Appendices

Appendix I
List of Participants

Appendix 2
Adopted Agenda

1. Election of Chairperson

2. Adoption of the Agenda

3. Progress Report 1995, including action taken on decisions and recommendations of the 8th Steering Committee Meeting

4. Report of the Working Group on the Future of ALCOM and status of proposals for continuation of ALCOM Phase III

5. Preparations for the Joint Evaluation of ALCOM during 1996

6. Work Plan 1996

7. Report of the Technical Consultation on Extension Methods for Smallholder Fish Farming in Southern Africa

8. Date and venue of the 10th Steering Committee Meeting

9. Other matters

10. Adoption of the report of the meeting

Appendix 3
Decisions/Recommendations of the 9th ALCOM Steering Committee Meeting

Appendix 4
Adopted Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Second Working Group on the Future of ALCOM 14 February 1996, Gaborone, Botswana

The fourth meeting of the Working Group was held on 14 February 1996 in the Pavilion Room of the Botswana Conference and Exhibition Centre, Gaborone, Botswana, following on the 9th ALCOM Steering Committee Meeting. It was attended by four of the five members and five observers.

Members present:

Members absent:

Observers:

1. Adoption of the Agenda

The following agenda was adopted:

• Membership of the Working Group
• Terms of Reference of the Working Group
• Working Group Work Plan, 1996
• Any other business

2. Membership of the Working Group

The 9th Steering Committee Meeting had decided that the Working Group should continue to function during 1996 with the same membership, subject to revision for personal reasons.

Mr. R. Lema informed the Working Group that, since he would be retiring from Government service in March 1996, he would not be in a position to serve as a member beyond this meeting. The Working Group agreed that Mr. T. Mmopelwa of Botswana should replace Mr. Lema after the end of this meeting, in his capacity as Chair of the Steering Committee. The members thanked Mr. Lema for his dedicated support to the Working Group over the past year and wished him well in his retirement.

It was noted that Ms. Mutsekwa was on maternity leave. The Working Group agreed that Dr. C. Machena should replace her until she was able to resume her duties.

The Working Group noted that Mr. B. Haight had been replaced by Dr. John Moehl as ALCOM Coordinator with effect from this meeting. The members thanked Mr. Haight for his dedicated support to the Working Group and wished him well in his new assignment with FAO in Rome.

3. Terms of Reference of the Working Group

The 9th Steering Committee Meeting had decided that the Working Group should continue to function during 1996 with the same Terms of Reference, supplemented by one additional issue on facilitating the integration of ALCOM's activities into IFSTCU. The Working Group reviewed its Terms of Reference in light of the deliberations of the 9th Steering Committee Meeting and proposed updated Terms of Reference as presented in Attachment 1.

4. Working Group Work Plan, 1996

Following on the deliberations of the 9th Steering Committee Meeting and with respect to its Terms of Reference, the Working Group noted that careful work planning was needed to provide inputs to several key events during 1996, in particular the proposed Sida Appraisal Mission of the SADC IFSTCU proposal, the ALCOM Evaluation Mission, and the evaluation of ICEIDA's assistance to IFSTCU. The Working Group agreed to the following plan to guide its work during 1996.

• A sub-group comprising the IFSTCU Coordinator and the ALCOM Coordinator was formed to identify practical issues and action needed which arose from Item 7 in the Terms of Reference. The findings and recommendations of the sub-group would be circulated for review by Working Group members latest end-March. The sub-group would thereafter take the lead in carrying out the agreed action on practical issues with respect to Item 7.

• The next meeting of the Working Group would take place just prior to the 21st Technical Consultative Meeting of the SADC Fisheries Sectors, tentatively scheduled for the third week of April in Swaziland. The Working Group would brief the TCM on the status of the proposed SADC/ALCOM Phase IIIa and the integration of ALCOM's regional activities into the IFSTCU, and it would meet with the Sida Appraisal Mission as proposed by Sida.

• The Working Group would assist IFSTCU to prepare an elaborated proposal for SADC/ALCOM Phase IIIa, taking into consideration the results of the Sida Appraisal Mission and the ALCOM Evaluation Mission.

• The Working Group would review the findings of the Sida Appraisal Mission and the ALCOM Evaluation Mission with respect to the project “Utilization of Small Water Bodies for Aquaculture and Fisheries”. Based on this review, it would propose action needed concerning the relationship of this project with IFSTCU and SADC/ALCOM, and its future beyond the present cycle of funding.

• The Secretariat would continuously monitor the interest of other donors in the future of ALCOM and keep the Working Group informed accordingly.

The Working Group noted that, if practical, the start of the ALCOM Evaluation Mission should overlap with, or occur after, the end of the Sida Appraisal Mission so that its results could be considered in the evaluation of ALCOM.

5. Any other business

The Working Group recalled that, at its third meeting, it had requested ALCOM Programme Management to solicit Sida's comments on proposed changes in the methods of reporting country contributions to ALCOM activities. The observer from Sida indicated that he had no objection to the proposals, which would give a wider and more equitable indication of country inputs. The Working Group requested ALCOM Programme Management to solicit this information from countries for 1996 contributions using a standardized format.

Having no further business, the Working Group adjourned until the next meeting.

Appendix 5
Draft Revised Terms of Reference, Second Working Group on the Future of ALCOM

As a matter of priority, in an effort to salvage ALCOM once the core funding from Sweden is withdrawn, and to ensure continuity in the work done by the Programme, the 8th ALCOM Steering Committee Meeting formed a working group to look into the future of ALCOM, to be known as the Second Working Group on the Future of ALCOM with reference to the original group which was active from 1992 to 1994. The Terms of Reference were updated following the 9th ALCOM Steering Committee Meeting.

The working group members are:

ALCOM Management will provide the secretariat for the Working Group.

The Working Group is empowered, in consultation with the Chair of the ALCOM Steering Committee, to consider and take decisions on behalf of the Committee on the following issues:

1. To consider and draft proposals for the future emphasis and functions of ALCOM and its relevant institutional set-up.

2. Mobilize SADC and ALCOM member country resources to take a more prominent role in ALCOM planning, management and operations.

3. Engage Sweden in discussions on possible further funding of ALCOM beyond 1996.

4. Seek possible new donors to support ALCOM in its new form, and prepare proposals based on the report of the Working Group on the Future of ALCOM.

5. Assist the SADC Inland Fisheries Sector Coordinating Unit in seeking practical linkages with other programmes of relevance.

6. Recommend how to deal with the assets of ALCOM, including the library, under the different scenarios possible from 1996.

7. Facilitate, through consultation with ALCOM Management, IFSTCU and donors, the integration and implementation of the regional activities of ALCOM by the IFSTCU, and elaboration of practical linkages with the FAO-executed and Belgian-funded project “Utilization of Small Water Bodies for Aquaculture and Fisheries”.

The Working Group will report back to the ALCOM Steering Committee.

Appendix 6
Narrative Progress Report 1996

1 Introduction

The project document for ALCOM Phase III lays out the objectives, outputs and activities for the whole ALCOM programme.

The development objective is an increase in cash income and/or animal protein component in the diet of rural communities, achieved through increased production of fish from small-scale aquaculture integrated with mixed farming systems.

The intermediate objectives are:

• the provision of fish culture methods and systems which have been tested and demonstrated in pilot projects to be technically, economically and socially appropriate for the target communities identified;

• reinforcement of national and local development institutions for sustained promotion among small-holder farmers of the fish culture methods and systems developed under the programme; and,

• the adoption in rural communities of appropriate fish culture practices, introduced, promoted and supported through nationally or internationally funded local institutions concerned with rural development and integrated into local farming systems.

The whole programme consists of:

• the core programme financed by Sweden, which directly addresses the intermediate objectives of the whole programme; and,

• complementary specialized projects, specifically “Utilization of small water bodies for aquaculture and fisheries” financed by Belgium, which contributes to the attainment of the development objective of the whole programme.

The core programme is currently financed by Sweden for two years, from January 1995 to December 1996, as project GCP/INT/555/SWE Phase III with a funding level of SEK 5 million per year (equivalent to an indicative amount of US$ 653,705 at the beginning of 1995).

The small water bodies project is financed by Belgium through August 1997, as project GCP/RAF/277/BEL, with an indicative funding level of US$ 494,940 at the beginning of 1995 (revised to US$ 619,334 in August 1995).

The FAO-financed Technical Cooperation Programme project for Mozambique and Zambia, project TCP/RAF/2380 Support to Aquaculture Training and Extension, was unable to attain its objective in 1994 due to delays in implementation in Mozambique. It was extended through December 1995 with no budget increase; the carryover funds to be spent in 1995 amounted to US$ 193,884.

Therefore, ALCOM's total donor funding level for 1995 was US$ 1,466,923 comprising:

In addition, the ALCOM member countries committed themselves to a target of matching 20% of the donor financing with their own contributions in cash and/or in kind by the end of 1996.

2 Progress on Implementing Decisions/Recommendations of the 8th ALCOM Steering Committee Meeting

The 8th Steering Committee Meeting made ten decisions and recommendations concerning implementation of ALCOM's Plan of Operation during 1995, and the future of ALCOM. The decisions/recommendations (with references to paragraphs in the Report of the 8th Steering Committee Meeting) and action taken during 1995 are given below.

2.2 Progress on Implementation of Core Programme and Small Water Bodies Project

The 1995 ALCOM Work Plan implemented the core programme and the small water bodies project. The elements of the 1995 work plan were:

• The management, administration and information services of the core programme, with links to the small water bodies project.

• Innovative and practical pilot projects and activities, in which the core programme and small water bodies project take the same approach to developing methodologies.

Based on the project documents, the work plan laid out overall indicators of impact toward achieving the intermediate and overall objectives of the whole programme, and specific indicators of impact, outputs, activities and inputs for the three immediate objectives of the core programme and three immediate objectives of the small water bodies project.

2.3 Progress against overall indicators of impact of the whole programme

There are five indicators of overall impact derived from the project document for the whole programme.

Local institutions promoting fish culture integrated into local farming systems. Well advanced in Zambia and started in Mozambique. Concept widely accepted but not commonly put into practice elsewhere due to institutional constraints. Institutional constraints were addressed at the regional ALCOM technical consultation on extension methods in November, and recommendations for Governments, ALCOM and FAO were made to alleviate them.

Farmers practising fish culture integrated into local farming systems. Most smallholder farmers who practise fish farming do so as one of many integrated farming activities. The number of farmers adopting and sustaining fish farming is increasing in pilot project areas, and beyond pilot project areas in Zambia. Benefits (nutritional, economic, farming system) derived from doing so are being investigated to enable improvement of fish farming practices for better defined target groups, impact assessment, and wider dissemination of fish farming information.

Cost-effective fisheries management and enhanced fish production from small reservoirs. Basic information on fish production, fishing activities and community management options is collected and analyzed to enable more effective fishery management and enhancement activities. Biological and physico-chemical sampling provides a technical basis for improved management: stocking to fill important niches, recommendations on the use of non-destructive fishing and adapted fishing gear used with optimum effort. Socio-economic information, which is gathered through a participatory approach, will be used to fit the technical options to the situation and needs of the local communities in a cost effective manner. Fisheries co-management has been established on two reservoirs in Tanzania with positive results: fish yield has increased and fishermen feel more responsible for the resource. In all cases, the participatory approach has generated an improved awareness about the fishery resource and contributed to improved management: descrease in the use of destructive fishing gear and a more positive attitude towards management of the whole resource.

Fish seed available from private fingerling producers. Progress in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia based on training of extensionists and farmers, and increased demand for fingerlings. Broodstock and fish seed production is still not well organized at Government and private levels. Improvement of broodstock and seed quality, market (supply/demand) information and seed distribution mechanisms are constraints to establishing private fingerling production and is being addressed in AQU pilot projects.

Capability (by development institutions) to assess how farmers and communities benefit from aquaculture, showing: increased cash income at household level by fish production; and, increased animal protein intake at household and community level by fish farmers and fishing communities. Under development in five countries in the form of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercises and field surveys carried out by local institutions and individuals guided by ALCOM staff. A one-week training course was conducted in Harare during May for staff and associates from all SWB pilot projects. In Malawi, an interdisciplinary team of Government field workers has carried out PRA's on several reservoirs (SWB/MLW), and will continue to monitor impact. In Mozambique, the Centro da Formacao Agraria was contracted to carry out a study in Gaza Province (AQU/MOZ). In Tanzania, AQU/URT pilot project staff work with Fisheries Section staff on socio-economic assessments; the potential exists to work with Sokoine University of Agriculture. In Zambia, an individual was contracted to carry out an impact study in Eastern Province (AQU/ZAM). ALCOM staff have assisted the Depts of Fisheries and Agriculture in Southern Province (SWB/ZAM) to carry out PRA's on selected reservoirs. In Zimbabwe, two staff members of the Centre for Applied Social Sciences (CASS), University of Zimbabwe, were contract to carry out PRA's on SWB/ZIM pilot project reservoirs. Overall, institutional capability is being developed through hands-on experience by national personnel who also contribute to the development of assessment methods and indicators of impact.

Several major operational problems were encountered during the year and the following actions taken or requested to resolve them.

• The building housing ALCOM's main offices in Harare was sold on 1 January and the lease was terminated with effect from 30 June. The programme entered into discussions with the Zimbabwe Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management, which provided ALCOM with rent-free main office premises with effect from 15 June. However, on 30 June ALCOM's telephone and fax lines were temporarily disconnected due to the delay by the Zimbabwe PTC in transferring the lines to the new premises. Discussions were held with the PTC and the responsible ministry with the support of the Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management and the FAO Representation in Zimbabwe. By the end of 1995 there was no indication of when phone/fax service would be restored. The lack of phone/fax service has severely disrupted regional operations. ALCOM staff have been relying on e-mail services from their personal computers at their homes, their personal telephones, and the FAO Representation for urgent communications.

• The 8th Steering Committee Meeting set a goal for countries to match 20% of ALCOM's donor budget by the end of 1996. Discussions were initiated with SADC at the regional level and indicators prepared. However, for most national and sub-national pilot projects, little if any Government funds are available for operating expenses, and these expenses continue to be met by ALCOM. High level contacts have been made in selected countries to ensure national budgeting for ALCOM-related expenses.

• The southern part of the SADC region had a poor 1994–95 rainy season, and drought conditions existed in several pilot project areas during most of 1995. Affected projects focused their work on areas with sufficient water and promoted drought-adapted fish farming techniques. In the small water body pilot projects, reservoir fluctuations were more severe than normal. The 1995–1996 rainy season got off to a good start in late 1995.

Problem specific to pilot projects are covered in the detailed pilot project reports, annexed.

2.4 Core Programme (GCP/INT/555/SWE)

2.4.1 Regional activities

The core programme's first immediate objective, to be attained at a regional level, is:

1. Administration and management of the whole programme and increased awareness about aquaculture development issues, potentials and limitations in the member countries and in the region.

The work plan for attaining this objective comprises three outputs:

Activities have been implemented and outputs obtained as scheduled. The SADC IFSTCU was regularly consulted on, and participated in, regional matters. Increased management time was needed to accomplish coordination and future planning activities under MAN/ADM. Time was freed by delegating reporting activities under MAN/ADM and the technical consultation under COR/REG to the Aquaculturist. The new Information Officer took full responsibility for activities under INF/REG in April. Follow-up is needed on who uses the information provided by ALCOM at national level. As called for under COR/REG, much more regional expertise was used on regional and national project activities which increased the supervisory and advisory roles of internationally recruited staff. TCDC arrangements could be used but the conditions of service were not acceptable to regional consultants.

The detailed progress report on activities and indicators for each output is given in Annex 1.

2.4.2 Pilot Projects

The core programme's second and third immediate objectives, to be attained through innovative and practical pilot projects, are:

2. Fish culture methodologies developed, tested and demonstrated and systems integrated with the farming system, which are technically, economically and socially appropriate for the target communities identified.

3. Increased support by national and local development institutions and farmers themselves for the sustained promotion among small-holder farmers of the fish culture methods and systems developed by the Programme.

Four sub-national pilot projects were designed, using ALCOM's eight target areas (see Table 1) and planning guidelines (see 1995 work plan), to produce outputs which contribute to attainment of these objectives.

Pilot projects EXT/MOZ, AQU/URT and AQU/ZAM have proceeded on schedule and are obtaining expected outputs (see overall indicators in section 2.1 and detailed progress reports on activities, indicators and inputs for each pilot project in Annex 2). Some administrative delays have been experienced under EXT/MOZ, and AQU/MOZ needs to be redirected back to its original objectives. In all pilot projects, extensive and semi-intensive fish farming techniques are promoted mainly for new adopters. The pilot projects need to focus more on improvements in techniques which meet farmers' needs. Impact assessment studies are planned or under way in all pilot projects and will include farm-level economic analysis of small-scale fish culture. Institutional collaboration is excellent in Zambia and improving in Mozambique; more effort is needed in Tanzania. The technical consultation on extension provided a good forum to identify and resolve institutional constraints, but these can only be implemented by the institutions themselves.

2.4.3 Small Water Bodies Project (GCP/RAF/277/BEL)

The three immediate objective in the 1995–1997 work plan are:

1. Methods for evaluation of small water body fisheries potential.

2. An assessment of the resources of small water bodies in the region and their fishery potential for local communities.

3. The provision of feasible methods and guidelines for enhancement and management of fish production in small water bodies by local communities.

One regional and four sub-national level pilot projects were designed to produce outputs which contribute to attainment of these objectives.

The estimation of small water body fisheries potential has two components: a model of estimation of fish production; and, a complete and accurate inventory of small water bodies in the region. The model is still under development using secondary information and data collected from the 21 pilot project reservoirs in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The inventory is fairly complete for Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Eastern Province Zambia and Zimbabwe, and it is being integrated with the SADC Early Warning Unit's digitized vector database to provide additional administrative, hydrological and geographic information. An annual potential fish production of 30,000 tons has been estimated for the reservoirs in the database. Pilot projects SWB/MLW, SWB/URT, SWB/ZAM and SWB/ZIM are making good although uneven progress on their first three outputs (baseline information, bio-physical and socio-economic profiles). The collection of bio-physical data has been standardized and PRA's have been used extensively to gather socio-economic information. The PRA's have also served to gain the trust and actively involve local communities in resource assessment and management. Fishery management improvements have taken place in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. This will be the main focus of the pilot projects in 1996–1997. Detailed progress reports on activities, indicators and inputs for each pilot project are given in Annex 3.

2.5 Training activities

The following main training activities took place under the core programme and pilot projects.

GCP/INT/555/SWE and TCP/RAF/2380(T)

Seminar on Fish Farming Extension Methods for Small-scale Farmers in Southern Africa, 15 February 1995, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Participants were 29 high-level decision-makers from ALCOM member countries, SADC, donors and FAO (activity COR/REG).

Nine one-week fish culture courses for 20–25 Agriculture Camp and Block Officers each in Central, Eastern and Luapula Provinces of Zambia led by national staff using methods and materials developed under pilot project AQU/ZAM.

Mozambique Fish Culture Department team (5 staff) trained in Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) methods at Centro da Formacao Agraria (CFA) and participated in PRA field work during July–August under pilot project AQU/MOZ. High-level CFA staff obtained experience in fish farming methods.

Eight agriculture extension workers in Manica Province, Mozambique, received regular in-service and field-level training in aquaculture from two Fish Culture Department staff under pilot project EXT/MOZ.

Two Fish Culture Department staff in Manica Province, Mozambique, received 15 days of hands-on training in newsletter design and production from the Consultant Newsletter Adviser (pilot project EXT/MOZ).

Twenty-four farmers in Tanzania were trained and implemented improved pond management in trials under pilot project AQU/URT. Selected farmers have been given advice on fingerling production and transport.

National Seminar on Aquaculture Extension, 2–6 October 1995, Kabwe, Zambia, attended by 33 participants from the Depts of Fisheries and Agriculture and other local development agencies (ALCOM Field Document No. 36, pilot project AQU/ZAM).

Technical Consultation on Extension Methods for Smallholder Fish Farming in Southern Africa, 20–24 November 1995, Lilongwe, Malawi, attended by 37 participants from 10 of the 12 SADC countries (missing were Angola and Mauritius), development agencies and donors (ALCOM Report No. 21, activity COR/REG).

GCP/RAF/277/BEL

Training Workshop on Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) for Small Reservoir Fisheries Management, 16–22 May 1995, Harare Zimbabwe. Participants were nine national officers and six ALCOM staff from ALCOM pilot projects in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

PRA training of local Government, NGO and community members in selected reservoir communities by ALCOM staff took place under pilot projects SWB/MLW, SWB/URT, SWB/ZAM and SWB/ZIM (see individual pilot project progress reports for details).

SWB pilot project staff meeting, 8–10 November 1995 in Harare, included training in socio-economic impact assessment, legal aspects of reservoir management, and fishery management strategies for four national officers and four ALCOM staff.

3 Inputs

3.1 Professional staff

Internationally-recruited ALCOM professional staff members and consultants during 1995 were:

Nationally-recruited ALCOM professional staff members and consultants during 1995 were:

Associate Professional Officers assigned to ALCOM during 1995 were:

Nationally-contributed key professional staff during 1995 were:

3.2 Indicative Expenditures

Appendix 6 shows estimated donor-funded operational expenditures by activity up to end-November 1995. The 1995 Progress Report presented to the 9th Steering Committee Meeting shows:

• Staff time and operational expenditures for each activity under each donor-funded project (GCP/INT/555/SWE, GCP/RAF/277/BEL, TCP/RAF/2380).

• Staff time and operational contributions provided by each member country.

TABLE 1: Target areas. The eight target areas and previous findings/issues for integration into pilot projects.

Appendix 7
Work Plan 1996

1 Introduction

ALCOM Phase III, planned for five years, has been funded for two years by Sweden (January 1995 to December 1996), two years and 8 months by Belgium (January 1995 to August 1997), and one year by FAO (all 1995). After 1996 the structure and funding mechanism of ALCOM will likely be transformed.

The 8th Steering Committee Meeting in February 1995 endorsed a planning framework, level of inputs, and detailed work plan valid for 1995 which was intended to be carried forward, with adjustments for progress and problems, through the end of the funding periods mentioned above.

ALCOM Management, in consultation with the ALCOM Management Working Group and pilot project teams, has prepared a tentative 1996 work plan, as described below:

• Planning Framework (see Report of 8th Steering Committee, pp 33–35)

  The planning framework is retained. All pilot projects are maintained and no new pilot projects are added, with the intention to attain pilot project objectives and consolidate findings by the end of the current funding cycle.

• Inputs

  The level of staffing, as given in the Report of the 8th Steering Committee (p 36) and the Preliminary Progress Report 1995 (pp 9–10), is maintained, with the following changes:

  • internationally-recruited Fish Farming Extension/Training Consultant under TCP/RAF/2380 replaced by an internationally-recruited Socio-economist under GCP/RAF/277/BEL, based in Zomba, Malawi;

  • nationally-recruited Fisheries Officer under GCP/RAF/277/BEL added in Malawi.

• Target Areas

  No change to target areas as given in the Report of the 8th Steering Committee (p 37) and Preliminary Progress Report 1995 (p 11).

2 Work Plan for Regional Activities under the Core Programme

The detailed work plan is attached for activities MAN/ADM, INF/REG and COR/REG. They have been revised to include closer collaboration and integration of relevant activities with the SADC IFSTCU (Inland Fisheries Sector Technical Coordination Unit), in particular the information function INF/REG and the coordination function COR/REG.

It is proposed to hold up to two technical consultations, one on institutional strengthening and roles in aquaculture development financed by GCP/INT/555/SWE, and one on small reservoir fisheries management financed by GCP/RAF/277/BEL.

3 Work Plans for Pilot Projects under the Core Programme (GCP/INT/555/SWE) and Small Water Bodies Project (GCP/RAF/277/BEL)

Each pilot project team has reviewed progress and proposed activity and budget modifications needed to achieve outputs during 1996. Detailed 1996 work plans are attached for the following pilot projects:

4 Budgets

The pilot project budgets elaborated during the planning process above are indicative. They will be adjusted in line with donor and country resources allocated for spending during 1996. The approximate funding for 1996 is as follows:

• GCP/INT/555/SWE: estimated at US$ 788,000.

• GCP/RAF/277/BEL: estimated at US$ 642,834

• TCP/RAF/2380: no funds available in 1996.

• SADC: inputs to information and coordination functions to be specified, with the aim to increase the level of matching contributions to 20% of donor financing.

• Countries: inputs to pilot projects to be specified, with the aim to increase the level of matching contributions to 20% of donor financing.

1996 Work plan for regional activities under ALCOM Core Programme (GCP/INT/555/SWE)

Immediate Objective 1: Administration and management of the whole programme and increased awareness about aquaculture development issues, potentials and limitations in the member countries and in the region.