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Elisabetta Martone Minmin Lei Pierre Murekezi

Fishery officer Associate Professional Officer Fishery Officer
National Planning and Development Support Team Global & Regional Processes Team for National Planning and Development Support Team
for Sustainable Aquaculture Sustainable Aquaculture for Sustainable Aquaculture
Elisabetta Martone, an American-Italian Minmini Lei, a Chinese national, holds a Pierre Murekezi has been appointed to Colleagues in Motion
national, holds a Ph.D. in Economics and master’s degree in Law from Beijing University the position of Fisheries Officer (P2) and
Quantitative Methods, a Master’s degree in of Chemical Technology and a bachelor’s has joined the National Planning and
Economics and Trade, and a Master’s degree degree in English Literature from the same Development Support Team (NFIAN). Pierre
in Human Development and Food security university. She joined FAO as an Associate obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the
from the University of Roma Tre, Italy. She Professional Officer in the Development National University of Rwanda and a Master’s
has worked in both academic and consulting Law Service of Legal Office in September Degree in Rule of Law Development from
firm environments, gaining experience in the 2018 and as a lawyer by training, she has Loyola University in Chicago, USA.
evaluation and assessment of government been providing legal advice and technical
and international programmes. In FAO, assistance on development law issues Before joining FAO, Pierre worked for the
since 2012 Elisabetta has assisted Member of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources
Countries to develop sound strategies, plans, including advising on regulatory elements in Rwanda as a Policy Officer, and in the
programmes and guidelines for sustainable States would want to look into when Rwanda Office of the Ombudsman Prevention
aquaculture development. Her work focused and Fight against Injustice Unit. He joined
on promoting Aquaculture as a Business considering enacting or revising their fisheries FAO in 2013 as a Legal Consultant for LEGN,
in terms of contributing to developing and and aquaculture legislation, planning and managing agriculture policy analyses and
disseminating training materials including delivering capacity building programmes drafting legal documents on institutional
on Aquaculture Governance and the User- to enhance national stakeholders’ capacity matters and international environmental
Friendly Tool for Investment Decision Making to conduct legal assessment, providing law. Pierre joined the then Aquaculture
in Aquaculture (UTIDA), and capacity building recommendation of legal options to Member Branch in 2016 and has since been working
in Africa at both national and sub-regional Governments on regulated fisheries regimes, on field projects in Africa with a technical
level. In 2020, she was appointed Fishery as well as providing training on international focus on aquaculture policy and aquaculture
Officer under the Project “Fisheries Co- fisheries law. Before joining FAO, she worked legislation formulation, assessment of
management Capacity Development for in Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences and opportunities and needs of national and
Blue Communities: Sustainable Fisheries was responsible for institutional and human regional aquaculture platforms for promotion
and Diverse Livelihoods” funded by Ministry resource management. In her secondment
of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of to Bureau of Fisheries, and Department of of public-private partnerships (PPPs). He
Korea. International Cooperation of Ministry of has also actively participated in the creation
Agriculture and Rural Affairs, she covered and institutionalization of the Aquaculture
Elisabetta can be reached at: Network for Africa (ANAF). Pierre will
Elisabetta.Martone@fao.org a wide range of issues, including providing primarily be responsible for the production of
legal advice for bilateral negotiation information materials on aquaculture”.
with neighboring countries on fisheries
management, drafting rules and regulations Pierre can be reached at:
of fisheries and aquaculture and project Pierre.Murekezi@fao.org
management. During her two-month
assignment with Aquaculture Global and
Regional Processes Team, she will support the
Global Conference on Aquaculture.
Minmin can be reached at:
Minmin.Lei@fao.org

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