Report of the Consultation-cum-Workshop  Development of Activities for Improvement of Coastal Fishing Families.  Dacca, Bangladesh. October 27 - November 6, 1981

REPORTS - BOBP/REP/15

Report of the Consultation-cum-Workshop Development of Activities for Improvement of Coastal Fishing Families

Dacca, Bangladesh. October 27 - November 6, 1981


Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Funding Agency :SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Madras, India, May 1982

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PREFACE

This document is the report of a two-week consultation-cum-workshop held October-November 1981 in Dacca, Bangladesh, on Development of Activities for Improvement of Coastal Fishing Families. The 23 participants came from government and non-government organisations in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. The workshop was organised jointly by the Government of Bangladesh and the FAO/SIDA Bay of Bengal Programme.

The report outlines the approach and conduct of the workshop and sets out the secretariat’s understanding of the discussions held and the views expressed by the participants. It also sums up their ideas on possible solutions to the problems of small-scale fisherfolk- with special emphasis on those of women-in the countries represented at the workshop.

The workshop was an activity of the Bay of Bengal Programme for the Development of Small-Scale Fisheries, referred to in brief as the Bay of Bengal Programme (BOBP). The Programme covers five countries- Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Its main aims are to develop, demonstrate and promote technologies and methodologies to improve the conditions of small-scale fisherfolk and increase the supply of fish from the small-scale sector in member-countries.

The Programme is executed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations and funded by the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA).


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PREFACE

SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION

2. WORKSHOP APPROACH

2.1 METHODS
2.2 EXPECTATIONS OF THE PARTICIPANTS
2.3 WORKSHOP PHASES
2.4 DEFINITIONS OF CONCEPTS AND PHRASES USED AT THE WORKSHOP

3. ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS

3.1 EDUCATION
3.2 PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AND AFFILIATION
3.3 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

4. CONDUCT OF THE WORKSHOP

4.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
4.2 PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION
4.3 SHARING OF EXPERIENCES
4.4 PROJECT GUIDELINES
4.5 PROJECT IDEAS

5. CONCLUSIONS

6. EVALUATION BY THE PARTICIPANTS

APPENDICES

1. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
2. PROGRAMME

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