CTA Brussels Briefing 38: Fighting against IUU: Successes from ACP countries

The next CTA Brussels Development Briefing on “Fighting against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU): Successes from ACP countries” will take place Monday, 27 October 2014 (8h30-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat in Brussels.

IUU is a major challenge and concern for ACP countries, a number of which have faced sanctions under the EU’s IUU Regulation.

The Briefing will focus on the successful cooperation, engagement and initiatives undertaken by a number of ACP countries with key partners, notably the European Commission, in order to combat IUU and regain market access for their fisheries products into the EU market.

The objectives of the briefing are to:

• document and review the key ACP and ACP-EU partnerships and dialogues on combating IUU;
• present the major achievements and successes of ACP countries in combating IUU, at both the national and regional levels;
• consider the opportunities to upscale or replicate sound methods and approaches detailed in the successful case studies;
• further dialogue on strengthening intra-ACP and ACP-EU cooperation to combat IUU, identify future risks and build capacity to realise future opportunities in the fisheries sector.

This Briefing is meant to be a follow-up to the 2009 Briefing organised by CTA on “Fighting against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing: Impacts and challenges for ACP countries” in order to measure the progress achieved in fighting IUU.

The speakers, who include high-level IUU experts, policy makers and industry representatives from ACP and EU public and private sectors, NGO’s and academia, will present the developments and successes on combating IUU.

To register for the event and find more information about the Briefing, please visit the Brussels Briefing Page