OCEAN DONORS ROUNDTABLE

Donors, both public and private, make a crucial contribution to the fulfillment of the global oceans agenda. The purpose of convening the Ocean Donors Roundtable is to consider global funding needs for oceans, coasts, and small island developing states, and to build synergies among public and private efforts in this area.

The Ocean Donors Roundtable held its first meeting on October 10, 2005, as a parallel event of The Ocean Policy Summit (TOPS) 2005: The International Conference on Integrated Ocean Policy: National and Regional Experiences, Prospects, and Emerging Practices, which was held in Lisbon, Portugal. The Roundtable was co-hosted by the Luso-American Development Foundation and the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, and chaired by Dr. Indumathie Hewawasam of the World Bank and Dr. Sylvia A. Earle of Conservation International. Twenty-three participants representing government donor agencies, intergovernmental organizations, private foundations, and non-governmental organizations attended this first meeting of the Roundtable.

On January 23, 2006, the second meeting of the Ocean Donors Roundtable, hosted by the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands, and chaired by Dr. David Freestone of the World Bank, was held in conjunction with the Third Global Conference on Oceans, Coasts and Islands at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. This second meeting of the Ocean Donors Roundtable built on the discussions held during the first Roundtable meeting.

Ocean Donors Roundtable Members

David Freestone, Deputy General Counsel, Advisory Services, Legal Vice Presidency The World Bank (Chair)
Jens Ambsdorf, Foundation Board Member, Project Management, Lighthouse Foundation
Yves Auffret, Maritime Policy Task Force, European Commission
Julian Barbiere, Coastal Management Specialist, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO
Tim Bostock, Policy Division, Department for International Development
Mário Brandao, Fundaçao Oriente
Charles Buchanan, Administrator, Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD)
Ezio Bussoletti, Permanent Representative of Italy to UNESCO
Biliana Cicin-Sain, Director, Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware and Co-Chair, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
Simon Cripps, Director, Global Marine Programme, WWF International
Alfred Duda, Senior Adviser, GEF International Waters Program, Global Environment Facility
Sylvia Earle, Executive Director, Global Marine Programme, Conservation International
Rui Esgaio, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Lynne Hale, Director, Marine Initiative, The Nature Conservancy
Marea Hatziolos, The World Bank
Arlo Hemphill, Manager, Marine Agenda, Conservation International
Indumathie Hewawasam, Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank
Lennox Hinds, Senior Marine Affairs and Fisheries Policy Advisor, Natural Resources, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Paul Holthus, Marine Aquarium Council and Private Sector Coordinator, Steering Committee, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands
Andrew Hudson, Principal Technical Advisor, International Waters, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Takashi Ito, Director, Maritime Affairs, The Nippon Foundation, Japan
Peter Jarchau, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
Tom Laughlin, Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Carl Lundin, Head, Global Marine Program, IUCN, World Conservation Union
Marc-Antoine Martin, General Secretary, French Global Environment Facility
Gerald Miles, Senior Adviser, Conservation Finance and Policy, The Nature Conservancy
Magnus Ngoile, Director General, National Environment Management Council, Tanzania
Francesca Palmisani, Researcher, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
Ellen Pikitch, Executive Director, Pew Institute for Ocean Science
John Richardson, Head, Maritime Policy Task Force, European Commisssion
Mark J. Spalding, Executive Officer, The Ocean Foundation
Hiroshi Terashima, Executive Officer, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Japan
Veerle Vandeweerd, Director, Environment and Energy Group, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Evan Vlachos, Colorado State University, and FLAD
Huming Yu, Senior Programme Officer, Partnerships for Environmental Management in the Seas of East Asia

Report of the First Ocean Donors Roundtable 

Report of the Second Ocean Donors Roundtable 

For More Information

Contact:
Shelby M. Hockenberry, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands Secretariat
Email: smhocken@udel.edu; Tel: 1-302-831-8086.