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Proceedings of the Twelfth East Asian Seas Partnership Council Meeting
PUBLICATION DATE:
Friday, August 14, 2020
PUBLICATION TYPE:
Meeting Documents
STATUS:
Only Available Online
DESCRIPTION:
The 12th East Asian Seas (EAS) Partnership Council Meeting was held virtually through a zoom video conference call on 22 July 2020. The Meeting was attended by representatives from ten PEMSEA Country Partners namely: Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Philippines, RO Korea, Singapore, Timor Leste, and Vietnam. Representatives from PEMSEA Non-Country Partners were also in attendance, namely: ASEAN Biodiversity Center (ACB); International Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas Center (EMECS); International Union for Conservation of Nature – Asia Regional Office (IUCN); Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation (KOEM); Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK);Northwest Pacific Action Plan (NOWPAP); Ocean Policy Research Institute – The Sasakawa Peace Foundation (OPRI-SPF); Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL); Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML); PEMSEA Network of Local Governments for Sustainable Coastal Development (PNLG) Secretariat; UNDP/GEF Yellow Sea LME Project II (YSLME). Representatives from China PEMSEA Center and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Philippines participated as observers. The PEMSEA Resource Facility (PRF) served as the Secretariat for the meeting.
DOCUMENT NUMBER | DOCUMENT TITLE |
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PC/20/DOC/01a | List of Documents |
PC/20/DOC/01b | List of Participants |
PC/20/DOC/01c | Council and Technical Session Provisional Agenda |
PC/20/DOC/01d | Council and Technical Session Annotated Agenda |
PC/20/DOC/02 | Summary of Recommendations and Decisions of the 11th EAS Partnership Council (July 2019) and the 23rd Executive Committee Meeting (April 2019) and 24th Executive Committee (April 2020), Status of Actions Taken |
PC/20/DOC/03 | Report of the Council Chair |
PC/20/DOC/04 | Report of the Executive Director |
PC/20/DOC/05 | Inclusion of NIVA as New PEMSEA Non-Country Partner |
PC/20/DOC/06a | Designation of PEMSEA’s Regional Center for Excellence: COMI |
PC/20/DOC/06b | Annex 1. Selected Papers of COMI 2014 – 2018 |
PC/20/DOC/6c | Annex 2. Selected Research Projects |
PC/20/DOC/6d | Annex 3. Training Programs |
PC/20/DOC/6e | Annex 4. External Review Summary COMI |
PC/20/DOC/07 | Mid-term Review of the SDS-SEA Implementation Plan (2018-2022) |
PC/20/DOC/08 | EAS Congress 2021 |
PC/20/DOC/09a | UNDP/GEF Scaling Up SDS-SEA |
PC/20/DOC/09b | UNDP/GEF ATSEA-2 |
PC/20/DOC/09c | ASEANO Marine pollution Capacity Building project |
PC/20/DOC/09d | UNDP/GEF IRBM (project in the pipeline) |
PC/20/DOC/09e | Blue solutions for reducing maritime transport GHG emissions through increased energy efficiency of ship and port activities in East Asia |
PC/20/DOC/10a | Intergovernmental Session Provisional Agenda |
PC/20/DOC/10b | Intergovernmental Session Annotated Agenda |
PC/20/DOC/11a | COVID-19 and its implications on PEMSEA’s Post-2020 Sustainability Plans |
PC/20/DOC/11b | Annex A. Country Measures Against COVID-19 |
PC/20/DOC/11c | Annex B. Impacts of COVID-19 on Project Implementation |
PC/20/DOC/11d | Annex C. PEMSEA’s Current and Pipeline Projects |
PC/20/DOC/11e | Annex D. Best Case Scenario Sources of Revenues and Forecast Budget Expenditure for 2021 |
PC/20/DOC/11f | Annex E. Initial Topics PEMSEA can focus on in 2021 and beyond |
PC/20/DOC/12a | Selection and Appointment of PRF Executive Director 2021-2023 |
PC/20/DOC/12b | Annex 1. PEMSEA Rules of Governance Annex 4 – Selection and Appointment of the PRF Executive Director |
PC/20/DOC/12c | Annex 2. PEMSEA Rules of Governance Annex 11 – Revised Terms of Reference of the Executive Committee |
PC/20/DOC/12d | Annex 3. Brief Timeline on Recruitment of Previous PRF Executive Directors |
PC/20/DOC/12e | Annex 4. Terms of Reference of the ED from the PRF Re-engineering Plan |
PC/20/DOC/12f | Annex 5. PEMSEA Annual Report 2018 |
PC/20/DOC/12g | Annex 6. Executive Director’s Reflection 2018 |
PC/20/DOC/12h | Annex 7. Report of the Executive Director 2018 |
PC/20/DOC/12i | Annex 8. PEMSEA Annual Report 2019 |
PC/20/DOC/12j | Annex 9. Endorsement from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippines |
PC/20/DOC/13 | PEMSEA Corporate Work Plan and Budget 2020 and 2021 |
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