The Council of the Galician regional government (Xunta) informs of the appointment of ms. Rosa Chapela as the new managing director of the Technology Centre of the Sea-CETMAR Foundation
- With a PhD in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela, she has been since 2002 the Head of the Fisheries Socioeconomics Department of the entity, which depends on the Regional Department of Maritime Affairs (Consellería do Mar).
The Council of the Xunta informed today of the appointment, made in the extraordinary board of trustees held this morning, of Rosa Chapela as the new managing director of the Technology Centre of the Sea-CETMAR Foundation in substitution of Paloma Rueda, who had this responsibility since 2009. PhD in Law from the University of Santiago de Compostela, and postgraduate degree in Fisheries Economics from the same university, she works as Head of the Fisheries Socioeconomics Department at the Technology Centre of the Sea-Cetmar Foundation since 2002.
The new managing director of the entity, dependent on the Consellería do Mar, began her career as a technical advisor for legal issues at the Galician Regional Government’s Fisheries Department. Since 2013, she is the geographical expert and contact for Spain in the European network FARNET, a support unit for DG Mare in participatory local development through the local fisheries action groups. From CETMAR, she led and participated in numerous European projects on fisheries sustainability, competitiveness and value chains, participatory local development, climate change, women in fisheries, etc., collaborating with many teams from different European countries, as well as from Brazil and South Africa.
She collaborated with international organizations such as FAO and IUCN. She contributed to international cooperation projects, focusing on the participation and empowerment of women in fisheries and aquaculture in countries such as Vietnam and Senegal, as well as to twinning projects for the harmonization of fisheries legislation in Romania and Bulgaria. Considering her experience in fisheries policy, aquaculture governance and sustainable development, she coordinated meetings and events with public managers and stakeholders in the European fisheries sector, both national and international.
In addition to her participation in other European projects to boost the socio-economic impact of fisheries and aquaculture, such as the Emodnet Network or the European Observatory for the Blue Economy, she has publications and presentations at congresses on governance of fisheries and aquaculture, the legal management of the coastline, the role of women in fisheries, or the blue economy.
