Chair of the International BoardFisheries Transparency Initiative
Valeria Merino chairs the Fisheries Transparency Initiative. FiTI, a global multi-stakeholder organization, makes the fishing industry more sustainable by making it data transparent. The fishing sector is quite opaque, not necessarily by design but by practice, complex and highly technical. Governments voluntarily join the FiTI and apply the FiTI Standard to improve sustainable fisheries management and participatory governance, promote employment and food security, fulfill international obligations, connect to markets, and prevent IUU fishing. At the core is the. It contributes $500> billion to the economy and employs 58> m. & 600 million livelihoods depend on it. As a social entrepreneur, I am delighted to lead this systemic and transformational initiative after working at the SCOs I founded, at Skoll, Ashoka, and PADF. I served on the Board of Transparency International and UN University. If you are interested in talking to me, please reach out. www.linkedin.com/in/valeriamerino/
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