NOUAKCHOTT, 4 October 2015. Mauritania is stepping up its engagement with FiTI, with both national and international organizations offering opinions and advice as a FiTI Secretariat team visited the West…
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INTERVIEW – Minister reiterates Mauritanian commitment to implement the FiTI
With some of the world’s most abundant fishing grounds along its 600 km coastline separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Sahara Desert, Mauritania has great hopes that the new Fisheries Transparency…
Transparency alone is not enough, Sven Biermann says at LDAC conference
Las Palmas, 17 September 2015. Mr. Biermann, Program Director of the FiTI, presented the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) at the Conference of the Long Distance Advisory Council (LDAC) on the External Dimension of the…
The FiTI supports the implementation of the new SD Goal 14 on conserving the oceans
The FiTi welcomes the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit in New York, 25-27 September. Results of the inputs gathered through…
Learning from other multi-stakeholder initiatives at the 16th IACC
PUTRAJAYA, 4 September 2015. The Secretariat of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative was invited to the 16th International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC) in Putrajaya/Malaysia to take part in a panel discussion on the…
The CAOPA emphasizes significant synergies with the FiTI
At the occasion of the 1st International Advisory Group meeting of the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTI) - which took place on July 24th 2015 - the FiTI Secretariat had the chance…
Over 25 participants attend 1st International Advisory Group meeting in Berlin
The development of a coherent and credible framework for the Fisheries Transparency Initiative (FiTi) by the FiTI Secretariat is supported by an International Advisory Group, comprising fisheries and governance experts…
Visit to Mauritania gives shape to FiTI
On May 18th-19th, Peter Eigen and the FiTI’s interim program director Sven Biermann conducted the first country visit to Mauritania. The goal of this visit was to meet with key…
Transparency is key to fisheries, Peter Eigen emphasizes at World Bank Spring Meeting
Peter Eigen, Chair of the FiTI International Advisory Group, was invited to participate in the World Bank’s Spring Meeting side event “Improving livelihoods and creating wealth through sustainable fisheries” in Washington…
Mauritanian President announces the launch of the FiTI
On January 18-19th 2015, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania hosted the “High level conference on transparency and sustainable development in Africa” in Nouakchott, Mauritania. The conference welcomed…