ALCOM GCP/INT/555/SWE
Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme GCP/RAF/277/BEL

ALCOM Report No. 20

REPORT OF THE EIGHTH STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
13–16 February 1995

Funding Agencies:
SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
BELGIAN ADMINISTRATION FOR DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION

Executing Agency:
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Harare, Zimbabwe, April 1995

The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

PREFACE

This document is the adopted report of the Eighth Steering Committee meeting of ALCOM (Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme). It was hosted by the Government of Tanzania and held in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, from 13 to 16 February 1995.

The document also contains the ALCOM Narrative Progress Report for 1994, and the Work Plan for 1995. ALCOM is a regional aquaculture and fisheries programme of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). Based in Harare, Zimbabwe, it covers all the member-countries of SADC, the Southern African Development Community.

Members of the Steering Committee are the member-countries of SADC: Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, donors (Sweden and Belgium), and FAO as executing agency.

The main tasks of the Steering Committee are to

monitor and review progress in the implementation of ALCOM.
decide on and provide assistance and direction for implementing ALCOM's annual Work Plan.

The Steering Committee meets annually by rotation in member-countries.

ALCOM's aim is to assist member countries improve the living standards of rural populations through the practice of aquaculture and small reservoir fisheries. Towards this end, pilot activities are conducted in selected member-countries to demonstrate new techniques, technologies or methodologies. Successes achieved, ideas derived, and lessons learned are disseminated for use in the region. ALCOM began its work in 1986 and is funded by Sweden and Belgium, with contributions to pilot projects from member-countries.

ALCOM Address:

Mail:	PO Box 3730, Harare, Zimbabwe
Phone:	+263-4-724985
Fax:	+263-4-736847
Telex:	26040 FAO ZW
E-mail:	[email protected]

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimination of its frontiers or boundaries.

Introduction

Opening

Election of chairperson

Adoption of the agenda

Progress Report 1994

Report of the Technical Consultation on species for small Reservoir Fisheries and Aquaculture in Southern Africa

Joint Evaluation of ALCOM

Status of approval of ALCOM Phase III project document

Work Plan 1995

Date and venue of the 9th Steering Committee Meeting

Other matters

Closing