ARCHIVED ACTIVITIES
Ocean Governance Training Course
The IOI-SA is in the process of developing a new
African regional training course on Ocean
Governance. A steering committee has been
established with a work plan leading towards the
first delivery of the course in 2012. Further
funding for the development of the course as well as
for participation bursaries is currently being
sought.
Regional Implementation of the
IMO Ballast Water Convention
The IMO and IOI-SA are
collaborating to provide technical assistance to
countries within Africa for the implementation of
the Ballast Water Convention. A series of National
seminars have been held in 6 countries of the East
African region including Tanzania, Kenya,
Ethiopia, Comoros, Madagascar and Mozambique. Each
national intervention has been able to establish
the foundation of a national task force and work
plan.
IMO training course development
The IOI-SA Director represented a
partnership with the IUCN in two expert workshops
held recently to develop a new training course on
the Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement aspects
of the Ballast Water Convention. The process has
been supported by a collaboration between IMO (GloBallast
Programme), the World Maritime University and the
IUCN, with expert input from the IOI and the
Government of Singapore.
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Ballast Water Status Assessment Guidelines
Published
IOI-SA has worked with the IMO & GISP to develop and publish the Guidelines for
National Ballast Water Status Assessments.
These guidelines are designed to help national
administrations walk through the process of
evaluating and increasing their preparedness for
implementation of ballast water management
measures in accordance with the IMO BW Convention
of 2004. The document is available here for
download as PDF, or contact either us at IOI-SA or
the IMO/GBP PCU for hard copies.
