Events

 
Join us in Europe, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to raise awareness among local population, promote gender equality in aquaculture and enhance capacity building among local aquaculture operators, policy makers and scientific community!

>> Comprehensive information sessions

to raise awareness among local population in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda on the environmental impact of aquaculture and fisheries and to raise awareness among the European industry on innovative technologies applied within the project;

>> Gender round tables and an expert panel

to foster gender equality and better integration of women in aquaculture activities;

>> Policy round tables and an expert panel

to enhance the regulatory framework of water supply and management and available economic support instruments with key stakeholders and decision makers of all three countries;

>> Study visits with training sessions on site

to show best practice examples of sustainable aquaculture facilities and boost capacity building and experience sharing between aquaculture operators, stakeholders and scientific community;

>> Technical training sessions

to facilitate knowledge and technology transfer to local and regional operators of agro and aquaculture businesses; and

>> An academic student exchange programme

to enable 10 outstanding academic students or PhD candidates from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to profit and learn from VicInAqua and its new technologies, by spending two weeks in European partner research institutions (HSKA, ITM-CNR, UNICAL). Call for applications open until 16 March 2018!