Project ID: 1023
Executive Board Document:

Northern Fishing Communities Development Programme

The objective of this seven-year programme is to increase the income and improve the living conditions of fishing communities by promoting sustainable exploitation of fish resources at a more intensive level. Programme components are:

- market development and financing;

- community development; and

- policy development and fisheries management.

The programme will initially focus on the northern coastal zones, which have suffered greatly as a result of the civil war but are free of the security problems that still affect the interior.

The main target group will be poor households involved in fishing and related activities, such as the manufacture, repair and supply of inputs or the processing and marketing of produce. The programme will begin with a three-year preliminary phase, during which it will serve some 2 300 beneficiaries: fishermen, women processors, traders, and those in fisheries support services; the activities in support of community strengthening and rural infrastructure will aim at a broader target group of approximately 30 000 people.

Loan amount:

SDR 5.3 million (approximately USD 7.3 million) on highly concessional terms.

Total programme costs are estimated at USD 9.3 million, of which USD 1.0 million will be provided by the Belgian Survival Fund Joint Programme (BSF.JP) in the form of a grant, USD 620 000 by the borrower and USD 340 000 by the beneficiaries.

Cooperating institution:

United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS).