guidelines), Multi-Purpose Hall, India International Centre, New Delhi, 21-22 March 2016
• Report of the ICSF-BOBLME India (East Coast) Workshop: Implementing the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines), 6-7 March 2015, Chennai, India
• International Workshop on Towards Socially Just and Sustainable Fisheries: ICSF Workshop on Implementing the FAO Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines)- Report, 21 – 24 July 2014, Puducherry, India
• Report of the Workshop and symposium on Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries: Towards FAO Guidelines on Marine and Inland Small-Scale Fisheries,   19-21 September 2011, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
• Report of the National Workshop on Small-scale Fisheries, Cyclone Ockhi and Disaster Risk Management 29 to 30 May, 2018, Kerala, India by Ahana Lakshmi, 2018

Other Resources

• Building resilience to climate change and disaster risks for small-scale fisheries communities: A human-rights-based approach to the implementation of Chapter 9 of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication prepared by Kate Cook et al.
• Study Report: Sea safety incidents on the lower South West Coast of India by SIFFS, 2017
• Global review of safety at sea in the fisheries sector by Adriana Oliva Remolà, 2018
• International Commercial Fishing Management Regime Safety Study: Synthesis of Case Reports by Gunnar Knapp, 2016
• Safety at sea as an integral part of fisheries management by Gudrun Petursdottir et al., 2001
• Matsya Sabha: Inclusion of fisher people in local governance by J B Rajan, 2016
• Coastal regulation zone rules in coastal panchayats (villages) of Kerala, India vis-à-vis socio-economic impacts from the recently introduced peoples’ participatory program for local self-governance and sustainable development by A. Ramachandran et al., 2005
• Mapping of Fisheries Resources at Panchayat Level using GIS by V. Radhakrishnan Nair, 2009
• Employment and income generation of women through the fish processing and sales unit for women groups of Alappat panchayath in Oachira block” – A case study
• Institutional dynamics of local self governance systems in the Malabar Coast, Kerala by K. K. Baiju, 2011
• The Padu system of community-based fisheries management: change and local institutional innovation in south India by Kenton Lobe, 2004
• Kerala marine fisheries sector requires more government support by Stalin P C, 2021
• Kerala Panchayat Raj Act 1994
• Kerala Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Act 2009
• Gramoday Sankalp’ Magazine, Volume No.1, Issue No.10, 2021
• XV Finance Commission Report 2021 -2026: Chaper 7 – Empowering Local Governments
• Life of the Fisher folk: A case study on the fishing village in Kannanthura – The report submitted to the Evaluation Division, Kerala State Planning Board, April 2016
• Economic Review 2022, Volume – 1 (English)
• Economic Review 2022, Volume – 1 (Malayalam)
• Economic Review 2022, Volume – 2 (English)
• Economic Review 2022, Volume – 2 (Malayalam)
• District Panchayats in Kerala: A Study on the need for strengthening
• Thirteenth Five-Year Plan (2017-2022): Working Group on Social Protection and Welfare
• Thirteenth Five-Year Plan 2017-2022: Working Group on Fisheries

Films and Infographics

The Silent Wave | A fisheries cooperative in India responds to Covid-19

In Ockhi’s Wake: Disaster Preparedness at Sea

Infographic video on SSF guidelines

• 2016: Sebastian Mathew introducing the SSF Guidelines workshop in India – Part I

• 2016: Sebastian Mathew introducing the SSF Guidelines workshop in India – Part II