MDG 8: Strengthening partnerships for development

Eradicating world hunger and poverty requires focused, concerted action on many fronts and at different levels – local, regional, national. Partnerships are critical to achieve significant impact.

WorldFish collaborates with a wide range of organizational partners in carrying out its work. This approach augments resources, provides complementary skills, and expands reach. The Center’s long list of partners include other CGIAR centers and international scientific organizations, major policy-making bodies, universities and advanced research institutes, development agencies, conservation and philanthropic groups, NGOs, producer groups, and institutions in the private sector. In 2007 WorldFish had 250 partner institutions in 35 countries.

In recent years, WorldFish has played a prominent role in raising awareness of the need to address problems of shrinking fish supply and ensure sustainable fish production. Thanks to the Center’s high-profile “Fish for All” campaign, influential policy-making organizations in Asia and Africa now look to WorldFish and its partners for authoritative information and guidance on fish-related issues in their regions.  

Collaborative efforts now underway in Africa are a case in point. With aquaculture and fisheries increasingly recognized across the continent as potentially strong drivers of social and economic development, WorldFish is working with organizations such as the African Union, the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, and the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa to plan and coordinate fish-related issues. In the Asia-Pacific region, WorldFish is providing similar guidance on national strategies for aquaculture and fisheries development, and also plays a key advisory role to the ASEAN economic alliance on fisheries matters relevant to its member countries in Southeast Asia.

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