China provides technical assistance to Sierra Leone fisheries

On October 30, 2017, the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, Yu Kangzhen and Elisabeth Manns, Sierra Leone's Minister of Marine Resources and Fisheries, signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Fishery Cooperation between China and Sierra (中华人民共和国农业部与塞拉利昂共和国海洋资源与渔业部关于渔业合作谅解备忘录).

According to the MoU, the two countries will bring the traditional fishery cooperation between the two countries into the framework of intergovernmental cooperation, and lay a solid foundation for the deepening of Sino-Sierra Leonean cooperation in fisheries, and will further promote the healthy and sustainable fishery cooperation between the two countries in a wider field of development. (中国与塞拉利昂签订双边渔业合作备忘录) Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve.

Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.