Fisheries Refugia Inception Workshop

Following a lengthy preparation phase, which involved several regional consultations and national workshops, this project was recently endorsed by the GEF’s Chief Executive Officer. As the regional executing entity for the project, SEAFDEC has subsequently signed a Project Cooperation Agreement with UNEP and the project has officially entered its inception phase. SEAFDEC is presently completing a series of inception phase tasks and will convene the Inception Workshop to launch this important regional project in Bangkok, Thailand from 1st to 3rd November 2016 at the Jasmine Executive Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.

This workshop will address, inter alia: project coordination mechanisms; the development of a results-based management system for the project; the scientific and technical support needs of the project; the planning of stakeholder engagement, including gender mainstreaming, in project execution; the development of communications and knowledge management strategies for the project; opportunities for partnerships with other regional and national programmes and projects; UNEP/GEF project management; and national and regional work plans and budgets. Workshop documents can be accessed online here.