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Other News
29 Nov 2009
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NEWSCommonwealth Fisheries Programme Funds Development Projects In Sri Lanka, Tuvalu and MauritiusThe Commonwealth Foundation is pleased to award three grants totalling £23,080 from its Commonwealth Fisheries Programme fund for fishing communities. Grants have been released from a larger £57,500 fund aimed at helping Commonwealth fishing communities to improve their resilience through strengthening advocacy networks and accessing training initiatives. Submissions are still welcome and details on how to apply at www.commonwealthfoundation.com/about/grantseekers The grants awarded will be used to fund projects covering Sri Lanka, Tuvalu and Mauritius. The organisations managing these projects are:
Tuvalu National Association of Fishermen The Commonwealth Fisheries Programme's £7,745 grant will help the TNAF to minimise and ease fishing pressures on coastal resources through developing and improving fishing technology encouraging fisherfolk to move from coastal fishing zones towards distant fishing areas. Project objectives include: - offering fisherfolk basic diagnostic and maintenance skills for outboard motors - training women (mostly spouses of the fishermen) in basic business management of small fishing businesses - collecting information on areas where the TNAF can assist in the transition of fishing pressures from coastal to distant fishing area - evaluating the impact and effectiveness of this transition. Tourism Concern (TC) Tourism Concern is an independent, non-industry based, UK charity with a membership of almost 900 partners based in over 20 destination countries. The £5,835 grant from the Fisheries Programme will go towards enhancing the technical skills of their Sri Lankan partners in tourism management while improving participants' skills in documentation and monitoring. This will be achieved through a study visit offering tools to help empower coastal communities and enable effective tourism policy engagement in Sri Lanka. Kalipso Kalipso works to defend the rights of coastal peoples and the marine environment they depend upon. This is done by raising awareness of marine issues and engaging in pacific and legal actions to protect stakeholders' rights and the marine biodiversity of Mauritius. The overarching goal of their ongoing work is to prevent IUU fishing through stopping Commonwealth nations from granting flags of Convenience (FoC) to foreign Fishing vessels and Fish Carriers / Refrigerated Transport Vessels. The £9.5K grant will help them develop recommendations and best practice for the end of the use of FoC by fisheries vessels. This will be presented at CHOGM 2009 and/or other relevant Commonwealth fora. Action by Commonwealth nations on FoC will set a precedent that can be used in international legal efforts to end FoC in fisheries globally. Further information about the grant schemecan be found in the Grants Scheme section of this site. |
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| Programme information contact: Homera Cheema | homera.cheema@sas.ac.uk |
