Partnership for Aquaculture Development in Timor-Leste Phase 2 (PADTL2), a three-year project (2020-2023) funded by New Zealand Aid program, builds on the sound foundations laid by the first five-year phase (2014–2019), for the scaling of genetically improved farmed tilapia (GIFT) farming in Timor-Leste. This first 6-monthly report covers activities related to project start-up and those associated with the 3 major objectives and associated thematic outputs: Increased availability, increased accessibility and increased consumption of fish, and a fourth output on knowledge sharing and dissemination.