Proceedings of the Eleventh Programme Steering Committee Meeting

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PUBLICATION DATE:

Thursday, September 01, 2005

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Meeting Documents

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This publication summarizes the results of the Eleventh Programme Steering Committee (PSC) Meeting of the GEF/UNDP/IMO Regional Programme on Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA), held at the Apsara Angkor Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia, from 1 to 4 August 2005. The Ministry of Environment of Cambodia (MoE) hosted the Meeting. The 11th PSC Meeting was a special tripartite meeting of the participating governments, the implementing and executing agencies during the second phase of PEMSEA. The primary purpose of the meeting was to discuss amongst others, three major issues: a)to deliberate on the operational arrangements for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Strategy for the Seas of East Asia or SDS-SEA, focusing on the draft Partnership Agreement and Partnership Operating Arrangements; b)to discuss the transformation of the current project-based operation into a programme-based arrangement, as well as the transformation of the current Regional Programme Office to a self-sustained PEMSEA Resource Facility (PRF); and c)to identify the necessary strategies for transition and closure of the current activities. The Meeting was attended by delegates from participating countries namely, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, People’s Republic of China, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Representatives from the Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste also participated in the Meeting.