BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:unctad.org BEGIN:VEVENT UID:6a4be90831ee9 DTSTART:20190613T070000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20190613T150000Z LOCATION:Geneva\, Switzerland SUMMARY:Towards an Inter-agency Plan of Action for achieving the trade-rela ted targets of Sustainable Development Goal 14 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:​Fish and seafood are some of the most traded food commoditie s. In 2017\, around 38 per cent of global fish and seafood production was traded internationally generating US$ 152 billion. Over 58 per cent of thi s trade in volume originates in developing countries where net trade incom e (exports minus imports) was valued at US$ 37 billion in 2016.\n\nUnfortu nately\, the unsustainable overexploitation of living aquatic resources du ring recent decades has led to overfishing and the degradation of fish sto cks\, habitats\, ecosystems and biodiversity. Currently\, about one-third of global fish stocks are fished at biologically unsustainable levels\, ca using an economic loss estimated at US$ 83 billion per year.\n\nNew opport unities to address these and other oceans-related concerns have arisen wit h the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in parti cular Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14\, which seeks to: “conserve and sustainably use the oceans\, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”.\n\nAt the UN Ocean Conference of June 2017\, UNCTAD\, FAO and UN Environment jointly deposited a set of voluntary commitments to su pport member countries with technical assistance\, capacity building and i nformation dissemination on the trade-related issues associated with SDG 1 4.\n\nAt the Second United Nations Oceans Forum on Trade-related aspects o f SDG 14\, July 2018\, UNCTAD\, FAO and UN Environment were requested by M ember States and other stakeholders to prepare a draft joint Plan of Actio n to accelerate the implementation of SDG 14 through trade.\n\nObjective\n \nTogether with the support and guidance from Member States\, the three ag encies are now presenting an inter-agency Plan of Action (IAPoA) on trad e-related aspects of SDG 14 to “accelerate the achievement of trade-rel ated targets of SDG 14 (namely targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b) through improved t rade and trade-related policies that safeguard food security and contribut e to the conservation and sustainable use of oceans\, living marine resour ces and livelihoods”.\n\nOutcomes and activities\n\nThe objective of the JPoA will be achieved by intervening in three outcome areas:\n\n\npromoti ng multilateral oceans and trade-related reforms through dialogue\, cooper ation and consensus building\;\nstrengthening national and regional capaci ties on policy frameworks for sustainable seafood trade and the developmen t of other oceans based sectors\; and\nenhancing awareness\, knowledge and capacity to implement effective governance &\; sustainable seafood tra de and other oceans based sectors (see figure below).\n\n\n \n\n​Outcom e​Activities\n\n1: Dialogue\, cooperation and consensus are enhanced tow ards multilateral reforms in support of  SDG 14​Annual Oceans Forum\, p olicy briefs\, technical advice on fish subsidies notifications and seafoo d Non-Tariff-Measures (NTM) mapping\n\n2: National and regional capacity a re strengthened to design and implement supportive policy frameworks for s ustainable seafood tradeTargetted Blue economy reviews\, capacity building to support national fisheries policy reform\, fishery improvement program mes and mapping trade in fisheries services\n\n3: Market leaders\, governm ent officials\, scientists and civil society have enhanced awareness\, kno wledge and capacity to implement practices and tools for effective governa nce &\; sustainable fish tradeDevelopment of best practices for sustain able seafood trade\, best practices training for small scale fisheries\, r egional capacity building workshops\, communication campaign &\; resour ces dissemination\n\n \n\n \n\nThe time framework for the JPoA will be 2 020-2025 in the short and medium term\, and 2025-2030 for its final implem entation. A pamphlet summarising key aspects of the JPoA can be found at ( hyperlink).\n\nInviting Member States to support the IAPoA\n\nThe three ag encies are seeking support for the IAPoA\, being currently the only inter agency platform for implementation to harness sustainable use and sustaina ble trade in seafood and other oceans-based sectors\, as a critical endeav our for accelerating implementation of trade related SDG 14.\n\nTo provide interested parties with a better understanding on the proposed functionin g\, activities\, and outcomes of the IAPoA\, the three agencies are cordia lly inviting Member States to join this first public presentation. The ses sion will provide an opportunity for the three agencies to respond to ques tions on relevance\, scope\, content and proposed benefits of the IAPoA\, and gather feedback.\n\n \n<\;p>\;​Fish and seafood are some of the most traded food commodities. In 2017\, around 38 per cent of global fish and seafood production was traded internationally generating US$ 152 bill ion. Over 58 per cent of this trade in volume originates in developing cou ntries where net trade income (exports minus imports) was valued at US$ 37 billion in 2016.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Unfortunately\, the unsustaina ble overexploitation of living aquatic resources during recent decades has led to overfishing and the degradation of fish stocks\, habitats\, ecosys tems and biodiversity. Currently\, about one-third of global fish stocks a re fished at biologically unsustainable levels\, causing an economic loss estimated at US$ 83 billion per year.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;New opport unities to address these and other oceans-related concerns have arisen wit h the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in parti cular Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14\, which seeks to: “conserve and sustainably use the oceans\, seas and marine resources for sustainable development”.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;At the UN Ocean Conference of J une 2017\, UNCTAD\, FAO and UN Environment jointly deposited a set of volu ntary commitments to support member countries with technical assistance\, capacity building and information dissemination on the trade-related issue s associated with SDG 14.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;At the Second United N ations Oceans Forum on Trade-related aspects of SDG 14\, July 2018\, UNCTA D\, FAO and UN Environment were requested by Member States and other stake holders to prepare a draft joint Plan of Action to accelerate the implemen tation of SDG 14 through trade.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\; Objective<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;Together with the sup port and guidance from Member States\, the three agencies are now presenti ng an&\;nbsp\;inter-agency Plan of Action (IAPoA)&\;nbsp\;on trade-r elated aspects of SDG 14&\;nbsp\;to “accelerate the achievement of tr ade-related targets of SDG 14 (namely targets 4\, 6\, 7 and b) through imp roved trade and trade-related policies that safeguard food security and co ntribute to the conservation and sustainable use of oceans\, living marine resources and livelihoods”.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;O utcomes and activities<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The obje ctive of the JPoA will be achieved by intervening in three outcome areas:& lt\;/p>\;\n\n<\;ol>\;\n<\;li>\;promoting multilateral oceans and trade-related reforms through dialogue\, cooperation and consensus buildi ng\;<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;strengthening national and regional capacit ies on policy frameworks for sustainable seafood trade and the development of other oceans based sectors\; and<\;/li>\;\n<\;li>\;enhancing a wareness\, knowledge and capacity to implement effective governance &\; amp\; sustainable seafood trade and other oceans based sectors (see figure below).<\;/li>\;\n<\;/ol>\;\n\n<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\ ;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;strong>\;​Outcome<\;/strong>\;<\;strong>\ ;​Activities<\;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;1: Dialogue\, co operation and consensus are enhanced towards multilateral reforms in suppo rt of&\;nbsp\; SDG 14​Annual Oceans Forum\, policy briefs\, technical advice on fish subsidies notifications and seafood Non-Tariff-Measures (N TM) mapping<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;2: National and regional capacity ar e strengthened to design and implement supportive policy frameworks for su stainable seafood tradeTargetted Blue economy reviews\, capacity building to support national fisheries policy reform\, fishery improvement programm es and mapping trade in fisheries services<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;3: Ma rket leaders\, government officials\, scientists and civil society have en hanced awareness\, knowledge and capacity to implement practices and tools for effective governance &\;amp\; sustainable fish tradeDevelopment of best practices for sustainable seafood trade\, best practices training fo r small scale fisheries\, regional capacity building workshops\, communica tion campaign &\;amp\; resources dissemination<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p> \;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;&\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\; p>\;The time framework for the JPoA will be 2020-2025 in the short and m edium term\, and 2025-2030 for its final implementation. A pamphlet summar ising key aspects of the JPoA can be found at (hyperlink).<\;/p>\;\n\n <\;p>\;<\;strong>\;Inviting Member States to support the IAPoA<\ ;/strong>\;<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;The three agencies are seeking sup port for the IAPoA\, being currently the only inter agency platform for im plementation to harness sustainable use and sustainable trade in seafood a nd other oceans-based sectors\, as a critical endeavour for accelerating i mplementation of trade related SDG 14.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;To provid e interested parties with a better understanding on the proposed functioni ng\, activities\, and outcomes of the IAPoA\, the three agencies are cordi ally inviting Member States to join this first public presentation. The se ssion will provide an opportunity for the three agencies to respond to que stions on relevance\, scope\, content and proposed benefits of the IAPoA\, and gather feedback.<\;/p>\;\n\n<\;p>\;<\;img alt="\;ditc-t ed-14062019-oceans-JPoA-logos-400.jpg"\; src="\;/sites/default/fil es/inline-images/ditc-ted-14062019-oceans-JPoA-logos-400.jpg"\; />\; &\;nbsp\;<\;/p>\;\n\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.o rg/meeting/towards-inter-agency-plan-action-achieving-trade-related-target s-sustainable-development DTSTAMP:20260706T174232Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR