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  • Publication | 2021

The EU strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

Global Food and Nutrition Security

This Joint Communication sets out the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific by:

  • Outlining the EU’s rationale for strengthening its engagement in the Indo-Pacific;
  • Presenting the EU’s principles guiding its engagement with the Indo-Pacific;
  • Setting out the EU’s approach to partnership and cooperation in the region, and
  • Detailing how the EU will pursue this vision in cooperation with partners.

In the food sector:

  • The EU will continue supporting Indo-Pacific partners in achieving reforms of fisheries management and control systems. This should improve fisheries compliance, and contribute to the  conservation and sustainable management of marine biological resources across the region;
  • The EU will support the transformation towards healthy and sustainable food systems. The EU aims to enhance cooperation on its Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies with like-minded partners. The EU intends to establish dialogues on sustainable food systems with interested Indo-Pacific partners (some of which are planning their own sustainability policies and programmes) or enter into bilateral and multilateral arrangements with a view to support collaboration on food safety, animal and plant health and sustainability.