Oceans Economy and Trade Strategies Project
Assisting Barbados, Belize and Costa Rica to build competitive and sustainably managed ocean-based value chains within ocean affairs and the law of the sea frameworks
About OETS
With oceans based economic sectors predicted to grow dramatically this decade, developments in technology and limits on land-based activities are transforming the oceans into promising new economic frontiers.
The ocean economy offers significant untapped opportunities in support of sustainable development, including the implementation of the Unite Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and particularly SDG 14 - to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources.
This potential is of particular relevance to developing States and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which face numerous additional challenges when endeavoring to develop sustainable ocean economies. It is also increasingly clear that effective ocean governance frameworks must underpin sustainable ocean economies, and thus building ocean affairs and the law of the sea understanding and capacity remains a central priority for States.
COVID Impacts Report
Pandemic's effects on the blue economy of beneficiary States
Regional Workshop
Sharing OETS experience in the Caribbean and Central American Region
UN Ocean Conference 2022 Side Event
Objectives
The project will support developing countries, especially SIDS, in realizing economic benefits from the sustainable use of the ocean; promoting sustainable trade in ocean-based economic sectors; and enhancing national implementation of ocean affairs and the law of the sea governance frameworks, including through:
1. Improved capacity of beneficiary governments and relevant stakeholders to assess and identify:
- competitive products and/or services in ocean-based economic sectors, and
- ocean governance institutional and legal frameworks
2. Strengthened capacities to define policy options and implement priority actions to support the development of ocean-based sectors and/or services and ocean affairs and the law of the sea governance frameworks
3. Increase understanding at the national and regional levels on how to design and implement OETS to promote sustainable management and trade of products and/or services in ocean-based sectors within effective ocean governance frameworks
Project Videos
Project Documentary
English (14:39) - (04:00) - (02:00)
Spanish (14:39) - (04:00) - (02:00)
Thematic Videos on Oceans and:
Trade / Governance / Capacity-Building / COVID-19
Barbados
Technical Assistance for OETS Implementation
OETS Project supports Barbados in developing a national draft Swordfish Market Analysis Report considered by stakeholders during the
Workshop on the implementation of priority actions on sustainable trade of swordfish and other longline fisheries
National Ocean Economy and Trade Strategies
Barbados Ocean Economy and Trade Strategy
Country Sector and Ocean Governance Reports
- Economic and Trade Aspects of Fisheries and Coastal and Marine Environmental Services Sectors in Barbados
- The Legal and Institutional Framework Governing Ocean-Based Economic Sectors in Barbados
National Stakeholder Dialogues
- Second National Stakeholder Workshop: Discussion and validation of an Oceans Economy and Trade Strategy for Barbados. Toward a sustainable tuna value chain
3 - 4 March 2020 (Bridgetown, Barbados) - First National Stakeholder Workshop: Ocean-based sectors assessment and selection
26 - 27 February 2019 (Bridgetown, Barbados)
Belize
Technical Assistance for OETS Implementation
OETS Project supports Belize in developing a national plan to sustainably manage dozens of finfish species and provides multi-stakeholder training for multispecies finfish management
National Ocean Economy and Trade Strategies
Belize OETS: Marine Fisheries and Seafood Processing Sectors
Country Sector and Ocean Governance Reports
National Stakeholder Dialogues
- Second National Stakeholder Workshop: Discussion and validation of an Oceans Economy and Trade Strategy for Belize. Marine finfish species and seafood manufacturin
4 - 5 December 2019 (Belize City, Belize) - First National Stakeholder Workshop: Oceans based sectors selection and assessment
28 - 29 November 2018 (Belize City, Belize)
Costa Rica
Technical Assistance for OETS Implementation
OETS Project supports Costa Rica's establishment of "Pura Vida" sustainable and responsible seafood and aquaculture label and launches label at OETS event
National Ocean Economy and Trade Strategies
Costa Rica Estrategia de Economía de los Océanos y Comercio: Sectores de Atún, Dorado, Pez Espada y Peces Costeros
Country Sector and Ocean Governance Reports
- Overview of Economic and Trade Aspects of Fisheries and Seafood Sectors in Costa Rica
- Ocean Governance In Costa Rica: An Overview on the Legal and Institutional Framework in Ocean Affairs
National Stakeholder Dialogues
- Second National Stakeholder Workshop: Discussion and validation of an Oceans Economy and Trade Strategy for Costa Rica
30 - 31 October 2019 (Puntarenas, Costa Rica) - Stakeholder Consultations on Draft Oceans Economy and Trade Strategies Report for Costa Rica
26 June 2019 (Puntarenas, Costa Rica) - First National Stakeholder Workshop: Oceans based sectors selection and assessment
6 - 7 November 2018 (San Jose, Costa Rica)
