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SAFER SEAS 2007 Brest, 9 – 12 October, 2007. ROLE OF A REGIONAL CENTRE IN A CRISIS MANAGEMENT: THE LEBANESE CASE Frédéric HEBERT Director REMPEC. - 1 -. 1. Assets of a Regional Centre. Continuous links with the national authorities in the region Embodied in the wider UN family:
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SAFER SEAS 2007Brest, 9 – 12 October, 2007 • ROLE OF A REGIONAL CENTRE • IN A CRISIS MANAGEMENT: • THE LEBANESE CASE • Frédéric HEBERT • Director • REMPEC - 1 -
1. Assets of a Regional Centre Continuous links with the national authorities in the region Embodied in the wider UN family: UNEP/MAP – UNEP R.S.- UNEP/OCHA IMO and technical network UNDP Lebanon - 2 -
2. Weaknesses Sustainability in the Crisis Management Limited financial resources for emergencies No logistical capacity - 3 -
Action Taken by the Centre during the Lebanese Spill - Remote Technical Assistance- On Site Assistance- Diffusion of Information and Requests for Assistance - 4 -
Remote Technical Assistance • Technical Guidelines were provided • Setting up of an experts’ group to prepare a response plan MOE Lebanon CEDRE IMO ICRAM ITOPF OCC • Backstopping the Lebanese Authorities and dealing with the commercial proposals. - 5 -
On Site Assistance Assessment - MAU in Syria upon request - CEDRE experts funded by French Government and acting on behalf of REMPEC - 6 -
On Site Assistance Technical Assistance to OSOCC (Oil Spill Operations Coordination Centre) and the Minister in the planning of operations (IMO/REMPEC) Assistance in preparing the agreements between international donors and the Lebanese Authorities (IMO/REMPEC and UNDP) - 7 -
Some technical issues need to be worked out: • Shoreline clean up assesment; • Waste management policy planning • Recovery of submerged oil • Need for a Regional network in order to address these technical issues: the Mediterranean Technical Working group
This network has to be linked with the other networks working on the same topics: The IMO OPRC/HNS working group • Cooperation with regional research institutes has to be reinforced: ex. the mediterranean Operational Oceanographic Network