The 2nd Small-Scale Fisheries Summit (SSF Summit 2024) will be held 5-7 July in the Red Room of the FAO Headquarters in Rome, Italy.
The theme of the Summit is “Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) to advance priority actions for sustainable small-scale fisheries”.
The SSF Summit 2024 is poised to be a pivotal event that seeks to transform mere discussions into a collective endeavour with the common objective of advancing the implementation of the SSF Guidelines. The Summit is dedicated to not only acknowledging this milestone, but also assessing the current status of the SSF Guidelines implementation at the national, regional and global level to inform future actions. It will serve as a global platform to collaboratively address governance and development challenges in SSF while proposing and sharing solutions to foster and strengthen the implementation of the SSF Guidelines.
The 2nd SSF Summit builds on the 1st SSF Summit held on 2-4 September 2022 in Rome, Italy, on the occasion of the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022 (IYAFA 2022) . Attended by 145 participants from 47 countries (mainly small-scale fishers and stakeholders’ representatives), the 2022 SSF Summit raised awareness on the role of small-scale fisheries, enabled discussions to strengthen interaction, empowered small-scale fisheries stakeholders to take action, and to build new and strengthen existing partnerships. It also advanced the visibility and uptake of the SSF Guidelines and required actions towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).