Activities
Rabat hosts the first edition of the FAO International Course on the coordinated implementation of the Three Treaties: The Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), the 2012 Cape Town Agreement of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the International Labour Organization (ILO C.188).
Fisheries and port State control officers responsible for fishing vessel safety and decent working conditions on board have benefited from the first edition of this course launched by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) under its Global Capacity Development Program, aimed at supporting the implementation of the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA). This year marks the 10th anniversary of the PSMA’s entry into force.
The FAO international course held in Rabat, Morocco, from 30 March to 3 April 2026 aims to strengthen the capacities of national administrations in the coordinated implementation of the three treaties, namely: the Agreement on Port State Measures (PSMA), the 2012 Cape Town Agreement of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and the Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 of the International Labour Organization (ILO C.188).
This course helps national agencies coordinate the implementation of the three treaties, which respectively contribute to combating illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, ensuring the safety of fishing vessels, and promoting decent working conditions on board fishing vessels.
It enables officials from national fisheries, maritime, and labor administrations to better understand these three international treaties and their implementation, identify areas requiring inter-agency collaboration for coordinated implementation, and become familiar with the available tools and resources.
A total of 26 officers from Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, The Gambia, and Tunisia are the first beneficiaries of this international course. The training is funded by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea, with technical collaboration from the Ministerial Conference on Fisheries Cooperation among African States bordering the Atlantic Ocean (COMHAFAT), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the Government of Morocco.
This course is part of FAO’s Global Training Programme on fisheries, which contributes to national, regional, and global efforts to prevent, deter, and eliminate IUU fishing.
