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Draft Programme
Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges of Fisheries Globalisation
held at the OECD, Salle des Nations, Tour Europe
33 Place des Corolles, La Défense 2, Paris
16-17 April 2007
Chair: Lori Ridgeway, Director General, Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Monday 16 April 2007
Opening Addresses will be delivered by :
9:30-9:45
Einar K. GUDFINNSSON, Minister of Fisheries, Iceland
Opening address
9:45-10:00
Abraham IYAMBO, Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Namibia
Keynote Opening Speech will be given by :
10:00-10:30
Alistair MACFARLANE, General Manager, New Zealand Seafood Industry Council
Globalisation Overview
Mr. Macfarlane will give a scene setting keynote speech that will provide an industry perspective and overview of globalisation processes. Covering major issues in each value chain element, the keynote will also provide an overview of how transnational operations in the fishing sector function, tracing fish from harvesting to consumers' plate and identify the way towards ensuring a responsive and pro-active industry environment.
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
Session 2: Retailing and distribution of fish: Trends and Issues
The purpose of this session is to get a better understanding of the role of retailing and distribution of fish in the globalisation process and to address to what extent globalisation is driven by the increasing internationalisation of sourcing for retail. Representatives from major distributors will address the workshop. Both a capture fisheries and aquaculture perspective will be covered. The session will also seek to identify the impacts of globalisation on the retail and distribution elements of the fisheries value chain.
11:00-11:20
Roger BING, Vice-President, Protein Procurement, Darden Restaurants, United States
Global Seafood Sourcing: A Restaurant Perspective
11:30-11:50
Peter REDMOND, Vice-President, Wal-mart, United States
Buying Power as an Instrument of Change
12:00-12:20
Peter HAJIPIERIS, Seafood Procurement Strategy Manager, TESCO, United Kingdom
Meeting Future Customer Needs for Seafood
12:20-13:00
Discussion
13:00-14:30 Lunch break
Session 3: Processing fish: Where, why and how?
The purpose of this session is to get an overview of the latest developments with respect to global processing and to address how the future fish processing sector will look in a globalised economy. Representatives of primary and secondary processing industries will provide experiences and insights. Both a capture fisheries and aquaculture perspective will be covered.
14:30-14:50
Alda MOLLER, Seafood Consultant, Iceland
Seafood Processing -- Local Soruces, Global Markets
14:50-15:10
Poul Melgaard JENSEN, Dansk Fisk/Dansk Industri, Denmark
From Local Production to Global Trade: Transforming the Danish Seafood Industry
15:10-15:30
Nancy GITONGA, Fisheries consultant, Fish Africa, Kenya
Challenges Faced by Developing Countries and Practical Approaches to Achieve Fish Safety and Quality to be able to Compete in the Liberalised Global Market: The Nile Perch
15:30-16:00
Discussion
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
Session 4: Identifying the parameters with which we are working in the harvesting sectors
This session seeks to understand how globalisation is accommodated so that fisheries are managed in a sustainable and responsible way. The key issue that will be addressed is whether the present international and national fisheries governance structures are sufficient to both reap the benefits of globalisation while minimising the risks.
16:30-16:50
Michael LODGE, Counsellor, OECD Ministerial Task Force on IUU Fishing
Are present international high seas governance structures sufficient to reap the benefits of globalisation?
16:50-17:10
Chérif Ould TOUEILIB, Consultant, Mauritania
Fisheries Agreements and their Impact on the Globalisation of the Fisheries Sector in Mauritania
17:10-18:00
Discussion
18:00-19:30 Cocktail
Tuesday 17 April 2007
Session 5: Identifying the parameters with which we are working in the aquaculture sectors
This session seeks to understand how globalisation is accommodated to ensure that aquaculture is managed in a sustainable and responsible way. Representatives from the industry and aquaculture producers will provide insights and share their experiences.
9:30-9:50
Mohan KUMAR, Chairman, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA), India
Impact of Globalisation -- Challenges and Opportunities for Indian Aquaculture
9:50-10:10
Richard BATES, DG FISH, European Commission
Aquaculture in a Global Age -- The European Perspective
10:10-10:30
Markus STERN, Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO), Switzerland
Organic Aquaculture -- Opportunities for Emerging Markets or the Environmental Challenge for Exporting to Europe
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:20
Sena DE SILVA, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
Meeting the Demands and Challenges of Globalisation of Trade in Aquaculture: The Role of a Regional Inter-Governmental Body
11:20-12:00
Discussion
12:00-14:00 Lunch break
Session 6: Linkages along the value chain
Globalisation has resulted in an increasing degree of vertical integration both domestically and internationally. This session addresses the issues facing companies and government policies in an increasingly integrated world.
14:00-14:20
Kristjan DAVIDSSON, Glitnir Bank, Iceland
The Seafood Industry: An Investors Perspective
14:20-14:40
Thiraphong TANGTHIRASUNAN, President, Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperative (BAAC), Indonesia
Microfinance, Small Scale Fisheries and International Fisheries Trade in Selected APRACA Member Countries
14:40-15:00
Stephen MWIKYA, Consultant, Kenya
Globalised Out? - A Case for Fish Trade in Developing Countries
15:00-15:30
Christina BURRIDGE, Executive Director, British Columbia Seafood Alliance, Canada
Perspectives from Canada's Pacific Coast
15:30-16:00
Discussion
Session 7: Round Table -- What lessons for the future
This session will sum up the issues and challenges in reaping the benefits from globalisation in each element of the value chain. The session will also provide a forward-looking assessment of the role of proactive policies in ensuring that society reaps the potential benefits from globalisation while minimising adverse impacts. This session will be organised as a Round Table discussion.
16:00-17:35
Panelists: John CONNELLY, International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA); Makhtar THIAM, Union Patronale des Mareyeurs Exportateurs du Sénégal; Thomas MAEMBE, Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization (LVFO), Tanzania;Thiraphong TANGTHIRASUNAN, Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperative (BAAC); Moham KUMAR, Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).
Presentations by:
John Connelly
Makhtar Thiam
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