MOIG Workshop Integration of Emergency Plans

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MOIG WorkshopIntegration of Emergency Plans

• Malta 7 May, 2007
• Linkages between national, regional and
  international cooperation for establishing  and
  maintaining response capacity in the regions.
• Stefan Micallef
• Deputy Director, Sub-division for Pollution
  Response and
• Technical Co-operation Co-ordination
• Marine Environment Division
• IMO

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MOIG Workshop

• Putting it into context
• Legal framework for International Cooperation
• Co-operation Governments and Industry regional
  centres GI regional stockpiles

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INVENTORY OF ALL MARITIME ROUTES IN MED. SEA WITH
COASTAL PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEXES
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ALL IDENTIFIED ROUTES CALLING AT ITALIAN PORTS IN
JANUARY AND JULY
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PIPELINE ROUTES IN THE NE MED AND BLACK SEA REGION
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SUMMARY- MEDITERRANEAN SEA-BORNE TRAFFIC

• Presence of traffic which just transits across
  the basin
• 4 locations of separation schemes
• co-existence of various kinds of traffic
• captive nature of traffic
• high density of ports
• An expansion of traffic in the north east
  direction

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Global Response Framework
INTER-REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS
International
TIER 3 Mobilization of all available national
resources and possibly regional and intl
systems--depending on size of spill
Multi-national or Regional
BILATERAL MULTILATERAL PLANS
TIER 2 Coordination of more than 1 source of
equipment/personnel
National
COUNTRY PLAN
Area
TIER 1Small spill within capability of
individual facility or harbour authority
Local
INDUSTRY APPROACH
INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK
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The international legal framework that underpins
a response framework

• International Convention on Oil Pollution,
  Preparedness, Response and Co-operation, 1990
  (OPRC 90)
• Regional agreements concerning Co-operation in
  Combating Oil Spills
• Regional Seas programmes

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OPRC Purpose and Objectives

• Purpose
• Mitigate the consequences of major oil pollution
  incidents
• Primary objectives
• Encourage States to develop and maintain adequate
  capability to deal with incidents
• Facilitate international co-operation and mutual
  assistance

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OPRC Obligations of Parties

• Oil pollution emergency plans
• National system for responding promptly and
  effectively to pollution incidents
• Local pollution emergency plans to be
  co-ordinated within national system
• Establish pollution reporting procedures and
  follow-up action

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OPRC International co-operation and mutual
assistance

• Provide assistance if requested by another party
• Financing of assistance
• Promote technical co-operation
• Recognizes the importance of regional agreements
  for preparedness and response
• Involvement of oil shipping industries

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OPRC The importance of regional agreements for
preparedness and response for implementing the
Convention

• Calls for the promotion of bilateral and
  multilateral co-operation in preparedness and
  response (Article 10) underlining the importance
  of
• Regional multilateral agreements
• Bilateral agreements
• Operational sub regional plans
• Regional centres and equipment bases

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A number do exist ! - examples of Regional
Agreements

• North Sea (1969)
• Baltic Sea (1974)
• Mediterranean Sea (1978)
• ROPME Sea Area / Kuwait Action Plan (1979)
• Red Sea and Gulf of Aden (1985)
• Caribbean Region (1986)
• 13 regional seas covered by UN sponsored
  agreements

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Objectives of Regional Co-operation

• Enhances national resource capacity
• Mechanism for early warning
• Forum for exchange of information
• technical innovations
• joint training
• Exercises
• Pooling of resources/expertise (a cost effective
  way for dealing with major accidents)

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Regional Centre a Valuable Tool

• Strengthens national and regional capabilities
• Facilitates co-operation and mutual assistance
• Exchanges information
• Co-ordinates mobilization of regional and
  international resources

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Governmental regional centres

• REMPEC, Malta, Mediterranean
• MEMAC, Bahrain, Middle East
• REMPEITC-Carib, Curacao, Caribbean
• MER/RAC, Daejon, Republic of Korea

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OPRC Involvement of oil shipping industries

• OPRC recognises importance of involving oil
  shipping industry in establishing oil spill
  response arrangements
• IMO strategy on co-operation seeks to Encourage
  and promote co-operation and partnership with
  shipping and the oil industry

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Partnerships with IndustryThe Global Initiative

• A joint initiative between IMO and the oil
  industry, represented by IPIECA to enhance
  preparedness and response to oil spills
• Under the umbrella of the GI, many successful
  activities and programmes have been implemented
• In particular
• IMO/IPIECA GI WACAF Project for West and Central
  Africa
• The Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem (GCLME)
  Project

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The Global Initiative (GI)

• Initiate and catalyse activities that will lead
  to sustainable contingency planning
• Ensure international support can be made
  available using existing networks
• Identify focal points for national government
  local industry
• Assist where appropriate, development of project
  proposals for donor funding

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• "Mediterranean Oil Industry Group"
• Established in 1995
• Secretariat based in Tunis
• Information exchange on resources and expertise

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Objectives for the future?

• Review status of national planning in the region
  and identify needs and actions to be taken by
  industry to further support achievements
• Discuss regional co-operation between governments
  and industry
• Further develop the decisions from the REMPEC
  Focal point meetings into a realistic programme
  of activities for industry to be integrated in
  the regional system for preparedness and response