The Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization has signed agreements with one fisheries technical training institute situated around Lake Victoria in each Partner State. These are known as Focal Fisheries Training Institutes (FFTIs) and are:

1. Fisheries Training Institute, Entebbe, Uganda.
2. Nyegezi Freshwater Fisheries Institute, Mwanza, Tanzania.
3. Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology, Kisumu, Kenya.

These institutes

1. Provide technical level (craft, certificate and diploma level with technical attachments) and community-based training,
2. Offer tailor-made courses offered to meet specific demand,
3. Have close links with the main LVFO institutions, i.e. Departments of Fisheries and Research Institutes,
4. Can transfer capacity building of staff and facilities resulting from collaboration with IFMP/LVFO to ongoing vocational pre-service and in-service training delivery for future or serving technical staff in fish processing industry, fish farms, government departments and development agencies.

The purpose of the agreement is to provide a framework within which the Lake Victoria Fisheries Organization and its Focal Fisheries Training Institutes can cooperate to build the capacity of fisheries stakeholders, particularly at technical and community levels, around Lake Victoria.