PUGAD has its annual general assembly the 27th of February where we among other things will approve the Action Plan for 2010.
Our project for the small scale fishermen in the Philippines is finished now, but of course the cooperative with the carb fishing and the women group with the small scale piggery continue and here in February Month we are going to visit the coop and find out how they do without the financial support from PUGAD. Besides that we will have some meetings with Tambuyog, the Philippines NGO working with small scale fishermen, discussing a possible cooperation and also visit the cooperatives organised by Tambuyog in Cebu and Negros.
In December 2009 PUGAD was very active in the Climate Summit, unfortunately the world leaders couldn’t reach a legal binding agreement but only the Copenhagen Accord so it might be very difficult to keep the temperature rising below 2 degree of Cels.. The sad thing was that the Danish chairmanship completely misread the South and thought you could bully around with the developing countries, so what COP15 gave us is more distrust and disconfidence between the North and the South mainly because the poor countries can’t understand why the rich countries don’t want to commit themselves beyond their own populations. Therefore we will work harder in the future to influence the decsion making in this field for the sake of the planet and the future generations.
Another tall order in 2010 will be the revising of the UN Millenium Development Goals. In 2010 we have 5 years left and we won’t reach the goals. The UN will discuss what to do and so will all the national governments and in this light the Project Counselling invites for a common campaign from August- October for raising the awareness for solid support for the UN 2015 goals and PUGAD will participate and do our best for a better knowledge in the public opinion.
Also worth to mention is that our Fishing Network expired at the end of 2009, so we are in the process of applying for a new round whre ther main objectives may be a world wide network for info and exchange of ideas among small scale fishermen, a much bigger voice in the public debate for the necessary transition form industry trawl fishing to a coastal sustainable fshing and lobby activities within the European Union. Therefore the Network ( PUGAD, Living Sea and Africa Contact ) has been sending our demands for a new fishing policy within the EU and also the necessary changes in the EU policy towards developing countries - you can read about our contributions at the web page for the EU Commission.
Don’t hesitate to contact us and we hope for your support for the work for a more fair world
Einer Lyduch
chairman of PUGAD
August 15
Family picnic at Amager Strandpark along Øresundsvej from 11 am to app. 6 pm. Bring your own food and drinks. We arrange a program for the children and adults. Everyone is welcome, come and join us.
August 29
The International Day in Copenhagen at Peblinge Dossering from 11 am to 6 pm. PUGAD has a food booth and some performing Filipino dancing and singing. The aim is to show the cultural diversity in Copenhagen and by this cultural exchange strengthens the integration among all people in the capitol regardless of background, ethnicity and religion. Come and have a nice day, taste some ethnic food and enjoy the many good performances.
September 11
We have a press conference at Café Mandela at Halmtorvet from 2 pm. where the media can meet our guests from the South.
September 12
PUGAD is hosting, together with our partners from the Fishing Network a conference at Borups Højskole at Frederiksholms Kanal from 10 am to 5 pm where we have 5 excellent speakers from South – see the entire programme at the web site.
In connection with the conference, we have a two days seminar where we produce a white book with recommendations to the Danish government, the EU, the UN about securing sustainable and environmentally sound small scale fishing.
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A new report from CONCARD Aid Watch shows that Denmark won’t reach the goals within the UN 2015 Millennium Goals and it is a shame and bad news for the poor people in this world.The reason is that some of the development money goes to other areas than pure development like eliminating debts, refugees and more than 1, 2 billion go to climate adaptation. read more…
A conference on Small-scale Fisheries and how we can implement policies which supprt sustainable fisheries for the benefit of the fishermen, for the environment and the climate and for future generations. read more…
