"Strengthening health conditions for Fishery Products in ACP/OCT Countries" Program is a new major five-year project approved for funding by the EDF in 2002 to strengthen the capacities of veterinary and health authorities responsible for meeting international sanitary and standards of their fisheries and aquaculture products in 60 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Countries and 8 Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT). The principal objective of the program is to improve the access of ACP/OCT fisheries products to the world market, by strengthening export health controls and improving production conditions in beneficiary countries.

The activities of the program are distinguished in 5 major Lots of activities:

• Lot 1: Institutional Strengthening of Competent Authority
  • Lot 1-A: Institutional Strengthening of Competent Authority (except for training)
  • Lot 1-B: Training of Competent Authority
• Lot 2: Strengthening Laboratories and Technical Institutes (including training)
• Lot 3: Strengthening Export Processing Industry
  • Lot 3-A: Strengthening Export Processing Industry (except for training)
  • Lot 3-B: Training of Export Processing Industry
• Lot 4: Artisanal Fisheries Support
  • Lot 4-A: Strengthening Artisanal Fisheries
    (except for training)
  • Lot 4-B: Training of Artisanal Fisheries
• Lot 5: Generic Studies and support Activities

LAMANS CONSORTIUM

LAMANS is the leader of LAMANS CONSORTIUM for the SFP ACP/OCT Program. LAMANS CONSORTIUM consists of consultancies, research institutes and companies from all over the world and has been assigned to offer services in all 4 Lots of the Program. Lamans' Goal as a Leader of the Consortium is to provide the best possible services to both its members and the ACP/OCT Countries