The first national self-assessment workshops on oil spill response planning and preparedness took place throughout October 2019 in Malta, France and Italy, using the Readiness Evaluation Tool for Oil Spills (RETOS).

All three workshops gathered representatives from relevant national institutions involved in oil spill response, with technical assistance provided by the project.

Transport Malta conducted the self-assessment of the Maltese National Contingency Plan with the support of ITOPF Ltd. in France, Cedre organized with SGMer an evaluation workshop of the marine pollution component of the “dispositif ORSEC maritime Méditerranée” and ISPRA led the assessment of the two current Italian contingency plans.

The Global Performance Analyses generated by the RETOS tool showed a high quality of the plans and allowed to identify several remaining gaps.

These analyses will serve as a basis for further project activities to help define national improvement programmes.

To download the Manual and the tool RETOS click here