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Thirty-six (36) participants from different ECCAS countries, including Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Chad, as well as the CEBEVIRHA representative were present and supported by a multidisciplinary AU-IBAR team.
AU-IBAR, through the Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in African Blue Economy Project, funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) supported some Member States to interact and support common positions relevant to Africa marine and aquatic biodiversity, blue economy, and climate change during the UN Ocean Conference held in Altice Arena, Lisbon, Portugal from 27 June to 1 July 2022. The conference, held under the theme “Save our Ocean, Protect our Future” was co-hosted by the Governments of Portugal and Kenya, and builds on the concept of sustainability and recognizing the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 14: Life below water).
The Federal Government of Nigeria was host to two meetings held under the Fisheries Governance 2 Project (FishGov Two). The first meeting was the second dialogue held from 13-15 June 2022 between the Fisheries Governance 2 Project implementers (AU-IBAR and AUDA-NEPAD) with the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) on the implementation of the Fisheries Governance Project Phase-Two (FishGov-2).
The Regional Steering Committee of the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TADs) Africa is holding its 11th Meeting at AU-IBAR premises. The hybrid meeting is being attended by Representative of RECs COMESA, SADC, ECOWAS, ECCAS, EAC, UMA and IGAD; Members of the Bureau of the OIE Regional Commission for Africa; Representative of the Pan-African Farmer Organization (PAFO); Representative of the Regional Animal Health Network (RAHN), West and Eastern Africa; Representative of the Africa Association for Veterinary Education Establishments (2AV2E); FAO, IBAR and OIE Staff.
