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UNITED

NATIONS

Eighteenth Intergovernmental Meeting of the Action Plan

for the Caribbean Environment Programme and

Fourteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the

Convention for the Protection and Development of the

Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

Roatán, Honduras, 3-7 June 2019

FOR THE BIENNIUM 2019-2020

Distr. LIMITED

UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.42/3

13 May 2019

Original: ENGLISH

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WORKPLAN AND BUDGET

FOR THE CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME


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Table of Contents

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Abbreviations iii

I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. OVERALL COORDINATION AND COMMON COSTS 2

A. Background 2

B. Objectives 2

C. Caribbean Environment Programme 2

1. Personnel, Finance and Administration 2

2. Communication, promotion and awareness of the Caribbean Environment Programme….... 3

3. Key Concerns of the Overall Coordination and Common Costs: Workplan and Budget 6

4. Meetings of the Caribbean Environment Programme 6

D. Overall Coordination and Common Costs 7

E. CEP-CLME+ Collaboration 7

III. SUBPROGRAMME WORKPLANS 8

A. Assessment and Management of Environmental Pollution (AMEP) 8

1. Background 8

2. Projects and Activities 9

A. Programme Coordination 9

B. Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Projects 15

C. Monitoring and Assessment 19

D. Waste Management 20

E. Watershed Management 22

F. National Programmes of Action 24

B. Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) 25

1. Background 26

2. Projects and Activities 27

A. Programme Coordination 27

B. Strengthening of Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean Region 31

C. Strengthening of MPAs (prioritizing MPAs listed under the Protocol) ………………... 32

D. Enhance network of MPA practitioners by improving communication and the

dissemination of information ………………………………………………………. 34

E. Continued development, maintenance and promotion of the Regional MPA Database 35

F. Development of Guidelines for the Management of Protected Areas and Species 36


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G. Conservation of Threatened and Endangered Species 39

H. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems 44

Annex I: Budget for the Caribbean Environment Programme for the 2017-2018 Biennium 49

Annex II: Budget of the AMEP Programme for the 2019-2020 biennium ………………………. 50

Annex III: Budget of the SPAW Programme for the 2019-2020 biennium ………………………. 51


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Abbreviations

AMEP Assessment and Management of Environmental Pollution

BEST Initiative The Voluntary Scheme for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in

Territories of European Overseas

CABI CAB International (formerly Commonwealth Agricultural Bureau)

CaMPAM Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Managers Network and Forum

CARICOM Caribbean Community

Cariwet Caribbean Wetlands Regional Initiative

CAR/RCU Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit

CBD Convention on Biological Diversity

CBF Caribbean Biodiversity Fund

CCAD Central American Commission for Environment and Development

CCI Caribbean Challenge Initiative

CEP Caribbean Environment Programme

CERMES

CHM

CIMAB

Centre for Resource Management and Environmental Studies

Clearing House Mechanism

Centro de Ingeniería y Manejo Ambiental de Bahías y Costas

CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna

and Flora

CLME+

CMA

Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine Ecosystems

Caribbean Marine Atlas

CMS Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

COP Conference of Parties

CREHO

CReW

Ramsar Regional Centre for Training and Research on Wetlands in the

Western Hemisphere

Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management

CRFM

DPSIR

Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism

Driving Forces, Pressures, State, Impact, Responses

DSS Decision Support System

EAF

EBA

Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries

Ecosystem Based Adaptation

EBM Ecosystem Based Management

ECMMAN Climate Resilient Eastern Caribbean Marine Managed Areas Network

ECRE Bluefinance Economics for Coral Reef Ecosystems

FAO Food and Agricultural Organisation

GCFI Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute


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GCRMN Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network

GEF

GESAMP

GPA

Global Environment Facility

United Nations Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine

Environmental Protection

Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment

from Land-based Activities

IAC

IAEA

Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea

Turtles

International Atomic Energy Agency

IAS Invasive Alien Species

ICRI

IDB

International Coral Reef Initiative

Inter-American Development Bank

IFRECOR

IGM

IMA

INVEMAR

French Initiative for Coral Reefs

Intergovernmental Meeting

Institute of Marine Affairs

Centro de Investigaciones Marinas de Colombia

IOCARIBE

Inter-governmental Oceanographic Commission’s Sub-Commission for the

Caribbean and Adjacent Regions

IUCN

IWEco

International Union for the Conservation of Nature

Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean SIDS

IWC International Whaling Commission

IWRM

LBS

Integrated Water Resources Management

Protocol Concerning Land-Based Sources of Pollution

LME Large Marine Ecosystems

MamaCocoSea Marine Mammal Conservation Corridor South East America

MARFund Mesoamerican Reef Fund

MEA Multilateral Environmental Agreement

MMA Marine Managed Area

MMAP Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals in the Wider

Caribbean Region

MMAP-PA Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine Mammals in the Wider

Caribbean Region’s Priority Actions: Five Year Plan

MoC Memorandum of Cooperation

MPA Marine Protected Area

NAHW-SSP North Atlantic Humpback Whale Sister Sanctuary Program

NGO Non-Government Organizations

NOAA

NPA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

National Programme of Action (for Pollution Prevention)


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OAS Organisation of American States

OCCC Overall Coordination and Common Costs

OECS-ESDU Organization of Eastern Caribbean States -Environment and Sustainable

Development Unit

PA

PAHO

PIF

Protected Area

Pan American Health Organisation

Project Information Form (GEF)

PES Payment for Ecosystem Services

RAC Regional Activity Centre

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance

RCDR

REMPEITC

Reef Check Dominican Republic

Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Training and Information Centre

RLC Regional Lionfish Committee

ROLAC Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

SAMOA SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action

SAP Strategic Action Programme

SCSCB BirdsCaribbean (formerly Society for the Conservation and Study of

Caribbean Birds)

SDG

SLM

Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Land Management

sLMR

SOCAR

Shared Living Marine Resources

State of the Convention Area Report (for the Wider Caribbean Region)

SPAW Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region

STAC Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee

STRAP Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plan

TNC The Nature Conservancy

ToT Training of Trainers

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNEA-2 Second session of the United Nations Environmental Assembly

UNEP

UNEP-DEPI

UNEP-DEWA

UNEP-DTIE

United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP-Division of Environmental Policy Implementation

UNEP-Division of Early Warning and Assessment

UNEP-Department of Technology, Industry & Economics

UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

UNOPS United Nations Office for Project Services

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization


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USDA

US-EPA

United States Department of Agriculture

United States Environmental Protection Agency

WCMC World Conservation Monitoring Centre

WCPA World Commission on Protected Areas

WCR Wider Caribbean Region

WECAFC Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission

WHMSI Western Hemisphere Migratory Species Initiative

WIDECAST

WSSD

WWF

Wider Caribbean Sea Turtle Conservation Network

World Summit on Sustainable Development

World Wildlife Fund


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DRAFT WORK PLAN AND BUDGET FOR THE CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENT

PROGRAMME

FOR THE 2019-2020 BIENNIUM

I. INTRODUCTION

1. This Workplan covers the 2019-2020 biennium and presents activities to implement the Convention

for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

(Cartagena Convention) and its Protocols and the Action Plan of the Caribbean Environment

Programme (CEP).

2. During the 2019-2020 biennium, CEP will continue to coordinate with relevant global initiatives,

such as the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-

based Activities (GPA) and related multilateral environmental agreements, such as the Basel

Convention for the Control of the Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes, the Convention

on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Convention on

Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild

Animals (CMS), the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance and the World

Heritage Convention of UNESCO (WHS). This Workplan also reflects the close coordination with

other agencies of the United Nations such as the International Atomic & Energy Agency (IAEA), the

International Oceanographic Commission (IOC) and its IOCARIBE Secretariat, the International

Maritime Organization (IMO), Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), development agencies

and other regional and international organizations.

3. The CEP Secretariat prepared this document with inputs received during Working Group meetings

convened since the Sixteenth Intergovernmental Meeting, recommendations of the Seventh Meeting

of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the Specially Protected Areas and

Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol, decisions of the Eighth Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the

SPAW Protocol, recommendations of the Third Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory

Committee of the Land-based Sources of Pollution (LBS) Protocol and decisions of the Second

Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the LBS Protocol. The outcomes of relevant global or regional

initiatives and previous and on-going project activities were also taken into account.

4. For the 2019-2020 biennium, the CEP will seek to enhance its programmatic strategic options by:

(a) Working with other Regional Seas Programmes with similar Action Plans;

(b) Integrating national and regional marine plans into Sub-Programmes;

(c) Integrating national and regional socio-economic development plans that include coastal and

marine components into Sub-Programme strategies;

(d) Integrating decisions of the UN Environment Assembly, Global Biodiversity Conventions,

Regional Seas Strategic Directions, and UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy;

(e) Working both externally and internally to improve coordination mechanisms within and

between Sub-Programmes.


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II. OVERALL COORDINATION AND COMMON COSTS

A. Background

5. The Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP) was established to provide a mechanism whereby the

diverse States and Territories of the Wider Caribbean Region could collectively address the protection

and development of their marine and coastal resources as the basis for the region’s continued

economic development. The achievement of this goal is dependent upon the incorporation of the

principles of mutual technical assistance; the development and strengthening of regional and national,

institutional and legislative frameworks; the standardization of approaches and methodologies; the

encouragement of appropriate research; the joint management of shared resources, and the exchange

of relevant information, among others. To provide cohesiveness to the various components of the

Programme, and to minimize duplication of effort and wastage of resources, the overall coordination

of the Programme’s components is centralized and undertaken by the Caribbean Regional

Coordinating Unit (CAR/RCU) in Kingston.

6. The Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit (CAR/RCU) is the Secretariat for the CEP and is

responsible for the coordination and implementation of the Programme. The CAR/RCU carries out

the programmatic, administrative, financial, and personnel functions related to the administration of

the Action Plan and the Cartagena Convention and its Protocols. CAR/RCU operates under the

authority of UN Environment Headquarters through the Ecosystems Division (DEPI), in cooperation

with the UN Environment Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC), the

Caribbean Sub-Regional Office and the Governments of the region through an Intergovernmental

and Contracting Parties body and a Monitoring Committee.

B. Objectives

7. The objectives of the Caribbean Environment Programme, through this Workplan, are to:

(a) Provide a consolidated legislative, institutional, and programmatic framework for cooperation

among member countries and organizations concerned with the management of marine and

coastal resources in the Wider Caribbean Region;

(b) Provide effective coordination for the implementation of the various components of CEP; and

(c) Convene such meetings as required by the Cartagena Convention and its protocols, to facilitate

the implementation of the Programme within the appropriate legislative and technical authority.

C. Caribbean Environment Programme Coordination

8. The basic Secretariat support of CEP rests on the core staff and operational budget. All staff

requirements (salaries and related expenses), office supplies and materials, equipment,

intergovernmental meetings, travel, and miscellaneous items are included in the overall coordination

and common costs of the Workplan and budget. Individual activities and projects appear under the

Workplans of the Sub-programmes.

1. Personnel, Finance and Office Administration

9. During the last biennium, the CEP Secretariat has continued to mobilize project funds for activities,

in addition to receiving a small percentage of in-kind contributions to host meetings which have

helped to offset costs from the Caribbean Trust Fund. During 2017-2018, CEP continued to

supplement personnel and administrative costs from major projects such as those funded from the


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Global Environment Facility (GEF). It is of utmost importance that countries continue to pay their

contributions. For those countries with outstanding contributions to the Caribbean Trust Fund (CTF),

we encourage that a payment schedule be arranged in writing with the CEP Secretariat and an initial

payment be made. For the 2097-2020 biennium, it is proposed that member states approve an increase

in the contribution to the Caribbean Trust Fund (CTF) in order to ensure the continuity of the work

programme of the Secretariat.

10. The Secretariat e continues to be understaffed at both the professional and the general service staff

levels. The CEP Secretariat therefore continues to explore opportunities available to obtain additional

human resources to the CEP through the Junior Professional Officers (JPO) programme, assignment

of experts from international developmental/environmental organizations, UN Volunteers (UNVs),

internships, etc. and to solicit in-kind contributions from member governments, other international,

regional and national organizations, as well as from CEP’s Regional Activity Centres (RACs).

11. During the 2019-2020 biennium, CEP will continue to pursue funding by submitting project

proposals to potential donors. At the same time, it will continue to furtheri efforts to implement cost-

cutting measures, as well as to maximize the use of human resources. More and more information is

being published on the web-site and social meDIAi instead of being printed as hardcopy publications.

12. Additionally, the CEP Secretariat has been actively seeking to rationalize the mechanism to improve

its financial situation. In addition to mobilizing additional resources for activities, CEP has made

efforts to cut down operational costs. Some few examples include: reduction of printing costs by

encouraging paperless meetings, enhancing of the telephone system which has seen a reduction in

the monthly telephone bills. The Secretariat is supported by the UN Environment Regional Office for

Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) by benefitting from their contractual arrangement with

a travel agency in Panama thereby reducing ticket costs and the service charge from the travel agency.

2. Communication and Awareness of the Caribbean Environment Programme

13. During the 2019-2020 biennium, the Communication, Education, Training and Awareness (CETA)

Sub-programme will assist UN Environment CEP, its AMEP and SPAW Sub-Programmes in

communication, promotion and awareness activities. These activities include the development of new

tools, platforms and diverse media outlets that are appropriate for this purpose. Information that will

be produced will be relevant to the ratification and implementation of the Cartagena Convention and

its Protocols, and maintenance and enhancement of existing Information Technology infrastructure.

14. Due to the limited availability of funding to recruit a P-2 CETA Associate Programme Officer,

programme coordination will continue to be the responsibility of the AMEP Programme Officer. The

Team Assistant for CETA/AMEP and the Computer/ Information Systems Assistant will provide

internal support. Interns, project staff and external consultants will also support CETA in its proposed

activities.

15. The communications efforts undertaken will increase access to information on coastal and marine

resources, through regular maintenance and improvement of the CEP and its related websites,

information technology infrastructure networking mechanisms.

16. The promotion of the Cartagena Convention and CEP will continue at national, regional and

international fora, workshops and meetings being organized by CEP over the biennium and through

all available media including social media sites. Parties to the Cartagena Convention, the CEP

community and the general public will be provided with regular updates on the availability of data

and/or information regarding the protection and development of coastal and marine resources in the


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Wider Caribbean Region. The online calendar of related meetings will be maintained to promote

greater coordination and synergies in the convening of regional activities.

17. The effective flow of scientific and management information to Contracting Parties of the Cartagena

Convention and other stakeholders, including their feedback and input to improving the delivery of

services by CEP to the Wider Caribbean Region will continue to be facilitated over the biennium.

This will include the continued use of the Reporting Template for the Cartagena Convention and its

Protocols.

18. Support to the AMEP and SPAW Sub-programmes will continue in the following ways:

(a) Dissemination of awareness raising materials and information products on the CEP and its

projects and activities through the internet, existing list serves and networks such as CaMPAM.

Support will continue for the production and dissemination of the Pollution (AMEP) and

Biodiversity (SPAW) Newsletters.

(b) In collaboration with the AMEP Sub-programme, an internal communication strategy for the

State of the Convention Area Report will be developed to assist in the dissemination of the

SOCAR and its findings.

(c) Support to the convening of technical and Intergovernmental meetings of the CEP, including

coordinating the preparation and dissemination of final reports for the:

• Nineteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment

Programme and Sixteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the

Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region;

• Eleventh Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Protocol Concerning Specially Protected

Areas and Wildlife in the Wider Caribbean Region (SPAW); and

• Fifth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-

Based Sources and Activities in the Wider Caribbean Region (LBS).

(d) CETA will also provide support to other regional meetings and workshops with CEP partners

and RACs and those convened by GEF Projects executed by CAR/RCU;

(e) CETA will coordinate responses to requests for information, reports, presentations and external

surveys, including:

• Progress in the implementation of the Regional Seas Strategic Directions for 2021-2023;

• Input to the Secretary-General's Report on the Ocean and Law of the Sea; and

• Report on measures taken in support of Resolution 67/205 adopted on 21 December 2012

"Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future

generations";

• Formulation of Country Implementation Plan 2018 for UN Multi-Country Sustainable

Development Framework

• Regional Report on the SAMOA Pathway and measures taken in support of Programme of

work of the Small Island Developing States reporting obligations of UN entities

(A/72/420/Add2. Paras 27 and 281 and the SAMOA Pathway paras 122-124)


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(f) CETA will support resource mobilization and partnership development efforts by the CEP

Secretariat. This includes identifying activities and partnerships with local and regional

stakeholders in partnerships with projects such as GEF IWEco and GEF CReW.

(g) Commemorative activities will be celebrated in collaboration with the UN Environment

Caribbean Sub-Regional Office, as well as with educational institutions, government agencies

and non-governmental organisations, whenever possible, during the biennium. Promotional

activities will also integrate relevant UN Environment Global Campaigns, such as the “Clean

Seas” campaign on marine litter

(h) CETA will aim to increase the visibility of CEP in the region and to position the Organization

and its Sub-Programmes as leading contributors to sustainable development efforts in the Wider

Caribbean Region. These proposed activities include, but are not limited to:

▪ Updating the internal communications and media strategy which comprises:

✓ CEP’s communication objectives;

✓ a website content strategy and recommendations drawn from the analyses of CEP’s

website traffic, social media use, analysis of online polls;

✓ standards and procedures for the use of communication to promote CEP’s projects,

activities and Sub-Programmes;

✓ guidelines for the use of animations, infographics, traditional media, social media,

mobile media, public service announcements via radio and video, and other public

education and outreach methods;

✓ targets for social media use during the biennium. The use of social media tools has

played an important role in supporting CETA’s efforts to disseminate messages,

initiate/support campaigns, and interact with a wide and varied audience. CETA

currently utilizes Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and to a lesser extent,

LinkedIn. Viewership analyses of 2018 data show that Facebook followers are

approximately 7,084, Twitter followers at 4,953 and Instagram followers at 1,129.

Efforts will be made to regularly update all social media pages; increase followers

on these platforms by at least 10% during the biennium by appealing to a larger

viewership; and to create 50% of social media posts in Spanish and/or French.

✓ recommendations for coordinating media activities to increase the visibility of CEP;

✓ recommendations for expanding outreach and marketing of UN Environment CEP’s

work including potential new partners such as regional airlines, cruise ships and

other private sector partners

(i) Strengthening links with national, regional and, where appropriate, international media, and UN

media services such as UN TV and social media support

(j) Producing audio-visual public education and information materials on coastal and marine issues

will continue to be produced in consultation with technical staff and where appropriate, with

financial support from projects. These will be disseminated through the internet, social media

and other appropriate mechanisms to Governments, the public, schools and media and may

include press releases, news items, newsletters, fact sheets, info-graphic posters and cards,

videos, technical reports, promotional material, radio programmes and information on small

grants and other funding opportunities.


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(k) Developing ways to increase marine environmental education through the visual and/or

performing arts. Such activities may comprise artistic competitions for children and/or the

general public and theatre productions that seek to encourage not only greater awareness of the

importance of protecting the marine and costal resources in the WCR but also a “call to action”

to get involved in local and regional campaigns. This also includes enhancing the CEP website

including the kid’s page to provide information relating to the management of coastal and marine

resources.

(l) Creating country briefs on CEP’s website, which will include short descriptions on the projects

that are being undertaken in that country, the status of ratifications, the level of contributions,

among other relevant features. Assistance will be requested from each country to maintain these

pages with current information;

(m) Online webinars will also be scheduled during the biennium to support the overall work of CEP

and its Sub-Programmes. Member States, Contracting Parties and CEP partners are encouraged

to actively participate, provide feedback and identify issues they wish to be highlighted during

these sessions.

(n) All communications efforts will be consistent with the new UN Communication Guidelines.

Coordination will take place with relevant Global UN Environment Campaigns such as the

“Clean Seas” Campaign on Marine Litter as well as activities to promote improved oceans

management and the celebration of regional and global oceans events over the biennium.

(o) Full migration of CEP’s website to new website template hosted by UN Environment,

Nairobi. Standard sub-project information has already been migrated and efforts are

underway to migrate more information and products (brochures, fact sheets, technical

reports, ratification maps etc.) over to the new design. These will be presented in a more

user-friendly manner.

(p) To facilitate and improve quick communication across the region CETA will seek to

procure Video Conferencing equipment. This will enable CEP to host webinars and

workshops virtually.

3. Key Concerns of the Overall Coordination and Common Costs: Workplan and

Budget

19. The budget for the overall coordination and common costs presented herewith is dependent on:

(a) The full participation of all CEP member countries in making ordinary contributions to the

Caribbean Trust Fund in accordance with the proposed level of contributions.

(b) The capacity of the CEP Secretariat to attract extra-budgetary contributions. The CEP Secretariat

must continue to dedicate time to resource mobilisation efforts to cover operational costs of the

CEP Secretariat that exceed the level of ordinary contributions to the Trust Fund so as to off-set

shortcomings in resources and avoid compromising the delivery of implemented programmes.

4. Meetings of the Caribbean Environment Programme

20. Several meetings of the Caribbean Environment Programme are held on an annual or biennial basis.

These meetings are necessary for monitoring project implementation, the efficient functioning of the

Programme, and for administrative purposes of the CEP Secretariat. The following meetings are to

be convened during the biennium 2017-2018.


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21. Ninth Steering Committee of the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information and

Training Center for the Wider Caribbean (RAC/REMPEITC) to the Oil Spills Protocol. This

reviewed the activities and developments conducted since 2016, review and finalise the workplan

and institutional arrangements for 2018, developed action items for the 2019-2020 workplan and

updated the RAC-REMPEITC long-term strategic plan.

(a) Eighth Meeting of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee to the SPAW Protocol

22. The Eighth Meeting of the SPAW/STAC will be convened in the third quarter of 2018 to further the

development and implementation of the SPAW Protocol, as well as to develop a workplan and budget

for the 2017-2018 biennium.

(b) Tenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the SPAW Protocol

23. The Tenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to SPAW will be held in the final quarter of 2018, just

prior to the Eighteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment

Programme and Fifteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the Protection and

Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region.

(c) Fourth Scientific, Technical and Advisory Committee Meeting of the LBS Protocol

24. The Fourth Meeting of the LBS/STAC will be convened in the third quarter of 2018 to further the

development and implementation of the LBS Protocol, as well as to develop a workplan and budget

for the 2019-2020 biennium.

(d) Fourth Meeting of the Contracting Parties (COP) to the LBS Protocol

25. The Fourth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the LBS Protocol will be held in the last quarter of

2018, just prior to the Eighteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean

Environment Programme and the Fifteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for

the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region.

(e) Eighteenth Intergovernmental Meeting on the Action Plan for the Caribbean Environment

Programme and Fifteenth Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention for the

Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region

26. The joint Intergovernmental and Contracting Party Meetings are convened every two years to provide

overall guidance and authority to the CEP, review the progress of the Programme, oversee financial

and institutional arrangements, and decide on the biennial Workplan and Budget of the CEP. The

next meeting is scheduled to take place during the last quarter of 2018.

D. Overall Coordination and Common Costs

27. Overall coordination and common costs are set out on page 2 of Annex Ito the present report.

E. CEP-CLME+ Collaboration

28. The Secretariat of the Cartagena Convention will be involved in the development of follow-up

projects related to the UNDP/ GEF CLME+ Project as an implementing agency consistent with its

mandate as a Secretariat and the Decisions of Contracting Parties related to the Convention and

Protocols. These may include support to the following activities:

(a) Establishment of a Permanent Policy Coordination Mechanism (PPCM) and Sustainable

Financing Plan (SFP) for ocean governance


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(b) Formal agreement between Brazil and the Cartagena Convention Secretariat for the coordination

of actions relevant to the Cartagena Convention and its Protocols

(c) Implementation of recommendations from State of Habitat, State of Convention Area Reports

and the State of the Marine Environment and Associated Economies (SOMEE) reports

(d) Development of investment plans, feasibility & business studies following the implementation

of the regional strategies issues of pollution and habitat degradation

(e) Expansion of Eco-system-based Management Approach to projects in other countries

(f) Other priority issues for Contracting Parties such as Sargassum and Marine Litter might also be

considered.

III. SUB-PROGRAMME WORKPLAN

A. Assessment and Management of Environmental Pollution (AMEP)

1. Background

29. This workplan and budget cover ongoing and proposed projects and activities under the Assessment

and Management of Environmental Pollution (AMEP) sub-programme of the Secretariat to the

Cartagena Convention for the biennium 2019-2020.

30. The goal of AMEP is to prevent, reduce, and control pollution of the coastal and marine environment

from land and marine-based sources thereby enabling countries of the Wider Caribbean Region to

meet their obligations under the Protocols Concerning Pollution from Land-based Sources and

Activities (LBS Protocol), and Concerning Co-Operation in Combating Oil Spills (Oil Spills

Protocol) of the Cartagena Convention.

31. Projects and activities are designed to meet the objectives of the LBS Protocol, support its continued

development, and assist countries in overcoming barriers to ratification, accession and

implementation. This workplan includes ongoing projects and activities from the 2017-2018 Work

Plan and new activities for the 2019-2020 biennium.

32. UN Environment CEP will deliver its work under the AMEP sub-programme for 2019-2020 in the

following thematic areas:

(a) Monitoring and Assessment;

(b) Waste Management;

(c) Watershed Management; and

(d) National Programmes of Action for Pollution Prevention.

33. Support to other relevant pollution prevention and reduction activities for Wastewater Management

will be provided through the implementation of ongoing and new projects financed by the Global

Environment Facility (GEF), and through partnerships with other regional agencies and projects.


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2. Projects and activities

A. Programme Coordination (USD 989,879)

Objectives

34. The objectives for Programme Coordination are to:

(a) Coordinate and oversee the day-to-day implementation of AMEP projects and activities within

the framework of the Cartagena Convention and Caribbean Environment Programme;

(b) Ensure that the formulation and implementation of projects and activities satisfy the obligations

of the LBS and Oil Spills Protocols;

(c) Promote ratification of, accession to, and effective implementation of the LBS Protocol;

(d) Enhance coordination, collaboration and communication with relevant government focal points,

regional and international organizations in the development and implementation of AMEP

projects and activities; and

(e) Enhance involvement of LBS and Oil Spills Regional Activity Centres (RACs) in the design and

implementation of the overall programme, projects and activities.

Activities

35. The AMEP Programme Officer will continue to be responsible for coordination and supervision of

the implementation of the programme activities for 2019-2020 with support from the AMEP/CETA

Team Assistant and the AMEP Programme Assistant. The directors and staff of the LBS RACs will

provide additional programme and technical support where appropriate.

36. In addition, the AMEP Programme Officer will continue to be responsible for the CETA sub-

programme in the absence of a CETA Programme Officer. In that regard, the AMEP Programme

Officer will supervise the Computer/Information Assistant. Further assistance to the CETA sub-

programme will be provided through interns and short-term consultancies.

37. The AMEP sub-programme will support activities that promote the ratification and implementation

of the LBS Protocol. These will build upon resource materials prepared during the last biennium

including fact sheets, promotional videos, infographics and technical papers. Where funding for

projects and activities is limited, priority will be given to those countries that are Parties to the LBS

Protocol and/or are in the final stages of the ratification process.

38. The Secretariat will continue to support national consultations for LBS Protocol ratification through

country missions and local workshops. As with previous national sensitization workshops for the

LBS Protocol, the LBS RACs will play a major supporting role to the LBS focal points in organizing

these workshops and acting as facilitators and technical experts. To assist in the process, all non-

contracting parties have been contacted prior to the fourth Conference of Parties for the LBS Protocol

to identify the main difficulties being experienced in ratifying the Protocol and possible response

measures.

39. The AMEP sub-programme will develop and strengthen linkages with key regional partners as well

as collaborate with existing regional projects dealing with the management of environmental

pollution. This will be done through MOUs and other cooperative agreements.


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40. Technical support was provided to relevant major regional and international meetings to be convened

during the biennium.

41. The following outreach activities will be undertaken with the support of CETA:

(a) Promote ratification and implementation of the LBS Protocol in the region based on the specific

country challenges identified;

(b) Provide targeted support to overcome challenges in the ratification and/or implementation of the

LBS Protocol;

(c) Compile and disseminate knowledge products, case studies and best practices from the GEF

CLME+, GEF IWEco and other projects and activities involving the management of domestic

wastewater, reduction of marine litter and the management of nutrients;

(d) Participate in national and regional meetings and exhibitions to showcase best practices, lessons

learned and appropriate technologies for pollution prevention, reduction and control in the Wider

Caribbean Region;

(e) Facilitate sharing of technical information, including the translation of existing training materials,

case studies and resource material, into other working languages of the Wider Caribbean Region;

(f) Operationalize regional platforms for sharing of pollution data and information with an emphasis

on data contained within the SOCAR and promote integration with marine habitat data;

(g) Enhance partnerships with academic and research institutions to facilitate research on the sources

and impacts of marine pollution, and on emerging issues such as microplastics, and emerging

contaminants of concern in wastewater; and

(h) Provide input to regional and global reports and assessments relating to marine pollution.

42. The major projects and activities to be coordinated by the AMEP sub-programme in 2019-2020 are

highlighted below:

(a) Launch and implement the GEF CReW+ project, subject to approval by the GEF Secretariat;

(b) Provide technical support to the continued implementation of the GEF IWEco project;

(c) Coordinate implementation of the UNDP GEF CLME+ Ecosystem-Based Management Project

for the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf involving Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, and

Guyana;

(d) Disseminate the results of the State of Convention Area Report for the Wider Caribbean Region

through a targeted Communications Strategy;

(e) Mobilize funding for implementation of new activities on solid waste and marine litter within

the framework of the updated RAPMaLi, the Caribbean Node for Marine Litter co-hosted by

UN Environment CEP and GCFI, the cooperation with the OSPAR Commission and the GPA’s

Global Partnership on Marine Litter;

(f) Coordinate the further development of the Caribbean Platform for Nutrient Management

developed under the GPAs Global Partnership on Nutrient Management (GPNM). This will

include the finalization of the Regional Nutrients Strategy & Action Plan as well as complete

feasibility studies, investment plans and business cases relating to nutrient reduction;

(g) Coordinate the implementation of activities for the UN Human Security Fund Project on

integrated water resources management in Jamaica;

(h) Collaborate with UN Environment in the development of programmes, projects and activities in

support of the blue economy, sustainable consumption and production, green economy, solid


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and liquid waste management including wastewater as a resource (circular economy) and oceans

governance;

(i) Support the development and implementation of relevant projects and activities by partner

agencies including by UN Environment Latin America Office on environmental indicators,

OECS on oceans governance, CARPHA on coastal zone management, and UNDP on the

Catalyzing Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management

of Shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf Large Marine

Ecosystems (CLME+);

(j) Support work by regional intergovernmental bodies and UN agencies on relevant Sustainable

Development Goals (SDG 6 and 14) as well as joint UN initiatives and reporting;

(k) Strengthen collaboration with RAC REMPTEIC and IMO to provide Contracting Parties with

technical assistance relating to the remediation of oil contaminated sites, management of oil

contaminated wastes, the use of dispersants in oil spill responses, ballast water management,

and the management of ship-generated wastes;

(l) Continue to facilitate greater integration of the AMEP and SPAW Work Programmes and

subject to funding, convene additional joint LBS and SPAW meetings, develop joint

LBS/SPAW projects and implement joint capacity building workshops; and

(m) Explore potential funding opportunities through the Green Climate Fund and other innovative

financing opportunities as defined by the new CEP and Resource Mobilization Strategies.

43. Specific joint projects under development include 1) The development of the Regional Clean Seas

Campaign for the Caribbean 2) ‘Reducing Plastic Pollution in the Caribbean Sea, through the

Sustainable Management of Plastics in the Wider Caribbean Region’ 3) Enhancing the

implementation of the RAPMAli and strengthening work of the Caribbean Marine Litter Node; 4)

Microplastics Reduction in the Caribbean with UN Environment Regional Office for Latin America

for submission to the Government of Japan.

44. The Secretariat has mobilized the support of the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) in

providing Capacity Building Related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in ACP Countries –

Phase III (ACP MEAs 3). The total amount of the five-year EDF contribution for the Cartagena

Convention consists of EUR 2 000 000 aiming to deliver Component Objective 2 – Better

management of coasts and oceans and effective implementation of the related regional seas

conventions.

45. The three following Outputs are expected to be delivered under the project as part of the Cartagena

Convention Secretariat:

Output 2.1: Strengthened Governance Frameworks for Regional Seas Conventions and

associated protocols;

Output 2.2: Regionally representative networks of Marine Protected Areas developed and

Output 2.3: Measures for reducing the influx of waste (plastics and other forms of human and

industrial liquid and solid waste) entering the marine environment in the four regions developed.

46. The main activities for Output 2.3 on pollution are to:

Activity 2.3.1 Convene national/regional capacity building meetings & workshop(s) involving at

least 10 non-Contracting Parties to the LBS Protocol on pollution.


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Activity 2.3.2 Develop national pollution reduction action plans for at least 5 Contracting Parties

to the LBS Protocol with a priority focus on national marine litter/plastics reduction

(at least two), domestic wastewater and nutrients reduction strategies and action

plans.

Activity 2.3.3 Implement local/national Ecosystem-based Management (EBM) projects

promoting an integrated approach to pollution reduction and habitat restoration in

at least two selected countries who are parties to both the LBS and SPAW Protocols.

Activity 2.3.4 Develop/Update national regulations on wastewater effluent discharges in at least 6

Contracting Parties to the LBS Protocol in compliance with the Cartagena

Convention – Annex III.

Activity 2.3.5 Implement innovative decentralized, rural community-based interventions for

wastewater management in at least 4 Contracting Parties.

Activity 2.3.6 Design and Implement at least four community-based projects with a focus on

plastic reduction, reuse and recycling.

Activity 2.3.7 Conduct a feasibility study on the implementation of a Regional Port Reception

Facilities Plan for the Wider Caribbean Region to reduce pollution from ships with

focus on plastics reduction.

47. The Information Document UNEP (DEPI)/CAR IG.41/INF.9 describes the proposed activities to take

place under the Multilateral Environment Agreement of the European Commission’s African,

Caribbean and Pacific Countries (EU ACP MEA III Project) with funds for those activities being

fully integrated within the thematic areas of the Work Plan.

48. The support for convening of national/regional capacity building meetings & workshop(s) (Activity

2.3.1 above) will assist in their ratification and subsequent implementation of the LBS Protocol in

the Wider Caribbean region. The primary focus will be on reducing environmental and human health

impacts of marine litter including plastics, untreated domestic wastewater and nutrient discharges

into the Caribbean Sea including discussion on possible new Annexes and/or Amendments to the

LBS Protocol as recommended from the recent State of Pollution Report (SOCAR).

49. The Secretariat will convene the 5th Meeting of the LBS STAC and 5th Meeting of the LBS COP in

2020 where the AMEP Programme Officer will present the AMEP Draft Workplan and Budget for

the Biennium 2021-2022, for endorsement and/or approval in keeping with the objectives of the LBS

Protocol and regional priorities.

50. Table 1 presents the main objectives, expected accomplishments and indicators of success for the

AMEP sub-programme for the 2019-2020 biennium. These have been developed considering the

related objectives for UN Environment’s Programme of Work for 2017-2018 and 2019-2020 and

relevant SDG targets.


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Table 1: Objectives, Expected Accomplishments and Indicators for AMEP

Objective: 1. To strengthen the ability of Contracting Parties to the LBS

Protocol to implement pollution reduction and prevention measures

14.1,14.3,

14.a, 14.c

Expected

Accomplishments

Indicators of

Achievement

Related UNEP

Sub-Programme(s)

LBS

Protocol

Obligations

Relevant

SDG

Targets

Increased use of the

ecosystem-based

management

approach in

countries to

prevent, reduce and

control pollution

thereby sustaining

ecosystem services

from coastal and

marine ecosystems.

(i) Increase in number of

countries that have

progressed in integrating

ecosystem-based

management approaches

into sectoral and

national development

planning processes,

strategies and action

plans.

(ii) Increase in number

of countries adopting

action plans to reduce

marine litter, untreated

wastewater and nutrient

discharges into the

marine environment.

• Healthy and

Productive

Ecosystems

Article III 1.4, 1.5,

2.4, 6.2,

6.3, 6.5,

6.6, 9.1,

11.5,11.6,

12.2,13.1,

13.2, 14.2

14.7,15.1,

15.5

3.3, 3.9,

6.2, 6.3,

6.5, 12.5,

14.1

Increased use of

pollution

prevention and

reduction tools and

innovative/appropri

ate technologies to

protect human

health and reduce

degradation of

selected priority

ecosystems.


countries developing and

using tools, technologies

and management

practices for pollution

prevention and reduction

leading to reduced

degradation of coastal

and marine ecosystems

and improved delivery

of ecosystem services at

national and regional

levels.

• Healthy and

Productive

Ecosystems

• Resource

Efficiency and

Sustainable

Consumption and

Production

• Chemicals and

Waste

Articles III,

VI, VII

1.4, 1.5,

2.4, 3.3,

3.9, 6.3,

7a, 8.4,

9.4, 12.2,

12.4,12.5,

14.1,14.2

14.3,15.1,

15.5

Increased capacity

of countries to

develop and

implement local

and/or national

plans of action for

pollution

prevention,

reduction and

control.


countries developing and

implementing local and

national pollution

reduction plans

including national

monitoring and

assessment programmes.

• Healthy and

Productive

Ecosystems

• Environmental

Governance

• Chemicals and

Waste

Articles III,

VI, VII,

XII, XIV

3.3, 3.9,

6.2, 6.3,

9.4, 12.4,

12.5,

14.1, 14.2


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51. The following provides a summary of new and on-going projects for the 2019-2020 biennium.

Objective: 2. To empower stakeholders in their policy and decision making by

providing scientific information and knowledge for the Wider Caribbean Region

Expected

Accomplishments

Indicators of

Achievement

Related UNEP Sub-

Programme(s)

LBS

Protocol

Obligations

Enhanced regional

and national

decision-making

and policy-making

for improving the

management of

coastal and marine

resources of the

Wider Caribbean

Region through

increased

generation,

dissemination and

use of quality data

and information and

participatory

processes.

(i) Increase in number

and/or strengthening of

partnerships for data

and information

management;

(ii) Increase in number

of countries, regional

intergovernmental fora

and institutions using

data on environmental

trends to take policy

and/or other actions;

• Environment

under Review

• Environmental

Governance

Articles V,

X, XI, XIII

14.a,

17.16,

17.17

Increased capacity

and financing

opportunities of

states and other

stakeholders to

assess, manage and

reduce risks to

human health and

the environment

posed by land and

marine-based

sources of marine

pollution and

associated activities

including from

chemicals and

wastes.

Increase in the number

of countries using

available tools,

mechanisms, strategies,

technologies and

decision-support

systems for monitoring,

analysis, evaluation and

dissemination of

environmental data and

information including

for improved awareness

and decision-making;

• Environment

under Review

• Environmental

Governance

• Chemicals and

Waste

Articles VI,

VIII

8.3, 12.8,

12a, 14.1,

14.2, 14.a


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B. Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Projects

Proposed Project

i) An integrated approach to wastewater and harmful chemicals management using innovative

technical solutions and promoting financing mechanisms through the Caribbean Regional

Fund for Wastewater Management (CReW+) (new)

Total Project Budget (IDB & UN Environment): USD 164,532, 963 (Includes cash, in-kind and loan

co-financing)

Total GEF Funds (IDB & UN Environment): USD 15, 402, 656

Total GEF Funds (UN Environment): USD 6,398,100

Biennium Budget (UNEP): USD 3 million - estimated

Time Frame: 4 years (2018/19 - full-size project preparation; 2020 to 2022 – project implementation,

subject to GEF approval)

Scope: Regional - Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada,

Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent

and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago

Partners: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), LBS

RACs

LBS Protocol Articles/Annexes: Articles III, V, VI, VII, X, XI; Annex III;

Website: www.gefcrew.org

Introduction

52. To continue the important work started under the GEF CReW project, which helped participating

countries move closer to compliance with the Land-based Sources of Marine Pollution (LBS)

Protocol, UN Environment CEP and the GEF CReW Project Coordinating Group are working on a

full-sized, follow-on project, short titled “CReW+”. A Project Identification Form (PIF) was

developed by UN Environment CEP and the GEF CReW Project Management Unit in 2016,

submitted to the GEF Secretariat in July 2016, and approved in November 2017 following two

revisions.

53. The preparation of the full project proposal document began in 2018 and will be submitted to the

GEF by June 2019 for consideration. Subject to approval by the GEF, full project implementation

should begin by the beginning of 2020. The full sized-project proposal is provided as an Information

Document for the Meeting UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.42/INF.16.

54. The GEF CReW+ Project will build on a solid baseline of technical understanding of wastewater

treatment and practical examples of success garnered from five years of implementation of activities

under the GEF CReW project in 13 countries of the WCR. This new project will assist previous and

additional participating countries to identify and obtain innovative funding mechanisms and

technological solutions that suit their scale and needs, and that are replicable and sustainable.

Objective

55. The main objective of GEF CReW+ is to implement innovative technical small-scale solutions in the

Wider Caribbean Region using an integrated water and wastewater management approach building


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on sustainable financing mechanisms piloted through the Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater

Management. While providing support that will further strengthen the enabling environment, the

project will also identify more context- specific solutions which address the challenges of wastewater

management in a more holistic manner using integrated approaches. It will also aim to create value

out of “used water”, based upon the protection of water sources through wastewater treatment.

56. The project is proposed to have four main project components focusing on Integrated Water and

Wastewater Management, namely:

Component I: Framework reform (institutional, policy, legislative and regulatory)

Component II: Development of sustainable & tailored financing options (urban and rural)

Component III: Implementation of solutions (small-scale local and rural community-based)

Component IV: Knowledge management and advocacy

Activities

57. Detailed activities will be defined during the development of the full-sized project proposal. These

activities will be developed under the project components and associated proposed budget in the table

below.

Project Components & Related SDGs GEF Project

Financing Co-Financing

Component I

Institutional, policy, legislative and regulatory reforms for

Integrated Water and Wastewater Management (IWWM).


SDG: 1.4; 2.4; 3.9; 6.2; 6.3; 6.5; 6.6; 6.a; 6.b; 12.4; 12.5;

13.b; 14.1; 14.5; 15.5

Implementing agencies

UN Environment: $1,307,414

IDB: $1,383,586

$2,691,000

$6,211,726

Component II

Sustainable and tailor-made financing options for urban,

peri-urban and rural IWWM.


SDG: 17.1; 17.7; 17.8, 6.5, 6.6.


UN Environment: $0

IDB: $1,825,000

$1,825,000

$14,137,400


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Project Components & Related SDGs GEF Project

Financing Co-Financing

Component III

Provision of innovative small-scale, local, rural, peri-urban

and community-based solutions for IWWM.


SDG: 1.4; 2.4; 3.3; 3.9; 6.2; 6.3; 6.5; 6.6; 6.b; 7.b; 12.4;

12.5; 14.1; 14.5; 15.5; 17.17


UN Environment: $3,817,629

IDB: $4,641,894

$8,459,523

$110,308,600

Component IV

Knowledge Management and Advocacy on the importance

of IWWM order to achieve the Sustainable Development

Goals.


SDG: 1.4; 3.3; 3.9; 3.d; 5.5; 6.5, 6.6, 6.a; 12.6; 12.8; 13.3;

13.b; 17.6; 17.7; 17.8; 17.16; 17.17


UN Environment: $953,152

IDB : 703,848

IDB: $587,000

$1,657,000

$11,457,581

Component V

Project Management, Monitoring & Evaluation


UN Environment: 319,905

IDB: 450,228

$770,133

$7,015,000

TOTAL PROJECT COST ($) $15,402,656 $149,130,307

On-going Project

ii) Integrating Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean SIDS (IWEco)

(ongoing)

Total Project Budget: USD 88,739,763 (Includes indicative cash and in-kind co-financing of

USD 68,017,191) Total GEF Funds: USD 20,722,572

Biennium Budget (UN Environment): USD17,500,000

Time Frame: 5 years (2015-2020)


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Scope: Regional: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, The Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican

Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines and

Trinidad & Tobago

Partner Agencies: UNDP, CARPHA, GEF Small Grants Programme, LBS RACs

LBS Protocol Articles/Annexes: Multiple Articles; Annexes III and IV;

Objective

58. To implement an integrated approach to water, land and ecosystems services management, supported

by policy, institutional and legislative reforms, and implementation of effective, appropriate

technologies to accelerate contribution to global targets on access to safe and reliable water supplies

and improved sanitation, and contributing to improved ecosystem functioning in the Caribbean.

59. The project is proposed to have four main project components, namely:

Component I: Development and implementation of integrated, innovative approaches to

sustainable land management (SLM)

Component II: Strengthening of SLM, ecosystems monitoring and indicators framework

Component III: Strengthening capacity for ecosystems services management

(institutional, policy, legislative and regulatory)

Component IV: Enhancing knowledge exchange, best-practices, replication and

stakeholder involvement

60. The challenges Caribbean SIDS face because of small landmasses, vulnerable economies, heavy

dependence on external energy resources, with rising populations, means that concerted efforts must

be made to transform the concept of sustainable development into realistic practice. It is widely

accepted that SIDS will be more directly affected by climate change than other regions in terms of

scope and intensity of impact. Governments must therefore continue to hasten the process to

safeguard the natural resource base so that communities and ecosystems can be more resilient to the

impacts of climate change. Despite progress made on several fronts, many barriers remain with

respect to water, land, and biodiversity resource management and for the implementation of relevant

Multilateral Environmental Agreements such as the Cartagena Convention and LBS Protocol. The

GEF IWEco Project will build on the work of prior initiatives, most directly the GEF-IWCAM Project

for which UN Environment CEP was the lead co-executing agency, to remove these barriers.

Activities

61. Some of the main activities to be implemented with support of the Secretariat during the biennium

include:

• Development of a Regional environmental indicators compendium;

• Promotion of Scientific research to support monitoring at national projects;

• Strengthened field monitoring and assessment capabilities;

• Development of Decision support tools and systems;

• New and/or revised national-level policies and regulations for water, land and ecosystems

management;

• New and/or upgraded national and regional-level plans and strategies for improved water, land

and ecosystems management;

• Strengthened national participatory consultative and coordination mechanisms;


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• Training and capacity building programmes to support implementation of water, land and

ecosystems management across government, private sector agencies and civil society

organizations;

• Public awareness / Public education (PA/PE) Strategy for the regional and national project

components;

• Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) assessments during the project;

• Best practice guidelines, Lessons learnt outputs and Communities of Practice;

• Innovative communications and learning tools;

• Professional exchanges; participation at regional and international fora;

• Hosting two GEF-IWECO Project Partnership Conferences;

• Promotion of ratification of the Cartagena Conventions and its Protocols; and

• Support the Governance and Research and Monitoring Partnerships.

C. Monitoring and Assessment

iii) State of the Convention Area for the Wider Caribbean Region (ongoing)

Activity Budget: USD 85,000 (10,000 funded, 75,000 unfunded)

Scope: Regional - All WCR Countries

LBS Protocol Articles/Annexes: Articles VI, XII, XIV

Introduction

62. This activity will result in effective dissemination of the results from the first State of the Convention

Area Report (SOCAR) for the Wider Caribbean Region which is expected to be approved at the 4th

LBS COP and 17th IGM.

63. Funding already secured from the UNDP/GEF CLME+ project will be used to finalize a web

portal(s), reporting outline and sustainability strategy/plan for the periodic updating of the

report/portals beyond the CLME+.

Activities

64. The main activities to be undertaken include:

(a) Collaborate with regional and international agencies, programmes and projects to facilitate

activities that support regional assessments of the Wider Caribbean Region including

consultations, workshops, presentations and publications. This will include collaboration with

initiatives such as the development of the Caribbean Marine Atlas – Phase 2; UN Environment

Live and related GEO processes for the Latin American and Caribbean Region including the

development of environmental indicators for Latin America and the Caribbean (no cost);

(b) Finalize and implement the communications strategy for sharing and dissemination of the results

of SOCAR including development of policy briefs, infographics and new fact sheets (USD

10,000 funded);

(c) Identify opportunities and/or funding to support training to Contracting Parties in the Driver

Pressure State Impact Response Methodology (DPSIR) which was used as the methodology for


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the SOCAR and the State of the Marine Environment and Associated Economies (SOMEE)

Reports (USD 75,000 unfunded); and

(d) Develop new project proposal concepts based on data gaps and emerging issues identified in the

final SOCAR (no cost).

65. UN Environment CEP will continue its efforts to mobilize resources that will assist countries to

improve national monitoring and assessment capacities and develop more comprehensive national

coastal and marine monitoring programmes that will enable development of more comprehensive

State of Convention Area Reports in the future. Specific attention will be given to improve country

capacity to monitor the levels and impacts of microplastics, livestock wastes, mercury, mining wastes

and agrochemical pollutants.

D. Waste Management

v.) Support to Caribbean Node for Marine Litter (ongoing)

Activity Budget: USD 23,364 (USD 205,000implemented through GCFI: 55,000 from Environment

Canada; 150,000 from Government of Norway)

Scope: Regional - All countries

LBS Protocol Articles/Annexes: Articles V, VI, X, XI, XIII;

66. The USD 205,000 will be implemented directly by the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute on

behalf of the Caribbean Node for Marine Litter and in support of the Global Partnership on Marine

Litter coordinated by UN Environment GPA. These funds are not reflected in the budget of the

Secretariat.

Objective

67. To enhance and operationalize the Caribbean Node for Marine Litter Management in support of the

GPML and implementation of the RAPMaLi.

Introduction

68. Few sources of pollution affect a wider area or a larger number of people than marine litter. This

environmental, human health and aesthetic problem can lead to serious economic losses for coastal

communities, the tourism sector, shipping and fishing industries. The Caribbean region is poised to

sustain substantial economic losses if current trends in environmental degradation continue.

69. UN Environment CEP and the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute (GCFI) as co-host for the

Caribbean Node for Marine Litter will continue to work on sourcing funds for improving marine litter

and plastics management in the Wider Caribbean Region building on the results of the support

received through the collaboration with the OSPAR Commission and the UN Environment GPA.

70. UN Environment CEP will continue to promote the implementation of the updated Regional Action

Plan on Marine Litter (RAPMaLi) for the Caribbean, and use the RAPMaLi as the framework for

supporting implementation of the Honolulu Strategy and UN Environment Global Partnerships on

Waste and Marine Litter.


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Activities

71. The main activities to be undertaken include:

(a) To mobilize funding for the further implementation, replication and/or upscaling of projects

implemented through the Caribbean Node;

(b) Support the development and implementation of other projects for improving solid waste and

marine litter management in the Wider Caribbean Region with focus on plastic reduction, re-use

and recycling opportunities;

(c) Facilitate communication networking and outreach for the Caribbean Node, including building

on existing educational and outreach material developed by UN Environment CEP and GCFI

such as the assessment and interactive map of status of plastics and Styrofoam bans in the

Caribbean;

(d) Identify opportunities for enhanced collaboration with the SPAW sub-programme as it relates to

impacts of marine litter on protected areas and wildlife;Identify resources to support carrying our

inventory of solid waste and plastic generation in each of the countries of the Wider Caribbean

Region as well as an assessment of the systems for collection, transportation, and disposal and to

identify opportunities and challenges for improving these systems. This will include

consideration for re-use, recycling and other waste management measures; and

(e) Support the conducting of waste management audits in countries to include an assessment of how

countries are currently managing their solid waste, including existing policies, laws and

regulations, equipment and technologies, and disposal practices as well as identifying

opportunities for recycling and/or reuse.

(f) Conduct a feasibility study on the implementation of a Regional Port Reception Facilities Plan

for the Wider Caribbean Region to reduce pollution from ships with focus on plastics reduction.

(ACP EU USD 23,364)

(g) Enhance the work of the Regional Caribbean Node on Marine Litter in the area of promotion and

awareness (Environment & Climate Change Canada USD 55,000) for the:

(h) Design of a Regional Social Media Campaign (modelled after the campaign conducted for Clean

Seas at the Global Level)

(i) Compilation and Upload of existing promotional and awareness material relating to marine litter

management;

(j) Convene 2-3-day Regional Strategic Planning Workshop in first quarter of 2019 to prepare

Regional Strategy for supporting implementation of Caribbean RAPMALI; and

(k) Develop new proposal concepts.

vi.) Trash Free Waters in the Caribbean Initiative: Reducing Marine Litter by Improving

Solid Waste Management (ongoing)

Activity Budget: USD 191,589 (ACP/EU Project)

Scope: Jamaica and Panama (pilot countries)

Partners: United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), United States Peace

Corps

LBS Protocol Articles/Annexes: Articles V, VI, X, XI; XIII and Annex V;


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Objective

72. To support local actions to reduce land-based sources of trash in local communities and help national

governments to act to significantly reduce and prevent trash from reaching the Caribbean Sea.

Background

73. One of the challenges faced in the WCR is poorly developed solid waste management infrastructure

which gives rise to waste streams that negatively impact inland waterways (including streams and

gullies), as well as rivers, coastal communities, and marine ecosystems.

74. UN Environment CEP, with financial support from the US EPA, worked with the US Peace Corps

and the Governments of Jamaica and Panama to implement the Trash Free Waters Approach.

75. As Secretariat for the Cartagena Convention and LBS Protocol, UN Environment CEP will further

support this effort to address marine litter reduction and prevention as presented in the Caribbean

Regional Action Plan for Marine Litter Management (RAPMALi); and

76. As co-host for the Caribbean Node for Marine Litter Management with the Gulf and Caribbean

Fisheries Institute (GCFI), UN Environment CEP will work to ensure sustainability among the

countries to address their solid waste management needs. The CEP will also ensure that this project

and other efforts are coordinated, to result in improved synergies and a compilation of best practices

guidance for comprehensive solid waste management solutions that can be shared throughout the

region.

Activities

77. Share results of the pilot projects with regional stakeholders and make these available through the

UN Environment CEP website (no cost);

78. Design and implement at least four community-based projects with a focus on plastic reduction, reuse

and recycling. These projects should demonstrate enhanced partnerships between national

governments, civil society and the private sector. (ACP EU USD 191,589)

79. Identify opportunities for upscaling and replication in other Contracting Parties to the LBS Protocol

including development of at least two new project proposal concepts for possible funding. This will

include efforts to strengthen partnerships between governments, civil society and the private sector.

E. Watershed Management

vi) Strengthening human resilience in Northern Clarendon & West Kingston, Jamaica

Activity Budget: USD 307,900 (funded)

Scope: Jamaica

LBS Protocol Articles/Annexes: Annex IV


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Objectives

80. The goal of the programme is to contribute to enhanced resilience and human security of communities

in Northern Clarendon and West Kingston in Jamaica. This will be achieved through four key

objectives:

Objective 1: Strengthening of community organizational capacity and cohesion

Objective 2: Enhancing economic, food and nutrition security

Objective 3: Improved environmental health and water security at the community, local and

national levels; and

Objective 4: Institutional capacity for integration of Human Security Approach strengthened

81. The AMEP sub-programme will support achievement of Objective 3 relating to specific obligations

under the LBS Protocol.

Introduction

82. The United Nations in Jamaica launched its first Joint Programme ‘Strengthening Human Resilience

in Northern Clarendon and West Kingston, from 12-15 March 2018 in Kingston, Jamaica. See

Information Document UNEP/DEPI/CAR.WG.39.INF.14/Rev1.

83. This programme is being jointly implemented by the Government of Jamaica and the following

United Nations agencies in Jamaica: Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Pan American

Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United

Nations Environment Programme, and UN Women. Funding is provided by the Government of

Jamaica, the UN agencies and the UN Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS).

84. Based on the diverse and complex human security issues faced by the target communities, the

programme’s interventions are designed to be delivered in an integrated, multi-disciplinary and multi-

sectoral manner. Centered on poverty reduction and climate change adaptation, the programme will

bolster economic development through enhanced climate resilience, sustainable agriculture, social

cohesion and sustainable livelihoods.

85. This Joint UN Human Security programme is aimed at enhancing resilience and human security of

selected communities in rural and urban Jamaica. It will advance the 2030 agenda by addressing the

Economic, Environmental, Personal and Health insecurities facing targeted communities. These

insecurities are expressed in the form of poverty, unemployment, land degradation, poor health and

reduced social cohesion.

86. UN Environment will be coordinating with relevant government agencies to improve environmental

health and water security at the community, local and national levels and strengthen the institutional

capacity for integration of Human Security Approach in the selected communities in rural and urban

Jamaica.

Activities

87. The main activities to be undertaken include to:

(a) Train community members on integrated water resources management;


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(b) Compile and disseminate manuals/guidelines on integrated water resources management;

(c) Develop and distribute knowledge and training materials on the design, construction,

maintenance and management of water harvesting systems;

(d) Train beneficiaries, with a focus on women, youth and persons with disabilities, and other

institutional stakeholders in the design, construction, use and maintenance of water harvesting

systems;

(e) Establish and strengthen reuse/recycling systems in communities; and

(f) Introduce waste management techniques with focus on waste as a resource

F. National Programmes of Action

viii) Support to Caribbean Platform for Nutrients Management (ongoing)

Activity Budget: USD 729,907 (300,000 funded from CLME+; 429, 907 funded from ACP/EU)

Scope: Regional

LBS Protocol Articles/Annexes: Annex IV

Introduction

88. Half the world’s food security depends on nitrogen and phosphorous and their use in fertilizer to grow

crops. The nutrients released from fertilizers however, as well as from wastewater, aquaculture and

other industrial and agricultural activities, have profound environmental impacts ranging from

pollution of water supplies to undermining important ecosystems and the services and livelihoods

they support. This apparent divide between society’s need for food and the adverse environmental

impacts on the natural resource base, has led to a nutrients challenge. This challenge is set to intensify

as population grows and the demand for food increases, and as growing towns and cities produce

more wastewater.

89. Through collaboration with the GPA, UN Environment CEP launched the Caribbean Platform for

Nutrients Management (CPNM) in May 2013 to respond to the nutrient challenge faced by the WCR.

The CEP supports the CPNM by serving as host of the platform and by working with governments,

other UN Agencies, scientists and the private sector to identify ways to reduce the amount of excess

nutrients in the WCR without hindering development.

90. UN Environment CEP will promote the inclusion of actions related to nutrients management on the

agenda of countries of the WCR and emphasize the communication of concerns, challenges and

opportunities through the CPNM. This will be done by orienting the work of the CPNM so that it is

consistent with Global GPNM work areas and can be harmonized with other regional platforms. The

four main work areas proposed for the CPNM are (1) knowledge generation; (2) extension and

technical services; (3) outreach and advocacy; and (4) governance, partnership and network

development.

91. Within the framework of the UNDP GEF CLME+ project, the CEP will be supporting the

development and implementation of activities linking the LBS and SPAW Protocols, and, on work

involving nutrients reduction and habitat degradation including on integrated responses to the impacts

of Sargassum.


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92. Additional support through the ACP EU project will be focused on improving the control, reduction

and pollution from land-based sources at national and local community levels.

Activities

93. Some of the activities supported by the UNDP GEF CLME+ that will be facilitated by UN

Environment CEP through the CPNM include:

(a) A feasibility assessment, investment plan and business cases that outline and cost high-priority

actions to reduce LBS pollution, with special attention to pollution sources known to cause

substantial impacts on the provision of those ecosystem goods and services that are of critical

importance for human well-being and sustained socio-economic development; (US$ 200,000)

(b) Implementation of an Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EBA) sub-project for the Caribbean and

North Brazil Shelf – Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and Suriname (USD 100,000);

(c) Development of new project proposal concepts for Nutrients Reduction; (no cost).

94. The main activities to be implemented with support of the ACP/EU Project are to:

(a) Develop national pollution reduction action plans for at least 5 Contracting Parties to the LBS

Protocol with a priority focus on national marine litter/plastics reduction (at least two), domestic

wastewater and nutrients reduction strategies and action plans. This will support national

implementation of the Regional Marine Litter Action Plan and Strategy for the Wider Caribbean

Region and the Regional Nutrients Reduction Strategy (under development through the UNDP

GEF CLME+ Project) (USD65,421).

(b) Implement local/national Ecosystem-based Management (EBM) projects promoting an

integrated approach to pollution reduction and habitat restoration in at least two selected countries

who are parties to both the LBS and SPAW Protocols. This will build on lessons learned from

EBM pilot projects implemented under the GEF CLME+ Project) and support countries in

implementing activities under their national pollution prevention plans and strategies.

(US$102,804).

(c) Develop/Update national regulations on wastewater effluent discharges in at least 6 Contracting

Parties to the LBS Protocol in compliance with the Cartagena Convention - Annex III thus

assisting them in complying with their targets under the protocol as well as those under

Sustainable Development Goal 6 on Water and Sanitation. (USD121,495)

(d) Implement innovative decentralized, rural community-based interventions for wastewater

management in at least 4 Contracting Parties working with Civil Society/NGOs and in

partnerships with larger GEF Funded Projects on Wastewater. (USD140,187)

B. Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW)

95. The main activities of the SPAW Sub-programme are presented below. The outputs of the programme

and more detailed information on activities can be found in document UNEP (DEPI)/CAR WG.40/5

entitled “Draft Workplan and Budget of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Sub-

programme for the 2019-2020 Biennium”. It is to be noted that the Workplan as presented below has

not yet been reviewed nor prioritized by SPAW Parties at the time of preparation of this document.

It is expected that the SPAW COP10 meeting will prioritize and streamline activities based on the

most pressing needs and projected resources.


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1. Background

96. During this period, the Workplan will focus on activities that assist with the implementation of the

SPAW Protocol and its coordination with other regional programmes and organizations dealing with

biodiversity conservation and management, particularly regarding protected areas and wildlife as well

as relevant global initiatives and multilateral environmental agreements.

97. The SPAW Protocol entered into force on 18 June 2000, and since the Sixth Meeting of the

Conference of Parties (COP6), with the most recent accession Honduras in 2018 there are to date

seventeen (17) Governments that are Contracting Parties (The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia,

Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, The Netherlands, Panama, Saint

Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America and

Venezuela).

98. The objectives of the SPAW Sub-programme are to:

(a) Significantly increase the number of, and improve the management of, national protected areas

and species in the Wider Caribbean Region (WCR);

(b) Support the conservation of threatened and endangered species and the sustainable use of natural

resources to prevent them from becoming threatened and endangered;

(c) Develop a strong regional capability for the coordination of information exchange, training and

technical assistance in support of national biodiversity conservation efforts; and

(d) Coordinate activities with the relevant international biodiversity treaties and initiatives such as

the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the Convention on Wetlands of International

Importance (Ramsar), Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

(CMS), the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and

Flora (CITES), the Inter-American Convention for the Protection and Conservation of Sea

Turtles (IAC) and the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) and its global networks.

99. This Workplan seeks to ensure the realistic continuation and expansion of the initiatives and tasks

emanating from the 2017-2018 SPAW Workplan (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/6 Rev1) on the basis

of expected human and financial resources. The CEP Secretariat prepared this document taking into

consideration the decisions and recommendations of previous SPAW meetings (COPs and STACs),

and issues pertinent (regionally and globally) to the objectives of the SPAW Protocol and Sub-

programme, as well as inputs from partners. In this context, the Workplan also aims to promote and

integrate the principles of the ecosystem- based management approach in order to address the

degradation of selected priority ecosystem services and likewise respond through biodiversity

conservation and sustainable use of coastal resources, to sustainable development issues,

acknowledging the inter-dependency and multidimensional aspects of ecological and social systems.

This approach is also supported by other Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) such as

CBD and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands.

100. The Workplan consists of five major programme elements:

(a) Programme Coordination;

(b) Strengthening of Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean Region (including training and capacity

building for protected area management);

(c) Development of Guidelines for Protected Areas and Species Management;

(d) Conservation of Threatened and Endangered Species; and


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(e) Conservation and Sustainable Use of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems (including coral reefs and

EBM activities).

2. Projects and Activities

A. Programme Coordination

Objectives

101. The coordination objectives of the SPAW Programme will be to:

(a) Promote the ratification of, accession to, and effective implementation of the SPAW Protocol;

(b) Ensure that the formulation and implementation of programme activities satisfy the requirements

and needs of the SPAW Protocol and its Contracting Parties;

(c) Develop coordination, collaboration, and communication mechanisms with other agreements,

organizations and programmes relevant to SPAW objectives;

(d) Improve coordination of regional programming for protected areas and wildlife in the Wider

Caribbean; and

(e) Oversee the day-to-day activities and general coordination of the various projects and activities

of the SPAW Programme.

Overall objectives, expected accomplishments and indicators for the SPAW Sub-Programme

Objective 1. SPAW Protocol promotion and improved implementation

Expected

Accomplishments

Indicators of Achievement Related UN Environment

Sub-Programme(s)

SPAW Protocol

Obligations

States increasingly

implement their

obligations under the

Cartagena Convention,

the SPAW Protocol and

supporting MEAs while

achieving their national

environmental priority

goals, targets and

objectives

Increased number of

countries ratified / acceded to

the Cartagena Convention

and the SPAW Protocol and

associated MEAs and

establish enabling legislation

to fulfil MEA obligations

• Environmental

Governance

Article 3

States increasingly

integrate ecosystem-

based management

approaches into national

development and

planning processes

Increased number of States

within the Wider Caribbean

Region incorporate

integrated watershed and

coastal area management

approaches into National

Environmental Management

Strategies / National Planning

Processes through legal,

institutional and policy

reforms

• Climate Change

• Ecosystem

Management

• Environmental

Governance

• Resource Efficiency

Articles 3, 4,

5,6,10, 17


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Expected

Accomplishments


Sub-Programme(s)

SPAW Protocol

Obligations

States increasingly

incorporate and facilitate

capacity building training

and awareness campaigns

into national development

and planning processes

Increased number of States

within the Wider Caribbean

Region are empowered and

have strengthened their

ability to identify and address

threats to marine and coastal

resources

• Ecosystem

Management

• Environmental

Governance

• Environment

Under Review

• Climate Change

Articles 3, 5, 6,10,

16,17, 18, 22

Objective 2: Improved coordination on SPAW related issues

Expected

Accomplishments


Sub-Programme(s)

SPAW Protocol

Obligations

States increasingly

collaborate with each

other, and the CEP

Secretariat, to address

emerging environmental

issues

Increased number of regional

and international

collaborations, including

working together to address

problems faced across the

region and data sharing,

particularly with respect to

shared resources

• Environmental

Governance

• Ecosystem

Management

• Climate Change

• Resource

Efficiency

• Environment

Under Review

Articles 7,9,11, 16,

17,18, 21, 22

States and the CEP

Secretariat increasingly

partner with NGOs,

private sector and civil

society to achieve


environmental priorities

Increased number and

strengthening of strategic

partnerships for

development and

implementation of

activities and projects for

improving environmental

management at the


levels

• Environmental

Governance

• Ecosystem

Management

• Climate Change

• Resource Efficiency

• Environment Under

Review

Articles 7,11, 17,

18, 21, 22

Activities

102. During the period 2019 - 2020, the day-to-day coordination for implementation of the sub-programme

activities will be overseen by the SPAW Programme Officer, who is responsible for the overall

coordination of the SPAW Programme and Protocol Secretariat functions, with support from the

SPAW Programme Assistant, and interns when appropriate.

103. Additional support to meet the objectives of this sub-programme will be received from the SPAW

Regional Activity Centre (SPAW-RAC), which is located in Guadeloupe and supported by the

Government of France. Since early 2009, SPAW-RAC has been hosted by the National Park of

Guadeloupe. More recently, since September 2018, the SPAW-RAC has been placed institutionally

under “DEAL” Guadeloupe (La Direction de l’Environnement, de l’Aménagement et du Logement),

which is the local representation of the French Ministry of Environment.

104. The full-time staff consists of one (1) Executive Director, one (1) Programme Officer (currently

vacant) and one (1) Administrative Assistant. A Project Officer to implement the Voluntary Scheme

for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Territories of European Overseas (BEST Initiative) is

also on staff for the duration of the project. Additional staff is being recruited to fill posts which are


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currently vacant. In particular, two (2) civic service volunteers are expected to join the team before

the end of 2018, and the new Programme Officer is scheduled to arrive in March 2019. There will

also be three (3) additional two (2)-year posts via EU funding to work on specific areas of the

workplan: 1) mainly marine mammals (CARI’MAM project) and 2) marine ecosystems-

mangroves/coral reefs (CARIB’COAST project) in 2019. This will enable continued support to the

Secretariat in programme delivery with various activities, in particular: 1) the coordination of actions

mandated by COP9; 2) the coordination of the process of Protected Areas and Species listing under

SPAW; 3) the implementation of priorities under the Action Plan for the Conservation of Marine

Mammals in the Wider Caribbean Region (MMAP); and 4) the review and occasional translation of

a number of documents .

105. Additional support will be provided by the Coordinator of the Caribbean Marine Protected Area

Managers Network and Forum (CaMPAM) as appropriate.

106. The main responsibilities and functions discharged in the implementation of the SPAW Protocol and

Programme are:

(a) Coordination with relevant programmes, donors and organizations to develop synergies and

collaboration on issues of common interest, as appropriate;

(b) Support implementation of existing Memoranda of Cooperation (MoCs) and of collaborative

arrangements with relevant MEAs and initiatives: CBD, CMS, CRFM, Ramsar, IAC,

SSCWHMSI and develop new partnerships to strengthen the work of the SPAW objectives and

addressing emerging issues e.g. with the IWC.

(c) Continue implementation of the SPAW Protocol and development of its supporting regional sub-

programme through:

• Formulation of the Workplan and Budget for the 2020 - 2021 biennium;

• Convening and servicing the SPAW COP10 in 2019, and the STAC9 in 2020;

• Promotion of the SPAW Protocol through presentations at relevant fora, communication with

Governments; and

• Enhancing public awareness at different levels and through appropriate channels to engage

and support additional Parties, and improve implementation of SPAW objectives under the

sub-programme.

(d) Continue fundraising with relevant Governments, donors and organizations, including exploring

the feasibility of additional fundraising options.

SPAW Regional Activity Centre, Guadeloupe, supported by the Government of France

107. Joint programming and fundraising of relevant activities and coordination will continue as

appropriate with SPAW-RAC during the biennium, specifically:

• Continue the listing process of Protected Areas under the SPAW Protocol with relevant

Contracting Parties, as appropriate, with the web-based tool and further develop the cooperation

for listed protected areas

• Support the implementation of the MMAP with specific emphasis on the MMAP’s Priority

Actions (Five (5)-Year Plan (MMAP-PA) 2008 - 2013) that has commenced implementation

through the launch of the EU funded “Caribbean Marine Mammals Preservation Network”

project (CARI’MAM). There will be also the follow-up of the pilot project “Cooperation with


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Northern and Southern Transatlantic Dimension-Marine Protected Areas” with SPAW-RAC

involved in two of the twinning projects, and the renewed efforts towards the signing of the MoC

between UN Environment-CEP and the IWC

• Support species conservation, including sea turtles and migratory birds, in particular via

collaboration with WIDECAST, SCSCB and BirdLife International

• Continue to provide guidance on the use of the guidelines to Assess Exemptions under Article

11(2), (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.37/3), as well as the application of the voluntary Reporting Format

for Exemptions (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/3 Rev1)

• Continue to cooperate with relevant institutions on the Invasive Alien Species (IAS) issue, as

well as with the relevant partners to assess and merge information and best practices on managing

the Sargassum influx impacting Caribbean countries (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/INF.8),

especially in the context of the MoC concluded with the SSC

• Continue the process of review of the species listed under Annexes I - III of the SPAW Protocol,

in collaboration with relevant organisations as appropriate

• Prepare and disseminate quarterly releases of the SPAW newsletter and regularly update the

SPAW-RAC website with information on, and the outputs of, SPAW activities

• Participate in and/or support regional projects of relevance for the SPAW Workplan

• Co-chair with UN Environment-CEP, the GCRMN-Caribbean to develop and implement

activities through the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) funding, as well as

participate as member of the steering committee of the Coral Restoration Consortium

• Implement activities in the EU funded “Caribbean Coastal Risks related to climate change for a

monitoring and prevention network” project (CARIB-COAST) where SPAW-RAC is a core

Partner

• Promote the SPAW Protocol and its objectives to assist with further developments as mandated

by the Parties, fundraising and the ratification by non-Parties

Expected Outputs and Indicators

108. The major outputs of Programme Coordination, and the indicators of their achievement will be:

Outputs Indicators of Achievement

Tenth meeting of the SPAW Contracting Parties

convened (COP10) • Successful convening of the meetings with

appropriate decisions and recommendations made

that will support the protection of important

coastal and marine habitats and threatened species

of wild fauna and flora

• Comprehensive Workplan developed that

includes sustainable activities to meet SPAW

objectives

Ninth meeting of the SPAW Scientific and Technical

Advisory Committee convened (STAC9)

A strategic and streamlined 2020 - 2021 SPAW

Workplan developed

Funds raised in support of SPAW objectives • Increased number of regional and international

collaborations and initiatives developed that

facilitate data sharing, environmental education

and awareness, and capacity building.

Enhanced participation of donors and relevant funding

agencies in SPAW activities

Collaborations and synergies with relevant

organizations and initiatives within and outside the

region


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Implementation of MoCs with relevant partners • Strategy for implementation of MoCs jointly

developed with CEP and priority actions

identified.

Greater involvement by Governments in SPAW

activities and additional Parties joining the SPAW

Protocol

Increased number of countries ratified / acceded to the

SPAW Protocol as well as the incorporation of SPAW

objectives in National Environmental Management

Strategies / National Planning Processes

Proposed Budget (indicative)

Activity

2019 2020

CTF

Other

Sources* Total CTF

Other

Sources* Total

Salary of Programme Officer/

Assistant (SMs) and other

supporting costs

180,000 193,000 373,000 200,000 228,000 428,000

COP11 and STAC9 meeting

preparations 40,000 15,000 55,000 30,000 5,000 35,000

TOTAL (USD) 220,000 208,000 428,000 230,000 233,000 463,000 *Includes funding from France through SPAW-RAC for RAC’s website, SPAW newsletter, translations, etc. and funding from the CLME+ Project Note: 1) The Operational costs of the SPAW-RAC (salaries, travel. communication) are covered directly by the Government of France; 2) Additional support for COP11 and STAC9 to be raised.

B. Strengthening of Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean Region

Objectives

109. The objectives of this sub-programme are to:

(a) Strengthen the management of parks and protected areas of the Wider Caribbean, including the

communication between parks and protected areas within the region;

(b) Assist Governments and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) with the development of

human capacity to increase the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), both sites and

national system;

(c) Sensitize Governments of the need and importance of financing protected areas, and to promote

the development of funding mechanisms and strategies for successful park and protected area

management; and

(d) Promote protected areas in the context of the conservation of important natural resources

necessary for the sustainable development of the region.

Activities

110. The day-to-day implementation of activities under this sub-programme will be overseen in

collaboration with the CaMPAM Coordinator. Support for CaMPAM activities will also be provided

by SPAW-RAC, as appropriate and possible. Major projects will include activities as described in

the paragraphs below:


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• The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/GEF funded project “Catalysing

Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme for the Sustainable Management of Shared

Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil (CLME+)” is a five (5) year (2015

- 2019), USD12.5 million project that seeks to facilitate ecosystem-based management (EBM)

and an ecosystem approach to fisheries (EAF) within the CLME+. The project is being

implemented by the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) with the activities

within the Caribbean region supported by the SPAW and Assessment and Management of

Environmental Pollution (AMEP) sub-programmes (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.37/INF.7 Rev2).

• Strengthening of MPAs through CaMPAM will be addressed through the implementation of the

final year (2019) of the extended three (3) year project “Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

in the Caribbean (EBM)” (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/INF.6; UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/INF.8

Rev 1). The project is funded by the Directorate for the Environment within the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of Italy (€1,350,000). Its overall objective is to “enhance the livelihood of the

populations of the WCR by contributing to the conservation and sustainable management of

coastal and marine biodiversity through the application of the EBM approach”.

111. The Secretariats of OSPAR and CEP have made a voluntary commitment to collaborate across the

Atlantic as a contribution to fulfilling Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG14). Subsequent

meetings between the two (2) Secretariats identified the significance of MPAs as an area to focus

initial efforts to develop such cooperation, especially considering that France, the Netherlands, and

the United Kingdom are Parties to both Conventions and hence collaboration and congruency to

enhance goals on MPA management, science and practice are most desirable. In 2018 the cooperation

between OSPAR and CEP received funding from both the Netherlands and Sweden for MPA actions

which include the development of a full size five (5)-year project proposal (USD 2.5 million) on

MPA management and capacity building. The project proposal is being drafted by the CaMPAM

Coordinator with input from a task group (France, the Netherlands and United Kingdom

representatives (in Europe and the Caribbean)), as well as CEP and OSPAR Secretariat staff.

112. Activities to be implemented during the biennium have been structured under the following

objectives and will be subject to further review based on the findings of the CaMPAM evaluation

(UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/INF.6):

C. Strengthening of MPAs (prioritizing MPAs listed under the Protocol):

(a) Continue to update and deliver the Training of Trainers (ToT) programme on MPA

management

113. At least one (1) twelve (12)-day regional course for MPA practitioners will be held and will

emphasize topics such as:

• promoting sustainable financing, business planning and alternative livelihoods;

• evaluating and restoring coastal ecosystem services (fisheries, shoreline protection, tourism);

• application of Decision Support Systems (DSS) in the coastal environment context following the

results of pilot projects in the Dominican Republic and experiences from in the

establishment/roles of Regional Nodes to support DSS uptake in the region;

• the development of effective communication tools;

• training on effective enforcement practices; and

• the involvement of community stakeholders in MPA management.


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(b) On-going implementation of the Small and Medium Grants Programme to address specific

MPA needs.

114. CaMPAM and the SPAW-RAC, in coordination with TNC, finalised their responsibilities under the

ECMMAN project (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/INF.5). Through the project, MPA funding was

provided to six (6) Eastern Caribbean countries (Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica,

St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada) to enhance MPA effectiveness in at least ten

(10) existing marine management areas or MPAs. Final reports from each of the countries were

submitted in July 2017.

115. Through the EBM project, the following grants are planned in support of MPAs:

• Strengthening of integrated management capacities in another two (2) SPAW listed-sites. These

pilot projects, aim to 1) improve management effectiveness through the use of an EBM approach,

which will contribute to a more integrated conservation and sustainable management programme

for the coastal and marine biodiversity within, and around, the MPA; 2) the active involvement

of, and improved livelihoods of, the local communities; and 3) the use of tools, such as the DSS

developed during 2016 for pilot sites in the Dominican Republic.

• As a product of the above-mentioned DSS, development/enhancement of integrated Management

Plans for the pilot area of Montecristi-Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic and additional

areas of SPAW Parties, selected to increase both its biodiversity conservation effectiveness, as

well as its pivotal role in the sustainable development of communities living within the relevant

ecosystems’ user areas and service areas framework.

• Technical skills of relevant institutional staff, including the cadre of MPA mentors, are further

developed to provide adequate institutional capacity to handle and update the datasets, run the

DSS, and implement the management plans and monitoring described above.

(c) Continuation of the mentorship programme and network to support MPA practitioners.

116. Seek to provide continued support to mentees within the Mentorship Programme by mentors assisting

the Training of Trainers (ToT) programme and reviewing grant requests submitted under the Small

Grants Programme. This will provide mentees with support and help with the continued development

of their capacity building skills.

(d) Continue the development of the Cooperation Programme of listed protected areas under

the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol in the Wider Caribbean

Region.

117. The SPAW Protocol establishes a cooperation and the creation of a network of protected areas

(SPAW Protocol Art. 7(2) and 23(2e). To date 32 sites have been accepted for listing under the SPAW

protocol through an established process, based on unique natural characteristics, as well as states of

management and protection. However, there is no current programme to promote network-type

collaboration among these protected areas. Migratory routes, larval dispersal, spawning/nesting areas,

and location of life cycle stages of common species are some of the elements of connectivity among

marine ecosystems in the region. Promoting MPA network collaboration (with direct benefit for

management goals and activities for these sites) would be an incentive for SPAW member countries

to submit applications for the listing process and participate in SPAW-sponsored activities.

118. Following an initial discussion with the Secretariat lead by the US Government (NOAA), a draft

proposal on ways to establish an operational cooperation programme recommends the appointment

of a regional working group (or steering committee) led by SPAW and the NOAA MPA Centre to

identify and propose key aspects of developing such network (including connectivity, governance,

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capacity building, and sister protected area initiatives). The group will be tasked with proposing a

basic framework to promote [current and future] SPAW-listed MPAs to work collaboratively and

synergistically under some common conservation and management goals. Such initiative would also

be linked with the development of the CEP-OSPAR project and the follow-up of the pilot project

“Cooperation with Northern and Southern Transatlantic Dimension-Marine Protected Areas” (see

below).

(e) Finalize and initiate implementation of the full-size project proposal between CEP and

OSPAR on MPAs (2019 - 2023) which proposes activities grouped as follows:

• Identification, communication and networking of MPA practitioners in the OSPAR and

Caribbean regions.

• Building professional capacity of MPA managers (training, exchanges).

• Financial assistance to build marine management area institutional capacity.

• Collaborate with relevant international efforts and contribute to meetings on marine

biodiversity protection and management emphasizing cooperation based on both regional

environmental legal instruments (OSPAR and Cartagena Convention).

(f) Continue collaboration with the Transatlantic Cooperation on MPAs

119. The European Commission organized the kick-off meeting in 2018 for the continuity of the pilot

project “Cooperation with Northern and Southern Transatlantic Dimension-Marine Protected Areas”

as a Policy Support Facility (PSF) action. It aims to support existing structures and contribute to

reinforcing a transatlantic mechanism with activities among three (3) twinning projects focusing on

– 1) Cooperation and common strategy between MPA networks of managers in the Atlantic region;

2) MPAs and coastal resilience coping with rapid changes; and 3) Marine mammal protection as a

way to enhance transatlantic cooperation between MPAs. This has created a momentum that did not

previously exist at the Atlantic scale and has great potential to strengthen transatlantic cooperation

and improve MPA management effectiveness, as well as consolidating an effective networking

approach and methodology at the management level.

120. The new phase which will be implemented over the next eighteen (18) months, has overall objectives

to consolidate the partnership and to contribute to the protection of marine and coastal biodiversity,

especially towards achieving Aichi target 11, by means of two specific objectives – 1) support a

collaborative transatlantic mechanism via exchange of best practices / contributing to the adoption of

MPA Management Action Plans and t their effective implementation; and 2) bridge stakeholder

engagement and contribute to promoting convergence of views among them.

D. Enhance network of MPA practitioners by improving communication and the

dissemination of information

(a) Improve the effectiveness of the existing CaMPAM Internet Forum and website.

121. Based on a 2016 analysis of the CaMPAM internet forum and website (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR

WG.38/INF.6) both will continue to be improved to ensure accessibility and ease of use in order to

encourage the participation of members. The process of redesigning the website is slated for

completion at the end of 2018 and will be launched once migration to the new CEP server is

completed. The forum will also be redesigned to encourage open and interactive discussions between

members and to enhance linkages between MPA managers. The annual meetings at GCFI (see below)

will also be used more proactively to facilitate interactions and additional information sharing

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(b) Continue to support MPA-related sessions and the participation of MPA practitioners at the

annual GCFI Conferences (2019 and 2020).

122. CaMPAM will aim to continue the support of at least twelve (12) participants, primarily from SPAW

listed sites, to attend the MPA sessions organised by the network at annual GCFI meetings. This will

facilitate discussions on emerging issues and promote the exchange of information among managers,

fishers and scientists to ensure on-going collaborations and participation amongst stakeholders.

E. Continued development, maintenance and promotion of the Regional MPA Database

123. With support from the EBM project the MPA database will continue to be enhanced, especially as it

relates to data for SPAW listed MPAs and the completion of the website migration. Partners will

include GCFI, IUCN/BIOPAMA, the University of the West Indies, Reef Check Dominican Republic

(RCDR), The Nature Conservancy, UN Environment-WCMC, and governmental / environmental

management agencies focused on marine protected areas, as well as NGOs working at site, national

and transboundary levels.

124. The regional MPA database will be disseminated and continue to be used as a source of information

for relevant initiatives in the region throughout the biennium such as the “State of Habitats” to be

produced and lead by SPAW under the CLME+ Project, as well as the “Status of the Caribbean

Protected Areas” as part of the IUCN-BIOPAMA programme.

(a) Synergies with national and international MPA initiatives and efforts

125. CaMPAM will continue to contribute, as feasible, to national MPA initiatives related to marine

conservation science, management and policy, and exchanges that improve MPA effectiveness, as

well as coordinate with relevant international efforts. This will include collaboration with regional

and international organisations such as the Caribbean Challenge Initiative (CCI), the Caribbean

Biodiversity Fund (CBF), CARICOM Biodiversity Strategy, TNC’s Caribbean biodiversity

programme, the Caribbean Biological Corridor, MARFund, the networks involved in transatlantic

collaboration among MPAs, as well as the implementation of strategies that assist with Aichi

Biodiversity Target 11.


126. The major outputs and indicators of achievement under this sub-programme will be:


Improved CaMPAM delivery and management

capacity in several MPAs of the WCR through the

hosting of the ToT course, the mentorship

programmes, and grant funding

Increased number of MPA practitioners involved in

capacity building and training programmes designed

to improve their ability to respond to management

issues and emerging environmental threats in marine

and coastal areas

Improved dissemination of information on MPAs

within the region through the updated CaMPAM

website and regional database and enhanced network

forum

Increased number of MPA practitioners, policy

makers, scientists and other stakeholders engaging

with, and contributing to, the CaMPAM internet forum

and MPA database, as well as other regional and

international initiatives that facilitate information

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Stronger relationships and collaborations between

MPA practitioners, scientists, fishers, other

stakeholders, as well as with international/regional

experts

Increased numbers participating in activities designed

to support and strengthen PA management throughout

the WCR


Activity 2019 2020

CTF Other

Sources

Total CTF Other

Sources

Total

CaMPAM Coordination and

travel

0 10,000 10,000 0 10,000 10,000

Strengthening of MPAs

ToT courses 0 35,0002 35,000 0 35,0002 35,000

Small Grants and DSS

demonstration pilots

0 40,0003 40,000 0 40,000 40,000

Mentorship network 0 35,0001 35,000 0 35,000 35,000

Development of a strong network of MPA practitioners by improving communication and the dissemination of

information

CaMPAM Internet Forum 0 20,0001 20,000 0 15,000 15,000

Support MPA Sessions at GCFI

Conferences (2019 and 2020)

0 15,0003 15,000 0 15,0003 15,000

Development, Maintenance and Promotion of the Regional MPA Database

Regional MPA Database 0 10,0001 10,000 0 10,000 10,000

TOTAL (USD) 0 165,000 165,000 0 160,000 160,000 1 Includes funding provided by the Biodiversity for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean project 2 Includes funding from SPAW-RAC, as well as other sources 3 Approximate amount converted from Euros to USD using the conversion rate €1:US1.12

F. Development of Guidelines for the Management of Protected Areas and Species

Objectives


(a) Promote and assist with the development and implementation of the guidelines on protected area

(PA) establishment, management, and listing developed under the framework of the SPAW

Protocol;

(b) Promote national system planning for protected areas as a mechanism for the development of

relevant legislation and reporting mechanisms; and

(c) Promote and assist the development and implementation of guidelines on species conservation

and management under the framework of the SPAW Protocol.

Activities

128. Activities to be implemented during the biennium include:


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(a) Listing of Protected Areas under the SPAW Protocol and Cooperation Programme

129. A call to Parties to list their protected areas will be made, and support to sites will be explored in line

with the cooperation programme (see paragraphs 2.1.3 and 2.2.2.2 (d) above) following original

recommendations of the First Meeting of Managers of the Protected Areas Listed under the SPAW

Protocol (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.36/INF.9).

130. The activities below could be considered, pending the availability of support and resources:

(a) Review and assess the current listing of PAs with regards to any change in status, in light of

updating the Regional MPA database.

(b) Increase cooperation with regional fisheries bodies and existing MEAs (i.e. CRFM, WECAFC

and CMS Shark MoU) to promote, but not limited to, a regional analysis of the overlap between

existing MPAs listed under the SPAW Protocol and the occurrence and distribution of species/

aggregation sites of interest (e.g. spawning aggregation sites of Nassau grouper and distribution

of rays and sharks) as a contribution to the conservation and management efforts of SPAW-listed

species.

(c) Continue to follow the implementation of the Ballast Water Management Convention, as

appropriate, supporting the exclusion of MPAs from Ballast Water Exchange areas in the region

– including those currently listed under the SPAW Protocol and all future MPAs from such BWE

areas.

(d) Disseminate widely and update as appropriate the fact sheet on the SPAW listing process and

listed sites prepared by the Secretariat (2017).

(e) Continue building dedicated spaces for each SPAW listed PA using the dedicated SPAW-RAC

website and the CaMPAM database/sources of information on biological connectivity (see

UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/INF.5).

(f) Continue with the section of the SPAW-RAC Newsletter dedicated to the SPAW listed sites and

CaMPAM activities.

(g) Use GCFI or other existing fora for attendance by representatives of SPAW listed site.

(h) Support protected areas and invasive species management, also considering the context of the

Sargassum influx as appropriate.

(c) Criteria for the Assessment of Exemptions to Article 11(2) of the SPAW Protocol

131. Following SPAW STAC7 (2016) and COP9 (2017), it is expected that the Working Group on Criteria

and Procedure to Assess Exemptions under Article 11(2) of the SPAW Protocol will be requested to

continue its work and, as such, the following activities are proposed:

(d) Application, through pilot activities, of the formats for presenting exemptions and reporting

on their implementation to the Contracting Parties.

132. Encourage Parties to review The Guidelines to Assess Exemptions under Article 11(2) of the SPAW

Protocol (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR IG.37/3) and utilize the voluntary reporting format

(UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/3 Rev1), to facilitate review of such submissions.

(e) Assist Governments to formulate their requests for exemptions under Article11 (2).

133. Provide assistance to Contracting Parties, as appropriate, in the preparation of their reports on

exemptions using the voluntary reporting format, recognizing as per decisions of COP9, that Parties

before doing so, should be encouraged to follow what is commonly agreed to as being good practice,

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by avoiding possible negative impacts, and provisioning practical mitigation and/or corrective

measures, among others, as appropriate.

(f) Listing of Protected Species under the SPAW Protocol

134. Based on the work of the Ad Hoc Working Group, a number of species were added to Annexes II

and III of the SPAW Protocol (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/4). In order to facilitate any additional

modifications to the Annex listings, the continued assessment of species by an updated Working

group is recommended.


135. The major outputs, and the indicators of achievement, under this sub-programme will be:


An updated list of protected areas under the SPAW

Protocol and cooperation programme among sites

reactivated

Increased number of PAs listed under the SPAW

Protocol, as well as ongoing revisions to the

information provided on the list, provide

comprehensive information on the MPAs found within

the WCR

Format for presenting exemptions under Article 11(2)

is disseminated and its implementation reported on

Improved submissions, and examination, of species

proposed for exemptions under Article 11(2) of the

SPAW Protocol in order to ensure the continued

survival of the species

Revised list of protected species under Annexes I - III

of the SPAW Protocol

Increased understanding, monitoring and cooperation

on management of species listed under Annexes I - III

of the SPAW Protocol, as well as the implementation

of activities designed to ensure the survival of these

species

Proposed budget (indicative)

Activity 2019 2020

CTF Other

Sources*

Total CTF Other

Sources*

Total

Listing of Protected Areas under the SPAW Protocol

Support to cooperation

programme of listed protected

areas

0 5,000 5,000 0 5,000 5,000

Criteria for the Assessment of Exemptions to Article 11 of the SPAW Protocol

Assist Parties to formulate their

reports on exemptions under

Article 11(2)

0 7,000 7,000 0 7,000 7,000

Strategy development 0 10,000 10,000 0 5,000 5,000

Listing of Protected Species under the SPAW Protocol

Listing assessment 0 7,000 7,000 0 7,000 7,000

Total 0 29,000 29,000 0 24,000 24,000

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G. Conservation of Threatened and Endangered Species

Objectives


(a) Build consensus in the region on priorities for the management of endangered and migratory

species;

(b) Implement priority activities of existing species recovery and management plans developed under

the framework of the SPAW Protocol;

(c) Develop, as appropriate, adequate management plans and programmes for priority species of

regional concern, including those of economic importance; and

(d) Address the growing threat of invasive alien species (IAS) that could negatively impact SPAW

species and WCR habitats, especially marine or coastal IAS.

Activities

137. In keeping with the Workplan and Budget for the 2017 - 2018 biennium and priorities identified for

implementation by SPAW Parties and the Secretariat (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/6.Rev1) the

proposed activities for implementation during the 2019 - 2020 biennium will focus on migratory

species including marine mammals and sea turtles, as well as support the control / management

invasive species and Sargassum.

(a) Conservation of Marine Mammals

138. A significant project entitled “Caribbean Marine Mammals Preservation Network” is expected to be

implemented between 2018 to 2020 funded by the EU (€2,903,178.24) and headed by the AGOA

Sanctuary from the French Biodiversity Agency and SPAW-RAC.

139. The main objective of the CARI’MAM project is to develop a network of marine protected areas

dedicated to the conservation of marine mammals in the Caribbean. This network will aim at

strengthening managerial skills and developing common tools for management and evaluation

purposes. Furthermore, the proposed network will include the development of long-term commercial

observation of marine mammals across the Caribbean and the support of partnership agreements with

the Dutch and Dominican Republic Sanctuaries.

140. The SPAW-RAC will lead or be involved in the implementation of a number of technical work

packages under the project:

• Regional analysis of legislation and threats concerning marine mammals in the Caribbean

(SPAW-RAC)

• Improving knowledge about marine mammals in the Caribbean (led by AGOA)

• Strengthening skills and providing tools for better marine mammal management (SPAW-

RAC/AGOA)

• Developing a consistent acoustic methodology for marine mammal population monitoring at

the Caribbean scale (AGOA)

• Establishing sustainable and wildlife-friendly commercial whale watching activities in the

Caribbean (SPAW-RAC)


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• Recommendations for the development of management plans in marines protected areas across

the project area (SPAW-RAC)

141. Additionally, in keeping with the priorities identified at SPAW COPs 8 and 9 respectively, the

progress made to-date with activities implemented since the adoption of the MMAP in 2008

(UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.36/INF.6), and the achievements under the LifeWeb project “Broad-Scale

Marine Spatial Planning of Mammal Corridors and Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean and

Southeast and Northeast Pacific” (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.36/INF.8), the following is being

proposed for implementation, pending the availability of resources and in synergy as appropriate,

with the above described CARI’MAM project, as well as activities (e) and (d) below:

(b) Improve awareness of, collect data on, and mitigate the effects of, ship strikes and

entanglements on whale and dolphin species in the Wider Caribbean Region in collaboration

with the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

142. Implement recommendations from the joint IWC and SPAW/UNEP Workshop to Address Collisions

and Training Workshops (Mexico 2013 and St. Martin 2013) to Address Lethal Human Impacts on

Marine Mammals of the Wider Caribbean.

(c) Strengthening marine spatial planning for marine mammal conservation

143. Provide support for the development of transboundary marine mammal monitoring efforts to address

data gaps identified during the LifeWeb project in collaboration with other organisations and based

on readily available information.

144. Support and promote transboundary cooperation initiatives at the sub-regional and regional levels,

exploring with relevant countries (namely Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands,

British Virgin Islands) the further development of a marine mammal management scenario

(UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/INF.10).

(d) Follow-up to stranding workshops

145. Continue to reinforce local stranding network capacities, particularly in the Marine Mammal

Conservation Corridor South East America (MamaCocoSea) area, further to the sub-regional

stranding workshops held in 2005, 2009 and 2010 respectively.

146. Support a regional repository on stranding data, and develop a network of country coordinators for

marine mammal strandings for the region modelled on WIDECAST and facilitated by dedicated

regional coordinators with national focal points.

(e) Support marine mammal networking among protected sites, education, and awareness.

147. In collaboration with the North Atlantic Humpback Whale Sister Sanctuary Program (NAHW-SSP)

(UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/ INF.16) partners and the NGO environmental community, support

activities under the “Jump with Whales” project through:

• Ongoing collection of humpback whale flukes (information/pictures) throughout the WCR

by yachters under CARIBTail.

• Development and design of activities for the “Year of the Humpback Whale” between 2019-

2020 celebrating SPAW’s Marine Mammal Protected Areas Network.

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(f) Support sustainable marine mammal watching in the Wider Caribbean Region.

148. Following the recommendations of the Regional Workshop on Marine Mammal Watching in the

Wider Caribbean Region (Panama, 19 - 22 October 2011) and the priorities identified by participants,

the following activities are being proposed, which could be carried out in conjunction with the

CARI’MAM Project:

• Promote the national and regional implementation of the Overarching Principles and Best

Practice Guidelines for Marine Mammal Watching in the Wider Caribbean Region

(UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/INF.13) - which could also be promoted through the follow-up of

the pilot project “Cooperation with Northern and Southern Transatlantic Dimension-Marine

Protected Areas”.

• Develop a regional database and clearing house for marine mammal watching data.

• Identify the equipment needed, and the costs associated, to collect data during marine mammal

watching tours, in an effort to provide tour operators with the necessary equipment.

• Develop a strategy to sign and initiate implementation of a Memorandum of Cooperation

(MoC) between the UN Environment/ Secretariat to the Cartagena Convention and the

International Whaling Commission (IWC).

(g) Conservation of Sea Turtles (in collaboration with WIDECAST)

149. The following activities will be given priority during the biennium:

(a) Support the elaboration of Sea Turtle Recovery Action Plans (STRAPs) in countries that do not

have plans.

(b) Support existing STRAPs through the implementation of national priority actions, in particular

the provision of training as it relates to educators (teacher training), law enforcement officers,

veterinarians and first responders.

(c) Collaborate further with the IAC on STRAP development and other sea turtle activities in the

Workplan to ensure that work is not duplicated.

(d) Continue to promote standard guidelines and criteria for Index Site monitoring at sea turtle

foraging grounds in the WCR and provide training for nesting beach and in-water population

monitoring.

(e) Support to regional invasive alien species efforts in collaboration with relevant partners,

particularly with regards to the lionfish invasion.

(h) Greater collaboration with CITES towards enforcement on illegal trade of species.

150. Following the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)/CITES Second Regional

Wildlife Enforcement Workshop (20 - 22 May 2017), continue coordination with these partners,

SPAW Parties and regional organisations on the development of the regional wildlife enforcement

network (CaribWEN). Efforts will also be made to ensure that Parties and NGOs work within their

respective spheres of influence such as the European Union and CARICOM to urge the other Parties

to regulate within their national legal systems the:

• Ownership, possession, sale and advertising of CITES-listed living species endemic to the

Caribbean; and

• Keeping of illegally acquired specimens, and their progeny, from entering domestic or

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151. The countries that are Parties to CITES should join the CITES Standing Committee contact group,

and SPAW Parties and NGOs should support recommendations emanating from the contact group.

(i) Sharing general data across the Region and research on Sargassum

152. Improved response coordination and information sharing between countries throughout the region on

how to control the brown algae Sargasssum. Specific activities implemented through SPAW-RAC

include the:

• Coordination of a UN Environment-CEP/SPAW-RAC on-line Sargassum forum to facilitate

the sharing of regional data.

• Coordination of data sharing on the management and impact of Sargassum in the wetlands with

the Caribbean Wetlands Regional Initiative Secretariat.

• Coordination of Sargassum-related projects and events throughout the WCR.

• Development and sharing of informative documents for the general public, governments,

coastal managers, and others concerned by the issue: regional management best

recommendations guide.

• Provision of research support for projects on Sargassum’s origins, impacts and control

methods.

• Coordination of a cohesive Sargassum response amongst the Secretariats of the Cartagena and

Abidjan Convention, UN Environment GPA and other UN Environment Programmes involved

in assessing Sargassum landings in the WCR and West Africa.


153. The major outputs, and indicators of achievement, under this sub-programme will be:


Increased preparedness and response to

anthropogenic impacts on marine mammal

populations in the WCR

Improved awareness of, and response to, marine

mammal entanglement, marine pollutants, and ship

strike events throughout the WCR.

Increased knowledge on marine mammal

critical habitat areas and increased support for

transboundary protection - particularly

through education campaigns, the

implementation of the CARI’MAM project

and collaborations with local, regional and

private stakeholders

Additional protection afforded to marine mammal

species and their critical habitat areas throughout the

WCR, including increased collaborations with

member States who share marine mammal stocks

Regional repository on marine mammal

stranding data across the WCR supported

Improved and increased dissemination and collection

of marine mammal-stranding data throughout the

WCR, particularly with respect to increased

participation and collaboration with member States

Improved strategies to encourage the

sustainability of marine mammal watching in

the WCR

Implementation of sustainable marine mammal

watching practices designed to ensure minimal

impacts to marine mammal species while providing

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Signing and develop strategy for

implementation of the MoC with the IWC to

further the objectives of the MMAP

Improved and increased dissemination, collection and

use of marine mammal data throughout the WCR,

particularly with respect to the direct or indirect take

of marine mammals and the incorporation of measures

to reduce their take into national environmental and

development policies

Existing STRAPs expanded, and new

STRAPs developed

Increased number of States have either developed or

strengthened strategies for the protection of sea turtle

species and their habitats within the WCR

Standard guidelines and criteria for Index Site

monitoring at sea turtle foraging grounds in

the WCR developed

Increased number of States within the WCR are

empowered and have strengthened their ability to

improve sea turtle monitoring within their countries

through coordinated and standardised research

methods

Training provided on nesting beach and in-

water population monitoring

Regional wildlife enforcement network

established

Improved protection afforded to endemic species

throughout the WCR through enhanced collaborations

between Parties, NGOs and other relevant

stakeholders

Increased knowledge and information sharing

amongst academia, resource managers and the

public on Sargassum

Improved sharing of information on Sargassum

amongst stakeholders throughout the WCR in order to

facilitate the development of comprehensive

management plans to minimise its impacts within the

WCR


Activity 2019 2020

CTF Other

Sources

Total CTF Other

Sources

Total

Conservation of Marine Mammals

Marine Mammal

education and awareness

0 25,0001 25,000 0 25,0001 25,000

Implementation of the

CARI’MAM Project

0 150,0002 150,000 0 150,0002 150,000

Lionfish Control

Support of the Regional

Lionfish Committee

0 20,0003 20,000 0 20,000 20,000

Data Sharing and Research on Sargassum

Data Sharing and

Research on Sargassum

0 50,0004 50,000 0 50,0004 50,000

TOTAL 0 245,000 245,000 0 245,000 245,000 1 In-kind contributions from SBNMS, the Centre for Coastal Studies and Whale and Dolphin Conservation

2 Includes $25,000 for the Cari’Mam project and €4,000 to Allied Whale using the exchange rate €1:US1.12

3 Approximate amount converted from Euros to US using the conversion rate €1:US1.12

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H. Conservation and Sustainable Use of Coastal and Marine Ecosystems

Objectives


(a) Assist with the management of the coastal and marine ecosystems of the region on a sustainable

basis, particularly through sustainable practices;

(a) Mobilize the political will and actions of Governments and other partners for the conservation

and sustainable use of coral reefs and associated ecosystems such as mangroves and seagrass

beds;

(b) Effectively communicate the value and importance of coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass beds,

including their ecosystem services, the threats to their sustainability, and the actions needed to

protect them; and

(c) To promote the ecosystem management approach and the principles and values of good

governance for the conservation and management of marine ecosystems in the region.

Activities

155. Proposed activities to be implemented during the biennium will continue to focus on coral reef

ecosystems and the CLME+ project (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.37/INF.10). Proposed activities will

include:

(a) Conservation of Coral Reefs

156. Continued reactivation of the Caribbean coral reef monitoring network under the Global Coral Reef

Monitoring Network (GCMRN-Caribbean) (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.36/INF.10). The activities will

include the:

(a) Promotion and implementation of the Regional Guidelines for Coral Reef Biophysical

Monitoring (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.38/ INF.17).

(b) Development of a communication strategy and tools.

(c) Representation and promotion of the guidelines at relevant fora.

(d) Implementation of capacity-building activities such as workshops and small grant funding for

field work.

157. Collaboration in the implementation of the Bluefinance project with the Bluefinance Economics for

Coral Reef Ecosystems (ECRE) and UN Environment, through its Global Coral Reef Partnership.

The project aims to achieve environmental, social and financial returns through strengthened

collaborations with the private sector on coral reef conservation. The project being facilitated by

through the SPAW-RAC in partnership with GRID-Arendal, is expected to continue activities in

Barbados, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas and Antigua and Barbuda.

158. New activities forecasted include exploration of potentialof potential MPAs in Cuba, Honduras

(Roatan), Belize, Guatemala and Mexico. At a regional level, a MoU has been signed between Blue

Finance and the Caribbean Biodiversity Fund to develop the approach in the Caribbean countries.

Blue Finance is also participating in the development of a Blue Economy Facility with UN

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(b) “Catalysing Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) for the Sustainable

Management of Shared Living Marine Resources in the Caribbean and North Brazil Shelf

Large Marine Ecosystems (CLME+)”

159. UN Environment-CEP, through its AMEP and SPAW sub-programmes will continue to collaborate

with partners, as appropriate, in the implementation of the five (5)-year UNDP/GEF CLME+ project

(2015-2019). The CLME+ Project is supported by the GEF through a financial contribution of

USD12.5 million. Co-financing commitments for the implementation of the CLME+ Project is

expected to amount to approximately USD110 million.

160. The CLME+ Project will contribute to the improved and sustainable governance and management of

shared living marine resources (sLMR) in the CLME+ region during the first five (5) years of the

SAP’s implementation. With a grant of USD1,365,000 SPAW and the AMEP sub-programmes will

be implementing activities under the SAP (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.37/INF.7 Rev2;) including:

(a) Enhanced coordination between the arrangements for the implementation of the SPAW and Land

Based Sources of Marine Pollution (LBS) Protocols under the Cartagena Convention and an

agreement between thr Secretariat and Brazil to involve that country in areas relevant to the goals

of CLME.

(b) Development of a “Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the valuation, protection and/or

restoration of key marine habitats in the CLME+”.

(c) Implementation of pilot projects demonstrating the transition to an EBM approach at the sub-

regional/site level in the CLME+.

(d) Development of a baseline and (pre-) feasibility assessment report on the needs and opportunities

for investments for the enhanced protection and restoration of key habitats.

(e) Development of an investment plan for large-scale action on habitat protection and restoration,

with special attention to habitats of critical importance in terms of current and potential future

provisions of ecosystem goods and services and contributions to Global Environment Benefits.

(f) Development of a “SAP Implementation Monitoring &Evaluation” and “State of the Marine

Ecosystems and shared Living Marine Resources in the CLME+” web portal (or set of portals)

and report outline.

(c) EBM wider application

161. Through the extended Italian-funded project “Biodiversity for Sustainable Development in the

Caribbean (EBM)” (UNEP(DEPI)/CAR WG.40/INF.6), and in collaboration with UN

Environment’s Ecosystems Division, implementation of existing project activities will continue with

new and existing partners towards the development of Regional Nodes and implementation of lessons

learned from pilot projects in the Dominican Republic. There will be particular focus on development

of partnerships with the Dutch and Spanish speaking countries within the region and the

application/integration of marine spatial planning.

162. Elaboration and completion of a technical document for GLISPA network about lessons learned on

EBM and DSS (Decision Support System) application in the Wider Caribbean and the potential for

its future use will be prepared along with a final project report, specifically in relation to the

achievements of the project regional nodes, their linkages, communications protocol, and potential

for future EBM / DSS applications they propose.


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(d) Implementation of the BEST Initiative (SPAW-RAC Project)

163. The BEST Initiative aims to support conservation of biodiversity and sustainable use of ecosystems

services in Overseas Countries and Territories of the European Union. Countries eligible for funding

and project implementation under the BEST Initiative during the initial calls were Aruba, Bermuda,

Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Anguilla, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos, British

Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and St. Barthélémy. It includes four (4) medium-sized grants for

the following projects:

• Invasive alien species in UK overseas territories

• Sea turtle conservation in Anguilla

• Coral reef restoration in Dutch Overseas territories

• Establishment of Aruba’s first marine park

164. Additionally, there are fifteen (15) small-sized grants for projects related to biodiversity conservation

and ecosystems services sustainable use. they included, non-exhaustively, coral reef conservation,

iguana conservation, Endemic tree restoration and lionfish management.

165. Many of the projects ended as of late 2018 or will be finished in Spring 2019. The BEST 2.0 will

officially end in December 2019.

(e) Conservation of wetlands / mangroves

166. In collaboration with the Caribbean Wetlands Regional Initiative (Cariwet), SPAW-RAC develops

activities designed to promote the conservation and sustainable use of mangroves. If funding becomes

available, proposed activities could include:

(a) Re-engaging Cariwet and the Ramsar via the Regional Centre for Training and Research on

Wetlands (CREHO) with further development under the CaMPAM ToT workshops/seminars on

the management and protection of wetlands.

(b) Design and implementation of a project on Sargassum impacts within a Ramsar Site in a selected

SPAW listed site.

(c) Coordination with interested Parties on developing proposals for grants to identify synergies with

the SPAW sub-programme, particularly with respect to the 32 SPAW listed sites.

(d) Exploring linkages with the Wetlands for the Future Fund for the development of training and

capacity building workshops.


167. The major outputs, and indicators of achievement, under this sub-programme will be:


GCRMN-Caribbean reactivated, as well as guidance

provided by the Steering Committee

Countries ability to monitor and protect coral reef

ecosystems enhanced and strengthened, through the

use of standardised data collection and reporting

methods

Harmonised data on biophysical coral reef monitoring

being collected


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Sustainable financial mechanisms and co-management

structures for the protection of coral reef ecosystems

outlined for Barbados

Financial mechanisms/investment plans, by

participating Member States, to ensure the long-term

sustainable protection of critical ecosystems

Investment plan for the protection and restoration of

critical habitats developed

“Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the valuation,

protection and restoration of key marine habitats in

the CLME+” developed

“Regional Strategy and Action Plan for the valuation,

protection and restoration of key marine habitats in the

CLME+” disseminated and being used habitat

restoration interventions

Web portal(s) for the monitoring, evaluation and

reporting on the implementation of the CLME+ SAP

and its marine ecosystems developed

Content developed, and web portals created to ensure

the consistent monitoring, evaluation and reporting on

marine ecosystems within the CLME+ management

areas

ToT CaMPAM workshops within SPAW-Cariwet-

Ramsar countries focused on the conservation and

sustainable use of mangroves

Enhanced capacity within Member States to

effectively conserve and sustainably use resources

found within mangrove ecosystems


Activity

2019 2020

CTF Other

Sources Total CTF

Other

Sources Total

Conservation of Coral Reefs


GCRMN Caribbean and

support to countries

monitoring

0 68,5001 68,500 0 68,5001 68,500


Bluefinance project

0 106,5002 106,500 0 106,5002 106,500

Implementation of the CLME+ SAP3

Agreement finalized

between the SPAW and

LBS Protocols and MoC

between CEP and Brazil

0 28,397 28,397 0 23,478 23,478

Regional Strategy and

Action Plan

0 68,608 68,608 0 30,238 30,237

Pilot project

demonstrating EBM

transition

0 165,750 165,750 0 118,250 118,250

Baseline and (pre)-

feasibility assessment

report

0 50,769 50,769 0 0 0

Development of

investment plan

0 26,500 26,500 0 30,606 30,606

Development of web

portal(s)

0 74,977 74,977 0 20,696 20,696


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Activity

2019 2020

CTF Other

Sources Total CTF

Other

Sources Total

BEST Initiative4

BEST Implementation 0 224,000 224,000 0 0 0

Conservation of wetlands/mangroves

Development of ToT

workshops

0 30,000 30,000 0 30,000 0

Sargassum project 0 50,000 0 0 50,000 0

TOTAL 0 894,001 844,001 0 478,268 398,267 1 Includes funding from France through SPAW-RAC and other contributions to be sourced 2 Includes expected funding from UN Environment 3 Funding through the CLME+ project 4 Funding received from IUCN at an exchange rate of €1.12: US$1


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Annex I: Budget for the Caribbean Environment Programme for the 2019-2020 Biennium

Consolidated Table


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Annex II: Budget of the AMEP Sub-Programme for the 2019-2020 Biennium

Activity

2019 Budgeted 2020 Budgeted

CTF

Other

Contribu-

tions

Total cost Required

Balance CTF

Other

Contribu-

tions

Total Cost Required

Balance

(a) GEF Projects

(i) CReW+ (3yrs) 0 0 1,500,000 0 0 0 1,500,000 0

(ii) IWEco – (5yrs) 0 0 8,750,000 0 0 8,750 8,750 0

TOTAL GEF 0 0 10,250,000 0 0 0 10,250,000 0

(iii) Recreational Water

Quality 0 5,000 42,500 37,500 0 5,000 42,500 37,500

(iv) Caribbean Node for

Marine Litter (ACP EU, GPML) 0 11,682 23,364 0 0 11,682 23,364 0

(v) Trash Free Waters 0 95,794.50 95,794.50 0 0 95,794.50 95,794.50 0

(vi) Strengthening human

resilience in Northern

Clarendon & West Kingston,

Jamaica

0 153,950 153,950 0 0 153,950 153,950 0

(vii) Caribbean Platform for

Nutrients (CLME+ & ACP/EU) 0 364,953.50 364,953.50 0 0 364,953.50 364,953.50 0

Programme Coordination 400,000 94,929.50 494,939.50 0 400,000 94,929.50 494,939.50 0

OTHER Sub-total 400,000 726,309.5 1,163,819.5 37,500 400,000 726,309.5 1,163819.5 37,500

Programme Support cost 13%

to UNEP HQ (amount subject

to change based on source of

funding)**

52,000 30,926.50 87,801.50 4,875 52,000 30,926.50 87,801.50 4,875

TOTAL OTHER 452,000 757,236 1,251,621 42,375 452,000 757,236 1,251,621 42,375

TOTAL AMEP (other +

GEF) 452,000 757,236 11,501,621 42,375 452,000 757,236 11,501,621 42,375


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* Programme Coordination Includes staffing, travel, reporting, communication, and other support costs from the Caribbean Trust Fund.

** 13% Support Costs are not applied to GEF Funding.


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Annex III: Budget of the SPAW Programme for the 2019-2020 Biennium

Activity

2019 Budgeted 2020 Budgeted

CTF Other

Contributions* Total cost

Required

Balance** CTF

Other

Contributions* Total Cost

Required

Balance**

2.1 Programme Co-ordination

(salary costs and COP and

STAC Meetings)

220,000 208,000 428,000 - 230,000 233,000 463,000 -

2.2 Strengthening of protected

areas in the Wider Caribbean

Region

0 165,000 410,107 - 0 160,000 118,600 -

2.3 Development of guidelines

for management of protected

areas and species

0 29,000*** 0 - 0 24,000*** 0 -

2.4 Conservation of threatened

and endangered species 0 245,000 118,668 - 0 245,000 85,068 -

2.5 Conservation and

sustainable use of coastal and

marine ecosystems

0 894,001 844,001 - 0 478,268 398,267 -

Subtotal 220,000 1,541,001 1,800,776 - 230,000 1,140,268 1,064,935 -

Programme support costs 13%

(amount subject to change

based on source of funds)

28,600 200,330 234,101 - 29,900 148,235 138,442 -

TOTAL SPAW 248,600 1,741,331 2,034,877 - 259,900 1,288,503 1,203,377 -

* Includes funding from France through SPAW-RAC, funding from the CLME+ Project and the Biodiversity for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean project; and in-kind contributions from SBNMS, the Centre for Coastal

Studies and Whale and Dolphin Conservation, and $25,000 for the Cari’Mam project and €4,000 to Allied Whale

** Required Balance reflects any shortfalls between budgeted Total Cost and expenditure amounts from the CTF + Other Contribution to be calculated at the end of the biennium and reflected in the Status of Activities Report for

2019-2020

*** In-kind support being explored from partners