![]() | ALCOM GCP/INT/555/SWE ALCOM Report No. 14 REPORT OF THE SEVENTH STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGSwakopmund, Namibia Funding Agencies : Executing Agency : |
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PREFACE
This document is the adopted report of the Seventh Steering Committee meeting of ALCOM (Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme). It was hosted by the Government of Namibia, and held in Swakopmund, Namibia, from 14 to 17 February 1994.
The document contains also the Progress Report of ALCOM for 1993, and the Work Plan for 1994.
Members of the Steering Committee are the SADC countries (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe); donors; and the 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 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 (Southern African Development Community).
The aim of ALCOM is to assist member-countries improve the living standards of rural populations through the practice of aquaculture. Toward this end, pilot activities are conducted in member-countries to demonstrate new techniques, technologies or methodologies. Successes achieved, ideas derived, lessons learnt, are applied on a wider scale by member-governments.
ALCOM is funded by Sweden and Belgium. Its preparatory phase began in 1986, and its first implementation phase in 1990.
Action taken on decisons/recommendations of the Sixth Steering Committee Meeting
Report of the Working Group on the Future of ALCOM
Proposed plan of operation for ALCOM's third phase 1995–1999
Terms of reference for the evaluation of ALCOM
Report on the Strategy on International Fisheries Research
Report on the Workshop on Fishery Credit Development in Eastern and Southern Africa
Date and venue of the 8th Steering Committee meeting
3. Narrative Progress Report, 1993
Progress Report on Action Programme Sub-Projects, 1993