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Involving the people: Democratizing the implementation and monitoring of the voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication

Kurien, John (2022) Involving the people: Democratizing the implementation and monitoring of the voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No.1242 . Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-135534-3

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Abstract

This publication describes a small international initiative to examine how local communities can undertake the above tasks of democratization with specific reference to the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication. Communities may have been active participants in proposing inputs which were aggregated and shared in the formulation of the guidelines, yet their role in monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the adopted texts is peripheral. At best, they watch implementation undertaken in their name, but as passive observers. A radical change is needed in order to mainstream community participation into the implementation and monitoring of guidelines of the type described above. There is a need to “take back voluntary guidelines to the community”; demystify their contents; assess with the community what indicators will be utilized to evaluate the progress of implementation; and think through with them the nature of tools to be used for this purpose. Basically, the call is for a democratization of the implementation and monitoring of voluntary guidelines, making them by, for and of the community.

Item Type: Books
Keywords: FAO, VGSSF, Small-scale Fisheries, Food Security, Local Communities, Monitoring, Sustainable Fisheries, SSF Guidelines
Subjects: SSF Guidelines
Depositing User: Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited: 02 Jun 2022 07:23
Last Modified: 02 Jun 2022 07:23
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/16856

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