WRITTEN QUESTION P-2111/01 by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission. Development cooperation and fisheries.
Date: 2001-07-10
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU aid, EU programme, conservation of fish stocks, developing countries, development aid, financial aid, fishing agreement, international agreement

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The operation used by Dacaar can be described as follows:

(cid:22) The NGO office in Afghanistan requests funds in dollars from their NGO headquarters in Pakistan.

(cid:22) The NGO headquarters in Pakistan will have a contract with a legally registered money dealer, which
upon request from the NGO authorises a middleman in Afghanistan to release funds to the local NGO
office in Afghanistan.

(cid:22) The NGO office in Afghanistan informs the NGO headquarters in Pakistan when it has received the

money from the middleman.

(cid:22) The money dealer is then paid by the NGO headquarters in Pakistan in order to get his outlay back

plus a commission amounting to 1 % or 1,5 %. Thus, the transaction is concluded.

Finally, it may be added that all implementing partners for Community humanitarian or development
projects are submitted to strict and regular financial controls. The Commission has not identified any
irregularities in Dacaar’s financial administration.

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WRITTEN QUESTION P-2111/01

by Rosa Miguélez Ramos (PSE) to the Commission

Subject: Development cooperation and fisheries

(10 July 2001)

fisheries agreements, despite their status as commercial agreements,

International
include sections
concerned with the development of the fisheries sector in the signatory country, by such means as
support for training and research.

However, local fishery development projects in developing countries are financed under the Community’s
development cooperation policy.

What fisheries sector development projects in developing countries have been financed to date under the
Community’s development cooperation policy?

Answer given by Mr Nielson on behalf of the Commission

(12 October 2001)

The Commission has clearly stated its intention to pursue improved coherence between development
policy and other policies likely to affect developing countries. More thans 15O million poor people in the
world depend on the fishery sector, and the sector is an important source of foreign exchange to many
developing countries.

Approving the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, EC has also recognised the contribution of
small scale fishing to employment and to food security.

According to the Commission’s records, a total of 334 programmes, projects or actions were launched
during the period from 1980 to 2001 (31 July 2001), to support the fisheries sector in developing
countries. 289 of them for the benefit of African, Carribean and Pacific countries (ACP), 31 for Overseas
Countries and Territories (OCT) and 14 for countries of the Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean
areas (ALA/MED). On 31 July 2001, the cumulative commitment by the Community stood at € 421
millions, of which € 254 millions for the ACP countries, € 30 millions for the OCT and € 137 millions for
the ALA/MED; the funding resources being the European Development Funds and the Commission’s yearly
Budgets.

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Different types of fisheries have been given support: inland, lagoon, coastal and high seas, artisanal and
industrial, as well as multiple special activities: aquaculture, pearl cultivation, seaweed harvesting, fish
farming in rice fields, etc.

The support has taken many forms: assessment, management and control of marine resources, biodiversity
management, collection of
research,
experimentation, training, information, extension, general technical assistance, etc.

setting up of data bases,

feasibility studies,

statistical data,

Support has been focussed on various aspects of the fisheries sector: legislation, conservation, surveillance,
planning,
inspection of catches, compliance with Community sanitary requirements, control facilities
(laboratories), processing, packing, canning, export and marketing, vessels and fishing equipment, port
infrastructure and facilities for deep-freezing and storing, post harvest losses, etc.

Some project activities have been concentrated on particular species, notably tuna, trout, swordfish, eel and
shrimps.

Costwise, the main programmes/projects are the following:

a)

in the ACP countries:

(cid:22) ‘Maríne resources development programme’, Pacific region, € 10,7 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Lake Victoria fisheries research project’, East Africa, € 8,4 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Training and support for private involvement in the fisheries sector in IGAD member states’, East

Africa, € 8 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Improvement of postharvest utilisation of artisanal catches’, West Africa, € 8 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Lake fisheries development project’, Ethiopia, € 7,5 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Fishing in the Gulf of Guinea’, € 7,2 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Tuna fishing in the Indian Ocean’, € 6,5 millions;

b)

in the Overseas Countries and Territories:

(cid:22) ‘Pacific regional marine resources programme’, € 11,4 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Development of the fishing fleet’, French Polynesia, € 6,2 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Upgrading of Saint Pierre harbour’, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, € 2,6 millions;

c)

in the Asian, Latin American and Mediterranean areas:

(cid:22) ‘Fourth Fisheries Development project’, Yemen, € 44,5 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Inland fisheries development’, India, € 25,2 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Programa Pesca’, South America, € 25 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Support to artisanal fisheries development’, Algeria, € 15,6 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Programa Regional de Pesca’, South America, € 9,4 millions;

(cid:22) ‘Fujian marine fisheries development’, China, € 6,2 millions.