Projects and references

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).

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).

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).

The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity of fisheries officers and researchers to manage Ethiopia’s inland fisheries by improving data collection and management systems.
The specific objectives of the project are to:
1. Review the CEDCRS in Ethiopia recommending future changes to the system;
2. Draft a trainers’ manual on basic fish stock assessment;
3. Train 10 fisheries officers and researchers on fish stock assessment.

Encouraging the sustainable fishing of the main small pelagic stocks, and particularly mackerel, horse mackerel and blackspot picarel, through a significant reduction in catches of young fish, by proposing improvements to the selectivity of fishing gear and management measures adapted to the regeneration of stocks (creation of marine protected areas, respect of fishing seasons, etc.).