BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a7bc1489a1c1 DTSTART:20180716T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180716T060000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:2nd Oceans Forum on trade-related aspects of Sustainable Developmen t Goal 14 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Fish and seafood is one of the most traded food commodities in the world. Some 38 per cent of world production enters international trade \, of which more than half originates in developing countries. Global expo rts reached 153 US$ billion in 2017\, slightly up compared to 2016. The ne t trade income for developing countries (export – import)\, valued at US $ 36 billion in 2016\, is greater than all other agricultural commodities combined. Around 58 million people are directly employed in fisheries and aquaculture\, with some 200 million direct and indirect employment opportu nities occurring along the value chain from harvesting to distribution. He nce the livelihoods of some 660 to 880 million people depend on the sector . However\, the basis of this prosperity is fragile\, as wild stocks are u nder increasing pressure\, and improvements are necessary to more effectiv ely harness the power of trade within value chains and their related servi ces.In 2016\, global capture fishery production consisted of 81.5 million tonnes from marine waters and 10.3 million tonnes from inland waters. Sinc e the early 2000s\, despite a relatively steady total capture\, the state of the world’s marine fish stocks has not improved\, although notable pr ogress has been observed in some areas or species. The share of fish stock s below biologically sustainable levels (overfished) increased from 10 per cent in 1974 to 31.4 per cent in 2013. The fully fished stocks represente d 58.1% in 2013 and require effective management regimes to ensure they do n’t become overfished. Given this trend\, the role of aquaculture in mee ting current and future demand will be significant\, as estimates indicate that by 2030 around two third of the total seafood output will be farmed. Global value chains (GVCs) in the fishing and seafood sector (including ot her marine species such as crustaceans\, mollusks and seaweed) tend to be vertically integrated\, as in the case of food and agricultural commoditie s. However\, the associated activities of trade within GVCs are diverse\, including fishing harbours\, landing sites\, refrigeration and processing facilities\, maritime and logistical services\, insurance\, financial serv ices\, maintenance and repair of fishing vessels\, and related hotel and r estauration services. Although such activities provide significant employm ent and economic benefits to both countries at large and local coastal com munities\, they are not always effectively harnessed to enhance value addi tion. Opportunities exist to extend current value chains in capture fisher ies and aquaculture\, both upstream (e.g. vessel support services or suppo rt services to farms) and downstream (e.g. processing output into higher-v alue products).A systems-wide approach is required\, which situates fish a nd seafood value chains within the context of a broader oceans/blue econom y\, in recognition of the linkages between sectors. Participating in multi ple value chains which service different sectors can enhance the diversifi cation of inputs (e.g. seaweed) and outputs (e.g. nutraceuticals). Coastal and insular developing countries need to ensure that interlinkages betwee n the seafood sector and other key sectors such as transport\, logistics a nd tourism services are a key priority in their oceans/blue economy strate gies to increase value addition\, as has already been demonstrated for Mau ritius\, Seychelles and Cape Verde. UNCTAD\, FAO\, UN Environment\, UNECE\ , Commonwealth\, the ACP Group and the IOI are ready to support other coun tries to develop their own oceans economy and trade strategies to improve value addition\, market access\, diversification and environmental and soc ial sustainability.In line with the values already ascribed to within the Commonwealth Charter\, the Commonwealth Blue Charter for sustainable ocean development establishes guiding principles for its members in relation to sustainable oceans economy development. The advancement of a regenerative development process - as opposed to regressive trajectories and vicious g rowth cycles – which encompasses the oceans economy is\, solution-orient ated.ObjectivesThe Oceans Forum is a unique global platform to take stock\ , exchange experiences and present options for the implementation of trade -related targets of SDG 14 (Targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b) through the involveme nt of leading United Nations Agencies\, regional bodies\, government insti tutions and civil society organizations. The second Forum will seek to ide ntify challenges and opportunities that sustainability and further integra tion of the seafood value chain and related services may present within th e framework of the oceans/blue economy. The Forum will provide state of th e art analysis\, share country experiences and identify public and private best practices towards generating policy recommendations and proposing sp ecific actions to meet the trade-related targets of SDG 14\, building upon existing United Nations Conference outcomes\, FAO\, UNEP and UNECE agreem ents and instruments\, soft law and other trade-related instruments.<\;p >\;Fish and seafood is one of the most traded food commodities in the wo rld. Some 38 per cent of world production enters international trade\, of which more than half originates in developing countries. Global exports re ached 153 US$ billion in 2017\, slightly up compared to 2016. The net trad e income for developing countries (export – import)\, valued at US$ 36 b illion in 2016\, is greater than all other agricultural commodities combin ed. Around 58 million people are directly employed in fisheries and aquacu lture\, with some 200 million direct and indirect employment opportunities occurring along the value chain from harvesting to distribution. Hence th e livelihoods of some 660 to 880 million people depend on the sector. Howe ver\, the basis of this prosperity is fragile\, as wild stocks are under i ncreasing pressure\, and improvements are necessary to more effectively ha rness the power of trade within value chains and their related services.&l t\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In 2016\, global capture fishery production consisted of 81.5 million tonnes from marine waters and 10.3 million tonnes from in land waters. Since the early 2000s\, despite a relatively steady total cap ture\, the state of the world’s marine fish stocks has not improved\, al though notable progress has been observed in some areas or species. The sh are of fish stocks below biologically sustainable levels (overfished) incr eased from 10 per cent in 1974 to 31.4 per cent in 2013. The fully fished stocks represented 58.1% in 2013 and require effective management regimes to ensure they don’t become overfished. Given this trend\, the role of a quaculture in meeting current and future demand will be significant\, as e stimates indicate that by 2030 around two third of the total seafood outpu t will be farmed.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Global value chains (GVCs) in the fishing and seafood sector (including other marine species such as crustac eans\, mollusks and seaweed) tend to be vertically integrated\, as in the case of food and agricultural commodities. However\, the associated activi ties of trade within GVCs are diverse\, including fishing harbours\, landi ng sites\, refrigeration and processing facilities\, maritime and logistic al services\, insurance\, financial services\, maintenance and repair of f ishing vessels\, and related hotel and restauration services. Although suc h activities provide significant employment and economic benefits to both countries at large and local coastal communities\, they are not always eff ectively harnessed to enhance value addition. Opportunities exist to exten d current value chains in capture fisheries and aquaculture\, both upstrea m (e.g. vessel support services or support services to farms) and downstre am (e.g. processing output into higher-value products).<\;/p>\;<\;p& gt\;A systems-wide approach is required\, which situates fish and seafood value chains within the context of a broader oceans/blue economy\, in reco gnition of the linkages between sectors. Participating in multiple value c hains which service different sectors can enhance the diversification of i nputs (e.g. seaweed) and outputs (e.g. nutraceuticals). Coastal and insula r developing countries need to ensure that interlinkages between the seafo od sector and other key sectors such as transport\, logistics and tourism services are a key priority in their oceans/blue economy strategies to inc rease value addition\, as has already been demonstrated for Mauritius\, Se ychelles and Cape Verde. UNCTAD\, FAO\, UN Environment\, UNECE\, Commonwea lth\, the ACP Group and the IOI are ready to support other countries to de velop their own oceans economy and trade strategies to improve value addit ion\, market access\, diversification and environmental and social sustain ability.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In line with the values already ascribed to within the Commonwealth Charter\, the Commonwealth Blue Charter for susta inable ocean development establishes guiding principles for its members in relation to sustainable oceans economy development. The advancement of a regenerative development process - as opposed to regressive trajectories a nd vicious growth cycles – which encompasses the oceans economy is\, sol ution-orientated.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Objectives<\;/st rong>\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The Oceans Forum is a unique global platfo rm to take stock\, exchange experiences and present options for the implem entation of trade-related targets of SDG 14 (Targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b) thro ugh the involvement of leading United Nations Agencies\, regional bodies\, government institutions and civil society organizations. The second Forum will seek to identify challenges and opportunities that sustainability an d further integration of the seafood value chain and related services may present within the framework of the oceans/blue economy. The Forum will pr ovide state of the art analysis\, share country experiences and identify p ublic and private best practices towards generating policy recommendations and proposing specific actions to meet the trade-related targets of SDG 1 4\, building upon existing United Nations Conference outcomes\, FAO\, UNEP and UNECE agreements and instruments\, soft law and other trade-related i nstruments.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/ meeting/2nd-oceans-forum-trade-related-aspects-sustainable-development-goa l-14 DTSTAMP:20260812T004144Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a7bc1489a215 DTSTART:20180717T090000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20180717T060000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:2nd Oceans Forum on trade-related aspects of Sustainable Developmen t Goal 14 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Fish and seafood is one of the most traded food commodities in the world. Some 38 per cent of world production enters international trade \, of which more than half originates in developing countries. Global expo rts reached 153 US$ billion in 2017\, slightly up compared to 2016. The ne t trade income for developing countries (export – import)\, valued at US $ 36 billion in 2016\, is greater than all other agricultural commodities combined. Around 58 million people are directly employed in fisheries and aquaculture\, with some 200 million direct and indirect employment opportu nities occurring along the value chain from harvesting to distribution. He nce the livelihoods of some 660 to 880 million people depend on the sector . However\, the basis of this prosperity is fragile\, as wild stocks are u nder increasing pressure\, and improvements are necessary to more effectiv ely harness the power of trade within value chains and their related servi ces.In 2016\, global capture fishery production consisted of 81.5 million tonnes from marine waters and 10.3 million tonnes from inland waters. Sinc e the early 2000s\, despite a relatively steady total capture\, the state of the world’s marine fish stocks has not improved\, although notable pr ogress has been observed in some areas or species. The share of fish stock s below biologically sustainable levels (overfished) increased from 10 per cent in 1974 to 31.4 per cent in 2013. The fully fished stocks represente d 58.1% in 2013 and require effective management regimes to ensure they do n’t become overfished. Given this trend\, the role of aquaculture in mee ting current and future demand will be significant\, as estimates indicate that by 2030 around two third of the total seafood output will be farmed. Global value chains (GVCs) in the fishing and seafood sector (including ot her marine species such as crustaceans\, mollusks and seaweed) tend to be vertically integrated\, as in the case of food and agricultural commoditie s. However\, the associated activities of trade within GVCs are diverse\, including fishing harbours\, landing sites\, refrigeration and processing facilities\, maritime and logistical services\, insurance\, financial serv ices\, maintenance and repair of fishing vessels\, and related hotel and r estauration services. Although such activities provide significant employm ent and economic benefits to both countries at large and local coastal com munities\, they are not always effectively harnessed to enhance value addi tion. Opportunities exist to extend current value chains in capture fisher ies and aquaculture\, both upstream (e.g. vessel support services or suppo rt services to farms) and downstream (e.g. processing output into higher-v alue products).A systems-wide approach is required\, which situates fish a nd seafood value chains within the context of a broader oceans/blue econom y\, in recognition of the linkages between sectors. Participating in multi ple value chains which service different sectors can enhance the diversifi cation of inputs (e.g. seaweed) and outputs (e.g. nutraceuticals). Coastal and insular developing countries need to ensure that interlinkages betwee n the seafood sector and other key sectors such as transport\, logistics a nd tourism services are a key priority in their oceans/blue economy strate gies to increase value addition\, as has already been demonstrated for Mau ritius\, Seychelles and Cape Verde. UNCTAD\, FAO\, UN Environment\, UNECE\ , Commonwealth\, the ACP Group and the IOI are ready to support other coun tries to develop their own oceans economy and trade strategies to improve value addition\, market access\, diversification and environmental and soc ial sustainability.In line with the values already ascribed to within the Commonwealth Charter\, the Commonwealth Blue Charter for sustainable ocean development establishes guiding principles for its members in relation to sustainable oceans economy development. The advancement of a regenerative development process - as opposed to regressive trajectories and vicious g rowth cycles – which encompasses the oceans economy is\, solution-orient ated.ObjectivesThe Oceans Forum is a unique global platform to take stock\ , exchange experiences and present options for the implementation of trade -related targets of SDG 14 (Targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b) through the involveme nt of leading United Nations Agencies\, regional bodies\, government insti tutions and civil society organizations. The second Forum will seek to ide ntify challenges and opportunities that sustainability and further integra tion of the seafood value chain and related services may present within th e framework of the oceans/blue economy. The Forum will provide state of th e art analysis\, share country experiences and identify public and private best practices towards generating policy recommendations and proposing sp ecific actions to meet the trade-related targets of SDG 14\, building upon existing United Nations Conference outcomes\, FAO\, UNEP and UNECE agreem ents and instruments\, soft law and other trade-related instruments.<\;p >\;Fish and seafood is one of the most traded food commodities in the wo rld. Some 38 per cent of world production enters international trade\, of which more than half originates in developing countries. Global exports re ached 153 US$ billion in 2017\, slightly up compared to 2016. The net trad e income for developing countries (export – import)\, valued at US$ 36 b illion in 2016\, is greater than all other agricultural commodities combin ed. Around 58 million people are directly employed in fisheries and aquacu lture\, with some 200 million direct and indirect employment opportunities occurring along the value chain from harvesting to distribution. Hence th e livelihoods of some 660 to 880 million people depend on the sector. Howe ver\, the basis of this prosperity is fragile\, as wild stocks are under i ncreasing pressure\, and improvements are necessary to more effectively ha rness the power of trade within value chains and their related services.&l t\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In 2016\, global capture fishery production consisted of 81.5 million tonnes from marine waters and 10.3 million tonnes from in land waters. Since the early 2000s\, despite a relatively steady total cap ture\, the state of the world’s marine fish stocks has not improved\, al though notable progress has been observed in some areas or species. The sh are of fish stocks below biologically sustainable levels (overfished) incr eased from 10 per cent in 1974 to 31.4 per cent in 2013. The fully fished stocks represented 58.1% in 2013 and require effective management regimes to ensure they don’t become overfished. Given this trend\, the role of a quaculture in meeting current and future demand will be significant\, as e stimates indicate that by 2030 around two third of the total seafood outpu t will be farmed.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;Global value chains (GVCs) in the fishing and seafood sector (including other marine species such as crustac eans\, mollusks and seaweed) tend to be vertically integrated\, as in the case of food and agricultural commodities. However\, the associated activi ties of trade within GVCs are diverse\, including fishing harbours\, landi ng sites\, refrigeration and processing facilities\, maritime and logistic al services\, insurance\, financial services\, maintenance and repair of f ishing vessels\, and related hotel and restauration services. Although suc h activities provide significant employment and economic benefits to both countries at large and local coastal communities\, they are not always eff ectively harnessed to enhance value addition. Opportunities exist to exten d current value chains in capture fisheries and aquaculture\, both upstrea m (e.g. vessel support services or support services to farms) and downstre am (e.g. processing output into higher-value products).<\;/p>\;<\;p& gt\;A systems-wide approach is required\, which situates fish and seafood value chains within the context of a broader oceans/blue economy\, in reco gnition of the linkages between sectors. Participating in multiple value c hains which service different sectors can enhance the diversification of i nputs (e.g. seaweed) and outputs (e.g. nutraceuticals). Coastal and insula r developing countries need to ensure that interlinkages between the seafo od sector and other key sectors such as transport\, logistics and tourism services are a key priority in their oceans/blue economy strategies to inc rease value addition\, as has already been demonstrated for Mauritius\, Se ychelles and Cape Verde. UNCTAD\, FAO\, UN Environment\, UNECE\, Commonwea lth\, the ACP Group and the IOI are ready to support other countries to de velop their own oceans economy and trade strategies to improve value addit ion\, market access\, diversification and environmental and social sustain ability.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;In line with the values already ascribed to within the Commonwealth Charter\, the Commonwealth Blue Charter for susta inable ocean development establishes guiding principles for its members in relation to sustainable oceans economy development. The advancement of a regenerative development process - as opposed to regressive trajectories a nd vicious growth cycles – which encompasses the oceans economy is\, sol ution-orientated.<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Objectives<\;/st rong>\;<\;/p>\;<\;p>\;The Oceans Forum is a unique global platfo rm to take stock\, exchange experiences and present options for the implem entation of trade-related targets of SDG 14 (Targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b) thro ugh the involvement of leading United Nations Agencies\, regional bodies\, government institutions and civil society organizations. The second Forum will seek to identify challenges and opportunities that sustainability an d further integration of the seafood value chain and related services may present within the framework of the oceans/blue economy. The Forum will pr ovide state of the art analysis\, share country experiences and identify p ublic and private best practices towards generating policy recommendations and proposing specific actions to meet the trade-related targets of SDG 1 4\, building upon existing United Nations Conference outcomes\, FAO\, UNEP and UNECE agreements and instruments\, soft law and other trade-related i nstruments.<\;/p>\;\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/ meeting/2nd-oceans-forum-trade-related-aspects-sustainable-development-goa l-14 DTSTAMP:20260812T004144Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR