IFM was, jointly with the International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, ICLARM, in charge of a worldwide research project on fisheries and coastal resource co-management. The objective of this project was to survey, analyse and develop models for co-management in co-operation with the national fisheries research institutions in Bangladesh, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.