Projects and references

Technical assistance to MADRP and the institutions under its authority, and training services to administration officials and fishery and aquaculture professionals to develop a Food Safety Control System (FSCS) for Fishery and Aquaculture Products (FAP)
- Harmonisation of the regulatory framework for food hygiene and quality with European legislation (Codex alimentarius for FAP)
- Support for the development of control and oversight plans for FAP environments
- Support for the organisation of the inspection and control system and capacity building of administration staff
- Capacity building of the control and analysis laboratories in charge of the control of aquatic environments and the health and hygiene quality of fishery products
- Capacity building of the private sector and of professional organisations to improve the use of good control and hygiene practices at each link of the fishery/aquaculture value chain.

The Support and Study Office for ESLSE with Ethiopia's Ministry of Transport, asked SOFRECO to carry out the asset valuation, business valuation and due diligence of the state-owned “Ethiopian Shipping and Logistics Services Enterprise” (ESLSE). This assignment was part of the Ethiopian government's strategy to open some sectors of activity up to foreign investment.
All the merchant vessels of ESLSE fleet (comprising 9 multi-purpose and 2 tank vessels) were inspected for valuation. Asset valuation was also performed for the rolling stock (including 440 trucks), the lifting and handling equipment, the Addis Ababa offices, the dry ports buildings and warehouses and for the ESLSE buildings in Djibouti.

Technical assistance to support and strengthen artisanal fishermen groups in the province of Zambezia.
Promotion of saving-and-loan groups and community-based, small-scale fishers' organisations in growth poles in the province of Zambezia: Pebane, Nicoaldala, Namacura, Quelimane and Chinde.
The initial objective is to support 325 fishers’ communities, representing more than 6500 members and 32500 indirect beneficiaries in the 5 above-mentioned districts.

The SNI is a national investment financing tool which must adapt to the current context in order to contribute to Cameroon’s growth objectives and enable the country’s ‘second industrialisation’ as set out in the Strategic Growth and Employment Paper.
The restructuring process will involve a detailed as-is analysis of SNI’s situation and of its institutional, political, economic and financial environment. An overall diagnosis (SWOT analysis) will lead to the formulation of concrete and detailed strategies and proposals for reorganisation in statutory, organisational, legal and financial terms. An action plan for their implementation will also be proposed.

The purpose of this project was to strengthen the capacity of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organisation (LVFO) to manage the Nile perch fishery on Lake Victoria in a sustainable and equitable manner by:
- Reviewing the Nile Perch Fishery Management Plan (NPFMP) 2009-2014 for Lake Victoria, and updating it in light of activities conducted and recent survey results;
- Validating the revised NPFMP through a Regional Stakeholders’ Validation Workshop (RSVW).

Conduct of two studies as part of the support to the PRCC (AFD) for the gum arabic value chain:
- a regional study of the extent and causes of the decline of gum trees, and proposal of a strategy to curb this decline;
- a study to set up a system to monitor changes in the gum tree situation and the price of firewood, to help understand the link between demand for firewood, the logging of acacia wood and the price of gum.