CENTRAL VISAYAS FISHERFOLK DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC. ADVOCACY PAGE

STOP DISLOCATION OF FISHERFOLKS AND DESTRUCTION OF OUR PROTECTED SEASCAPE IN THE NAME OF OIL!

Vision.Mission.Goal

Vision
A fishery sector in Central Visayas that puts into action its priority rights and gives primacy to the correct use of resources, free from foreign control and monopoly and able to generate appropriate technology and manpower aimed at promoting local industrialization and sustainable development.
Mission
FIDEC works with fisherfolk sectors in Central Visayas in order to advance their socio-economic and political well-being by providing support services such as organizing, education and training, information dissemination, socio-economic and livelihood projects, and marine ecology enhancement programs.
Goals
- To assist the initiatives of fisherfolk toward sectoral organizing and empowerment;
- To support fisherfolk groups in formulating and implementing their own socio-economic development agenda at the community level;
- To assist fisherfolk groups in pursuing activities and programs that promote the renewal, enhancement, and protection of coastal and community resources;
- To help popularize fisherfolk issues and demands through an integrated and comprehensive multimedia program.

Programs

- Education and training – Development Education, Training, and Adult Literacy Program (DETALP)
- Socio-economic development assistance - Socio-Economic Assistance (SEA)
- Marine ecology protection and enhancement – Marine Ecology Enhancement Program (MEEP)
- Support to organizing initiatives – Organizing Assistance Program (OAP)
- Research,documentation, and information – Research, Documentation, and Information Program (RDIP)
- Legal Aid and Advocacy – Special Services Desk (SSD)