Sub-regional workshop on the revision of the Emergency protocol to the Abidjan Convention and on the Regional Contingency Plan and its related documents

  • Date(s)
    27 Mar 2011
  • Location
    Ghana (Accra)

Information

Countries invitedBenin, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, The Gambia, Togo
ActivitySub-regional workshop
TopicRegional cooperation, Contingency Planning
Number of Participants33
HostEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Objectives

Consider and eventually finalize the following documents for onward transmission to the meeting of the contracting parties (COP9) for consideration and adoption:

  • the draft revised Emergency Protocol to the Abidjan Convention
  • the draft Regional Contingency Plan
  • the draft Terms of Reference and functions of the future Regional Coordination
    Centre
  • the draft Decision on the adoption of the Regional Contingency Plan
  • the draft Decision on global and regional conventions