Projects
The following selection of reference projects demonstrates COFAD's expertise and longstanding experience.
| Project title | Sector | Client | Region | Country | Start | End Sort ascending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania: Promotion of sustainable management of fisheries resources: Advisory assistance to IMROP for setting up the operational and scientific centre (COS) | Capacity strengthening, Fisheries, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy, strategy and governance | KfW | Africa, Western Africa | Mauritania | 2024 | 2029 |
| Zambia: Aquaculture training and follow-up loops for small-scale farmers in Luapula Province | Aquaculture, Capacity strengthening | GIZ | Africa, Southern Africa | Zambia | 2025 | 2027 |
| EU: FAMENET: Fisheries and aquaculture monitoring, evaluation and local network support, a Support Unit under EMFAF 2021-2027 | Aquaculture, Capacity strengthening, Data management, information systems, ICT, Fisheries, Monitoring and evaluation | EU | Europe | EU Member States | 2022 | 2027 |
| Republic of Congo: Fish farming project in the region of Kouilou | Aquaculture, Capacity strengthening | NGO, Private | Africa, Central Africa | Congo, Republic of | 2023 | 2026 |
| Tanzania: Technical Assistance to support the implementation of the Blue Economy programme | Blue economy, Capacity strengthening, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy, strategy and governance | EU | Africa, Eastern Africa | Tanzania | 2024 | 2026 |
| Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique: Advisory services to establish and implement a Blue Economy project | Aquaculture, Blue economy, Capacity strengthening, Fisheries, Mariculture, Tourism, Value chains | GIZ | Africa, Eastern Africa | Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania | 2024 | 2026 |
| Tunisia: Improvement of the governance and management systems of the fisheries sector | Capacity strengthening, Fisheries | AFD | Africa, Northern Africa | Tunisia | 2024 | 2025 |
| Germany: Evaluation of the implementation structures and processes of the German EMFAF programme | Aquaculture, Data management, information systems, ICT, Fisheries, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy, strategy and governance | Federal Government | Europe | Germany | 2024 | 2025 |
| Uganda: Aquaculture fish feed sector support: Analysis of the availability of the existing and potential fish feed ingredients and development of potential fish feed formulas for fish farmers in Uganda | Aquaculture, Capacity strengthening, Value chains | WB | Africa, Eastern Africa | Uganda | 2024 | 2025 |
| Morocco: Analyses for the development of fisheries and mariculture value chains | Aquaculture, Blue economy, Climate change, Fisheries, Mariculture, Policy, strategy and governance, Value chains | WB | Africa, Northern Africa | Morocco | 2025 | 2025 |
| Germany: Report on the implementation of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund for 2023 | Aquaculture, Fisheries, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy, strategy and governance | Federal Government | Europe, Western Europe | Germany | 2024 | 2024 |
| Rwanda: Development of Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) documentation to support the fisheries and aquaculture sector | Aquaculture, Capacity strengthening, Fisheries | Bi-lateral | Africa, Eastern Africa | Rwanda | 2024 | 2024 |
| EU: The future of the EU fishing fleet: First assessment of Member States’ EMFAF programmes for 2021-27. Part I: Synopsis | Blue economy, Fisheries, Monitoring and evaluation, Policy, strategy and governance | EU | Europe | EU Member States | 2023 | 2024 |
| Guinea: Aquaculture fish feed sector support | Aquaculture, Value chains | WB | Africa, Western Africa | Guinea | 2023 | 2024 |
| Tanzania: Study on the Blue economy concept with focus on employment potential | Blue economy, Fisheries, Mariculture | GIZ | Africa, Eastern Africa | Tanzania | 2022 | 2023 |
| ECOWAS: Improved Regional Fisheries Governance in Western Africa Programme (PESCAO) | Aquaculture, Capacity strengthening, Data management, information systems, ICT, Fisheries, Policy, strategy and governance | EU, Regional | Africa, Western Africa | Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, ECOWAS Member States, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo | 2018 | 2023 |
| Seychelles: Support to the implementation of the EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) | Fisheries | EU | Africa, Eastern Africa | Seychelles | 2019 | 2023 |
| Uzbekistan: Support to activities in aquaculture and fisheries (Phase 2) | Aquaculture, Aquatic animal health, Capacity strengthening, Fisheries, Value chains | GIZ | Asia, Central Asia | Uzbekistan | 2021 | 2023 |
| Malawi: Development of Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture, Aquaculture Value Chain Project (AVCP) | Aquaculture, Capacity strengthening, Monitoring and evaluation, Value chains | GIZ | Africa, Eastern Africa | Malawi | 2018 | 2023 |
| Republic of Congo: Kuani fish farm pre-feasibility study (Kouilou region) | Aquaculture, Capacity strengthening, Value chains | Private | Africa, Central Africa | Congo, Republic of | 2023 | 2023 |