Publications

Year 2005

How to Develop a National Oil Spill Contingency Plan

The workshop's collaboration atmosphere resulted in:

* Prioritization of the necessary elements of a National Contingency Plan.
* Agreement for a "Proposal for a Regional Cooperation Framework for Oil Spill Preparedness and Response in Central America – A Road Map".
* Prioritization of the components of the Regional Framework Proposal and the required next steps to ensure continued development of regionalization of oil spill preparedness and response issues in Central America.

Here you can download the Workshop Report summarizing the findings of the Workshop as well as the presentations made.

A two-day workshop on “Oil Spill Preparedness, Response and Cooperation - Central America Regionalization” was conducted during April 13 & 14, 2005 in Balboa, PANAMA. The workshop was developed by ARPEL with the contribution of the Regional Marine Pollution Emergency, Information and Training Center - Caribbean (RAC/REMPEITC-Carib) and the Central American Commission of Maritime Transportation (COCATRAM).

The workshop was the first forum of its kind where attendees from seven Central American countries jointly discussed and formulated regional oil spill preparedness and response issues. The seven Central American countries represented were: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

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