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Spring Training Highlights

One Earth Future's Secure Fisheries, organized a skill-based training session in the Injooni fishing village in Kismayo, Jubbaland Somalia. The training focused on various aspects of fishing equipment, particularly net making, maintenance, and repair. Five members from neighboring fishing communities participated in the session alongside local fishermen.

March 28,2024

Addressing Migration And Value Chains In The Arauca Region

Since 2021, this project generates opportunities for socio-economic inclusion and employment for the vulnerable local population and Venezuelan migrants.

March 27,2024

One Earth Future's Shuraako Program Joins The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo 2024 in Mogadishu

Mogadishu, April 24, 2024 - The Invest Somalia Conference and Expo has a clear message: the time to invest in Somalia are now. Somalia has demonstrated its readiness to embrace investment, setting the stage for fruitful partnerships and initiatives. Organizers and attendees are focused on paving the way for a more interconnected future for the region.

April 24,2024

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October 08, 2016

For Sustainable Somaliland Fisheries, Current Challenges Need Long-Term Solutions

As part of our sister program Shuraako’s Somaliland Investment Forum, I facilitated a discussion on challenges and solutions for fisheries in Somaliland.

September 23, 2016

Global Commitments Made at Our Ocean Conference

At the Our Ocean conference, the U.S. State Department announced the partnership between Secure Fisheries and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to create best practices for naval fleets in the collection and dissemination of illegal fishing information. This collaboration was pic...

Our Ocean Conference Dept Of State Secure Fisheries

September 19, 2016

Sahana Dharmapuri Speaks About Progress Towards Women, Peace, and Security Goals

Sahana Dharmapuri, the Senior Advisor to the Women, Peace and Security Initiative at the One Earth Future Foundation, was a featured speaker at the Alliance for Peacebuilding's Conversations with Extraordinary Women Speaker Series through their Women & Peacebuilding Affinity Group on Sept. 15th.

September 19, 2016

CNBC Articles Discusses Modern Day Piracy, Cites OBP statistics

CNBC article looks at piracy’s recent history in Somalia, West Africa and Southeast Asia, citing Oceans Beyond Piracy’s economic cost findings from its State of Maritime Piracy 2015 report.

September 19, 2016

OEF Shuraako Program Hosts Somaliland Investment Forum

An investment Forum on 19-21st of September brought together stakeholders in Somaliland to address finance, strategy, and governance in order to strengthen investment in the region.

Jens Vestergaard Madsen

Conor Seyle

September 12, 2016

The Power of Networks in Maritime Security

Understanding the Somali piracy crisis could make crossing the Mediterranean safer for refugees.

September 11, 2016

OEF Nurtures Economic Stability in War-torn Colombia

Sustaining peace in Colombia will rely upon communities building peace with their own hands. The Denver Post spoke with PASO Colombia’s country director, Juan Fernando Lucio, to gain more insight on how One Earth Future is working with local communities to regain hope and end the tragedy of war.

September 09, 2016

Using Technology in the Fight Against Maritime Piracy

The BBC examines how pirates have adopted new methods for carrying out attacks and how counter-piracy operations are utilizing new technologies to stop them. OBP Director Jon Huggins weighs in on the conversation.

Conor Seyle

September 01, 2016

The Kenyan private sector's role in mass atrocity prevention, cessation, and recovery

There are numerous examples of ways in which the business sector has been and continues to be involved in activities that lead to mass atrocity crimes. These include instances such as when business cooperates with abusive state security services to violently suppress dissent, telecommunication compa...

August 30, 2016

Turkey's Failed Coup Could Mean Increased Repression for Its Neighbors

Repression is an often overlooked consequence of coup attempts, say Jonathan Powell and OEF Research’s Curtis Bell in their recent post on the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog.

August 22, 2016

Turkey's Coup Attempt Was a Surprise, but for Surprising Reasons

The recent coup attempt in Turkey was widely unexpected. However, coup attempts are not uncommon in democracies.

August 21, 2016

Sarah Glaser of OEF's Secure Fisheries Presents on Lake Victoria Aquaculture

Secure Fisheries’ Sarah Glaser presented research on rapidly expanding cage aquaculture in Lake Victoria at the American Fisheries Society's annual meeting.

August 16, 2016

"Women At the Crossroads" Event

A recent event hosted by Urgent Action Fund, Global Greengrants Fund, and OEF’s Our Secure Future program on August 16th included discussions about the connections between security, climate change, and women's human rights.

August 12, 2016

Four Things to Watch for at the 2016 Our Ocean Conference

Ahead of the 2016 Our Ocean Conference, Secure Fisheries hopes for four outcomes for sustainable fisheries.

August 12, 2016

New Blog: What to Watch for in Our Ocean Conference

The latest blog from OEF’s Secure Fisheries program outlines four hopeful outcomes from the Our Ocean conference.

August 03, 2016

Transboundary collaboration: Reducing conflicts around fisheries

Fish is an important food for over 400 million Africans. Yet this essential resource is threatened by overfishing due to the lack of strong policies and regulations. Managing fisheries and preventing overfishing has proven difficult when there is open access to water resources, which inherently prom...

August 03, 2016

Connecting with the US Department of State’s Safe Ocean Network

The State Department hosted a meeting on June 29-30, 2016 to further international engagement on its Safe Ocean Network (formerly known as the Sea Scout initiative) and to discuss pilot projects. Select pilot projects were announced at the 3rd Our Ocean conference hosted by Secretary of State John K...

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