Virtual Think Tank Consultative Workshop on Operationalizing the Revised African Fisheries Reform Mechanism (AFRM)

A brief report on the virtual stakeholder consultative workshop on operationalizing the revised AFRM was organized by the African Union-InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) in collaboration with the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA)-NEPAD on the 11-12 August 2021. The meeting was organised through phase two of the Fisheries Governance project (FishGov 2) with the support from the European Union (EU). The specific objectives were to (i) rationalize the AFRM working groups; review and revise the current terms of reference and criteria for membership composition (ii) review the functions of the Think tank Executive Committee, the Advisory Council and the criteria for membership (iii) share the draft terms of reference for the Sectoral Committee on fisheries and aquaculture (iv) proposals on integrating a platform for coordinating interventions within the architecture of AFRM (v) propose resource mobilization strategy for effective operationalisation and sustainability of the revised AFRM.