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The Final Negotiation Workshop on the Protocol
for the Protection of Coastal and Marine
Environment from Land-based Sources and
Activities in Eastern and Southern Africa
(LBSA Protocol) including the Revision to
the Nairobi Convention;
and the
Regional Stakeholder’s Workshop on
the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) focused
on Land-based Sources and Activities in
the Western Indian Ocean
Mombasa, Kenya, 9 – 12 June 2009
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Reports of the final
negotiations meeting on the text of the Draft
LBSA Protocol and revised Nairobi Convention
The
Secretariat of the Nairobi Convention is pleased
to share with you the reports of the final negotiation
meetings on the text of the draft Protocol for
the Protection of the Western Indian Ocean Marine
and Coastal Environment from land-based sources
and activities as well as the text of the amended
Nairobi Convention for the Protection, Management
and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment
of the Western Indian Ocean Region. The two reports
were duly presented and adopted in Mombasa.
The Nairobi Convention Secretariat
is in the process of 'cleaning up' the text of
the Draft LBSA Protocol and the text of the amended
Nairobi Convention adopted during the Mombasa
meeting.
Reports
- Report of the LBSA Protocol Negotiations meeting
of the Convention for the Protection, Management
and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment
in Eastern and Southern Region
English
- Report of the final negotiations meeting on
the text of the Convention for the Protection,
Management and Development of the Marine and
Coastal Environment in Eastern and Southern
Region
English
Please find below background
information on the Negotiations meeting.
I. Introduction
The Secretariat for the Convention for the Protection,
Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal
Environment of the Eastern and Southern Africa
Region (Nairobi Convention) organized two meetings;
(1) the final negotiations meeting on the Draft
Protocol for the protection of the coastal and
marine environment from land-based Sources and
Activities in Eastern and Southern Africa Region
(LBSA Protocol) including the Revision to the
Nairobi Convention and (2) the final Regional
Stakeholders workshop on the Strategic Action
Programme (SAP) focused on Land-based Sources
and Activities in Eastern and Southern Africa
Region.
The two meetings ran concurrently
from 9 to 12 June 2009, in Mombasa, Kenya, at
the kind invitation of the Government of Kenya.
The final negotiation meeting
on the draft LBSA Protocol and the final Stakeholders
workshop on the SAP will respectively, was held
in response to decisions reached during the 4th
Regional Meeting of the Legal and Technical Review
Task Force held in Cape Town, South Africa, in
the period 19-20 November 2008, and the 2nd Regional
Stakeholders Workshop on the Strategic Action
Programme that was also held in Cape Town, South
Africa in the period 20-21 November 2008.
During these two meetings, the
Nairobi Convention Secretariat was mandated with
the responsibility of organising follow-up meetings
on the same. It should also be noted that these
meetings were also in response to the Conference
of Parties decision CP 5/4 on the Revision of
the Nairobi Convention and related Protocols,
as well as COP decision CP 5/1 on the finalization
of the Strategic Action Programme on Land-based
Sources and Activities, as adopted during the
fifth Conference of the Contracting Parties to
the Nairobi Convention (COP-5) that was held in
Johannesburg, South Africa in November 2007.
II. Land-based Sources
and Activities (LBSA Protocol)
The Draft Protocol for the protection of the coastal
and marine environment from land based Sources
and Activities in Eastern and Southern Africa
(LBSA Protocol) has undergone four consecutive
revisions by the Regional Legal and Technical
Experts Task Force that is made up of a team of
legal and technical experts nominated by the Contracting
Parties to the Nairobi Convention.
Following the Cape Town meeting,
(Please
click here for more information on the Cape Town
Meeting) the draft Protocol as well as the
amendments to Nairobi Convention were circulated
for review by all the participating countries.
The comments from the Contracting Parties were
subsequently used by the Secretariat to produce
the updated version of the two documents that
will be discussed during the meeting in Mombasa,
Kenya.
In accordance with the decision
CP5/4 of COP-5, the proposed regional workshop
was expected to adopt the final text of the LBSA
Protocol as well as that of the amended Nairobi
Convention text. The adoption of the final text
of LBSA Protocol will pave way for the convening
of a Conference of Plenipotentiaries to adopt
the LBSA Protocol and the amended Nairobi Convention
text. The same will later on be presented to the
6th Conference of Contracting Parties (COP-6)
that is scheduled to be held in Mauritius in November
2009.
III. The final Stakeholder’s
Workshop on the Regional Strategic Action Programme
(SAP) focused on Land-based Sources and Activities
The Strategic Action Programme focused on land-based
sources and activities (SAP) prepared under the
auspices of the WIO-LaB Project by a team of government
representatives, regional experts and delegates
from non-governmental organizations in Eastern
and Southern Africa, is based on a series of regional
and national assessments including a comprehensive
Regional Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)
focused on Land-based Sources and Activities in
the WIO region, also prepared under the auspices
of the WIO-LaB project.
Several regional and national
consultations on both the TDA and the SAP have
already taken place including the Regional SAP
Stakeholder’s workshop that was held in
Cape Town, South Africa in November 2008.
The major outcome of the latter
workshop was the consolidation of regional stakeholder’s
inputs with regard to the management targets and/or
actions defined for each of the transboundary
problems/issues identified in the SAP. The inputs
received from the stakeholders formed the basis
for the further updating and finalization of the
SAP by a team of experts constituted by the WIO-LaB
Project Management.
On the basis of the inputs received
from the Cape Town SAP Stakeholder’s Workshop
including those received from a series of National
Stakeholder’s Workshops held in Kenya, Seychelles,
Comoros, Tanzania, and Mozambique, the SAP was
subsequently updated.
It is this updated version of
the SAP that was presented during the Regional
Stakeholder’s Workshop in Mombasa, Kenya
so that stakeholders from all countries that are
Contracting Parties to the Nairobi Convention
(including other regional and national partners),
identified and agreed on priority activities to
be implemented within the framework of Nairobi
Convention Work Plan.
It should be noted that the
Mombasa SAP stakeholder’s workshop (as was
the Cape Town Workshop) was a follow up on the
decision CP 5/1.5 of the Nairobi Convention 5th
COP held in Johannesburg in November 2007, in
which the Contracting Parties to Nairobi Convention;
- took note of progress made in the development
of a Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA)
and Strategic Action Plan (SAP) concerning land
based sources and activities for the Western
Indian Ocean Region; and;
- requested the Nairobi Convention Secretariat
to facilitate and expedite the negotiation and
finalization of the SAP, and to initiate as
appropriate implementation of an approved SAP
for the WIO Region on the basis of the Framework
Strategic Action Plan that was tabled in the
5th COP.
Both the SAP and the TDA were
posted at http://www.wiolab.org/
and the Nairobi Convention website http://www.unep.org/NairobiConvention/
The draft updated SAP was also circulated to the
participants before the meeting.
IV. Programme Structure
and Dates
The final negotiation meeting on the text of LBSA
Protocol ran from 9th to 10th June 2009 and delegates
discussed the comments submitted by the Contracting
Parties and agreed on the text for the LBSA Protocol
including the amended text for the Nairobi Convention.
The Regional SAP Stakeholders
workshop ran from 11th to 12th June 2009. The
meeting brought together government representatives,
experts and representatives of national and regional
organizations and institutions. Stakeholders in
the Western Indian Ocean discussed the SAP, and
agreed on the priority actions identified therein,
as well defined modalities for their implementation.
V. Working Languages
Simultaneous interpretation was provided in English
and French.
VI. Venue
The workshop was held at Whitesands Hotel, Mombasa,
Kenya. Participants were booked at the same hotel.
The hotel offers fabulous accommodation, banquet
and conference facilities on the beachfront located
north of Mombasa, at a rate of approximately US$
71 per night (bed and breakfast). It is 30 minutes
away from Moi International Airport, Mombasa.
VII. Transport
The organizers had transport for the participants
to/ from the airport to Whitesands Hotel, Mombasa.
VIII. Participants
An estimated 50 participants were invited to both
workshops, which forms a key step in the LBSA
and SAP development process. In addition to official
government delegates, participants also came from
other partners of UNEP/Nairobi Convention, experts
and NGOs from the Western Indian Ocean region.
IX. Passport and Visa
Participants were requested to make their own
arrangements for the issuance of entry visa to
Kenya. All participants received invitation letters
to enable them process the necessary travel documents.
X. Currency
The Kenya Shilling is the currency of the Republic
of Kenya. One can obtain local currency at foreign
exchange bureaus and in the banks.
XI. Climate and Clothing
Required
Mombasa enjoys a warm and humid climate for most
parts of the year. However the period starting
June is usually relatively cool with temperatures
in the order of 27-28 degree Celsius.
For further information please contact
Either
Dr. Peter Scheren or Dr. Johnson U. Kitheka
The WIO-LaB Project Management Unit
The Joint Secretariat of Abidjan and Nairobi Conventions,
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
P.O. Box 47074 – 00100 Gigiri,
Nairobi, Kenya.
Tel: +254 (0)20 7621270, or +254 (0)20 7621248
Fax: +254 (0)20 7623203/4618/4300
Email: peter.scheren@unep.org or Johnson.kitheka@unep.org
Website:http://www.wiolab.org/and
http://www.unep.org/NairobiConvention
White Sands Hotel Contacts
P.O. Box 90414
Tel : (254) 412- 471861, 471861-5,
Fax: (254) 412- 472770
Background documents used during the
Negotiations Meeting
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