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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