ACIAR | Innovating fish-based livelihoods in the community economies of Timor-Leste and Solomon Islands. Annual report: July 2023 to June 2024

Abstract

During the reporting period, the project successfully concluded all research field work, arranged learning and writing workshops, made significant progress in the development of national fish handling programs, and completed a very successful mid-term review. The project hosted 25 partner meetings or events, and we spent 250 staff days conducting field work, whereof about 50 days were Government partner staff days. Four community-level fish-handling and product demonstrations were arranged. Ten community meetings were independently carried out by Government partners using project funds and two training events and five workshops were arranged for research teams and/or partners. We published one peer-review paper and three briefs. The midterm review highlighted the project’s success in bringing together several partners and nurturing a shared ownership over priorities. This is illustrated by the mid-term reviewer’s quote “Extensive mentoring by the lead researchers is evident and the project team has built up a strong team culture”. The project has strengthened a research-in-development model, where our research responds to, and integrates with, development led by partners.