Live! Starting today - Two day conference on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund

Today, the Estonian Presidency of the EU and the European Commission are jointly hosting a two day conference on the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF). Stakeholders from all across the EU will convene to discuss how the EMFF is helping to support the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and Maritime Policy in the current programming period (2014-2020). 

The event will also represent the opportunity to discuss the current and future challenges of coastal communities, as well as potential policy responses.

Thursday 12 October 2017

 08.30 - 9.15   Registration

 09.30 - 10.30  Opening Plenary

    10.30 - 11.00   Coffee break and posters exhibit

 11.00 - 13.00   Plenary session: "The EMFF in support of the objectives of the Common Fisheries Policy and EU Maritime Policy"

    13.00 - 14.00  Lunch

 14.30 - 16.00  Parallel Workshops

• Workshop 1:  "Supporting more environmentally sustainable, resource efficient and competitive fisheries"
• Workshop 2:  "Enabling the development of sustainable and competitive aquaculture"
• Workshop 3:  "Marine innovation and skills"
• Workshop 4:  "To focus or not to focus?"

    16.00 - 16.30  Coffee break and posters exhibit

 16.30 - 18.00  Parallel Workshops 

• Workshop 5: "The EMFF and local perspectives"
• Workshop 6: "Strengthening data collection and fisheries control through the EMFF"
• Workshop 7: "Sea Basin Strategies, from words and processes to projects and results"
• Workshop 8: "When are subsidies harmful?"

    19.00 - 21.00  Evening Reception and Dinner

Friday 13 October 2017

 09.00 - 10.30  Parallel Workshops

• Workshop 9: "Small-scale coastal fisheries and fisheries in the outermost regions"
• Workshop 10 "Financial instruments"
• Workshop 11 "The EMFF in support of seafood marketing and processing"
• Workshop 12: "Results-orientation in the EMFF 2014-2020: Programme management, Project Selection, Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation

    10.30 - 11.00  Coffee and poster exhibit

 11.00 - 12.15  Plenary session: "Beyond 2020: Where next?"

 12.15 - 12.30  Closing session

    13.00 - 14.00  Buffet Lunch

 14.00 - 16.30  ROUNDTABLE ON SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATION OF SMALL-SCALE COASTAL FISHERMEN IN THE ADVISORY AND DECISION MAKING PROCESSES OF THE COMMON FISHERIES POLICY