SEAFDEC Newsletter Vol.42 No.2

Abstract

One of the highlighted events of SEAFDEC for the second quarter of 2019 was the “Regional Meeting on Way Forward of the Resolution and Plan of Action for the ASEAN Region Towards 2020” where elements for revising the RES&POA that target upto the year 2020 were identified, and the Meeting came up with the initial revision of the draft RES&POA Towards 2030. Another remarkable event was the launching of the “SEAFDEC Gender Strategy” that serve as an overarching framework to facilitate SEAFDEC’s efforts toward integrating gender in its programs, projects, and activities. The SEAFDEC Gender Strategy is also intended to support the integration of gender perspectives in fisheries and aquaculture of the SEAFDEC Member Countries.