The Shelf Programme: A decade of successfully helping to secure the sovereign maritime rights of developing Coastal States
The Shelf Programme engaged with the States on both a political and technical level, ensuring the development of ownership and appropriate support to complete the complex task of delineating the ECS. The governments pro- vided technical staff to develop the submissions as well as political and diplomatic input that enabled decision mak- ing on the form of the submission. The technical engage- ment meant that the appropriate personnel were enlisted into capacity building activities while the diplomatic and The States
political input paved the way for coordinated data sharing between neighbouring States and many joint submissions.
Forty-nine States have received data from the One Stop Data Shop and 64 States have received training and/or other technical assistance from the Shelf Programme and its partners. In all, varying levels of assistance have been provided to 89% of developing States with potential for extended continental shelf.
Assistance provided under the Shelf Programme from 2004 to 2014
Awareness raising and basic country support Data delivery from the One Stop Data Shop (OSDS) Technical workshop/s and/or technical assistance Support to drafting Preliminary Information Documents (PID´s) and/or Submissions * States without entitlement for extended continental shelf that received technical assistance with mapping and settling other maritime boundaries
China
Morocco
Mexico
Myanmar
Bahamas
Pakistan
India
Philippines
Senegal
Cuba
Cabo Verde
Vietnam
Mauritania
Benin Togo
Bangladesh
Guinea
Yemen
Marshall Iss
Barbados
Guinea-Bissau The Gambia
Nigeria
F. S. Micronesia
Palau
Trinidad &Tobago
Brunei
Costa Rica
Sri Lanka
Maldives
Cameroon
Somalia
Kiribati
Sierra Leone
Malaysia
Ghana
Liberia
Guyana Suriname
Nauru*
Eq. Guinea Gabon Congo
Papua New Guinea
Cote d´Ivoire
Ecuador
Kenya Tanzania
Sao Tome & Principe
Tuvalu
Seychelles
D.R. Congo
Indonesia
Solomon Iss
Brazil
Comoros
Angola
Samoa* Niue*
Fiji
Madagascar
Vanuatu
Mozam- bique
Cook Iss
Mauritius
Namibia
Tonga
South Africa
Uruguay
Chile
Argentina
Source: GRID-Arendal
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