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Western Indian Ocean Islands Oil Spill Contingency Planning

GEF ID 533
Region Africa
Sub-Region Eastern Africa
Basin East Africa - Western Indian Ocean
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  General Information:
Project Type Full Size Project
Start Date 1998/07/01
End Date 2004/06/30
 
GEF characteristic:
Operational Programme OP10 - Contaminant-Based Program
Focal Area International Waters
GEF Allocation to project 3.16M US$
Total Cost of the project: 4.28M US$
 
  Partners:
Countries: Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles
Lead Implementing Agency World Bank
Executing Agencies Indian Ocean Commission Secretariat (IOCS)
Project Description:
The project?s objective is to protect the environmental integrity and globally significant biodiversity of a large, biologically rich and relatively pristine part of the Western Indian Ocean from the risks and consequences of oil spills, particularly major (Tier 3) spills. It will achieve this by helping the small island states of Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles comply with the International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation (OPRC). The project?s specific objectives are to: (a) establish the legal and institutional frameworks in each country that are needed for them to comply with the relevant international marine pollution conventions, including the OPRC;CLC 92 and the FUND of 1992 (b) prepare and test both national and regional oil spill contingency plans; (c) develop appropriate national and regional oil spill response capacity; and (d) establish a sustainable financing mechanism and public/private sector collaborative arrangements for oil spill response. The project will be implemented jointly by the oil industry and the four participating governments, coordinated by the Indian Ocean Commission, and assisted by the International Maritime Organization, South Africa and France.
Project Results:
The project activities are progressing well according to the Project Implementation Plan (PIP). The selected candidates to attend the nine month training on International Maritime Laws at the International Maritime Law Institute (Malta) have completed this training. The workshop on international maritime conventions and on sensitivity mapping have been successfully carried out in Cape Town and Mauritius in June/July 1999. All four countries have ratified or launched the process for ratification of the three relevant international maritime conventions. The legal TA to review the national legislation is to be recruited by IOC. The project launching seminar has been carried out in Madagascar in July 1999. The first meeting of the Steering Committee was held in October 1999 in Seychelles and coincided with the oil spill response exercises carried out by Seychelles at Victoria. The Mid-Term Review was carried out in December 2000 and was attended by all partners in the project (beneficiary countries, IOC, WB, IPIECA, IMO, UNEP, Reunion Island, South Africa). As of November 30, 2000, some $600,000 of the total amount of the Grant were committed and $578,000 disbursed.