PERMANENT COMMISSION FOR THE SOUTH PACIFIC

CPPS

COLOMBIA

ECUADOR

PERU

CHILE

Regional Intergovernmental Organization

Coordinates Regional Maritime Policies of it member states in the

Southeast Pacific

MEMBER STATES

1981: LIMA CONVENTION

Panamá – Colombia - Ecuador – Perú - Chile

Regional Seas Program(UNEP)

March 2011: States gave CPPS a mandate to coordinate participation of SEP in the RP

April 2011: CPPS Organized a working group of 2 contact points per state (political/technical)

Working Group reviewed the RP documents and recommended CPPS to organize a Workshop in the SEP within the framework of RP

CPPS prepared documentation according to Guidelines for Workshops to assist the RP Appendix 1: Information to be provided by

participants in advance of the workshop

CPPS role in the Regular Process

CPPS and member states coordinated actions with its NY delegations at UUNN.

At Ad-Hoc Working Group of the Whole meeting, (27-28 June 2011) all 5 states of SEP proposed to organize the first Workshop from the RP.

A Declaration was presented to the meeting, asking CPPS to coordinate such Workshop.

UNEP offered technical and financial support July-Sept: CPPS coordinated with UNEP and the

GOERP via telecom the organization of the Workshop (Chile as host country)

CPPS role in the Regular Process

Selected a Group of Experts from the Region Coordinated w/DOALOS all aspects of the

Workshop (via Chile as host country) Prepared documentation for Workshop

Assessments carried out in the Region Prioritization of the Outline of 1st Global integrated

Assessment. Created a Web page for the Workshop

CPPS: Under Guidelines for Workshop

Web page for the Workshop

Identified and catalogued available assessments in the region

GRAMED FORMAT

Prioritization of the Outline of 1st Assessment RP

1st Workshop (RP) Santiago de Chile(13th- 15th September 2011)

25 experts from the region’s 5 states 3 experts from the GOERP 5 experts from NEP 5 participants of states out of SP region UNEP/DOALOS/IOC Observers (FAO/WWF/TNC/Humboldt LME/ 6 participants of CPPS

Participants of the Workshop (52)

Session day 1 Presentations by GOERP (objectives, expected

output) Outline/criteria for Integrated Assessments/

Session day 2 (3 working groups) Physical Sciences Biological Sciences Socioeconomic Aspects

Session day 3 General discussions/Results and Conclusions

Outline of the Workshop

Results of discussions from the Workshop

States recognized the importance of RP and will seek the support of governments to carry out all cycles of RP

Experts identified existence of large amounts of data but not ready to use for an integrated assessment

Most of it physical and biological data, very limited socioeconomic data readily available

Most data is related to areas within coast and the continental platform. Need to expand data collection out of this area into the high seas

There is an urgent need of capacity building in integrated assessment

There is expertise in the region to tackle the

challenges of the RP, with the help of the GOERP and

experts from other regions

There is a need to reinforce the technical capacities of

experts from the region on issues related to the RP

Experts are committed to make available all relevant

information for the RP, and CPPS will make it

accessible for all cycles the Process.

Results of discussions from the Workshop

There is an urgent need to tackle the timetable of

the RP and select a pool of experts for RP asap.

Strong lobbying will be necessary to seek outside

funds for the RP from sources other that states,

UNEP and CPPS.

A mechanism for communication and coordination

will be necessary within the region for a follow up

of the implementation of the RP

Conclusions of the Workshop

All data identified as relevant for the RP, should be

further analyzed and verified by experts from the region

when available for the RP

Need to promote a coordination mechanism between

the SEP and the SWP to carry out assessments in the

high seas areas of the SP

Importance of carrying out Technical Workshops to

promote horizontal cooperation within the region for

training of local experts

Conclusions of the Workshop