WORKSHOP: ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN ACHIEVERS IN AQUACULTURE

Co-ordinator: AquaTT
Start: January 2004
Duration: 12 months
Funding: 75% DG Fisheries under the call for Innovative Actions

The project finished in December 2004

The first partnership meeting for the project "Assessment of Women Achievers in Aquaculture" took place at the AquaTT office in Dublin on March 26th 2004. The partnership comprises AquaTT, Aqualex Multimedia Consortium (AMC) Ltd., the Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers (ASSG) and Centro Tecnologico del Mar (CETMAR).

1st Project Meeting
26th March 04, Dublin
From L-R: Margaret Eleftheriou, Lindsay Pollock, Erin McVeigh, Marta Ballesteros, Nicki Holmyard , Caoimhe Boylan

The projects focal delivery was a two-day case-study specific workshop under the working theme of "Assessment of Women Achievers in Aquaculture". The workshop participants and speakers worked to make official responses to recent studies produced on women active in the sectors of aquaculture and fisheries, to discuss the needs and potential for networking at European level and to identify key ways, methods and tools to further enhance their participation and promotion in decision-making roles.

A key element of the workshop focused on presentations by role-model candidates in three aquaculture-related areas where women have demonstrated success: "Women in Tourism Initiatives", "Women in Education and Research", and "Women in Production". The field-trip, the culminating event of the workshop, was a case-study of the local "routes de moules et huitres" (oyster trails) in operation.

The workshop took place in La Rochefort (near La Rochelle) France between 7th and 8th of October 2004. Further information is available at the dedicated workshop link on the PISCES forum (www.piscestt.com).

To view the workshop outcomes and deliverables click on Women's Workshop Platform