Local capacity to provide public goods and services is necessary for a country s subsistence and livelihood. All projects are carried out by a special agreement between recipient country and Iceland. The agency s purpose is to spon sor and promote governmental efforts in developing countries to improve their economy, which will eventually help strengthen social progress. In order to be most effective, they focus efforts on only a few areas where Icelandic expertise will be most useful and effective. Thus, all major projects are related to fisheries.
Development cooperation aims at sustainable improvements and social progress.
They assist fish-trading women in improving their working environment as well as providing access to education. They often provide emergency relief from situations such as famine, wars, and natural catastrophes. Many projects have renovated facilities such as hospitals to improve hygienic conditions. All these projects are implemented in a variety of ways. People can not maintain their right to function if they are consistently starving .