International Planning Committee
for Food Sovereignty (IPC)
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Small-scale fishers’ dialogue continues in the Asia and Pacific Region
On 30th Nov 2022, The National Fisheries Solidarity Organization (NAFSO) team facilitated a dialogue on ensuring sustainable livelihoods among vulnerable fishing communities with 43 CSO representatives from 12 different Organizations representing 10 Districts in Sri Lanka, among which there were: FOSDOO, NAHRO, newAROW, Save a Life, UPSAC SRILANKA, CJC, FRC, HEO, HOPE, JSAC, MSEDO, MWDT,…
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The IPC is in South Africa to create new alliances for Small Scale Fisheries
From the 18th to the 24th of November, the Regional Advisory Group (RAG) in Africa meets in Cape Town, South Africa not only to take part into a Fisher-to-Fisher exchange and training co-organised by Masifundise Development Trust, TNI, FIAN and Centro Internazionale Crocevia, but also to plan for its strategy at the continental level. The meeting reunited the members of the World Forum of Fishers People (WFFP),…
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The IPC develops a People-Centred Methodology for monitoring the SSF policies
In the summer of 2021, the members of the SSF-GSF Advisory Group with the support of the IPC WG on Fisheries, decided to develop a methodology for assessing the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication; the main international UN instrument to protect and promote the…
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One week at the COFI: our work for small-scale fisheries
From the 5th to the 9th September 2022, an IPC Delegation took part to the 35th Session of the Committee on Fisheries of the FAO in Rome. This 35th COFI represented a crucial moment for small scale fisher people and indigenous peoples, not just because 2022 is the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture…
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Social movements for small-scale fisheries meet in Rome ahead of the COFI
The 35th session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI) will take place from 5th to 9th September 2022 in Rome, Italy. This is the most important global intergovernmental forum where FAO Members meet to analyse and discuss issues and challenges related to fisheries and aquaculture. The IPC has been recognized as an observer at…
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Big Victory for Small Scale Fishing Communities in South Africa!
On March 1st, the Western Cape High Court in South Africa halted the marine seismic survey plans for data acquisition by Searcher Seismic off the west coast of South Africa. Searcher Seismic was found guilty for violating the free, prior and informed consent rights and not having put in place and adequate environmental impact assessment…
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Workshop for Establishing the African Non-State Actors Coordinating Platform in Fisheries and Aquaculture
From 17 to 19 November in Accra, Ghana, the African Advisory Group of the SSF Global Strategic Framework (SSF-GSF) participated in a three-day consultative event for the establishment of a Continental Coordination Platform for the active involvement of Non-State Actors (NSAs) in fisheries and aquaculture. The workshop was jointly organised by the African Union Inter-African…
