The project started in February 2018 with the aim to strengthen the Libyan local economic development in the fishing field, training the local experts and the private actors. In fact, over 40 Libyan technicians and experts jointed 3 types of trainings on the certification and labelling processes in conformity with European standards, on navigation and fishing techniques, and on the assessment of the material and immaterial heritage of the fishery sector in Libya.
The job was remarkable and the results were satisfying both from the Italian and the Libyan side. Now, thanks to the project, we have an updated evaluation of the state of infrastructures, the fishing techniques and the professional schools still open, as well as the Libyan fishing heritage, which the Italian and regional companies could use to launch future collaborations and trade agreements.
Piero Mauro Zanin, President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Legislative Assembly, showed his satisfaction for the project, saying that the conference allowed to reach “' a dual purpose: to launch a message of appeasement in Libya and to create an opportunity for development, creating a stable economy that can stabilize and supervision the Country, also to avoid new migrations.”