Programme Cooperation Agreement 2012 – 2013

marine portfolio into ecosystem-based marine management, blue carbon habitats and ecosystem services, integrated marine and coastal spatial planning and resolving new challenges arising from extended continental shelf delineation. Successful delivery of the 2014-2017 strategy will rely heavily on resources. GRID-Arendal’s personnel are the organisation’s greatest assets. Accordingly, staff competencies will be nurtured, and enhanced through a revitalised training programme. We shall

actively promote greater synergy amongst staff throughout the whole organisation.

In parallel, financial policies will be put in place to meet the added demands that the 2014–2017 strategy will inevitably place on the organisation. Such policies will include more effective fiscal management, transparency and the means of integrating financial and project management. The latter should go hand-in-hand with more effective methods of financial planning and risk assessment.

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