Risk Assessment training provided in Angola.

June 2024 – JD Kotze (Expert) and Noa Senete (Consultant) provided a three-day training workshop on Risk Assessment in Luanda, Angola. The training provided information and training in respect to the policy, legal frameworks, technical support, national cooperation, information exchange, procedures and tools including how to apply the application of risk assessment and inspection.

The training was targeted at different departments of the National Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture, including the inspectors from the Fisheries Monitoring Center in Luanda and from other Angolan ports.

This three-day training was conducted as part of the project SADC Atlantic, a US-funded project of the SADC and the SADC MCSCC, which aims at supporting Angola as well as the two other countries of the Benguela Current Convention – South Africa and Namibia – to build their internal MCS capacities and develop strong engagement in the MCS regional centre, thereby contributing to regional efforts to stop illegal fishing.