C - Training & Capacity Building  
Country Dates Project title Project description FIN Member
Maldives and Papua New Guinea 2003 - to date Marketing of value-added tuna products Promotion of processing and marketing of value-added tuna products from Island Countries in the Asia-Pacific INFOFISH
Worldwide 2003 - 2008 Strengthening fishery products health conditions in the ACP Countries (African, Caribbean and Pacific)  and the UK and Netherlands Overseas and Territories (OCT) States Improve the access of ACP/OCT fisheries products to the world market, by strengthening export health controls and improving production conditions in beneficiary countries. Particular attention is given to ensure that products from small-scale fisheries are not excluded from global markets.The Project has 4 lots:  1.Studies and artisanal fisheries support;  2.Advice on sanitary controls for public and private sectors;  3.Advice and training to testing laboratories;  4.Training for public and private sectors (except laboratory training). EUROFISH
Regional (Europe) 2003 - 2006 CSN-INTRAN - Creating supporting network for international transfer of innovative technologies in European aquaculture (www.aquainnovation.net) Identify recent demand-led innovations relevant to substantial segments of the European aquaculture sector. Gain a deeper insight into innovation and technology transfer processes in European aquaculture. Eurofish role is dissemination, training and networking in Central and Eastern Europe. EUROFISH
Angola 2002 - 2003 Rehabilitation of the Food Industry The project objectives were:  - Assess the food safety assurance system, including the general organization, regulations, capacities of regulatory authorities and support institutions (R&D and training, labs, etc.) - Assist in the organization and conduction of an awareness strengthening seminar INFOPESCA
Ecuador, venezuela, Uruguay 1990 - 1993 Workshops on Seafood Processing, Quality Control and Marketing INFOPESCA organized and run three workshops on seafood processing, quality control and marketing in Ecuador, Venezuela and Uruguay, from 1990 to 1993. INFOPESCA
Brazil 2003 Shrimp products market diversification Product and market diversification of Brazilian shrimp products INFOFISH
Regional 2003 Manual for Workers of Fishery Products The Manual for Workers of Fishery Products wrote by Dr. Nelson Avdalov, is one of the outputs of the project on “Rehabilitation and Development of the Seafood Processing Industry in Rio Grande and Mar del Plata”. The Manual addresses specially the workers of the fishery processing plants, who are directly responsible for the quality of the products to be delivered to households and restaurants. The manual reflects the experience of the training programmes of fish factory workers in eight processing plants in Rio Grande (Brasil) and Mar del Plata (Argentina) during 2000 and 2001. INFOPESCA
Poland 2002 Quality management workshop for the fisheries industry Courses on pre-requisite programmes, HACCP and risk management for fish processors, health officers and veterinary inspectors. In total 31 people - fish processors, health officers and veterinary inspectors - were trained. The expertise built up during the workshops was then disseminated throughout the fishery branch by the Polish experts EUROFISH
Mozambique 2001 Technical assistance to the Official Inspection Service of Mozambique The objectives were to assist and train people of the fishery inspection department/Ministry of Fisheries, in quality control: HACCP System implementation,  Auditing INFOPESCA
Worldwide 2000 Development of "Auditor's Manual on HACCP" Auditing systems in the Fisheries Industry Preparation, edition and publication of Technical Paper “Auditor’s Manual on HACCP” Auditing systems in the Fisheries Industry INFOPESCA
Albania 1999 Technical Assistance to the Fishery Directorate The project scope was to assist the Fishery Directorate to establish the first fisheries and aquaculture Strategic National Plan. Eurofish provided short-term experts on aquaculture, fish processing and, fishery credit and investment whose missions are shortly described below: identification of aquaculture development priorities that would eventually be included in the National Fishery Strategic Plan, assessment of the Albanian fish processing sector, recommendations on the needs of the sector, seminar on an introduction to HACCP, report on opportunities for sourcing credit for the fisheries sector, including aquaculture EUROFISH
Denmark 1999 Evaluation of DIFTA (Danish Institute for Fisheries Technology and Aquaculture) The task involved an evaluation of DIFTA’s level of technical competencies also within the certification of HACCP procedures at enterprise level EUROFISH
Turkey 1999 Quality management workshop for the fisheries industry The course covered international regulatory requirements, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and prerequisites programmes, the scientific basis for hazard analysis, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles and implementation, Sanitary Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP), and investment and financing options.  Participants were required to develop HACCP and SSOP plans for the case studies, based upon a field visit and a case study.  Delegates were provided with course material and books for reference EUROFISH
Croatia 1998 Quality management workshop for the fisheries industry The course covered international regulatory requirements, Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and prerequisites programmes, the scientific basis for hazard analysis, Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles and implementation, Sanitary Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP), auditing and quality costing. Participants were required to develop HACCP and SSOP plans for the case studies, based upon field visits to two processing factories. Delegates were provided with course material and books for reference EUROFISH
Mexico 1998 Seminars on the utilization of the HACCP  system the Dominican Republic and Mexico  Organization and implementation of seminars on the utilization of the HACCP system the Dominican Republic and Mexico, in the framework of the project CTP/RLA/6617 INFOPESCA
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras 1997 Seminars on the utilization of the HACCP quality control system Organization and implementation of seminars on the utilization of the HACCP quality control system in Costa Rica Nicaragua and Honduras Urgent assistance to the fishery sector in Latin American countries, in the framework of the project CTP/RLA/6617 INFOPESCA
Peru 1997 Course on the utilization of the HACCP System in Tacna  Organization and implementation of a course on the utilization of the HACCP quality Control System in Tacna, Peru INFOPESCA
Regional 1997 The feasibility study for the installation of a Latin American Fisheries Products Training Centre  The objective was to make a  feasibility study for the installation of a Latin American Fisheries Products Training Center INFOPESCA
Russia 1997 Workshop on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) for the fisheries industry The task involved the preparation and execution of a 3 day course in HACCP methods for the  fish processing industry EUROFISH