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Roy Palmer
Charity Commission of the UK has confirmed that the registration of Aquaculture without Frontiers
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his year has got off with a big bang as far as Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) is concerned and generally we could not be happier with its progress; although we will not be resting on our laurels as we still have much to do. The giant news was that The Charity Commission of the UK has confirmed that the registration of Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF UK), as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation. AwF (UK) CIO status will see a few changes to AwF (USA-Global) and AwF (Australia) in that it will connect with the milling and grain industry as well as its usual connections with the seafood industry. This new UK charity will see a unique program created, initially called ‘Loaves and Fishes,’ which will enable it to attract donators, sponsors and supporters to engage in either milling and/or aquaculture programs as they are established. Roger Gilbert, publisher of this magazine, is the inaugural Chairman and Trustee for AwF (UK) CIO. Rogers company produces Milling and Grain magazine (first published in 1891), the International Milling and Grain Directory as well as this magazine. “Milling is pivotal to affordable, safe and plentiful food supplies – from flour, cereal and rice-based foodstuffs to animal feed rations, our publications deal in technological advancement throughout the transport, storage and production chain and in nutritional developments that improve the efficiency and safety of food production globally” Mr Gilbert said, adding that “As the industry’s oldest magazine, we are particularly keen to see the continued and timely transfer of that information to make a difference in the poorer countries of the world.”
Establishing the charity
Our first actions will be to establish a strong, skilled Board and to start the process to undertake projects that are consistent with AwF UK’s objectives. Now that we have the approval in place we can start getting our plans moving. The UK will allow us to have that north-south type of arrangement, through which we can utilise
connections that are already in place in the UK with Africa, and then build on these relationships. Cliff Spencer, CEO of the United Nations-backed Global Biotechnology Transfer Foundation (already has a MoU with AwF) and Goodwill Ambassador for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) has agreed to join the charity’s new board. We are also very thankful for the effort of Simon Birks, Director, Sherbornes Solicitors Limited; in being very thorough with the administration involved in setting up a charity will be working with us into the future. Roger and I discussed the new organisation, following the announcement, in a short video which can be viewed at https://youtu.be/ItVONm_v_EE. We have worked with WAS-APC is providing the opportunity for students and female aquaculture people to attend Asia Pacific Aquaculture 2016, which takes place from the 26th to 29th April 2016. The awardees are Menaga Meenakshisundaram; Nikoleta Ntalamagka; Arlyn Mandas; Christopher Ongko; Amit Ranjan; Claudia Miglietta; Vaishali Joshi and Renata Melon Barroso. We at AwF are looking forward to seeing them at the event in Surabaya, Indonesia. At that event the WAS Board also approved the ‘M.C.Nandeesha Award’ which will be held for the first time at APA16. The award will be for the Best Young Scientist Presentation in Aquaculture/Sustainable Small-Scale Aquaculture Programs/ Research and Dissemination/Gender Studies is strongly based on what Nandeesha would have wanted for this award. Nandeesha was a great champion for AwF.
AwF’s first board meeting
Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) held its first board meeting on the east coast USA during the annual Seafood Expo North America (SENA) event in Boston, Mass. The current board acknowledged the fine efforts of John Forster who was not seeking re-election on the board but had agreed to stay engaged with the organisation by being one of the leaders of the new Technical Advisory Group. Additionally the board thanked John Cooksey
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