ALCOM                                                                                         GCP/INT/555/SWE Aquaculture for Local Community Development Programme     GCP/RAF/277/BEL ALCOM Report No. 14 REPORT OF THE SEVENTH STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING Swakopmund, Namibia 14–17 February 1994 Funding Agencies : SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY BELGIAN ADMINISTRATION FOR DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION Executing Agency : FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Harare, Zimbabawe, June 1994 CONTENTS

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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.

CONTENTS

Introduction

Opening

Election of chairperson

Adoption of the agenda

ALCOM's financial situation

Action taken on decisons/recommendations of the Sixth Steering Committee Meeting

Progress Report 1993

Work Plan 1994

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

Other matters

Closing

Appendices:

1.   List of participants

2.   Agenda

3.   Narrative Progress Report, 1993

      Progress Report on Action Programme Sub-Projects, 1993

4.   Work Plan, 1994

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