1. FARNET tools: how to make the most of it?
“FLAGs ON THE MOVE: the second wave” FARNET Seminar for FLAGs Sofia March 2010
FARNET tools: how to make the most of it?
Serge Gomes da Silva
FARNET Support Unit 1

2. What can FARNET SU do for you and how?
Mission of FSU: “the provision of technical assistance, animation, information and capitalisation on experiences”
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Design tailor-made tools and events
Remote or in situ technical assistance
Capacity building at local or national level
Facilitate communication and cooperation
Include your area in a EU wide network

3. Involving the community: identify priorities
Interactive meetings:
Focus groups; Managing Authorities meetings; Transnational seminars:
example « FLAGs on the move », 1st edition: March 2010 Gijon.
Identified needs can become FSU outputs:
technical guides, dedicated sessions in other events,…
Interactive meetings with individual or groups of stakeholders
Open discussions and working groups where priorities are identified and prioritized with the community
Adding value to local fisheries products 
 priority identified in Gijon in March 2010
 thematic conference in November 2010