[ISSHA] UNITAR Workshop on Sea and Human Security - marine food security

[Enevoldsen, Henrik]

ANNOUNCEMENT
 
The  UNITAR  Hiroshima Office for Asia and the Pacific (HOAP) Series on Sea and  Human  Security  (2004-2006)  aims  at studying multiple dimensions of human  security pertaining to seas, so as to support national policy making and  institutional  capacity  building  in the management and protection of seas and oceans.  The Series started with an international level conference
in  2002.   The  first training workshop was held in 2004 in Hiroshima; the
second week-long event will be from 26 to 30 September 2005.
 
The  2005  workshop will focus on food security as a key component of Human Security.  It  will consider a broader definition of food security, both in terms  of  sustainable food production and supply, as well as safety issues of the food itself.
Some of the suggested topics would include:
·     human security related to food;
·     food security and capture fisheries;
·     marine culture;
·     Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs): an emerging threat to food security; and
·     EIA: a tool for sustainable development.
 
The  target  participants  (trainees) will be potential decision makers and trainers  within  national  administrations; mid-level government officials from  fields  such  as  fishery  and aquaculture, food supply, environment, public  health,  trade;  head  of  rural communities depending on fisheries income  and  food  stock,  representatives  of  NGOs  and academia.  A good balance  between  different  disciplines will be sought.  During the latter half of the workshop, a practical exercise will be organized employing four (4)  to five (5) real case studies in order to create a project document on how  to  manage that site/resource. Selected participants will be requested to be data-providers.  Candidates are therefore requested to submit a short paper (less  than two pages) describing which case study they could submit for  the  practical  exercise.  
 
Tuition fees, flight tickets costs, accommodation and meals  of  some  selected  participants  from  developing  countries may be covered  by  UNITAR.   Number of places being limited, those wishing to be selected  should  send their applications by 20 July at the latest.  Please refer to our website www.unitar.org/hiroshima for more  information.  Should you have any questions please contact Ms. Hiroko Nakayama   at   hiroko.nakayama at unitar.org,   or   Mr.   Chris   Moore   at
chris.moore at unitar.org.  We thank you in advance for your assistance in the nomination/information dissemination process.
 
With our kind regards,
 
Nassrine Azimi
Director,
UNITAR Hiroshima Office for Asia and the Pacific
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Hiroko NAKAYAMA
Programme Officer and Focal Point at Headquarters Hiroshima Office for Asia and the Pacific (HOAP) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
 
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Tel.: 41-22-917-8533
Fax: 41-22-917-8047
www.unitar.org/hiroshima
 
 
Best regards,
 
Henrik
 
Henrik Enevoldsen
IOC Project Coordinator
IOC Science and Communication Centre on Harmful Algae
University of Copenhagen
Øster Farimagsgade 2D
1353 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Tel.: +45 33134446
Fax.: +45 33134447
 
Visit the IOC HAB website at http://ioc.unesco.org/hab <http://ioc.unesco.org/hab> 
 IOC is the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO
 
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