{"id":9811,"date":"2022-11-14T16:57:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/?p=9811"},"modified":"2022-11-14T16:57:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:57:36","slug":"strengthening-capacity-of-african-countries-to-deal-with-oil-spills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maritimafrica.com\/en\/strengthening-capacity-of-african-countries-to-deal-with-oil-spills\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening capacity of African countries to deal with oil spills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The capacity of twenty-two African countries* to deal with oil spills\u00a0is being\u00a0strengthened during the 9th\u00a0Regional Conference of the Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa (GI\u00a0WACAF<\/a>) in Accra, Ghana (7-10 November). The conference was designed to address the challenges of oil spill preparedness and response in the region, to review the progress achieved since the last regional conference,\u00a0and to foster discussions to set the strategic priorities for the next biennium (2023-2024).\u00a0<\/span>Organized at the end of each biennium, this\u00a0regional conference is a regular key event in the GI\u00a0WACAF\u00a0Project.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Launched in 2006,\u00a0GI\u00a0WACAF\u00a0is a successful cooperation project between\u00a0IMO and IPIECA<\/a>, the global oil and gas industry association for advancing environmental and social performance. It was created with a shared desire to improve the level of preparedness and response to oil spills in the west, central and southern Africa region.<\/p>\n

The success of the GI\u00a0WACAF\u00a0Project relies heavily on the involvement of its partner countries. To meet this objective, participants were invited to share their experiences and good practices, to identify priorities to strengthen spill response preparedness and potential need for support from the GI\u00a0WACAF\u00a0for the next biennium.<\/p>\n

As part of IMO’s ongoing efforts to support Member States and industry with the 2030 Agenda and the related SDGs, in particular, SDG 5, to advance gender equality, a dedicated session on mainstreaming gender in the maritime sector of west, central and southern Africa was organized by the IMO-established Women in Maritime of West and Central Africa (WIMOWCA). \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0<\/span>9th\u00a0GI\u00a0WACAF\u00a0Regional Conference was delivered through IMO’s Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*\u00a0Angola, Benin, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Congo, C\u00f4te d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, and Togo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

Source & Photo : IMO<\/p>\n

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