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Fostering a Global Dialogue on Oceans, Coasts,and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and on Freshwater-Coastal-Marine Interlinkages Welcome to the website of the Global Forum's Medium-sized Project on Fostering a Global Dialogue on Oceans, Coasts, and SIDS, and on Freshwater-Coastal-Marine Interlinkages. This project is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and is a collaboration among the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; the International Coastal and Ocean Organization; the UNEP Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities; the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada; Portuguese Committee for IOC; South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission; the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE); the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA); New Partnership for Africa's Development/Coastal and Marine Coordination Unit (NEPAD/COSMAR); Centro de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de Mexico, Mexico (EPOMEX); Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), Mexico; the Consejo Consultivo del Agua (CCA), Mexico; and the UNDP/UNEP/WB-GEF International Waters Learning, Exchange and Resource Network Program (IW:LEARN). The project aims to foster a global South-to-South and South-to-North dialogue, through the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, on the implementation of the activities aimed toward the achievement of Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) targets and timetables related to oceans, coastal areas and islands, with a special focus on SIDS and the interlinkages between freshwater and the coastal and marine environment. Project Overview Project Background The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2002 catalyzed the international community around the challenge of protecting and managing the natural resource base of economic and social development through the endorsement of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (JPOI) detailing goals, activities, targets and timetables up to 2015, including for oceans, coastal areas, fisheries, small island developing States (SIDS), and freshwater. The global process to promote and sustain the achievement of these objectives, targets and timetables will require significant and continuing efforts on the part of the international community: the exploitation and degradation of coastal, marine, and island resources is serious and not coming to a halt, to the point that it may become irreversible in places. Yet, while the WSSD provided a key occasion to create momentum around these issues, an overall assessment of the global progress will only be carried out by the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) in 2014-2015. Moreover, interlinkages between freshwater management and coastal and marine management are not sufficiently addressed by existing fora and mechanisms. Efforts are required both to strengthen existing mechanisms (such as the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA)) and to launch new processes to foster a multistakeholder dialogue at the highest political levels on these issues. Project Objectives The project will assist developing countries, SIDS, and countries with economies in transition to:
Proposal Fostering a Global Dialogue on Oceans, Coasts, and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), and on Freshwater-Coastal-Marine Interlinkages 
Project Components 1. Foster cross-sectoral, multi-stakeholder dialogues and raise awareness of oceans, coasts and SIDS to promote the attainment of the commitments agreed upon at the WSSD and in other relevant fora The first component of the project will mobilize the highest levels of policy makers around the global oceans agenda and the implementation of major international agreements and programs according to the targets and timetables agreed upon at the World Summit on Sustainable Development. a. The project will organize a global conference on oceans, coasts, and islands with the crucial participation and inputs from developing countries, SIDS, and countries with economies in transition, which will contribute issue-based policy expertise to national and international entities. b. This activity will be complemented by actions aimed at capacity building through cross-learning and at raising public awareness of oceans and of the WSSD commitments. Activity 1a-Convening the Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, including a Ministerial segment, in January 2006. Activity 1b. Assessing capacity building needs at the regional level for the development and implementation of ecosystem-based national ocean policies among developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Activity 1c. Increasing public awareness of the global agenda on oceans, coasts, and islands. This will be achieved through the development and dissemination of: (a) A package of public information materials; (b) A global directory of nongovernmental organizations related to oceans, coasts, and SIDS; and (c) Web-based information on advancements on oceans, coasts, and islands targets, including a Newsletter of the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands produced and disseminated electronically every three months (8 issues) and Website of the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands (globaloceans.org) updated, enhanced, and maintained. Activity 1d. Organizational enhancement and strategic planning for the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands The current organizational framework of the Global Forum, includes 3 co-chairs and a steering committee of ocean leaders from all sectors and with wide geographical representation (this includes all the relevant UN agencies, key government people from interested governments, and key NGOs) (see list of Steering Committee members ). The Global Forum Steering Committee will be expanded to include representatives from GEF LME projects, additional participants from developing countries, GEF Implementing Agencies, private sector, scientific networks, and public outreach organizations.
Consultations with stakeholders at the 2003 Global Conference and at other meetings (most recently at the UN Informal Consultative Process on Oceans in June 2004 and at the Mauritius International SIDS Meeting in January 2005) suggested the desirability of introducing a number of changes to the organizational structure of the Global Forum to ensure long-term sustainability of activities. Preparing a ten-year strategic plan for the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, to ensure long-term sustainability. A long-term plan for the further development of the Global Forum will be developed in consultation with experts from governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector. 2. Increase awareness within SIDS nations in the development and implementation of national and regional oceans policies and the implementation of the ecosystem approach through LME projects and SIDS projects, and carry out associated capacity building efforts. The second component of the project will increase awareness of the value of national and regional ocean policies and the implementation of the ecosystem approach, including through the results of LME projects, with a view to contribute to the ongoing process of reviewing the achievements of the Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) ten years after its initiation, the SIDS chapter of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, and the implementation of the outcomes of the Mauritius International Meeting. The activities of this component intend to:
– Build the capacity of SIDS experts and policy makers through participation in scientific meetings and in analytical activities on ocean policies, ecosystem-based management, and large marine ecosystems as a means to advance the Barbados Programme of Action and the outcomes of the Mauritius International Meeting. Activity 2a. Preparing and disseminating a policy analysis paper on implementation strategies for achieving Johannesburg Plan of Implementation targets, BPoA targets, and Mauritius International Meeting outcomes including capacity building, in three SIDS regions (Pacific, Caribbean, and AIMS). Activity 2b. Convening of several panels on National and Regional Ocean Policies in SIDS countries and conducting training sessions on ocean and coastal management at the September 2005 International Conference on National and Regional Ocean Policies. This activity will bring SIDS country representatives to discuss their needs and perspectives on ocean and coastal management following the Mauritius International Meeting. Activity 2c. Convening a capacity building workshop on national ocean policies for SIDS in Suva, Fiji, in late 2005 or early 2006. This capacity building workshop is aimed at the 16 Pacific island nations to assist them in developing approaches to the implementation of national ocean policies following the development of the Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy agreed upon by the Pacific island leaders in 2002 and developed further at the Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy Forum on February 2-6, 2004. The local host and convener of the capacity building workshop will be the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) through the Marine Sector Working Group of the Council for Regional Organizations of the Pacific (CROP). The workshop will discuss and provide methodological approaches and tools for national implementation of the regional policy, the setting up of appropriate institutional structures and processes for ocean and coastal management, procedures for local-level consultation and implementation, and the incorporation of networks of marine protected areas into ocean and coastal management. This activity will also contribute to the development of the new water-related GEF projects for the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans SIDS, based on the experience gained in the Caribbean. 3. Foster improved understanding of the interlinkages between freshwater and coastal and oceans issues, support the 2006 Intergovernmental Review of the GPA, and develop formal collaboration between the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands and the World Water Forum. The third component focuses on improving interlinkages between freshwater and oceans issues, through policy analyses and explicit connections between the World Water Forum (and related institutions) and the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, in recognition of the inextricable connections between freshwater and oceans. The activities will involve the preparation of a policy analysis paper addressing the incorporation of integrated coastal and river basin management approaches and related institutional, legal, and financial arrangements into national and regional environmental and developmental policies, strengthening their interlinkages with the main economic sectors. As noted below, in particular, the analysis will focus on implementation of the GPA and GEF interventions related to GPA. Activity 3a. Contributing to preparations for the GPA IGR-2, particularly in relation to fostering freshwater-coastal/marine interlinkages through integrated coastal area and river basin management. Preparation of a policy analysis on freshwater/coastal/marine interlinkages, including GPA implementation, and holding of an associated workshop in Mexico. Activity 3b. Organizing oceans panels at the 4th World Water Forum in Mexico in 2006 for the formulation of a cooperation agenda, and concluding a Memorandum of Understanding between the Global Forum and the World Water Forum. 4. Monitoring and Evaluation Activity 4a. Monitoring and evaluation. Implementing, Executing, and Collaborating Organizations Implementing Agency: United Nations Environment Programme Executing Agency: Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Co-Executing Agency: International Coastal and Ocean Organization Collaborating Agencies: UNEP Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada Portuguese Committee for IOC South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (IOCARIBE) Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) New Partnership for Africa's Development/Coastal and Marine Coordination Unit (NEPAD/COSMAR) Centro de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de Mexico, Mexico (EPOMEX) Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT), Mexico Consejo Consultivo del Agua (CCA), Mexico UNDP/UNEP/WB-GEF International Waters Learning, Exchange and Resource Network Program (IW:LEARN) Other Project Supporters: Federal University of Rio Grande University of Vale do Itajaí - Brazil Department of International Cooperation, State Oceanic Administration Government of the Cook Islands Marine Resources Management Programme, University of the South Pacific Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research Federal Agency for Science and Innovations, Russian Federation The Nature Seychelles Permanent Mission of Tuvalu to the United Nations Operational Centre of the International Ocean Institute in Ukraine Vietnam Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Co-financing Additional co-financing obtained To support the implementation of the project, cash and in-kind contribution were provided by our project collaborators as listed above. Additional support was also raised for specific project activities. For the TOPS 2005 Lisbon Conference
The Global Forum has undertaken consultations with the Alliance of Small Island States and with the G-77 to foster the involvement of SIDS and developing countries in Global Forum activities. A meeting with G-77 countries was organized in collaboration with the G-77 Coordinator, the Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations, in June 2005 at the ICP-5, to seek their input and participation in the organization of the Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, and the TOPS 2005 The Ocean Policy Summit. There were 13 G-77 countries represented during the meeting. For the Minutes of this meeting and consultations with other interests, please click here. Key Personnel Mr. Takehiro Nakamura Programme Officer, UNEP/DGEF Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain Project Director ICO Mr. Julian Barbiere Project Manager IOC Project Steering Committee Global Environment Facility Al Duda Senior Advisor Global Environment Facility Secretariat GEF Implementing Agencies Takehiro Nakamura, UNEP/DGEF Andrew Hudson, UNDP/GEF David Freestone, WB Dann Sklarew, IW:LEARN Veerle Vandeweerd, UNEP/GPA (with staff member Cees van de Guchte providing support) Executing Agencies Patricio Bernal, UNESCO/IOC (with staff member Julian Barbière providing support) Biliana Cicin-Sain (Secretariat, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts and Islands, and International Coast and Ocean Organization) (with staff member Miriam Balgos providing support) Donor Representatives Margaret Davidson, Director, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Coastal Resources Center Lori Ridgeway, Director General, International Coordination and Policy Analysis, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada Progress Reports Report of Activities, 2005-2007 and Future Directions
Briefing Book, GEF/MSP Steering Committee Meeting, June 21, 2008
Key Project Contacts Executing Agency: Mr. Julian Barbiere Programme Specialist Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO 1, rue Miollis 75015 Paris France Email: j.barbiere@unesco.org Tel: +33-1-45-68-4045 Fax : +33-1-45-68-5812 Co-Executing Agency: Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain President International Coastal and Ocean Organization c/o Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy University of Delaware Robinson Hall 301 Newark, Delaware 19716 USA Email: bcs@udel.edu Tel: +1-302-831-8086 Fax: +1-302-831-3668 |
