The
ACP Fish II Programme is an important cooperation tool between the European
Union and the ACP (African, Caribbean, Pacific) countries aiming to reinforce
fisheries management in these countries. The overall objective of this EUR 30
millionProgramme is to contribute to the sustainable and equitable management
of fisheries in ACP regions, thus leading to poverty alleviation and improving
food security in ACP States
The
Fourth and Final ACP Fish II Regional Monitoring workshop for the Western
African region –Banjul, Gambia is schedule to take place from 18-20 September
2013 at the Laico Atlantic Hotel
ACP Fish II is a demand driven Programme financed
under the 9th European Development Fund aiming at strengthening fisheries
management in ACP countries.ACP countries and their Regional Fisheries
Management Bodies were the entities that identified the needs to be covered and
supported by the Programme’s 5 components. The ACP Fish II was not conceived as
a top-down initiative, it was rather a Programme that
tried to respond to the requests coming from the beneficiary states and
organizations, through a participatory planning exercise.
