Abt Associates Inc.

1. Abt Associates Inc. Gulf of Honduras Preparation of a Complete Program for the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control of the Contamination Originated by The Maritime Transport in the Gulf of Honduras. Inter-American Development Bank BID-ATN/PD-7402-RS Funding: Global Environmental Facility GEF, PDF-B 3rd Meeting Belize City, June 12- 13, 2003 GEF BID

2. Presentations Project Concept Chronology Meeting Objectives Agenda Prensentations and Reports from Workgroups

3. Regional strategic action program for the control and prevention of maritime transport related pollution in the major ports, navigational transport routes and adjacent coastal areas in the Gulf of Honduras The General Directorate for Environment within the Central American Integration System (DGA/SICA) has recognized the importance of this topic through Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), and the Central American Commission for Maritime Transport (COCATRAM). Regional Workshop on the Conservation and Management of Wetlands and Coastal Areas in Central America, organized by the Central American Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD), PROARCA/Costas and the Mesoamerican Office of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN/ORMA) Ports authorities, Institutions, Civil Society and NGOs in the gulf region Project Concept

4. 1st Meeting San Pedro Sula, Nov. 20-21, 2002 2nd Meeting Guatemala City, Mar 20-21, 2003 3rd Meeting Belize City, Jun 12-13, 2003 4th Meeting Tegucigalpa, September, 2003 Chronology

5. TDA Technical Endorsement Agreement and regional details on the project components Receive input into project execution arrangements and organization Agree on method and timeline for determining baseline costs and country cofinancing Exploring enabling agreements for regional cooperation in the execution of the project Meeting Objectives

6. 7:00-8 :00AM Registration 8:00-8 :05AMInitial Presentation 8:05-8 :15AMWelcoming 8:15-8 :30AMMeeting Objectives 8:30-10:00AMComplete GEF Program Components 10:00-10:30AMBreak 10:30-12:00PMGroup Discussion- Program Components 12:00–1:30PMLunch 1:30-2 :30PM Project Execution Arrangements and Organization 2:30-4 :00PMGroup Discussion – Proj. Exec. Arrang. and Organization 4:00-4 :30PMBreak 4:30-6 :00PMReport- Group Discussion 7:00-8 :30PMDinner Agenda, Thursday, June 12

7. 8:00-8:15AMProgress of the meeting 8:15-10:00AM Baseline & Incremental Costs and Long term Financing 10:00-10:30AM Belize - Discussion- Baseline & Incremental Costs 10:30-11:00AM Guatemala - Discussion- Baseline & Incremental Costs 11:00-11:30PM Honduras - Discussion- Baseline & Incremental Costs 11:30-12:00PM Plenary 12:00-1:30PM Lunch 1:30-2:30PM Summary of Program Components-Group Consensus 2:30-3:00PM Project Execution Arrangements-Report from Group 3:30-4:00PM Break 4:00-5:00PM Summary of the Meeting-Agreements 5:00 PM Official Closure 6:00-7:30PM Cocktails Agenda, Friday June 13

8. Abt Associates Inc. Gulf of Honduras Preparation of a Complete Program for the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control of the Contamination originated by the Maritime Transport in the Gulf of Honduras. Interamerican Development Bank BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS Funding: Global Environmental Facility (GEF), PDF Bloque B Project Components and Activities Meeting Belize City, June 12 & 13 2003 GEF BID

9. Process to define activities Priorities from 2nd Meeting (Guatemala City, March 2003) Components and Objectives Activities Outputs Working Group Instructions OUTLINE OF TALK

10. PROCESS TO DETERMINE ACTIVITIES • PREVIOUS DOCUMENTS • CONCEPT PAPER • WRITTEN COMMENTS • DEVELOPMENT OF TDA • COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

11. GEF-ABILITY • ACTIVITIES SHOULD FORM LOGICAL, TIGHT PROJECT (NOT SCATTERED IDEAS) • SOME ACTIVITIES MAY BE FUNDED BY GEF (GEF-ABILITY): THESE ARE INCREMENTAL ACTIVITIES • SOME ACTIVITIES MAY BE FUNDED BY OTHER DONORS OR BY COUNTRIES (EITHER AS BASELINE OR CO-FINANCING) • KEY TO GEF-ABILITY (ABILITY TO BE FUNDED BY GEF) IS THAT THESE ACTIVITIES ADDRESS TRANSBOUNDARY THREATS, ARE INCREMENTAL AND NOT BASELINE IN NATURE, AND LEAD TO SUSTAINABILITY.

12. PRIORITIES FROM SECOND MEETING

13. HIGHEST PRIORITIES Port Maintenance Ballast Water Ship Collision Vessel Standards Vessel Discharges Hazardous cargo transport and handling Agriculture Deforestation PRIORITIES FROM SECOND MEETING (con’t)

14. Component 1: Building regional capacity for maritime and land-based pollution control in Central America; Component 2: Creating, analyzing and distributing marine environmental information and developing a strategic action plan for the Gulf of Honduras; Component 3: Enhancing navigational safety in shipping lanes; Component 4: Improving environmental management in the regional network of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras. COMPONENTS AND OBJECTIVES

15. Component 1: Building regional capacity for maritime and land-based pollution control in Central America. Objective: Create and consolidate a regional network for land-based and maritime pollution control within the Gulf of Honduras, including the formulation of institutional and economic arrangements that will assure the sustainability of the action program. COMPONENTS AND OBJECTIVES (CON’T)

16. Component 2: Creating, analyzing and distributing marine environmental information and developing a strategic action plan for the Gulf of Honduras. Objective: Develop the long-term capacity for gathering, organizing, analyzing and disseminating marine environmental information, as a complement to the MBRS Regional Environmental Information System (EIS), fill gaps in existing knowledge of the marine environmental issues, and undertake strategic planning for concrete actions to reduce marine pollution in the Gulf of Honduras. COMPONENTS AND OBJECTIVES

17. Component 3: Enhancing navigational safety in shipping lanes. Objective: Enhance the navigational safety in major shipping lanes to reduce marine pollution by developing and enforcing vessel standards and other related activities, and prepare an oil and chemical spill prevention and contingency plan for the Gulf of Honduras to prevent damages associated with both operational and accidental discharges at sea, and respond to accidental spills. COMPONENTS AND OBJECTIVES

18. Component 4: Improving environmental management in the regional network of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras. Objective: Improve environmental management in the regional network of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras through preparation and implementation of environmental management investment and action programs, including demonstration pilot activities and involvement of the private sector. COMPONENTS AND OBJECTIVES

19. ACTIVITIES: 1.1 Put in place institutional arrangements for carrying out the project activities that will ensure the sustainability of the action program. 1.2 Identify, strengthen, and involve stakeholders. 1.3 Develop and conduct training workshops for stakeholders on such topics as Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM), Coastal and Marine Environmental Management and Civil Society. 1.4 Formulate arrangements for financing regional maritime pollution monitoring, control and prevention, including the establishment of a financing scheme in cooperation with the private sector and port authorities to contribute to the financial sustainability of the program. 1.5 Develop and recommend economic instruments and incentives to promote preventive measures to decrease both land and sea-based sources of pollution as well as adequate environmental management in the sector. 1.6 Agree on performance indicators for the Gulf of Honduras maritime transport pollution control project through a broad stakeholder process and develop a process to monitor those indicators. Component 1: Building regional capacity for maritime and land-based pollution control in Central America.

20. ACTIVITIES: 2.1 Update and complete TDA, including an updated assessment of the relative importance and transboundary impact of land-based and marine-based sources of pollution and filling the gaps identified in the Preliminary TDA. 2.2 Prepare, negotiate, and endorse at the national level a regional Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for port and navigational pollution reduction measures as well as reduction of other adverse land-based activities. . 2.3 Building on existing institutional arrangements where feasible, establish a regional focus for hydrography and oceanography related to navigational safety and spill planning and response, for hydrographic and oceanographic data processing and digitizing for navigation safety, as well as management and modeling (Marine) GID-based data applications 2.4 Develop and implement training program for national and regional entities in hydrography and oceanography related to navigational safety and spills, focusing on gaps identified including the assessment of oceanographic current dynamics, sediment transport and bathymetry. Component 2: Creating, analyzing and distributing marine environmental information and developing a strategic action plan for the Gulf of Honduras.

21. ACTIVITIES 3.1 Conduct navigational risk assessments and propose modifications in maritime shipping routes and other risk reduction measures. 3.2 Review and draft reforms for the institutional, legal, policy, regulatory and enforcement framework for navigational safety, including the prevention of oil and chemical spills, vessel standards, certification etc. 3.3 Prepare a regional/transboundary oil and chemical spill prevention and contingency plan. 3.4 Identify and conduct two demonstration pilot activities related to navigational risk reduction. Component 3: Enhancing navigational safety in shipping lanes.

22. ACTIVITIES: 4.1 Conduct port operations risk assessments and propose concrete modifications to reduce pollution risks. 4.2 Develop harmonized regional guidelines, standards and policies for port environmental management and security. 4.3 Review and draft reforms for national laws, policies, regulations and enforcement policies regarding port activities 4.4 Identify sources of investment and develop investment plan for providing equipment and facilities for minimizing environmental impacts of port operations, including solid waste and oily ballast water disposal 4.5 Conduct demonstration pilot projects related to environmental improvements in three major ports Component 4: Improving environmental management in the regional network of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras.

23. COMPONENT 1: Improved national and regional capacities for effective environmental management of maritime transport Stakeholders fully involved in project Increased knowledge and awareness by local stakeholders of maritime and land-based transport pollution issues Sustainable regional financial mechanism for financing SAP activities developed Means and methods for assessing success of project developed OUTPUTS

24. COMPONENT 2: TDA completed, agreed upon and widely disseminated Regional SAP completed and endorsed at the national level which supports improved safety of navigation and protection of the marine environment Partnerships for carrying out the SAP developed Regional capacity for hydrography and oceanography enhanced National and regional capacity for addressing oil and chemical spills improved Incremental improvement in capacity to control LBS OUTPUTS (CON’T)

25. COMPONENT 3: Steps for reducing pollution from navigational risks identified Legal/policy/regulatory framework for improved navigational safety, including addressing oil and chemical spills Regional capacity for addressing transboundary spills enhanced Two technologies for reducing navigational risks successfully demonstrated OUTPUTS (CON’T)

26. COMPONENT 4: Steps for reducing environmental threats from port operations identified Guidelines for reducing environmental threats from port operations agreed upon at the regional level Legal/policy/regulatory framework for environmental management of ports developed Sustainable economic mechanism for improving port operations identified, including strong private sector participation Environmental improvements in port activities successfully demonstrated at three sites OUTPUTS (CON’T)

27. BREAK INTO FOUR COMPONENT WORKING GROUPS (next slide): RECOMMENDED GROUPS ON WALL SELECT RAPPORTEUR TO COLLATE AND PRESENT RESULTS REVIEW PROJECT OBJECTIVE FOR THAT COMPONENT REVIEW PROJECT ACTIVITIES REVIEW PROJECT DETAILED ACTIVITIES REVIEW PROJECT TIMELINE REPORT TO PLENARY WITH UPDATED ACTIVITIES AND SUB-ACTIVITIES (FRIDAY 1330) WORKING GROUP INSTRUCTIONS

28. WORKING GROUPS • Component 1: • Building regional capacity for maritime and land-based pollution control in Central America: RACHEL • Component 2: • Creating, analyzing and distributing marine environmental information and developing a strategic action plan for the Gulf of Honduras: DON • Component 3: • Enhancing navigational safety in shipping lanes: ELVIN • Component 4: • Improving environmental management in the regional network of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras: RODOLFO

29. Abt Associates Inc. Gulf of Honduras Preparation of a Complete Program for the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control of the Contamination originated by the Maritime Transport in the Gulf of Honduras. Interamerican Development Bank BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS Funding: Global Environmental Facility (GEF), PDF Bloque B Institutional Analysis Meeting Belize City, June 12 & 13 2003 GEF BID

30. PROJECT EXECUTION ARRANGEMENTS ENABLING AGREEMENTS GEF-IDB PROJECT - INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES

31. Stakeholder input into IDB-GEF TDA development – Small group discussions Regional executing structure Enabling agreements National environmental frameworks Effective coordination with existing programs SESSION OBJECTIVES

32. SUMMARY OF SECTOR FINDINGS • GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS- •  Need for stakeholder participation and Project ‘ownership’ •  Develop financial sustainability during the Project’s initial phase. •  Review existing regional programs and create linkages where indicated to avoid gaps or duplication of efforts. •  Streamline project organization to reduce resource and personnel demands on the Project and stakeholder participants. •  Information-sharing and management are challenges at the national level with an additional layer of complexity at the transboundary level.

33. KEY PUBLIC SECTOR FINDINGS • 1 Need to promulgate regulations for MARPOL and other key international conventions • 2. Inadequate coordination and communication among national agencies and between national and local government agencies. • 3. Fragmentation of agency responsibilities include unclear or ignored agency mandates and overlapping jurisdictions • 4. Need for training assessments and follow up • 5. Government generally has inadequate resources, equipment, and staffing to execute functions • 6 Difficulty with staff retention

34. KEY CIVIL SOCIETY FINDINGS • Need to incorporate civil society participation in all public decision-making components of the Project. • Include civil society as one of the target groups for technical training • 3. Review legal and institutional recommendations of the Project for adequate public consultation

35. KEY PRIVATE SECTOR FINDINGS • 1 Need for uniform enforcement of shipping regulations. • 2 Strengthen local capacity to conduct inspections and enforce regulations • 3 Strengthen government capacity to conduct oil spill contingency planning and respond to emergencies • 4 Extend training and awareness building to the shipping industry as well as port operators

36. Trinational management and multi- stakeholder decision-making framework Transboundary watershed approach to ecosystem management Transboundary diagnostic of environmental, institutional, and legal aspects of the Gulf of Honduras Developing pilot projects that can be replicated for use in other regions PROJECT DESIGN AND CHARACTERISTICS

37. CONCEPTUAL APPROACH FOR IMPLEMENTING FRAMEWORK Inter-American Development Bank Steering Committee Regional Management (Stakeholders) Committe REGIONAL EXECUTING AGENCY Project Coordination Unit (Operated independently) Technical Advisory Committee Public Advisory Committee Regional Monitoring Workgroup

38. Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System Project

39. PROARCA OPERATING STRUCTURE STEERING COMMITTEE SICA/Secretary General SICA/DGMA USAID/G-CAP Sets overall strategy and policy parameters Consultative Working Group US IQC USAID/G-CAP FEMICA OIRSA Consultative Working Group USEPA SICA/DGMA USAID/G-CAP RODA Consultative Working Group USPVO USAID/G-CAP SCAC FEDECATUR GTZ Consultative Working Group USPVO CCAP USAID/G-CAP RODA GTZ

40. Inter-American Development Bank Responsible for overseeing the development and implementation of the GEF project and activities are executed in accordance with GEF requirements.. Regional Steering Committee Committee comprised of senior officials from each country, donor agencies and partner institutions. PROJECT EXECUTION COMPONENTS

41. Regional Executing Institution Functions as the regional administrator of the GEF funding and executing framework. Project Coordination Unit Responsible for the direct implementation of the five-year project during the Project’s initial phase. PROJECT EXECUTION COMPONENTS

42. Management Committee Builds consensus among its stakeholder membership for GEF project. Members serve as direct links to their organizations Communicate their institutions’ and constituents’ concerns Project Committees and Workgroups Citizens Advisory Committee Technical Advisory Committee Regional Monitoring Workgroup PROJECT EXECUTION COMPONENTS

43. Two national government representatives from environment, merchant marines, naval forces, coastal zone management, natural resources, or other relevant ministries. One local government representative Two nongovernmental organization representatives working on marine pollution or navigational safety issues One Port Authority representative Two private sector/industry representatives International organization representative acting as a regional expert such the OMI or COCATRAM MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

44. Demonstrated financial stability 2. Administrative structure to administer the GEF program and respond to program audits Recognized regional presence by stakeholders working on maritime pollution and navigational safety issues. Expertise in marine pollution, navigational safety, and coastal planning. CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING REGIONAL EXECUTING INSTITUTION

45. 5. Established contacts with government, industry, port authorities, and civil society organizations 6. Established public education and outreach programs and experience working with stakeholder groups. 7. Demonstrated interest and commitment to marine pollution and navigational safety issues in the Gulf of Honduras. 8. Demonstrated ability to coordinate ongoing regional programs to address the control of marine pollution and navigation safety issues CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING REGIONAL EXECUTING INSTITUTION

46. ENABLING AGREEMENTS • Examples of Agreement elements that facilitate the execution • of the GEF Project: • Definition of geographic boundaries of the Project • Harmonization within the Project region • Environmental standards- air, coastal waters, pollution clean up, etc • Laws pertaining to marine pollution and navigational safety • Comparable institutional framework and level of responsibilities • Signatories to key international conventions - environment, marine pollution, navigational safety • Project execution agreements • MOUs between regional executing entity and participating governments, or their representatives to formalize decisions and provide for implementation mechanisms.

47. Workgroups: Project Execution Arrangements and Organization • Project Execution Arrangements-Rachel • Enabling agreements-Elvin • National Environmental Frameworks-Rodolfo • Effective Coordination with existing programs-Megan

48. Workgroups: Project Execution Arrangements and Organization • Project Execution Arrangements • Enabling agreements • National Environmental Frameworks • Effective Coordination with existing programs

49. Abt Associates Inc. Gulf of Honduras Preparation of a Complete Program for the Environmental Protection and Pollution Control of the Contamination originated by the Maritime Transport in the Gulf of Honduras. Interamerican Development Bank BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS Funding: Global Environmental Facility (GEF), PDF Bloque B Project Execution Arrangements Report from Workgroups Meeting Belize City, June 12 & 13 2003 GEF BID

50. Project Execution Arrangements Models