The aim of the project was to supplement the actions of project GCP/GLO/391/EC, regarding the Implementation Review and Support System of the International Plant Protection Convention, in order to enable the IPPC to understand the global situation in terms of implementation of the convention and its standards, and to develop products and services appropriate to the needs of IPPC members. The current project was intended to maximize the impact of programmes on standard-setting, capacity development and national reporting obligations by establishing a system to review implementation of the IPPC and its International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM) by contracting parties to the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). 

More than 20 million people in the Sahel Region suffer from food insecurity. Without knowledge and data to understand the current situation, interventions are difficult to design and risk being ineffective. In recent years, the proliferation of food security indicators has created further challenges and, as a result, policymakers and development partners struggle to adequately target where and how to intervene. Therefore, this project aimed to improve food security monitoring by training staff within national institutions in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and the Niger to derive and analyse food security indicators using household food consumption survey data and increase the effectiveness of policies to reduce food insecurity.

Inland fisheries and aquaculture have great potential to contribute to nutritional, economic and social well-being, especially in hinterland and coastal areas in Guyana. With growing fish consumption and increasing demand for local freshwater fish, this project aimed to train farmers with simple fish production skills and increase capacity among small-scale farming households to support the sustainable development of the aquaculture sector.

The Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex) was founded by FAO and the World Health Organization in 1963, with the mandate to develop international food standards in order to protect the health of consumers and ensure fair practices in food trade. The number of Codex members in the African region has increased considerably since it was first set up. However, it was necessary to further strengthen the participation of African countries in Codex activities, in order to enhance general awareness on the importance of food safety, and its potential negative impact on health, development and trade, especially at the level of policy and decision-makers.

There is a widely recognized need of strengthening statistical and information systems for fisheries in Central Africa in order to support the process of managing maritime fishing resources in a sustainable manner.
To meet these needs, the project aims to strengthen national capacities of data collection on fisheries, to develop and implement databases as well as to develop an information exchange system on a sub-regional level which will be compatible with national information systems.