• Reference: P-AO-A00-002
• Approval date: 30/10/2002
• Start date: 11/05/2004
• Appraisal Date: 22/06/2002
• Status: On goingOnGo
• Location: 10 Coastal Fishing Communities
• Implementing Agency: BUREAU D' EXECUTION DU PROJETBAD-FAD EDU

Context

The project was approved by the African Development Fund (ADF) Board of Directors in October 2002 and the loan agreement was signed in January 2003, becoming effective in November 2003. The project got its first disbursement in September 2004. The deadline for last disbursement expires on 31 December 2009. Current disbursement ratio stands at 51.42%. However the Bank has in recent months approved various goods, civil works and consultancy service contracts which are at various stages of implementation. When these are completed in the coming month or two and all the disbursement applications processed, the disbursement ratio will go up to about 75 – 80%. The sector goal aims at reducing poverty and achieving food security. The project specific objective is to expand the fishing activities and improve fishers’ incomes and their standard of living at the targeted communities. The project comprises the following components:

• Rural Infrastructure Provision;
• Capacity Building;
• Rural Credit; and
• Project Management.

Reasons for the Choice

Among the 8 on-going projects in Angola, the Artisanal Fisheries Development Project is the most successful. It has its fair share of challenges but the PMU team with support from the Ministry of Fisheries and the Ministry of Planning are dedicated to succeed and contribute effectively to poverty alleviation and improved household incomes among the beneficiary fishing communities

Financing of the Project

The project is financed by an ADF loan of UA 7 million. The Government of Angola’s counterpart fund contribution is UA 1.67 million.

Reasons for Success

The project is addressing a real and felt need. The beneficiary fishing communities lacked capacity as well as equipment for fishing and processing of fish catches. In addition the communities lacked facilities for safe keeping and marketing of fish. Furthermore due to lack of freezing and ice making facilities the fishing communities were forced to either dry their fish or sale at low prices. And without cooling facilities much of the fish was getting rotten. The project has enhanced the capacity of the fishing communities through various training and study tours. In addition the project has provided a credit component through which the beneficiaries are able to acquire fishing gear, motorized boats as well as working capital. Furthermore the project has constructed responsive infrastructure at strategic locations within the project area including landing quays, fish markets, fish freezing and ice making equipment and office facilities.

Project Added Value

The added value of this project is that it is contributing significantly to sustainable livelihood, household incomes and poverty reduction. The amount of fish being sold in markets and being supplied to hotels, restaurants and other resort has significantly. Although a comprehensive is yet to be undertaken, but it is clear that beneficiary household incomes have improved quite significantly during the life of the project 

Some Stakeholder Reactions

Many stakeholders including local, provincial and Central Government officials and project beneficiaries are quite impressed with the infrastructure, the credit component and the capacity improvements achieved over the life of the project. Some Provincial Governments have provided additional funds to enable the PMU to reach out to as many project beneficiaries with credit resources. Most of the project beneficiaries have already started paying back the loans only a few weeks after getting the loans and the repaid money is being extended to other project beneficiaries in the form of loans. 

Project Manager Reaction

The Project coordinator is very positive and happy with the success achieved so far. He is currently processing the formal request for extension of the deadline for last disbursement. Beyond that, the Project Coordinator feels that the success so far achieved should be rolled out to more fishing communities through Bank financing of a proposed Phase II of the project.

Perspectives and transferability of the project

The lessons learnt from this project as well as its unique challenges allows both the Bank and the Government of Angola to reflect and consider sharing such lessons with other regional member countries (RMCs). Even within Angola, the lessons learnt will allow better design of a proposed phase II project.

The Team of the project

The Bank’s Task Manager is Mr. Andy G. Khumbanyiwa, OSAN.4. The Project Coordinator in Angola is Dr. Carlos Neto. 

KHUMBANYIWA Andsone Grandsone - OSAN4

Finance source	Amount
ADF	UAC 7,000,000
Delta	UAC 2,256,000
Total	UAC 9,256,000