(1)

2003-2010

Artisanal Fisheries Development Project (Focus: Official Quality Control in the Artisanal Fisheries Sector―Infrastructure)

African Development Bank and Government of Sierra Leone.

The total amount disbursed at PC was ADF Loan: 8,996,878,000 Unit of Account (UA); GoSL 701209.75 UA

Project completed.

Overall evaluation rating: 3 [Good―despite a few shortcomings]; Four fish receiving centres built on coast (landings and post-harvest infrastructure)―not in use at present; capacity building and research; credit facilities;

(2)

2007-2011

Institutional Support and Fisheries Management Project

(Focus: Fisheries Resource Assessment)

European Union

Euro 3 million

Project completed.

Improved knowledge and status of some stocks achieved, although studies of important inshore stocks (shrimp and small pelagics) were deficient;

(3)

2011-2016

West African Regional Fisheries Programme in Sierra Leone

(Focus: Resource Governance, Reduction of Illegal Fishing and Official Quality Control & Value Addition)

World Bank

US $28 million (loan)

Project suspended in 2014 in Sierra Leone.

Key activities to date: Canoe registration scheme and co-management initiatives; MCS system established and operational; preparations for harbour development;

(4)

2009

Modernising Sierra Leone’s Fisheries Legal Framework

(Focus: Legal review)

FAO-TCP

US $600,000

Project completed

Analysis and review of legal framework and production of a new draft Fisheries Bill (awaiting approval)

(5)

2012-2014

West African Pilot Project (WAPP) in Sierra Leone.

(Focus: Legal and Policy Reform)

NEPAD

US $1.4 million

Project completed

Analysis of legal framework; advice on new Fisheries Bill; collaboration in developing fisheries management system; design of five year plan for fisheries development.

(6)

2007-2012

The West African Quality Programme.

(Focus: Strengthen enterprise competiveness, compliance with international trade rules and technical regulations)

European Union

Euro 8 million (sub-regional)

Project completed:

Attempted to ensure product certification, standards and accreditation. However, fish products remain unacceptable to the EU market.

(7)

2012

The Precon experiment

(Focus: Effect official controls)

MFMR/GoSL

US $600,000 (initial support)

On-going

To develop strategies to enable access to EU fish market

(8)

2011-2015

Technical Capacity Building in Fishing and Seafood Processing Technology Project in Sierra Leone

(Focus: Develop national human resource capacity in fishery sector to manage for optimum revenue generation and sustainability)

Russian Federation

Implemented by UNIDO and MFMR

US $1.47 million

Completed

Training in various specialties at middle-level under the supervision of the University of Sierra Leone