Programme Cooperation Agreement 2010 – 2011

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. • 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)

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

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