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Sustainable Fisheries Development in the OECS: Strategies for Trade and Investment

Learn about the OECS fisheries sector, coordinating subsidies negotiations, lessons learned, and future steps for sustainable growth.

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Sustainable Fisheries Development in the OECS: Strategies for Trade and Investment

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  1. Fisheries Subsidies and development Knowledge sharing on Trade and Investment Good Practices Brussels, 20th February 2018

  2. Presentation Outline • An overview of the OECS • Coordinating fisheries subsidies negotiations in the OECS • Lessons learnt • Next steps

  3. An Overview of the OECS • Est. by treaty in 1981 • 10 members • 7 full • 3 associate • Economic Union being developed • Population: 900,000 • Avg. GDP growth rate:3% • Small, open, vulnerable trade dependent economies • Economic base: tourism, agriculture, light manufacturing, fin.services • Headquarters: Saint Lucia

  4. Overview of fisheries sector

  5. Fisheries Indicators

  6. Overview of the fisheries sector

  7. Issues for the OECS

  8. Tradecom II Assistance

  9. Preparing the OECS position

  10. Focal Areas covered in regional workshop

  11. Outcomes : capacity built For the Member States For the Commission

  12. Lessons Learnt

  13. Next steps

  14. Thank you virginia.paul@oecs.int oecs.org

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