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English2019 - International Congress on Social Sustainability
This day will bring together many world-class experts, including top representatives of FAO, International Labour Organization, GAA or Thai Union, as well as senior officials from the private sector.
The eighth edition of the Conxemar-FAO Congress will have once again the participation of speakers of international reference, to deepen the issue of social sustainability, which has become a major concern for the industry and, specifically, for the fishing sector . Due to work incidents, violations and abuses of human rights and workers appearing in different stages of the fishing sector, there are currently numerous national and international initiatives that are demanding a greater social responsibility and improvements in working and social conditions of the sector.
The Congress will take place on September 30, 2019 in the Centro Social AFundación (Policarpo Sanz, 24-26) in Vigo (Galicia, Spain) and plans to bring together about 400 attendees among agencies, government representatives, associations, academia, NGOs and professionals at the highest level of all over the world, in a meeting that has become a world reference for all the agents of the seafood value chain.
| 08:00-09:00 h. | REGISTRATION. Centro Social Afundación. Policarpo Sanz 24-26, Vigo |
| 09:00-09:40 h. | OPENING |
| 09:40-10:40 h. | SESSION I: SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY ON THE AGENDA |
| Moderated by Árni Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department | |
| 09:40-10:20 h. |
Harald Tom Nesvik, Minister of Fisheries. Government of Norway. Host of Our Ocean 2019 Brandt Wagner, Head of Unit of the International Labour Organization (ILO) Audun Lem, Deputy Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division of FAO |
| 10:20-10:50 h. | PANEL DISCUSSION |
| 10:50-11:20 h. | COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:20-12:40 h. | SESSION II: GOOD PRACTICES IN SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY |
| Moderated by Libby Woodhatch, Executive Chair of IFFO RS, the global standard for marine ingredients | |
| 11:20-12:10 h. |
Juliana Herrera, Seafood Standards Manager at Fair Trade USA Bèatrice Gorez, Coordinator of the Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements (CFFA) Julio Morón, Managing Director of OPAGAC Javier Garat, President of Europêche Valeska Weyman, Senior Expert Aquaculture at Global G.A.P. Francisco Leotte, Group Sustainability Manager at Thai Union (Europe) |
| 12:10-12:40 h. | PANEL DISCUSSION |
| 12:40-13:50 h. | SESSION III: MAIN CHALLENGES FOR ADRESSING CURRENT PROBLEMS |
| Moderator: Bèatrice Gorez, Coordinator of the Coalition for Fair Fisheries Arrangements (CFFA) | |
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12:40-13:20 h. |
Alastair Dingwall, Aquaculture and Fisheries Manager at Sainsbury's Supermarkets Didier Begeret, Social Sustainability Director at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Melanie Siggs, Director of Strategic Engagements of Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) Fabrizio De Pascale, National Secretary of the Italian Workers Union of fishing and aquaculture workers (UILA Pesca) Luisa Álvarez, General Manager of Fedepesca |
| 13:20-13:50 h. | PANEL DISCUSSION |
| 13:50-15:00 h | LUNCH |
| 15:00-16:10 h. | SESSION IV: INDUSTRY AND NGOs WORKING TOGETHER TOWARDS SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY |
| Moderated by Audun Lem, Deputy Director of the Fisheries and Aquaculture Policy and Resources Division of FAO | |
| 15:00-15:40 h. |
Lamia Znagui, Director of the National Federation of Seafood Processing and Valorization Industries (FENIP) Libby Woodhatch, Executive Chair of IFFO RS, the global standard for marine ingredients Peter Horn, Project Director Ending Illegal Fishing, International Fisheries", The Pew Charitable Trusts Toshiya Yabuki, Deputy General Manager CSR Department at Nippon Suissan Friðrik Friðriksson, Chief Human Resources Officer at Brim |
| 15:40-16:10 h. | PANEL DISCUSSION |
| 16:10-16:25 h | SUMMING UP |
| "Looking into the crystal ball", Árni Mathiesen, Assistant Director-General, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department | |
| 16:25-17:00 h. | CLOSING SESSION |