CONFERENCE OUTCOMES

The TOPS 2005: The Ocean Policy Summit, "Integrated Ocean Policy: National and Regional Experiences, Prospects and Emerging Practices", took place on October 10-14, 2005 in Lisbon Portugal. The 218 participants represented 53 countries, and brought together members of governments, regional organizations, UN agencies, academia, non- governmental organizations, donor agencies, and industry representatives.

Conference Report
Conference coverage was provided by the Earth Negotiations Bulletin available at http://www.iisd.ca/sd/tops2005/. The conference summary report is available at http://www.iisd.ca/download/pdf/sd/ymbvol117num1e.pdf.

A conference report from the conference organizers will be produced shortly.

List of Participants

Pre-Conference Materials

-Compilation of Summaries of National and Regional Ocean Policies

-Additional Summary and Full-Length Case Studies

-Additional Full-Length Case Studies
     1. Australia
     2. Canada
     3. United States

Presentations

Tuesday, October 11, 2005

HIGH LEVEL INTRODUCTION

Professor Diogo Freitas do Amaral, Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Portugal

Dr. Joe Borg, Commissioner, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, European Commission

Dr. Veerle Vandeweerd, Director, Regional Seas Programme, and Coordinator, Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities, United Nations Environment Programme

Mr. Takashi Ito, Director, Maritime Affairs, The Nippon Foundation

Dr. Indroyono Soesilo, Chairman of the Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, and Chairman, Organizing Committee for the Second APEC Ocean-related Ministerial Meeting (AOMM2), reporting on the outcomes of AOMM2, September 2005

Dr. Alfonse Dubi, Vice-Chair, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE
Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, Director, Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware; Chair, Nippon Foundation Research Task Force on National Ocean Policies; and Co-Chair, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands

PANEL 1. INTEGRATED NATIONAL AND REGIONAL OCEAN POLICIES: A GROWING WORLDWIDE PHENOMENON

Portugal: Professor Mario Ruivo, Chair, Portuguese Committee for IOC

United States: Dr. Thomas Kitsos, former Executive Director, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

Republic of Korea: Mr. Heui Jin Ji, Director, Marine Policy Division, Marine Policy Bureau, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Cook Islands: Mr. Willie John, Chief Executive Officer Office of the Minister of Marine Resources

Tanzania: Dr. Magnus Ngoile, Director-General, National Environmental Council

Brazil: Mr. Victor Zveibil, Secretary of Environmental Quality, Ministry of Environment

Russian Federation: Dr. Yuriy Mikhaylichenko, Department of State Target Programs and Capital Investments, Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

Mexico: Dr. Antonio J. Díaz de León Corral, Director-General, Environmental, Regional Integration and Sectoral Policy, Environment and Natural Resouces Ministry (SEMARNAT-Mexico)

SPECIAL PRESENTATION AND COMMENTARIES
Dr. Vladimir Golitsyn, Director, United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

Commentaries:
Professor Jon van Dyke, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Dr. Manuel Pinto de Abreu, Head, Mission of the Portuguese Continental Shelf Extension Project

PANEL 2. LEARNING FROM THE MOST MATURE CASES: CANADA AND AUSTRALIA

Canada: Ms. Sue Farlinger, Director-General for Oceans; Dr. Camille Mageau, Director, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Australia: Dr. Donna Petrachenko, First Assistant Secretary, Marine Division, Department of the Environment and Heritage; Director, National Oceans Office

Commentary: Dr. David VanderZwaag, Dalhousie University, Canada (co-editor of book comparing Canadian and Australian ocean policy)

SPECIAL PRESENTATION AND COMMENTARIES
Achieving Networks of Marine Protected Areas within Ocean and Coastal Governance
Dr. Sylvia Earle, Executive Director, Global Marine Program, Conservation International

Commentaries:
Ms. Lynne Hale, The Nature Conservancy
Mr. Charles Ehler, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas- Marine

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Report from CPLP Informal Workshop: Ambassador Luis Fonseca, Secretary Executive, Community of the Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP)

Report from Ocean Donors Roundtable

PANEL 3. GETTING STARTED. ESTABLISHMENT OF INTEGRATED NATIONAL AND REGIONAL OCEAN POLICIES

Comparative Overview: Mr. John Roberts, Head, Marine and Waterways Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UK

United States: Dr. Paul Sandifer, former Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy

Portugal: Dr. Tiago Pitta e Cunha, Member, Cabinet of Commissioner Joe Borg, European Commission, former Coordinator, Portuguese Strategic Commission for Oceans

Japan: Mr. Hiroshi Terashima, Executive Director, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Japan

South Africa and Tanzania: Ms. Bernice McLean, Independent Consultant, South Africa

Pacific Islands: Ambassador Enele Sopoaga, Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations, and Vice-Chair, AOSIS, and Mary Power, Secretariat of the Pacific Commission

National and International Collaboration in Funding EEZ Management in Africa: Dr. Indumathie Hewawasam, World Bank

The Large Marine Ecosystem Program, GEF: Dr. Ken Sherman, National Marine Fisheries Service, and Mr. Tom Laughlin, Deputy Director, International Affairs Office, NOAA

Development of national ocean and coastal policies in East Asia: Dr. Huming Yu, Partnership in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia

PANEL 4. ACHIEVING CROSS-SECTORAL HARMONIZATION OF OCEAN USES AND AGENCIES: DISCUSSION

Comparative Overview: Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain, Director, Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware; Chair, Nippon Foundation Research Task Force

France: Mr. Elie Jarmache, Secrétariat Général de la Mer, Prime Minister's Office, France

European Union: Mr. John Richardson, Head, Maritime Policy Task Force, The European Commission Directorate-General for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

Italy: Dr. Aldo Cosentino, Director-General, Directorate for Nature Protection, Sea Protection, Ministry for Environment and Protection of the Territory

United States: Mr. Gerhard Kuska, NOAA; Co-Executive Secretary Subcommittee on Integrated Management of Ocean Resources, US Ocean Action Plan

Maritime Security: Commandant Ramos de Oliveira, Portuguese Navy

Dr. Evelia Rivera-Arriaga, Centro de Ecología, Pesquerías y Oceanografía del Golfo de Mexico

WORKING GROUP DISCUSSIONS

Conference participants met in working groups to discuss a common set of topics on how to further the development and implementation of national and regional ocean policies. The working group reports are provided below.

-Working Group 1 Report

-Working Group 2 Report

-Working Group 3 Report

-Working Group 4 (Regional Perspectives) Report

Thursday, October 13, 2005

-Report from the Business and Industry Leaders Roundtable

PANEL 5. PRINCIPLES FOR INTEGRATED NATIONAL AND REGIONAL OCEAN GOVERNANCE: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

International Overview: Dr. David VanderZwaag, Professor, Dalhousie University

United Kingdom: Professor Hance Smith, Cardiff University

New Zealand: Dr. Prue Taylor, Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland

PANEL 6. ACHIEVING NATIONAL/SUBNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN NATIONAL OCEAN POLICIES

Comparative Overview: Ms. Isabel Torres de Noronha, Conference of the Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR) and University of Delaware

European Union: Mr. Rui Azevedo, Director, Forward Planning Unit, Conference of the Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR)

Brazil: Dr. Milton Asmus, Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

United States: Mr. Tony McDonald, Coastal States Organization

Philippines: Mr. Robert Jara, Department of Environment and Natural Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Mr. Jay Batongbacal, Philippine Center for Marine Affairs

Vietnam: Dr. Nguyen Chu Hoi, Director, Institute of Fisheries Economics and Planning, Ministry of Fisheries; Dr. Hoang Ngoc Giao, Professor, Vietnam National University

PANEL 7. ISSUES IN IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL OCEAN POLICIES, FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS, EVALUATION, AND STAKEHOLDER SUPPORT

Comparative Overview: Dr. Miriam Balgos, Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts, and Islands (from Nippon Research Task Force)

Accountability and the Role of Audit in Oceans Policy. Mr. Kevin Potter, Director, Office of the Auditor General of Canada

Indicators for Ocean and Coastal Policy. Dr. Stefano Belfiore, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO

Social Marketing and Strategic Communications: Building the Political Will. Ms. Dawn Martin, Executive Director, SEAWEB

PANEL 8. ENHANCING REGIONAL OCEAN POLICIES AND NATIONAL/REGIONAL LINKAGES

Comparative Overview: Mr. Charles Ehler, IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas

Western Indian Ocean: Mr. James Hardcastle, Nature Seychelles

Mediterranean: Dr. Ivica Trumbic, Director, Priority Actions Programme/Regional Activity Center, Mediterranean Action Plan/UNEP

International Implications of National Ocean Policies: Dr. Juan Luis Suárez-de Vivero, Professor, University of Seville, Spain

Europe: Laurent d'Ozouville, Director, European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology

Peace and Safety on Oceans: Commandant Silva Ribeiro, Portuguese Navy

CONCLUSION: THE WAY FORWARD IN FURTHER DISSEMINATION OF INTEGRATED OCEAN POLICY: CONFERENCE CONCLUSIONS

Closing Remarks: Dr. Manuel Lobo Antunes, State Secretary for National Defense and Maritime Affairs, Portugal

Friday, October 14, 2005

OCEAN STRATEGY WORKSHOP

How to get started: Important considerations for EEZ policy development. Indumathie Hewawasam, World Bank

National, provincial and local governments. Diane James, Victorian Coastal Council, Australia

Strategies for Ocean Governance: A North-South Perspective. Juan Luis Suarez de Vivero, University of Seville

Technical Considerations in EEZ and Continental Shelf Delimitation. Annick De Marffy, former Director, UN Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea

Enhancing Capacity for Effective Negotiation in Multilateral Environmental Agreements. Jon Van Dyke. University of Hawaii Law School

Towards Effective Implementation of Mulitilateral Oceans-related Agreements. David VanderZwaag, Dalhousie Law School

Linking Freshwater to Coasts and Oceans. Charles Ehler, Ocean Visions

From Capacity Building to Capacity Development. Awni Behnam, International Ocean Institute

IOC Capacity Building. Joannes Berque, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO