8th GI WACAF Regional Conference

Name: 8th GI WACAF Regional Conference
Start: 2019-10-28T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2019-10-31T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Cape Town

Date(s)
28-31 Oct 2019
Location
South Africa, Angola, Benin, Cabo Verde, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Togo (Cape Town)

Countries invited	Angola, Benin, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, The Gambia, Togo
Activity	Regional conference
Number of Participants	110
Host	Department of Transport

Raise awareness on oil spill preparedness and response issues with an emphasis on the challenges in the region;
Facilitate information sharing and lessons learned in the region;
Review the progresses achieved since the last regional conference; and
Determine priority actions for the coming biennium 2020-2021 to strengthen oil spill response capability in the region.