Fair Seas Conference
Through revitalizing the SEA Forum for Fishers, the Conference will bring together stakeholders from Southeast Asia and address the challenges of labour protection for workers in the fishing and seafood processing sectors who are often migrants, low-waged, in the informal economy and precarious jobs.
The Fair Seas Labour Conference will adopt an integrated approach to promote decent work and safe labour migration in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in and from Southeast Asia.
Conference Objectives
Regional Coordination
To revitalize the SEA Forum for Fishers as a regional coordination forum to address the decent work deficits for workers in the fish and seafood supply chain.
Renew Commitments
To renew commitments for more effective protection and increased resilience for all workers, particularly part-time, low-wage, migrants, women workers, and informal workers in the blue economy.
Create Partnerships
To create partnerships between South-East Asian stakeholders for collective action to reduce inequalities and foster social and economic inclusion through creating decent jobs in the fishing and seafood processing sectors.
Guiding Questions
- What can we learn from the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on the blue economy (economic activities related to oceans, seas, and coasts), particularly its workers in fishing and seafood processing sectors, and migrant workers and women workers?
- How can the SEA Forum and its members address decent work deficits in support of post-COVID-19 recovery and rebuilding resilience, particularly addressing challenges facing migrant workers and women workers?
- What reforms, including policy regulatory measures and enforcement actions, can be introduced by countries of the SEA Forum stakeholders to address challenges and more effectively protect workers?
