The Global Ocean Forum is composed of experts from governments, intergovernmental and international organizations, and nongovernmental organizations (environmental, scientific/technical, industry, and foundations) with the common goal of encouraging the sustainable development of oceans, coasts, and islands.
STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
PRESIDENT
Biliana Cicin-Sain, Director, Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware
GOVERNMENTAL
Thabit Zahran Al Abdessalaam, Director, Marine Biodiversity Management Sector, Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, Bureau of Oceans, U.S. Department of State
Phil Burgess, Director, Cetacean Policy and Recovery, Department of the Environment and Water Resources, Australia
Nguyen Chu Hoi, Deputy Administrator, Vietnam Administration for Seas and Islands, Vietnam
Torkil J. Clausen, Managing Director, DHI Water Policy, Denmark and Senior Adviser, Global Water Partnership
Aldo Cosentino, Director-General, Directorate for Nature Protection,Ministry of Environment, Land, and Sea Protection, Italy
Ralph Cantral, Senior Advisor, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), Margaret Davidson, Director, Coastal Services Center, Rebecca Lent, Director, International Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), USA
Antonio Diaz de Leon, Director-General, Environmental, Regional Integration and Sectoral Policy, Environment and Natural Resources Ministry (SEMARNAT), Mexico
Guillermo Garcia Montero, President, National Aquarium, Havana, Cuba
Dosoo Jang, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KORDI), Korea (Invited)
Elie Jarmache, Chargé de Mission, Secrétariat Général de la Mer, France
Magnus Johannesson, Secretary-General, Ministry for the Environment, Iceland
Gellwynn Jusuf and Gabriel Wagey, Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research, Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Indonesia
Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mauritius, and former Chair, Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Christophe Lefebvre, Affaires Europeennes et Internationales, Agence des Aires Marines Protegees, France
Rejoyce Mabudafhasi, Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South Africa
Jan Mees, Director, Flanders Marine Institute, Belgium
Ali Mohamed, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of State for Special Programmes, Kenya
Rolph Payet,** Special Advisor to the President, Seychelles
Evelia Rivera Arriaga, Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Aprovechamiento Sustentable,
Gobierno del Estado de Campeche, Mexico
Mario Ruivo, Intersectoral Oceanographic Commission, Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher
Education, Portugal
Ms. Renee Sauve, A/Director, International Coordination and Policy Analysis Branch, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada
Ambassador Enele S. Sopoaga, Tuvalu, Former Vice-Chair, Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS)
Ambassador Dessima Williams, Grenada, Chair, Alliance of Small Island States
Zhanhai Zhang, Director-General, Department of International Cooperation, State Oceanic Administration, People's Republic of China (Invited)
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Jacqueline Alder, Director of the Marine and Coastal Branch, David Osborn, Coordinator, GPA Coordination Unit, and Anjan Datta, Programme Officer, GPA Coordination Unit, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation, UNEP, Nairobi
Salvatore Arico, Biodiversity Specialist, UNESCO Focal Point for IYB 2010, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, UNESCO
Julian Barbière, Programme Specialist, Integrated Coastal Area Management, Ocean Science Section, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission(IOC), France
Stefano Belfiore, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), UNESCO
Chua Thia-Eng,** Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), IMO/UNDP/GEF, Philippines
Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat
Al Duda, Senior Advisor, International Waters, Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Vladimir Golitsyn, Judge, International Tribunal on Law of the Sea, and Professor of International Law, Moscow State, University of International Relations
Marea E. Hatziolos, Senior Coastal and Marine Specialist, Environment Department, The World Bank
Andrew Hudson, Principal Technical Advisor, International Waters, UNDP/GEF
David Johnson, Executive Secretary, OSPAR Commission, London
Raphaël Lotilla, regional Programme Director, Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), Philippines.
Vladimir Mamaev, GEF Regional Technical Advisor, UNDP, Europe and the CIS, Slovak Republic
Janot-Reine Mendler de Suarez, former Deputy Director, GEF IW:LEARN
Paul Nemitz, Head of Unit, Maritime Policy Development and Coordination, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
Magnus Ngoile,** Policy and Governance Coordinator, UNDP/GEF, Agulhas and Somali Current LME Project, Tanzania and South Africa
Jean-Francois Pulvenis de Seligny, Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division (FIE), Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Cristelle Pratt, Director, South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), Fiji
Diane Quarless, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Tuiloma Neroni Slade, Secretary-General, Pacific Islands Forum.
Serguei Tarrasenko, Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
A.H. Zakri, Director, Marjo Vierros, Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University
NONGOVERNMENTAL (INCLUDING INDUSTRY, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS)
Jens Ambsdorf, Chief Executive Officer, Lighthouse Foundation
Milton Asmus, International Representative, Brazilian Agency for Coastal Management
Awni Behnam, President, International Ocean Institute, Malta and UN Commissioner General for the Shanghai, World Expo 2010
Patricio A. Bernal,** former Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO, Paris, France, Coordinator, Global Ocean Biodiversity Initiative
Charles A. Buchanan, Administrator, Luso-American Development Foundation, Portugal
Simon Cripps, Chief Executive, Dorset Wildlife Trust, UK
Richard Delaney,** Executive Director,Center for Coastal Studies, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA
Annick de Marffy, former Director of Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (UNDOALOS), United Nations, International Consultant
Felix Dodds, Executive Director, Stakeholder Forum
Sylvia Earle, Chair, Deep Ocean Exploration and Research (DOER), and Explorer-in-Residence, National
Geographic Society
Charles Ehler, Consultant to UNESCO
Julius Francis, Executive Secretary, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, Tanzania
David Freestone,** Senior Adviser, IUCN and Visiting Professor, George Washington University Law School
Serge Garcia, Independent Consultant, and Former Director, Marine Fisheries Resources Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Matthew Gianni, Political Advisor, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, Netherlands Lynne Hale, Director, Global Marine Strategy, The Nature Conservancy
Indumathie Hewawasam, Formerly The Nature Conservancy and Senior Environment Specialist, World Bank, USA
Gunnar Kullenberg, Professor and former Executive Secretary, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Gerhard Kuska, Principal, Good Harbor Consulting and Senior Adviser to the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi for Maritime Security
Carl G. Lundin, Global Marine Programme, Head, Thomas Laughlin, Deputy Head, Dan Laffoley, Vice Chair, World Commission on Protected Areas-Marine, Marine Programme IUCN
Dawn Martin, President, Sea Web, USA
Gerald Miles, Senior Advisor, The Nature Conservancy, Pacific Region, Brisbane, Australia
Iouri Oliounine, formerly Executive Director, International Ocean Institute, Malta, and Coordinator for the 50th Anniversary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO, Paris
Pietro Parravano, President, Institute for Fisheries Resources, World Fisheries Forum
Tiago Pitta e Cunha, Independent Consultant, European Commission
Sian Pullen Prior, Independent Consultant, New Zealand, and former Head of European and Middle East
Marine Program, WWF International, UK
Victoria Radchenko, Director, International Ocean Institute, Ukraine
Tony Ribbink, Director, Sustainable Seas Trust, South Africa
Alan Simcock, former Executive Director, OSPAR, and former Co-Chair, UN Open-Ended Informal Consultative Process on Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea
Dann Sklarew, Associate Professor and Associate Director, Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, USA
Nancy Targett, Dean, University of Delaware College of Earth, Ocean and Environment Studies
Kristian Teleki, International Coral Reef Action Network, Switzerland
Hiroshi Terashima, Executive Director, Institute for Ocean Policy, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Japan
Chris Tompkins, Independent Consultant and formerly Defra, UK
Philippe Vallette** and Manuel Cira, NAUSICAA, France, and the World Ocean Network
* Please note: Members of the Steering Committee participate in their individual capacities.
** International Coastal and Ocean Organization Board Member
STEERING COMMITTEE MEETINGS
June 22, 2008
Explorers Club, New York, NY
• Briefing Book, Steering Committee Meeting, June 22, 2008
February 5-6, 2009
The World Bank, Washington, DC
Meeting Summary and Other Materials
• Table of Contents
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Agenda
• Global Forum Report of Activities, February 5
• Global Forum Report of Activities, February 6
• Large Marine Ecosystems Next Steps
• DG MARE’s role, key actors and key actions in the Integrated Maritime Policy for the EU
• Fisheries and Aquaculture Next Steps
• Marine Biodiversity and Networks of Marine Protected Areas Next Steps
• Freshwater to Oceans Next Steps
• Public Education and Outreach Next Steps
• Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment
• Global Forum GEF-UNEP MSP Terminal Evaluation
• Global Forum Invitation to Collaborate in the Next Phase
(Revised after the February 5-6 meeting)
• Global Forum Report of Activities, 2005-2008
• Biodiversity Road Map (Revised, June 2009)
June 16, 2009
Explorers Club, New York, NY
• Meeting Summary
• Meeting Agenda
GLOBAL OCEAN FORUM SECRETARIAT
The International Coastal and Ocean Organization (ICO) is the Secretariat of the Global Ocean Forum, housed at the Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware. ICO is an international nongovernmental organization (NGO) accredited to the United Nations roster for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development since 1993, is dedicated to advancing the global agenda on oceans, coasts, and small island developing States (SIDS) through policy analyses, multistakeholder dialogues, and public education and outreach.
President
Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, President
International Coastal and Ocean Organization, and
Professor and Director,
Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy
University of Delaware
E-mail: bcs@udel.edu
Contributors
Dr. Miriam C. Balgos, Global Ocean Forum Program Coordinator (mbalgos@udel.edu)
Joseph Appiott , Policy Researcher (jappiott@udel.edu)
Gwenaelle Hamon, Policy Researcher (ghamon@udel.edu)
Kevin McLaughlin, Graphics Designer (kmdesign@comcast.net)
International Coastal and Ocean Organization
c/o Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716, USA
Telephone: 1-302-831-8086
Fax: 1-302-831-3668
