between and technical assistance and financial support for national and regional marine science projects came from un organizations such as the ioc unesco fao and world meteorological organization wmo developed countries such as the us norway uk canada and france provided technical assistance and opportunities for undergraduate and postgraduate training through bilateral programmes the norwegian government provided the rv fridtjof nansen to the mozambique government and later to other governments to conduct fisheries and oceanographic surveys in mozambican waters in these commonly aimed to investigate the priorities and needs for capacitybuilding in the marine sciences and included visits to kenya madagascar somalia and tanzania