October 2019 — Per Erik Bergh (CEO), Sandy Davies (Technical Director), Mathew Markides (Research Officer, Malebogo Seofeleng (Projects Administrator) and Regina Dithapo (Office and Communications Assistant) took part in a meeting between the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, the SADC Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Coordination Centre (MCSCC) Interim Project Management Unit (IPMU) staff and the Stop Illegal Fishing (SIF) Secretariat, which is coordinated by NFDS Africa.
The meeting was part of an ongoing strategy for the SADC Secretariat, the SADC MCSCC’s Interim Project Management Unit (IPMU) and SIF to hand over the FISH‐i Africa communications information exchange portal to the IMPU.
NFDS was pleased to see progress in implementation of a key aspect of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) plans to establish the SADC Regional MCS Coordination Centre (SADC MCSCC) and to see the incorporation of the FISH‐i Africa Task Force mechanisms into the MCSCC over the next three years.
