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REGIONAL INTER-GOVERNMENTAL POLICIES FOR

FACILITATING BETTER ADAPTATION OF AQUACULTURE AND CULTURE BASED FISHERIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE CAC

FAO FINAL WORKSHOP ANKARA DEC.2015

TCP/SEC/3402 3-3

M. BINHAN GANIOGLU POLICY ADVISOR

ESSENTIALS OF REGION BASED CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND RESILIENCE BUILDING POLICIES

• Country/region specific comprehensive development plans and dependency /vulnerability reduction strategies are the basis of assurance for regionally harmonized and successful Climate Change adaptation and streamlined Sustainable Development

• Climate Change and consequent sustainability focused mitigation and adaptation axis are seen as bottom up processes due to the required awareness building and participatory involvement of the communities

• The essential, complementary, top to bottom process would require effective, measurable and adjustable adaptational strategies, policies and legislations equipped and supported with appropriate rules, guidelines, subsidies and incentives


• The Policy makers are expected to take the necessary decisions and actions to assure resilience of the sectors and the sustainability of livelihood activities as well as the social and economical well being of the communities

• Robust and information based, objective focused policies and assurance of subsequent participatory, regulated, harmonized and monitored implementation of relevant laws and actions are essential

• Usually, legislative alignment in a country, let alone a region, is a timely process and, naturally, being an internal governance issue, needs to be approached accordingly


• Climate Change resilience building in even the most developed countries is still a slow process due to multi parameter evaluation, validated information based planning, effective mainstreaming and synchronized implementation requirements of the issue

• A comprehensive Regional Fisheries Climate Change Resilience Building Action Plan needs to aim at supplying the decision and policy makers, as well as the public, with extensive insight to the issue, supported with a logical planning strategy that could be harmoniously adopted and adjusted nationally and locally


• Concurrent and harmonized plans and actions

are the desired strategy of a regional action plan, so, clearly, assurance of synchronized and aligned coordination, as well as a balanced infrastructure and capacity building within and among participating countries stands out as a prerequisite

POSSIBLE REGION BASED POLICY SUGGESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION

• High level and wide spread support for a regional Action Plan by the decision makers of the participating countries would be the prerequisite

• Consequently, regional as well as national and local resilience and capacity building actions can be initiated in accordance with a rational sectoral Climate Change Action Plan integrated into the general policies and relevant legislations of the respective countries

• Appropriate and timely policy decisions in accordance with an action plan and consequent acts and regulations in line with an implementation timetable would be the next step

• In order to achieve this objective, it would be advisable to initiate a regional consensus to develop sectoral, mainstreamed and integrated CAP's as part of the National/Regional Climate Change Strategies and Communications (which is being done in some of the targeted countries for certain sectors and issues)


• The action, initially at regional and national levels, and focused at vulnerable and/or potential sectors, communities and activities, could be integrated into a comprehensive Climate Change act or decree which will enable putting into force of respective regulations at multi operational levels to cover holistic mitigation and adaptation aspects

• The sectoral climate change action plan, while emphasizing the local conditions, strengths and weaknesses, but simultaneously calling for regionally coordinated, planned and adapted development and assistance schemes in light of the world-wide best practice examples, is the first step for the assurance of sustainable development in the fisheries


• Therefore, a regional Climate Change fisheries action plan (CAP), needs to focus on the aim to satisfy;

Local, national, regional and global resilience planning, Reduction of socio-economic vulnerabilities, Satisfy trade and health requirements, Initiate a general awareness for waste reduction, Promote efficiency, blue-growth, basic food security and

safety instruments, Encourage participation in preservation of ecological

integrity while assuring future socio-economical sustainability

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

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