Capacity development helps small-scale fishing communities gain, strengthen, and maintain the ability to sustain and develop their livelihoods. Discover ways to enhance the capacity of small-scale fishing communities. 

Resources

Strengthening Conservation Community Enterprises (CCEs) E-Course

CCEs, such as SSF and Aquaculture cooperatives, are small, locally-run businesses providing livelihoods that also support the protection of habitats and biodiversity. However, CCEs often face significant obstacles in trying to make a sustainable living. Whether it’s the administrative challenge of establishing a business or a lack of capital to get things off the ground, these obstacles can prevent many enterprises from reaching their full potential. To address this, WWF developed a self-paced e-learning course to help NGOs and community-based organizations better support communities in strengthening CCEs
Value chains & post harvest
Value add and processing
Market access
Social development & employment
Fisher and fishworker organizations
Capacity development
Participatory processes and stakeholder engagement

Comités Consultivos de Manejo y Ordenamiento Pesquero: guía para conocer, formar y operar un comité consultivo de manejo pesquero

El presente documento es una guía que reúne información, experiencias y recomendaciones sobre los Comités Consultivos de Manejo Pesquero (Comités Consultivos). Está dirigida principalmente a las personas que forman parte de una pesquería o región pesquera y se encuentran interesadas en participar en el manejo responsable y participativo de los recursos pesqueros.
Science, knowledge & information gathering
Traditional and local ecological knowledge
Co-management
Fisheries management
Blue justice
Climate change
Fisher and fishworker organizations
Other resources & approaches
Leadership
Capacity development
Participatory processes and stakeholder engagement

Guía de Procesos Participativos de la Estrategia de Gobernanza del LIFE INTEMARES

Esta guía de procesos participativos, que se enmarca dentro de la “Estrategia de Gobernanza para los espacios de la Red Natura 2000 marina del proyecto LIFE INTEMARES”, tiene como objetivo ofrecer un marco de trabajo, propuestas y herramientas, extrapolables a cualquier espacio marino protegido, para inspirar y orientar una nueva gestión del mar. Un nuevo modelo en el que la investigación y la participación activa de los sectores implicados deben marcar el rumbo en todo momento.
Other resources & approaches
Capacity development
Participatory processes and stakeholder engagement

Putting the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure and the Voluntary Guidelines on Small-scale Fisheries into Practice: A Learning Guide for Civil Society Organizations

This learning guide has been designed specifically to give civil society and grassroots organizations a deeper understanding of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) and the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines). The aim is to enable the members of these organizations and their constituents, especially small-scale fishers and fishworkers, to use the VGGT and SSF Guidelines meaningfully and effectively to improve the governance of tenure in their respective countries.
Fisheries policy, governance & management
Co-management
Fisheries management
Tenure rights
Other resources & approaches
Capacity development

Financing small-scale fisheries in Thailand

This policy brief aims to inform financial institutions in Thailand about the opportunities and challenges associated with financing small-scale fisheries. It outlines the key findings from a supply and-demand analysis of financial services that was carried out in 2021 among small-scale fishers, fisherfolk organizations and financial service providers in Thailand.
Other resources & approaches
Capacity development

Diagnóstico de capacidades digitales en las comunidades pesqueras de pequeña escala en México

Este trabajo presenta un diagnóstico de las capacidades digitales del sector pesquero de pequeña escala en México, entendidas como el cúmulo de habilidades para utilizar dispositivos digitales, incluidas las redes sociales y tecnológicas sobre las cuales interactúan los dispositivos, fundamentadas en la confianza en los procesos digitales y en sus recursos monetarios.
Science, knowledge & information gathering
Technology for fisheries
Other resources & approaches
Capacity development
Participatory processes and stakeholder engagement

A good practice guide for ethical and inclusive communications involving small-scale fisheries

This guide provides practical and simple guidance on how to communicate about small-scale fisheries in an inclusive, responsible and ethical way that respects the 108 million rights holders who depend on small-scale fisheries for food and income. By promoting positive narratives about small-scale fisheries and following good communication practices, we can all contribute to improving food security and nutrition, reducing poverty, and supporting a thriving subsector.
Other resources & approaches
Capacity development
Participatory processes and stakeholder engagement
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