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Organs and Institutions of the LVFO

The Council of Ministers	The Scientific Committee	Beach Management Units
The Policy Steering Committee	The Working Groups	Private Sector
The Executive Committee	The Permanent Secretariat	Download Chart of LVFO Institutional Structure
The Fisheries Management Committee	LVFO at the National Level

The LVFO has a complex structure, designed to connect into the EAC structures and ensure regional equity and harmonisation.

The Council of Ministers is the Supreme body of LVFO. It makes and adopts measures for management and conservation of fisheries resources. It is made up of ministers from the Partner States responsible for responsible for fisheries. [More]

The Policy Steering Committee consists of Permanent Secretaries responsible for Fisheries who review and submit management recommendations to the Council of Ministers. [More]

The Executive Committee comprises of Heads of Fisheries Management and Heads of Fisheries Research Institutes. It reviews management and scientific activities, agrees on management measures to be implemented and submits them to the PSC.[More]

The Fisheries Management Committee comprises of Heads of Fisheries Management Institutions. It develops management policies and advises the Executive Committee on management and conservation measures [More]

The working group system is a modality chosen to implement the LVFO policies and activities under each of the LVFO programs. The Working Groups consist of staff from fisheries research and fisheries management institutions, and additional experts from Fisheries Training Institutions, Universities and Civil Society Organizations who are specialists in a given programme or thematic area[More]

LVFO Secretariat: The Secretariat is the executive organ of the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization. It is headed by an Executive Secretary who ensures that the work programme and activities of LVFO are coordinated and implemented in accordance with the policy and decisions adopted by the Council of Ministers. [More]

Fisheries Research Institutes Comprise the three National Fisheries Research Institutes in the Partner States. They are responsible for collecting the scientific data and providing information required by LVFO in various discipline. [More]

Departments/Directorates of Fisheries These are government Departments or Directorates under the Ministries responsible for fisheries in the Partner states with the mandate for fisheries management and development.[More]

Beach Management Units The fishing communities are organized through the formation of legally empowered Beach Management Units (BMUs). These are not formally part of the LVFO structure but will become formally integrated into LVFO. [More]

Fish Processing and Export Industry The processing and export sub-sector is a critical partner in the collaborative management system being supported through the LVFO. Although, not formally part of the LVFO structure opportunities are being explored to incorporate the processing industry in the statutory functions of the LVFO institutions and re-establish the Regional Association of Fish Processors and Exporters.