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Annex 1 – Activities and outputs under the Programme Cooperation Agreement 2010-2011
MARINE ENVIRONMENT:
The goal is to make a valuable contribution to improved understanding of marine ecosystems, focusing on coastal developing nations and Small Island
Developing States engaged in the UNEP Shelf Programme; and to contribute to policy changes promoting responsible management and sustainable use of the marine environment.
A. UNEP Shelf Programme
Description
Indicators
2011 Activities/Outputs
1. Norwegian continental shelf initiative
support to African states.
UN General Assembly Resolution 57/141
(paragraph 38)
• Desktop studies for at least 7 African
states finalised before July 2010
• Number of African states assisted in
following up desktop studies and in se-
curing their submission
• Desktop studies produced for Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania
and Senegal.
• Studies presented in the first meeting of the liaison committee in Praia, Cape Verde, in
November 2010. Tender documents for data acquisition developed, company selected
and data acquisition started up according to plan developed in the desktop study.
• First training and capacity building workshop arranged in connection with the second
liaison meeting in Praia in June 2011, part of workshop with focus on awareness raising
of non-technical personnel.
• Participated in third liaison meeting in October 2011 with focus on the data acquisition
and capacity building.
• Second training and capacity building workshop in Arendal in November 2011. Technical
workshop in the use of Geocap software. Computers and software to use in data analy-
ses and preparation of submissions provided to the participants.
• Submission document under production for the Republic of Somalia, will be finalised
early 2012.
• Follow-up discussions held with other West African states, namely Ghana, Togo, Benin
and Nigeria, but the issues between those countries are of legal and not technical na-
ture.
2. Support to remaining developing states
that have delivered a Preliminary Informa-
tion Document (PID) or have “a late dead-
line“.
UN General Assembly Resolution 57/141
(paragraph 38)
• Number of submissions by developing
states before their deadline ensured
• Three workshops held (February 2010, November 2010 and July 2011) for the Pacific
states. Each workshop lasted 2 weeks and was attended by technical and legal person-
nel from Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Palau, Papua New
Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
• Technical guidance given to Chile through the embassy in Oslo and to DIFROL (La Di-
rección Nacional de Fronteras y Limites del Estado)
• Request for assistance received from Republic of Congo. Awaiting further information
on our follow-up response.
• Assisted the Republic of Madagascar with data storage and finalisation of submission
(delivered July 2011)