First Session – Team of Specialists on Sustainable Fisheries
29 - 30 January 2018
Room IX, Palais des Nations Geneva Switzerland
Introduction
Overfishing and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) are destructive fishing practices that have a negative impact on sustainable fisheries, livelihoods, and world fish stocks. In 2016, illicit fishing accounted for a staggering 25% of fish of the annual ocean harvest, and was valued at up to $23 billion. This value is lost each year to legitimate fishers. In addition to economic damage, such practices threaten local biodiversity and food security in many countries. An essential step for an effective management of fish resources is the timely acquisition of information on vessels, stocks and catches as well as the exchange of such information between stakeholders.
To address this, UNECE established a Team of Specialists whose aim is to promote, facilitate and support the implementation of sustainable fisheries standards on a global scale, and particularly the Fisheries Language for Universal Exchange (FLUX).
The first meeting of the Sustainable Fishery Management Team of Specialists, is scheduled to take place in Geneva from 29-30 January 2018. Participation in this launch meeting will be a key opportunity to be involved from day one, setting the stage for future activities.
The UNECE Secretariat welcomes all key stakeholders to work closely to support the development, enhancement and maintenance of sustainable fishery management practices in a sustainable way and believes that this new Team of Specialists will play an important role in future developments.
The Team of Specialists is open to experts with the knowledge and experience to address its mandate, and should be drawn from governmental institutions, business, civil society, consumer organizations, and international organizations.
Agenda
Room IX, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland
| Monday, 29 January 2018 | |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | Opening of the Meeting Olga Algayerova Executive Secretary, UNECE Elsbeth Akkerman Deputy Permanent Representative and Minister Plenipotentiary to the WTO, Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Frans van Diepen UN/CEFACT’s Domain Coordinator for Agriculture |
| Election of the Chair, Alternate Chair and Vice-Chairs UNECE secretariat |
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| Adoption of the Agenda Chair |
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| Introduction of Experts/Tour de Table | |
| 11:00 – 13:00 | Reports from Partner Organizations David Vivas Eugui Legal Officer, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, UNCTAD |
| Marc Taconet Head of Statistics and Information, Fishery and Aquaculture Department, FAO |
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| Sajal Mathur Counsellor, Trade and Environment Division, WTO |
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| Anja von Moltke Acting Head, Trade, Policy and Planning, UNEP |
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| Alice Tipping Programme Manager, Environment and Natural Resources, ICTSD |
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| Maris Berzins Policy Office, DG MARE Data Management Unit, European Commission |
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| Country experiences Romania: Elena Dumitru, Minister Plenipotentiary, Permanent Mission of Romania Brazil: Henrique Anatole Ramos, Head of the Coordination of Sustainable Use of Fishery Resources, Brazilian Ministry of Environment Namibia and Uganda: Lorenza Jachia, Secretary, UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies |
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| 13:00 – 15:00 | Lunch break |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Presentation of the draft Vision and Mission statements Followed by discussion on the statement. |
| Outcome of this session Acceptance of the final versions of the Vision and Mission statements |
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| 16:00 – 18:00 | Presentation of the draft Programme of work for 2018-2019 Followed by discussion on the Programme |
| Outcome of this session: Acceptance of the final version of the Programme of work for 2018-2019 |
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| Tuesday, 30 January 2018 | |
| 10:00 – 11:30 | Discussion on the Programme of work for 2018-2019 (continued) |
| Outcome of this session: Acceptance of the final version of the Programme of work for 2018-2019 |
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| 11:30 – 12:30 | Discussion on how to contribute to the Sustainable Fisheries Team of Specialists |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Planning future activities based on the Programme of work for 2018-2019 |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Closure of the meeting |
Documents
| ENG | FRE | RUS | |
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| Agenda of the First session of the Team of Specialist on Sustainable Fisheries | |||
| List of Participants | |||
| Mandate and Terms of Reference of the Sustainable Fisheries Team of Specialists (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2017/16/Rev1) |
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| Vision and Mission Statements of the Team of Specialists on Sustainable Fisheries | |||
| Programme of Work for 2018-2019 of the Team of Specialists on Sustainable Fisheries | |||
| Report of the 1st Meeting of the UNECE Team of Specialists on Sustainable Fisheries | |||
| UN/CEFACT FLUX Brochure | - | - | |
| UNECE-UN/CEFACT Commitment on Sustainable Fishery Management | Link | - | - |
| Briefing note on the contribution of UN/CEFACT to UN Sustainable Goal 14 (ECE/TRADE/C/CEFACT/2016/18) |
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| Implementing UN/CEFACT e-Business Standards (see chapter 7, page 47) |
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Presentations
Introduction
- Frans van Diepen, UN/CEFACT’s Domain Coordinator for Agriculture - FLUX Domain
Reports from Partner Organizations
- David Vivas Eugui, UNCTAD - Recent multilateral policy trends in advancing Trade related aspects of SDG 14
- Marc Taconet, FAO - FAO’s work areas on sustainable fisheries relevant to UN/CEFACT and FLUX
- Sajal Mathur, WTO - Speaking Notes
- Anja von Moltke, UNEP - UN Environment – overview on projects and activities relating to fisheries management
- Alice Tipping, ICTSD - Sustainable fisheries and trade policy: Selected issues
- Maris Berzins, European Commission - European Union experiencewith FLUX
Country Experiences
- Romania: Mrs. Elena Dumitru, Minister Plenipotentiary - Statement by Romania
- Brazil: Henrique Anatole Ramos, Brazilian Ministry of Environment - Fisheries Document of Origin - D.O.P project (Prezi .exe format)
- Namibia and Uganda: Lorenza Jachia, UNECE Working Party on Regulatory Cooperation and Standardization Policies - The Group of Experts on Risk Management in Regulatory systems: Results of the field work
Secretariat Contacts
Ms. Maria Teresa Pisani
Secretary of the Team of Specialist on Sustainable Fisheries UNECE
[email protected]
Mrs. Aruna Vivekanantham
[email protected]