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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 24, 2017

Shuraako and Secure Fisheries Host Somalia Fisheries Forum

With the longest coastline in Africa, Somalia has the potential to support a productive fishing sector.

October 21, 2017

OEF and Community Celebrate International Day of Peace

OEF joined its Colorado community at the Posner Center for International Development on September 21 to celebrate International Day of Peace, with an event co-hosted by United Nations Association of Denver and OEF program Our Secure Future.

October 13, 2017

Engaging Male Leaders for Women, Peace and Security

Men continue to dominate leadership in national and international security, yet have remained on the sidelines of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) movement.

October 04, 2017

Introducing the Stable Seas Maritime Security Index

Assimilating data from 30 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over nine issue areas, the Index brings together diverse challenges like piracy, smuggling, and capacity-building in one comprehensive analysis to better understand how these issues intersect to affect maritime security.

September 29, 2017

IUU FISHING AROUND THE WORLD IMPACTS U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY

Kaija Hurlburt, Director of Secure Fisheries, spoke to a workshop at the Stimson Center about the intersection of IUU fishing and national security concerns as they operate in Somali waters.

September 21, 2017

Investment Forum Lays the Groundwork for Economic Growth in Somaliland

The three-day Somaliland Investment Forum 2017, which concluded today, signaled to the world that Somaliland is serious about taking control of its economic future and in welcoming the world to invest in its local businesses and to support its eager new class of entrepreneurs.

September 19, 2017

Somaliland Investment Forum Attracts Somali Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Donors

Panelists discussed the need for ice makers and cold chain equipment, the lack of scientific data to inform fisheries stock assessments, and the importance of training a new generation of fishers.

September 15, 2017

Investment Forum Declares Somaliland is Open for Business!

Shuraako, in partnership with the Somaliland Ministry of Trade & Investment, the Somaliland Ministry of Energy and Minerals, and the Somaliland Chamber of Commerce, today announced the second Somaliland Investment Forum (SIF 2017) to take place on 19 – 21 September. The forum, held while the world ...

September 12, 2017

Stable Seas Maritime Security Index Maps Threats to Governance

One Earth Future, through its programs OEF Research, Oceans Beyond Piracy, and Secure Fisheries, presents a unique effort to measure and map intersecting issue areas in maritime security in sub-Saharan Africa.

September 08, 2017

Agriculture – A Promising Market For The Diaspora

Over the last decade, remittance flows from diaspora communities to their countries of origin have been steadily increasing.

September 05, 2017

Stronger International Policies Are Key to Sustaining Global Fisheries

“Strong fisheries management is the key to future sustainability of wild fish stocks, but only thirty-six percent of the ocean is within a single country’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and ten percent of the ocean falls within fragile or failed states,” Mazurek said.

August 29, 2017

Inland Fisheries Are Critical for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

That’s the conclusion of a panel of experts who gathered at the 2017 annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society in Tampa, Florida last week.

August 09, 2017

Our Secure Future Program Leads Consortium of WPS Training and Curriculum

OEF’s Our Secure Future program convened dozens of academics, practitioners, and military officials for a Curriculum Consortium on Women, Peace and Security at the Naval War College.

July 26, 2017

Indian Ocean Commission Recommends New Priorities for Advancing Regional Fisheries Surveillance

In July Secure Fisheries attended the Indian Ocean Commission's Regional Fisheries Surveillance Plan meeting, where Robert Mazurek gave a presentation on Secure Fisheries' current efforts combatting IUU fishing in the Western Indian Ocean.

July 20, 2017

OEF Presents Innovation in Partnerships, SDG16: How to Measure Peace?

OEF’s Research program, in cooperation with IPI, facilitated the event, which addressed challenges and solutions for methods to measure peace.

July 01, 2017

OEF Presents the Stable Seas Maritime Security Index

The Stable Seas Maritime Security Index is a first-of-its-kind effort to measure and map interconnected challenges to maritime security, such as illegal fishing, human trafficking, and illicit trade.

June 20, 2017

Our Secure Future Partners with Nobel Women's Initiative for WPS Conference

OEF’s Our Secure Future program and the Nobel Women’s Initiative co-hosted the conference Designing Our Secure Future in Ottawa, Canada from June 20-22. The conference brought together thought leaders from around the world to develop a strategic vision and messaging for the future of women, peace an...

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