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A DECADE OF SUCCESSFULLY HELPING TO SECURE THE MARITIME RIGHTS OF DEVELOPING COASTAL STATES
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The Shelf Programme engaged with the States on both
a political and technical level, ensuring the development
of ownership and appropriate support to complete the
complex task of delineating the ECS. The governments pro-
vided technical staff to develop the submissions as well as
political and diplomatic input that enabled decision mak-
ing on the form of the submission. The technical engage-
ment meant that the appropriate personnel were enlisted
into capacity building activities while the diplomatic and
The States
political input paved the way for coordinated data sharing
between neighbouring States and many joint submissions.
Forty-nine States have received data from the One Stop
Data Shop and 64 States have received training and/or
other technical assistance from the Shelf Programme and
its partners. In all, varying levels of assistance have been
provided to 89% of developing States with potential for
extended continental shelf.
Assistance provided under the Shelf Programme from 2004 to 2014
Awareness raising and basic
country support
Data delivery from the One Stop
Data Shop (OSDS)
Technical workshop/s and/or technical
assistance
Support to drafting Preliminary Information
Documents (PID´s) and/or Submissions
*
States without entitlement for extended
continental shelf that received technical
assistance with mapping and settling other
maritime boundaries
Maldives
Barbados
Bahamas
Trinidad &Tobago
Seychelles
Comoros
Mauritius
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Palau
F. S. Micronesia
Solomon Iss
Fiji
Kiribati
Cook Iss
Tonga
Cabo Verde
Sao Tome & Principe
Sri Lanka
Philippines
Indonesia
Vietnam
Malaysia
Brunei
Papua New Guinea
Bangladesh
Somalia
Kenya
Tanzania
Madagascar
Eq. Guinea Gabon
Congo
Benin
Togo
Sierra Leone
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
The Gambia
Chile
Uruguay
Ecuador
Costa Rica
Cuba
Guyana Suriname
Morocco
Senegal
Ghana
Cote d´Ivoire
Mozam-
bique
Liberia
Marshall Iss
Nauru*
Samoa*
Niue*
Brazil
Argentina
Pakistan
India
China
Myanmar
D.R. Congo
Angola
Namibia
South Africa
Nigeria
Cameroon
Yemen
Mexico
Mauritania
Source: GRID-Arendal