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General range of services

In our fields of expertise, COFAD offers:

  • Advisory services: We advise individuals or companies, sectoral and non-governmental organisations, governments, parliaments and other national or supranational institutions.
  • Studies: We analyse specific issues and constellations for our clients and draw up reports, which usually contain practical advice and recommendations.
  • Projects implementation services: We implement projects commissioned to us with the aim of achieving specific objectives and improvements, e.g. in the field of development cooperation.
  • Extension, training and capacity-building services: We train stakeholders at all levels of the fisheries, aquaculture, blue economy and regional development sectors, and provide services to strengthen the institutional capacity of the organisations concerned.

Service topics across our fields of expertise:

  • policy analysis and strategy development
  • analysis and support for fisheries and aquaculture governance, administration and capacity-building
  • legal reviews and proposals for better regulation
  • support for responsible and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, including implementation of the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, the EU Common Fisheries Policy, eco-standards and aquaculture certification
  • advice and assistance at all project cycle steps, including feasibility analysis
  • implementation of development assistance projects
  • organisational development at all institutional levels
  • gender equality and empowerment of women
  • capacity strengthening, skill development, technical and educational development and training
  • fish processing and marketing, market analysis, analysis and development of value chains
  • financial assessment
  • socio-economic assessment
  • research and development
  • data management, information and communication systems
  • monitoring and evaluation
  • spatial planning and mapping
  • analysis of the impacts of climate change on fisheries, aquaculture, the blue economy and regional development
  • public relations, organisation and logistics of meetings, workshops, conferences and other events

COFAD offers consultancy services for the entire project cycle: from appraisal missions and feasibility studies, through project design and planning, to implementation.