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Table 3.7 List of State-owned enterprises and public institutions
State owned enterprise Sector
Institut congolais pour la conservation de la nature: ICCN Nature conservation
Institut des jardins zoologiques et botaniques du Congo: IJZBC Nature conservation
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An agricultural and rural policy Paper was drafted in 2009, the primary objective being to contribute to the achievement of food security in accordance with the first Millennium Development Goal. The Government's objective was sustainable agricultural development that would safeguard the country's productive asset endowment, which is the foundation for national economic recovery. (...)-

The PNIA (National Agricultural Investment Plan 2013-2020) is organized into five programmes, addressing five major priorities of the sector, and is developed through 18 subprogrammes with 66 sub components. The 5 major priority programmes include various sectoral or crosscutting actions, including: (...) (v) reducing vulnerability to climate change.

The Ministry responsible for agriculture (MINAGRI) is tasked with formulating and implementing agricultural policy relating to crops and livestock, while the Ministry in charge of rural development is responsible for forestry. [3] Apart from MINAGRI, a number of other ministries are involved in the sector: (...) Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation, Water and Forests (MECNEF) (...)

[3] Article 6 of the Agricultural Code provides that the Government defines and implements national policy with a view to the promotion and growth of agricultural production and rural development and food security. This policy is the basis of the programme for the provinces. It includes the main policy guidelines for land tenure, agricultural activity, training and research, promotion, production and marketing of agricultural inputs and products, development of agribusiness and basic infrastructure, conservation and sustainable use of phytogenetic resources for food and agriculture, and financing for agriculture.

The production, import, export, packaging, storage and distribution of fertilizers and other agricultural inputs are regulated jointly by the Ministries responsible for agriculture, trade, the environment and health. (...)

Domestic support for the agricultural sector takes various forms, such as: (...) supply/subsidization of fishing inputs to fishermen (...) These mechanisms have yet to be spelled out in the implementing regulations (interministerial decree) that are still being drafted.

According to the authorities, an international integrated project for the development and support of fisheries (PRODAP) grouping four countries (Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and the DRC) has been developed. Its main deliverables are the construction of three fishing schools, joint surveillance of the waters of Lake Tanganyika through the purchase of four fishery launches, the construction of a fully equipped wharf, harmonization of fishing legislation among the countries concerned, etc. In addition, the fisheries administration has trained over 6,000 fishermen throughout the country in co management systems and disseminated the code of conduct for responsible fisheries.

(...) The latest law was drafted with the aid of the FAO. The aim of this new law, under discussion within the Government, is to introduce "responsible" fishing that respects the ecosystem and upgrades the fishing trades. Nevertheless, despite the existence of a code of conduct for responsible fisheries in the framework of cooperation with the FAO, which has been translated into four languages, its applicability raises real problems owing to the lack of competent public services for some bodies of water. Closed fishing seasons, for example, are generally not respected.

The regulatory framework for the timber industry in the DRC has not changed substantially since the previous TPR. Law No. 011/2002 of 29 August 2002 on the Forest Code and its 38 implementing texts continue to govern the sector. This framework is administered by the Ministry responsible for forests. The DRC is a member of the Treaty on the Conservation and Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems in Central Africa , which is the framework for its plan for sustainable forest management. However, the Government has begun a process of legal review of former forest title deeds with a view to their conversion into forest concession contracts, as have now been signed with a dozen economic operators in the forestry sector.

According to the authorities, the DRC is committed to the protection of the environment and the sustainable management of forests and natural resources. To this end, the Support for Sustainable Forest Management project (AGEDUFOR), backed by the French Development Agency (AFD), aims to support this process by focusing on: (i) capacity building for the central and provincial administrations for the validation, monitoring and implementation of forest development plans; (ii) capacity building for timber companies; and (iii) strengthening of the institutional framework for sustainable management of forests and information on international mechanisms linked to sustainable management.