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The Meetings will be held at the Edsa Shangri-La Manila. Block bookings are available. To book please visit:
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Select the dates 21-28, then GROUP, and placed the code DEN230112 (this is case sensitive)
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Mr. Neil De Los Reyes (email: neil.delosreyes@shangri-la.com).
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Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the GPA

 

The United Nations Environment Programme is pleased to announce that the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting (IGR-3) on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA) wias held in Manila 25-26 January 2012. Preceding the IGR-3, a Global Conference on Land-Ocean Connections was organized 23-24 January to discuss emerging issues and science-policy interlinkages, feeding results into the IGR-3.

Participants adopted the Manila Declaration, available for download in the Document Library

 

Objectives:

  • To review the implementation to date of the GPA Coordination Office Work Programme 2007-2011: To review the progress made in the implementation of the GPA and identify future options for increased implementation at global, regional and national levels;
  • To define the future programme of work for the GPA Coordination Office for the period 2012-2016: Based on the activities undertaken thus far to chart a course of action of the GPA Coordinating Office for the next five-year period;
  • To identify and discuss emerging issues in relation to the protection of the marine environment from land-based activities: Based on the results of the preceding Global Conference, to discuss and finalise recommendations for implementation of action to address emerging issues; and
  • To prepare input from the governments to the Rio +20 process concerning: (a) a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication (marine and coastal environments and resources); (b) the institutional framework for sustainable development of marine and coastal resources; and c) emerging marine and coastal issues.

 

Outcomes:

  1. A discussion on the UNEP/GPA Coordination Office: A programme of work for the period 2012-2016, with activities at the global level (aimed, inter alia, at supporting implementation of relevant international agreements and developing guidance documents for the GPA implementation); the regional level (within the framework of the UNEP Regional Seas Programme); and the national level (with an emphasis on supporting countries to develop/implement National Programmes of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities).
  2. A high-level/ministerial segment: A declaration that will: Provide policy guidance in relation to enhanced implementation of the GPA at national, regional and global levels and the utilization of the GPA for achievement of relevant international targets; Endorse the Programme of Work for the GPA Coordination Office for the period 2012-2016; and Outline recommendations to work on emerging issues.

 

Additional information

Meeting Documents are available for download here.

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