Fish Marketing and Credit in Viet Nam
Project
Inception Workshop
2-3 October 2001
Venue: Conference Room of the DANIDA Fisheries Sector
Programme Support
Ministry of Fisheries
10 Nguyen Cong Hoan
Street.
Hanoi
Tuesday, October 2
9.00 - 10.00
Opening session. Welcome addresses by:
- Ms Fernanda Guerrieri (FAO Representative in Viet Nam)
- Dr Thai Thanh Duong (Director of the Fisheries Information Centre)
- Mr Frits Jepsen (Coordinator of the DANIDA FSPN)
Introduction of the workshop participants
Briefing on the workshop aims
Review of the workshop agenda
10.00 - 10.15
Coffee break
10.15 - 12.00
Review of the available secondary data on fishery products marketing (and related credit issues) in Viet Nam
Introduction to working group sessions
12.00 - 13.30
Lunch
13.30 - 15.30
Working group sessions for identification of issues to be studied:
Group 1: primary producer level marketing and credit/finance issues
Group 2: middleperson/wholesaler marketing and credit/finance issues
Group 3: processing/exporting industry marketing and credit/finance issues
Group 4: retailer and consumer marketing and credit/finance issues
15.30 - 15.45
Coffee break
15.45 - 17.30
Working group sessions continued
Wednesday, 3 October
8.30 - 10.00
Plenary session - discussion of findings of working groups 1 and 2
10.00 - 10.15
Coffee break
10.15 - 12.00
Plenary session - discussion of findings of working groups 3 and 4
12.00 - 13.30
Lunch break
13.30 - 15.30
Plenary session on survey design, geographical coverage of survey, definition of responsibilities and terms of reference of participating institutions/contractors, identification of main dimensions/variables to be covered by questionnaires and interview guidelines
15.30 - 15.45
Coffee break
15.45 - 16.30
Plenary session on time frame and work plan of project
16.30 - 17.00
Closing session
