Tercera Reunión / Third Meeting for Gulf of Honduras

BID GEF
Abt Associates Inc.
Gulf of Honduras
Preparation of a Complete Program for the
Environmental Protection and Pollution Control of the
Contamination Originated by The Maritime Transport in the
Gulf of Honduras. Inter-American Development Bank
BID-ATN/PD-7402-RS
Funding: Global Environmental Facility GEF, PDF-B
3rd Meeting
Belize City, June 12- 13, 2003

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 Presentations
 Project Concept
 Chronology
 Meeting Objectives
 Agenda
 Prensentations and Reports from Workgroups

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Project Concept
 Regional strategic action program for the control and
prevention of maritime transport related pollution in the
major ports, navigational transport routes and adjacent
coastal areas in the Gulf of Honduras
 The General Directorate for Environment within the Central
American Integration System (DGA/SICA) has recognized
the importance of this topic through Central American
Commission for Environment and Development (CCAD),
and the Central American Commission for Maritime
Transport (COCATRAM).
 Regional Workshop on the Conservation and Management
of Wetlands and Coastal Areas in Central America,
organized by the Central American Commission for
Environment and Development (CCAD), PROARCA/Costas
and the Mesoamerican Office of the International Union for
the Conservation of Nature (IUCN/ORMA)
 Ports authorities, Institutions, Civil Society and NGOs in the
gulf region

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Chronology
 1st Meeting
San Pedro Sula, Nov. 20-21, 2002
 2nd Meeting
Guatemala City, Mar 20-21, 2003
 3rd Meeting
Belize City, Jun 12-13, 2003
 4th Meeting
Tegucigalpa, September, 2003

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Meeting Objectives
 TDA Technical Endorsement
 Agreement and regional details on the project
components
 Receive input into project execution arrangements
and organization
 Agree on method and timeline for determining
baseline costs and country cofinancing
 Exploring enabling agreements for regional
cooperation in the execution of the project

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Agenda, Thursday, June 12
7:00-8 :00AM Registration
8:00-8 :05AM Initial Presentation
8:05-8 :15AM Welcoming
8:15-8 :30AM Meeting Objectives
8:30-10:00AM Complete GEF Program Components
10:00-10:30AM Break
10:30-12:00PM Group Discussion- Program Components
12:00–1:30PM Lunch
1:30-2 :30PM Project Execution Arrangements and Organization
2:30-4 :00PM Group Discussion – Proj. Exec. Arrang. and Organization
4:00-4 :30PM Break
4:30-6 :00PM Report- Group Discussion
7:00-8 :30PM Dinner

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Agenda, Friday June 13
8:00-8:15AM Progress of the meeting
8:15-10:00AM Baseline & Incremental Costs and Long term Financing
10:00-10:30AM Belize - Discussion- Baseline & Incremental Costs
10:30-11:00AM Guatemala - Discussion- Baseline & Incremental Costs
11:00-11:30PM Honduras - Discussion- Baseline & Incremental Costs
11:30-12:00PM Plenary
12:00-1:30PM Lunch
1:30-2:30PM Summary of Program Components-Group Consensus
2:30-3:00PM Project Execution Arrangements-Report from Group
3:30-4:00PM Break
4:00-5:00PM Summary of the Meeting-Agreements
5:00 PM Official Closure
6:00-7:30PM Cocktails

Gulf of Honduras
BID GEF
Preparation of a Complete Program for the Environmental
Protection and Pollution Control of the Contamination
originated by the Maritime Transport in the Gulf of
Honduras.
Interamerican Development Bank
BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS
Funding: Global Environmental Facility (GEF), PDF Bloque B
Project Components and Activities
Meeting
Belize City, June 12 & 13 2003
Abt Associates Inc.

OUTLINE OF TALK
 Process to define activities
 Priorities from 2nd Meeting
(Guatemala City, March 2003)
 Components and Objectives
 Activities
 Outputs
 Working Group Instructions

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PROCESS TO DETERMINE ACTIVITIES
 PREVIOUS DOCUMENTS
 CONCEPT PAPER
 WRITTEN COMMENTS
 DEVELOPMENT OF TDA
 COMMENTS FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS

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GEF-ABILITY
 ACTIVITIES SHOULD FORM LOGICAL, TIGHT
PROJECT (NOT SCATTERED IDEAS)
 SOME ACTIVITIES MAY BE FUNDED BY GEF (GEF-ABILITY):
THESE ARE INCREMENTAL ACTIVITIES
 SOME ACTIVITIES MAY BE FUNDED BY OTHER
DONORS OR BY COUNTRIES (EITHER AS
BASELINE OR CO-FINANCING)
 KEY TO GEF-ABILITY (ABILITY TO BE FUNDED BY
GEF) IS THAT THESE ACTIVITIES ADDRESS
TRANSBOUNDARY THREATS, ARE INCREMENTAL
AND NOT BASELINE IN NATURE, AND LEAD TO
SUSTAINABILITY.

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PRIORITIES FROM SECOND MEETING
Marine-based
Ship
collision
Low Unknown Transboundary
(may occur in
international
waters, may
transport across
boundaries)
All resources:
benthic, water
column, corals,
seagrasses,
mangroves
High 12
Inadequate
vessel
standards
High Increasing Transboundary All resources Mode
rate
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Vessel
Discharge
High Increasing Transboundary
(contaminant
transport
processes)
All resources High 15
Dispersant
usage
Low Unknown Transboundary
(transport
processes,
effects on
resources)
All resources Low 9
Hazardous
cargo
High Increasing Transboundary All resources Mode
rate/
High
14.5

PRIORITIES FROM SECOND MEETING (con’t)
HIGHEST PRIORITIES
 Port Maintenance
 Ballast Water
 Ship Collision
 Vessel Standards
 Vessel Discharges
 Hazardous cargo
transport and
handling
 Agriculture
 Deforestation

COMPONENTS AND OBJECTIVES
Component 1:
Building regional capacity for maritime and land-based pollution
control in Central America;
Component 2:
Creating, analyzing and distributing marine environmental
information and developing a strategic action plan for the Gulf of
Honduras;
Component 3:
Enhancing navigational safety in shipping lanes;
Component 4:
Improving environmental management in the regional network of
five ports within the Gulf of Honduras.

COMPONENTS AND OBJECTIVES (CON’T)
Component 1:
Building regional capacity for maritime and land-based
pollution control in Central America.
Objective:
Create and consolidate a regional network for land-based
and maritime pollution control within the Gulf of Honduras,
including the formulation of institutional and economic
arrangements that will assure the sustainability of the
action program.

Component 2:
Creating, analyzing and distributing marine
environmental information and developing a strategic
action plan for the Gulf of Honduras.
Objective:
Develop the long-term capacity for gathering,
organizing, analyzing and disseminating marine
environmental information, as a complement to the
MBRS Regional Environmental Information System
(EIS), fill gaps in existing knowledge of the marine
environmental issues, and undertake strategic planning
for concrete actions to reduce marine pollution in the
Gulf of Honduras.

Component 3:
Enhancing navigational safety in shipping lanes.
Objective:
Enhance the navigational safety in major shipping lanes to
reduce marine pollution by developing and enforcing vessel
standards and other related activities, and prepare an oil and
chemical spill prevention and contingency plan for the Gulf
of Honduras to prevent damages associated with both
operational and accidental discharges at sea, and respond to
accidental spills.

Component 4:
Improving environmental management in the regional
network of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras.
Objective:
Improve environmental management in the regional network
of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras through preparation
and implementation of environmental management
investment and action programs, including demonstration
pilot activities and involvement of the private sector.

Component 1: Building regional capacity for maritime and
land-based pollution control in Central America.
ACTIVITIES:
1.1 Put in place institutional arrangements for carrying out the project
activities that will ensure the sustainability of the action program.
1.2 Identify, strengthen, and involve stakeholders.
1.3 Develop and conduct training workshops for stakeholders on such topics
as Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM), Coastal and Marine
Environmental Management and Civil Society.
1.4 Formulate arrangements for financing regional maritime pollution
monitoring, control and prevention, including the establishment of a
financing scheme in cooperation with the private sector and port
authorities to contribute to the financial sustainability of the program.
1.5 Develop and recommend economic instruments and incentives to promote
preventive measures to decrease both land and sea-based sources of
pollution as well as adequate environmental management in the sector.
1.6 Agree on performance indicators for the Gulf of Honduras maritime
transport pollution control project through a broad stakeholder process
and develop a process to monitor those indicators.

Component 2: Creating, analyzing and distributing marine environmental
information and developing a strategic action plan for the Gulf of
Honduras.
ACTIVITIES:
2.1 Update and complete TDA, including an updated assessment of the relative
importance and transboundary impact of land-based and marine-based
sources of pollution and filling the gaps identified in the Preliminary TDA.
2.2 Prepare, negotiate, and endorse at the national level a regional Strategic
Action Programme (SAP) for port and navigational pollution reduction
measures as well as reduction of other adverse land-based activities. .
2.3 Building on existing institutional arrangements where feasible, establish a
regional focus for hydrography and oceanography related to navigational
safety and spill planning and response, for hydrographic and oceanographic
data processing and digitizing for navigation safety, as well as management
and modeling (Marine) GID-based data applications
2.4 Develop and implement training program for national and regional entities in
hydrography and oceanography related to navigational safety and spills,
focusing on gaps identified including the assessment of oceanographic
current dynamics, sediment transport and bathymetry.

Component 3: Enhancing navigational safety in shipping
lanes.
ACTIVITIES
3.1 Conduct navigational risk assessments and propose
modifications in maritime shipping routes and other risk reduction
measures.
3.2 Review and draft reforms for the institutional, legal, policy,
regulatory and enforcement framework for navigational safety,
including the prevention of oil and chemical spills, vessel
standards, certification etc.
3.3 Prepare a regional/transboundary oil and chemical spill
prevention and contingency plan.
3.4 Identify and conduct two demonstration pilot activities related to
navigational risk reduction.

Component 4: Improving environmental management in the
regional network of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras.
ACTIVITIES:
4.1 Conduct port operations risk assessments and propose concrete
modifications to reduce pollution risks.
4.2 Develop harmonized regional guidelines, standards and policies
for port environmental management and security.
4.3 Review and draft reforms for national laws, policies, regulations
and enforcement policies regarding port activities
4.4 Identify sources of investment and develop investment plan for
providing equipment and facilities for minimizing environmental
impacts of port operations, including solid waste and oily ballast
water disposal
4.5 Conduct demonstration pilot projects related to environmental
improvements in three major ports

OUTPUTS
COMPONENT 1:
• Improved national and regional capacities for effective
environmental management of maritime transport
• Stakeholders fully involved in project
• Increased knowledge and awareness by local stakeholders
of maritime and land-based transport pollution issues
• Sustainable regional financial mechanism for financing
SAP activities developed
• Means and methods for assessing success of project
developed

OUTPUTS (CON’T)
COMPONENT 2:
• TDA completed, agreed upon and widely disseminated
• Regional SAP completed and endorsed at the national
level which supports improved safety of navigation and
protection of the marine environment
• Partnerships for carrying out the SAP developed
• Regional capacity for hydrography and oceanography
enhanced
• National and regional capacity for addressing oil and
chemical spills improved
• Incremental improvement in capacity to control LBS

OUTPUTS (CON’T)
COMPONENT 3:
• Steps for reducing pollution from navigational risks
identified
• Legal/policy/regulatory framework for improved
navigational safety, including addressing oil and
chemical spills
• Regional capacity for addressing transboundary
spills enhanced
• Two technologies for reducing navigational risks
successfully demonstrated

OUTPUTS (CON’T)
COMPONENT 4:
• Steps for reducing environmental threats from port
operations identified
• Guidelines for reducing environmental threats from port
operations agreed upon at the regional level
• Legal/policy/regulatory framework for environmental
management of ports developed
• Sustainable economic mechanism for improving port
operations identified, including strong private sector
participation
• Environmental improvements in port activities
successfully demonstrated at three sites

WORKING GROUP INSTRUCTIONS
• BREAK INTO FOUR COMPONENT WORKING GROUPS
(next slide): RECOMMENDED GROUPS ON WALL
• SELECT RAPPORTEUR TO COLLATE AND PRESENT
RESULTS
• REVIEW PROJECT OBJECTIVE FOR THAT
COMPONENT
• REVIEW PROJECT ACTIVITIES
• REVIEW PROJECT DETAILED ACTIVITIES
• REVIEW PROJECT TIMELINE
• REPORT TO PLENARY WITH UPDATED ACTIVITIES
AND SUB-ACTIVITIES (FRIDAY 1330)

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WORKING GROUPS
Component 1:
Building regional capacity for maritime and land-based
pollution control in Central America: RACHEL
Component 2:
Creating, analyzing and distributing marine environmental
information and developing a strategic action plan for the Gulf
of Honduras: DON
Component 3:
Enhancing navigational safety in shipping lanes: ELVIN
Component 4:
Improving environmental management in the regional network
of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras: RODOLFO

Gulf of Honduras
BID GEF
Honduras.
BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS
Institutional Analysis
Meeting
Abt Associates Inc.

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GEF-IDB PROJECT - INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
• PROJECT EXECUTION ARRANGEMENTS
• ENABLING AGREEMENTS

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SESSION OBJECTIVES
Stakeholder input into IDB-GEF TDA
development – Small group discussions
 Regional executing structure
 Enabling agreements
 National environmental frameworks
 Effective coordination with existing programs

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SUMMARY OF SECTOR FINDINGS
GLOBAL OBSERVATIONS-
 Need for stakeholder participation and Project ‘ownership’
 Develop financial sustainability during the Project’s initial
phase.
 Review existing regional programs and create linkages
where indicated to avoid gaps or duplication of efforts.
 Streamline project organization to reduce resource and
personnel demands on the Project and stakeholder
participants.
 Information-sharing and management are challenges at the
national level with an additional layer of complexity at the
transboundary level.

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KEY PUBLIC SECTOR FINDINGS
1 Need to promulgate regulations for MARPOL and other key
international conventions
2. Inadequate coordination and communication among
national agencies and between national and local government
agencies.
3. Fragmentation of agency responsibilities include unclear or
ignored agency mandates and overlapping jurisdictions
4. Need for training assessments and follow up
5. Government generally has inadequate resources,
equipment, and staffing to execute functions
6 Difficulty with staff retention

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KEY CIVIL SOCIETY FINDINGS
1. Need to incorporate civil society participation in
all public decision-making components of the
Project.
2. Include civil society as one of the target groups
for technical training
3. Review legal and institutional recommendations of
the Project for adequate public consultation

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KEY PRIVATE SECTOR FINDINGS
1 Need for uniform enforcement of shipping
regulations.
2 Strengthen local capacity to conduct inspections
and enforce regulations
3 Strengthen government capacity to conduct oil
spill contingency planning and respond to
emergencies
4 Extend training and awareness building to the
shipping industry as well as port operators

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PROJECT DESIGN AND CHARACTERISTICS
• Trinational management and multi-stakeholder
decision-making framework
• Transboundary watershed approach to
ecosystem management
• Transboundary diagnostic of
environmental, institutional, and legal
aspects of the Gulf of Honduras
• Developing pilot projects that can be
replicated for use in other regions

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CONCEPTUAL APPROACH FOR
IMPLEMENTING FRAMEWORK
Inter-American
Development
Bank
REGIONAL EXECUTING
AGENCY
Project Coordination
Unit (Operated
independently)
Regional Management
(Stakeholders)
Committe
Public Advisory
Committee
Technical Advisory
Committee
Regional Monitoring
Workgroup
Steering
Committee

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Mesoamerican Barrier Reef
System Project
CCAD Ministers
and Mexico
DGMA
Steering
Committee
Technical Advisory
Committee
Consultative
Technical Group
Working Groups
Non-governmental
Organizations
Project
Coordination Unit
National Barrier Reef
Committees
Consultants
Governments Universities

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PROARCA OPERATING STRUCTURE
STEERING COMMITTEE
SICA/Secretary General
SICA/DGMA
USAID/G-CAP
Sets overall strategy and policy
parameters
Consultative
Working Group
USPVO
CCAP
USAID/G-CAP
RODA
GTZ
Consultative
Working Group
USPVO
USAID/G-CAP
SCAC
FEDECATUR
GTZ
Consultative
Working Group
USEPA
SICA/DGMA
USAID/G-CAP
RODA
Consultative
Working Group
US IQC
USAID/G-CAP
FEMICA
OIRSA

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PROJECT EXECUTION COMPONENTS
Inter-American Development Bank
Responsible for overseeing the development
and implementation of the GEF project and
activities are executed in accordance with GEF
requirements..
Regional Steering Committee
Committee comprised of senior officials from
each country, donor agencies and partner
institutions.

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Regional Executing Institution
Functions as the regional administrator of the
GEF funding and executing framework.
Project Coordination Unit
Responsible for the direct implementation of the
five-year project during the Project’s initial
phase.

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Management Committee
Builds consensus among its stakeholder membership
for GEF project. Members serve as direct links to their
organizations
Communicate their institutions’ and constituents’
concerns
Project Committees and Workgroups
• Citizens Advisory Committee
• Technical Advisory Committee
• Regional Monitoring Workgroup

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MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
• Two national government representatives from
environment, merchant marines, naval forces, coastal
zone management, natural resources, or other relevant
ministries.
• One local government representative
• Two nongovernmental organization representatives
working on marine pollution or navigational safety
issues
• One Port Authority representative
• Two private sector/industry representatives
• International organization representative acting as a
regional expert such the OMI or COCATRAM

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CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING REGIONAL
EXECUTING INSTITUTION
1. Demonstrated financial stability
2. Administrative structure to administer the GEF
program and respond to program audits
3. Recognized regional presence by stakeholders
working on maritime pollution and navigational
safety issues.
4. Expertise in marine pollution, navigational safety,
and coastal planning.

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CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING REGIONAL
EXECUTING INSTITUTION
5. Established contacts with government, industry,
port authorities, and civil society organizations
6. Established public education and outreach
programs and experience working with
stakeholder groups.
7. Demonstrated interest and commitment to
marine pollution and navigational safety issues
in the Gulf of Honduras.
8. Demonstrated ability to coordinate ongoing
regional programs to address the control of
marine pollution and navigation safety issues

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ENABLING AGREEMENTS
Examples of Agreement elements that facilitate the execution
of the GEF Project:
• Definition of geographic boundaries of the Project
• Harmonization within the Project region
 Environmental standards- air, coastal waters, pollution clean
up, etc
 Laws pertaining to marine pollution and navigational safety
 Comparable institutional framework and level of
responsibilities
 Signatories to key international conventions - environment,
marine pollution, navigational safety
• Project execution agreements
 MOUs between regional executing entity and participating
governments, or their representatives to formalize decisions
and provide for implementation mechanisms.

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Workgroups: Project Execution Arrangements and
Organization
1. Project Execution Arrangements-Rachel
2. Enabling agreements-Elvin
3. National Environmental Frameworks-Rodolfo
4. Effective Coordination with existing programs-Megan

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Workgroups: Project Execution Arrangements and
Organization
1. Project Execution Arrangements
2. Enabling agreements
3. National Environmental Frameworks
4. Effective Coordination with existing programs

Gulf of Honduras
BID GEF
Honduras.
BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS
Project Execution Arrangements
Report from Workgroups
Meeting
Abt Associates Inc.

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Project Execution Arrangements Models
Steering
Committee
Regional
Stakeholders
Committee
Regional
Executing
Agency
IADB
Technical
Committees
Technical
Committees
Technical
Committees
PCU
National
Workgroup/
National
Coordinators

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Project Execution Arrangements Models
IADB
Steering
Committee
Regional
Management
Stakeholders
Committee
Regional
Executing
Agencies
PAC
TAC
RMG
PCU
Public Advisory Committee
Technoical Advisory
Committe
Regional Monitoring Group

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Project Execution Arrangements - Models
IADB
Regional
Executing
Agency
Ad hoc
workgroups
PCU
Steering
Committee
Regional
Management
Stakeholders
Committee
National
Coordinator
Belize
National
Coordinator
Guatemala
National
Coordinator
Honduras
Project
Recipients

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Project Execution Arrangements - Models
WG
Regional
Management
Stakeholders
Committe
Working
Group
WG
WG
Regional
Executing
Agency
PCU

Gulf of Honduras
BID GEF
Honduras.
BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS
Enabling Agreements
Meeting
Abt Associates Inc.

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Proposed Enabling Agreement
Regional Project Agreement
 Foreign Relations Ministers of Belize,
Guatemala and Honduras sign the project
regional agreement before SICA’s Executive
Secretary.
 Enabling Agreement must include:
General Objectives of the Project
Each country’s contribution and responsibilities
Benefits that the project will provide to the
region

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Once the General Agreement has been signed, there
is the need for the establishment of a National
Committee in each of the three countries under the
guidance of the Ministers involved in the project.
The National Committee, such as MBRS’ National
Barrier Reef Committee which was established
through a decree, requires all government agencies
involved in the project to cooperate in the
achievement of the project goals.

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Proposed Schedule of Events prior to September Meeting:
• Presentation of the Project to Ministers of Natural
Resources & Environment, Foreign Relations,
Transport, Finance - No later than July 20.
• Presentation of the Project to SICA’s Executive
Secretary – No later than August 15.
• Invitations to September Meeting sent – No later than
August 20
• Final Meeting – September 20, 2003, Tegucigalpa.

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Proposed Attendance to the September
Meeting (Project Presentation)
Belize
Minister of Natural Resources & Environment (or
designated representative)
Minister of Foreign Affairs (“)
Minister of Finance (“)

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Guatemala
Minister of Transport (or designated
representative)
Minister of Environment (“)
Minister of Defense (“)

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Honduras
Minister of Transport (or designated
representative)

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Enhancement on Navigation Safety &
Shipping Lanes
Proposal
Regional Agreement
 Ballast Water Discharge Zone Limit
 Limit would be defined in a Joint Agreement
Regional Enforcement – Monitoring &
Tracking System

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Enhancement on Navigation Safety &
Shipping Lanes
Second Proposal
 Special Zone
MARPOL
 Ship Discharge Limits
Compromise:
Establishment of a Regional Information Center
Establishment of Reception Facilities

Gulf of Honduras
BID GEF
Honduras.
BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS
National Environmental Frameworks
Meeting
Abt Associates Inc.

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National Environmental Frameworks-Honduras
SERNA
Subsecretaría
de Energía
Secretaría de
Obras Públicas
Transporte y
Vivienda
ENP
Dirección de
Recursos
Hídricos
Dirección de
Energia
Subsecretaría de Ambiente
DECA DIBIO CESCO DGA
SINEIA
Areas
Protegidas y
Vida Silvestre
IHT
COHDEFOR
SINEIA-- Descentralizadoen UMA's
SOPTRAVI-- Secretaría de Obrsa Públicas de Transporte y
Vivienda
IHT-- Instituto Hondureño de Turismo
DECA--Dirección de Evaluación y Control Ambiental
DIBIO--Dirección General de Biodiversidad
COHDEFOR--Corporación Hondureña de Desarrollo Forestal
CESCO--CEntro de estudios y Control de Contaminantes

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National Environmental Frameworks – Belize
Dept. of Lands
Ministry of Natural resources,Environment, and Industry of Belize
Forestry Dept.
Department of
Environment
Geology &
Petroleum
Department
Hydrology
Department
Ministry of Transport Attorney General Ministry Minstry of Agriculture & Fisheries
Port Authority IMMARBE
Fisheries Dept.
CZMAI

National Environmental Frameworks -Guatemala
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Ministerio de
Ambiente y Recursos
Naturales
CONAP
Consejos
Consultivos
MAGA
Ministerio de
Minería
Ministerio de
Defensa
La Marina de
Defensa
Nacional
Min. de
Comunicaciones
Infraestructura y
vivienda
SAM
CBM
ONGs
EIAS

BID GEF
Long-Term Sustainable Financing And Baseline and
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Gulf of Honduras
Honduras.
BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS
Incremental Costs
Meeting
Abt Associates Inc.

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OUTLINE
SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM FINANCING
INITIAL PROJECT FINANCING: GEF ELIGIBILITY
INCREMENTAL COST DEFINITIONS
CALCULATING THE BASELINE
CALCULATING THE INCREMENTAL COST
EXAMPLES
DISCUSSION GROUP TASKS

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SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM FINANCING
ESTABLISHMENT OF A FINANCING
SCHEME IS ESSENTIAL TO
COMPLEMENT LIMITED NATIONAL
FUNDING SOURCES
FULL PROJECT WILL ESTABLISH A
SUSTAINABLE FINANCING PLAN, IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE STRATEGIC
ACTION PROGRAMME.
NUMEROUS FUNDING MECHANISMS
WILL BE CONSIDERED (NEXT SLIDE)

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SUSTAINABLE FINANCING: ISSUES
STABLE FUNDING SOURCE
PROJECT-SPECIFIC FUNDING ALLOCATIONS
TO AVOID COMPETITION WITH OTHER NEEDS
POLLUTER-PAYS PRINCIPLE
ASSURE THAT PROJECT RESULTS ARE
TANGIBLE TO SOURCES OF FUNDING
TRANSPARENT USE OF FUNDS

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SUSTAINABLE FINANCING (CON’T)
POSSIBLE FINANCING MECHANISMS INCLUDE:
Fines or reimbursements for accidents
Fees for certain activities (bilge water, oily
water, etc.)
Fees on imports and exports from each port
(possibly based on toxicity or other environmental
threat)
Money from general fund of each country
Fees from cruise ships/tourism
Partnerships with in-kind and monetary
contributions from various sources

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SUSTAINABLE FINANCING (CON’T)
EXAMPLE:
FEE ON IMPORTS/EXPORTS:
USING LATEST IMPORT/EXPORT STATISTICS FOR
REGION (SEE TDA), AND ASSUMING A 2% GROWTH IN
CARGO,
USING A FEE OF U.S. $0.025 FOR NON-HAZARDOUS
CARGO AND $0.05 FOR HAZARDOUS CARGO,
WOULD GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $500,000 PER
YEAR FROM THE THREE COUNTRIES IN SUPPORT ON
ONGOING OPERATIONAL COSTS.

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INITIAL PROJECT FINANCING: GEF
ELIGIBILITY
 Global Benefits
 GEF Operational Strategy and Operational Programmes
 Country Driven & Compatible with National Sustainable
Development Objectives & Programmes
 Stakeholder Participation
 Sustainability
 Cost Effectiveness
 Leveraging of Funding from non-GEF Sources (co-financing)
 Scientific Viability
 Replicability
 Incremental Costs

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WHAT ARE INCREMENTAL COSTS?
The GEF finances the incremental costs of actions that are
necessary to secure global environmental benefits.
Programs in the following focal areas are eligible for
financing:
 Conserving biodiversity;
 Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions;
 Preventing degradation of international waters; and
 Arresting atmospheric ozone depletion.

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WHAT ARE INCREMENTAL COSTS (CON’T)
Incremental Costs are the difference between
the costs of programs to achieve global
environmental objectives and those aimed at
achieving national sustainable development
goals.

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WHAT ARE INCREMENTAL COSTS
 The incremental cost restriction means that
the GEF is limited to funding activities
necessary to secure global environmental
benefits which impose greater costs than
benefits at the national level.
 These activities would not ordinarily be
undertaken in a “business as usual” situation
because the NATIONAL benefits MAY not
justify the costs.

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TERMINOLOGY
Baseline:
The course of events leading to the global environmental
problem.
Baseline Programs:
Initiatives undertaken by the recipient country as part of its
own sustainable development agenda that have a bearing on
the baseline. These efforts would be financed irrespective of
GEF inputs.
Baseline Costs:
The cost of baseline programs estimated over the life of the
proposed GEF project.

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TERMINOLOGY (CON’T)
 Alternative Strategy: The set of interventions required
to mitigate the global environmental problem.
 The difference between baseline costs and the costs
of implementing the alternative strategy = the
Incremental Costs.
INCREMENTAL COSTS
=
ALTERNATIVE COSTS – BASELINE COSTS
 The GEF provides funding only for those activities that
would not ordinarily be undertaken at the national
level because the benefits do not justify the costs.

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TERMINOLOGY (CON’T)
Cost of Alternative strategy:
Alternative
=
Baseline + Incremental activities

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Identify the broad categories of activities for which
we need to measure the baseline and alternative.
Determine the project life (time period over which we
measure costs).
List all programs (government, donor, or private
sector funded) that will be undertaken over the
project life.

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Identify the time period over which these
programs will be implemented.
Donor programs:
 Examine the budgets of these
programs to get cost estimates.
 If programs are completed before the
proposed project comes on line do not
include these costs in the analysis.

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Government funded programs:
Examine past budget trends and
project these forward over the life of
the proposed project.

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CALCULATING THE INCREMENTAL COSTS
INCREMENTAL COSTS MAY INCLUDE:
 COUNTRY CO-FINANCING (E.G., NATIONAL BUDGET,
SPECIFIC BI-LATERAL AND MULTI-LATERAL PROJECTS)
 BI-LATERAL AND MULTI-LATERAL COFINANCING (E.G.,
PARTNER DONORS)
 IMPLEMENTING AGENCY CO-FINANCING (E.G., IDB)
 OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES (E.G., MACHC, PRIVATE
SECTOR)
 GEF FINANCING

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CALCULATING THE INCREMENTAL COSTS
New programs proposed under the
alternative:
 Start with the GEF budget (inputs oriented).
 Link with the broad categories identified as
outputs.
 Some of the budget items will have to be
prorated and shared with other co-financing, for
example administrative costs or non-GEFable
activities.

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COUNTRY CO-FINANCING
Cash or in-kind contributions from countries to
the Project
Examples:
 Office space
 National experts/specialists
 Light, electricity, etc.
 Additional funding to the National experts to
enhance this project
 Vehicles, transport

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OVERALL CO-FINANCING
GEF TYPICALLY REQUIRES CO-FINANCING AT A
RATE OF 2 OR 3 TIMES THE GEF CONTRIBUTION
IF THE PROJECT HAS A $4 MILLION CONTRIBUTION
FROM GEF, THEN CO-FINANCING SHOULD BE $8 TO
$12 MILLION.
AS AN EXAMPLE, CO-FINANCING COULD COME
FROM
MULTI-LATERAL DONATIONS: $4 MILLION
MACHC: $75,000
NGOs (VARIOUS): $100,000
COUNTRIES: $4,000,000
OTHER: ???

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BASELINE -- EXAMPLE
NATIONAL BUDGET:
FOR PERIOD OF 2000 THROUGH 2008 (USE TREND PROJECTION, IF DATA
ARE NOT AVAILABLE), CALCULATE:
• MINISTERIAL BUDGETS APPLICABLE TO ENVIRONMENT OF GULF
OF HONDURAS:
• MIN. OF ENVIRONMENT
• MIN. OF TRANSPORT
• OTHER MINISTRIES
• BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL PROJECTS APPLICABLE TO
GULF OF HONDURAS
• DONOR PROGRAMS
• IDB AND OTHER LOANS APPLICABLE TO ENVIRONMENT

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BASELINE -- EXAMPLE
MIN. ENV BUDGET: US $ 500,000 PER YEAR FOR 10 YEARS:
US $ 5,000,000
MIN. OF TRANSPORT BUDGET: $250,000 FOR 10 YEARS:
US $ 2,500,000
IDB LOAN FOR RATIONALIZING ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS (1999-
2002):
US $ 1,750,000
PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITIES IN PORT AND HARBOR
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: $100,000 PER YEAR FOR 10 YEARS:
US $ 1,000,000
E.U. PROJECT TO HARMONIZE LEGISLATION (2003-2006):
US $ 3,000,000
TOTAL BASELINE: $13,250,000.

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COUNTRY CO-FINANCING -- EXAMPLE
• CASH FROM NEW BUDGET FOR PROJECT
• IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION (ANNUAL)
• HOW MANY PERSON-MONTHS
• TRANSPORT COSTS
• MEETING COSTS
• SPACE COSTS
• UTILITIES COSTS (PHONE, AIR
CONDITIONING, ETC.)
• OFFICE SPACE

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COUNTRY CO-FINANCING (EXAMPLE)
CASH CONTRIBUTION FROM NATIONAL BUDGET (INCREASE
OVER BASELINE): $100,000 FOR FIVE YEARS OF PROJECT:
US $ 500,000
ANNUAL IN-KIND COSTS:
• PERSONNEL: 10 PEOPLE
• TRANSPORT: 4 VEHICLES AND 20 DAYS OF
BOAT USE
• OFFICE SPACE: 500 SQUARE METERS
• UTILITIES: US $ 5000
• MISC. US $ 10,000
TOTAL: US $ 2,227,055

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DISCUSSION GROUP TASKS
COUNTRIES WILL MEET ONE-BY-ONE WITH PROJECT TEAM
TO ADDRESS BASELINE AND INCREMENTAL COSTS FOR
THEIR COUNTRY:
10:30 BELIZE
11:00 GUATEMALA
11:30 HONDURAS
OBJECTIVES:
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO PUT
TOGETHER BASELINE AND INCREMENTAL COSTS
TO DETERMINE A NATIONAL TEAM TO LEAD THE
EFFORT
TO DETERMINE HOW THE PROJECT TEAM CAN
ASSIST THE COUNTRIES IN DEFINING THESE COSTS

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SCHEDULE FOR PROVIDING BASELINE AND
CO-FINANCING ESTIMATES
• BASELINE COSTS SUBMITTED TO ABT ASSOCIATES
BY:
30 JULY 2003
• INCREMENTAL COSTS SUBMITTED TO ABT BY:
30 JULY 2003
• REVISED INCREMENTAL COST ANALYSIS
PERFORMED, AND COUNTRIES NOTIFIED IF CO-FINANCING
IS DEFICIENT:
15 AUGUST 2003
• FINAL INCREMENTAL COST ANALYSIS:
1 SEPTEMBER 2003

Gulf of Honduras
BID GEF
Honduras.
BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS
Project Components- Report from Workgroups
Meeting
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PROJECT COMPONENT 1:
Building Regional Capacity for
Maritime and Land Based-Pollution
Control in Central America

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Objective:
Create and consolidate a regional
network to control maritime and land-based
sources of pollution in the Gulf,
including institutional and economic
arrangements to ensure project
sustainability.

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General comments
Substitute the word Gulf of Honduras for Central America in
the component title.
Explanation: by using the word Central America, the
project may create expectations that activities will take place
outside the Gulf of Honduras in other countries.

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Activity 1.1
Sustainability:
 Local participation
 Public and private institutions
 Financial sustainability
 Identification of key institutions in the Gulf to ensure
financial sustainability and successful project
implementation (public and private sector, this will be
addressed in more detail by the design team)

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Activity 1.2
Public education should be included in this activity
Where feasible, existing web-sites and communication/dissemination
mechanisms should be used
This activity needs to ensure that all GEF project activities have adequate
public consultation in the decisionmaking process
This activity should include interactive mechanism on key topics such as
the harmonization of laws and regulations to involve the public and
promote participation

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Activity 1.3
Do stakeholder consultations to identify training needs,
ensuring involvement of the private sector and coordination
with other projects in the region
Suggested areas for training:
 Crime investigation and legal prosecution
 Economic valuation of disasters
 Citizen monitoring/surveillance to support enforcement of
regulations
 Strategic planning for port personnel

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Activity 1.4
The feasibility of the creation of an endowment with the
money coming from sanctions should be explored
This activity should include identifying opportunities to
strengthen legal mechanisms for prosecuting
transboundary violations and distribution of funds
The range of actors included in this activity should be
expanded to include the private sector and other actors

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Activity 1.5
This activity should include the development of an action plan
for addressing legislative and government barriers to
establishing economic incentives to prevent contamination
in the Gulf
The activity should include identifying incentives for the
private sector to support regional maritime contamination
monitoring, control and prevention
This activity should include facilitating obtainment of available
financing by private enterprise to adopt less polluting
technologies to achieve project objectives (collaboration
with private banks or BCIE, CABEI)

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Activity 1.6
The development of performance indicators and a monitoring
plan to track project performance is a very powerful tool
that could be used to attract additional funding and public
and private sector support
This activity should include coordination/ collaboration with
other programs to track common indicators in areas like
institutional strengthening, biophysical parameters
The range of actors included in this activity should be
expanded

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Component 2
Updating the Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis,
developing a Strategic Action Plan and creating, analyzing and
distributing marine environmental information for the Gulf of
Honduras.

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Objective
Develop the long-term capacity for gathering, organizing,
analyzing and disseminating marine environmental
information, as a complement to the MBRS Regional
Environmental Information System (EIS), fill gaps in existing
knowledge of the marine environmental issues, and
undertake strategic planning for concrete actions to reduce
marine pollution in the Gulf of Honduras.

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Activities
Develop a Data and Information Management System for maritime related
impacts from port and navigation activities and land-based sources of
pollution on the Gulf of Honduras.
Update and complete TDA, including an updated assessment of the relative
importance and transboundary impact of land-based and marine-based
sources of pollution and filling the gaps identified in the Preliminary TDA.
Prepare, negotiate, and endorse at the national level a regional Strategic
Action Plan (SAP) for port and navigational pollution reduction measures
as well as reduction of other adverse land-based activities.

2.1 Develop a Data and Information Management System for maritime related impacts from port
and navigation activities, and land-based sources of pollution.
Building on existing institutional arrangements where feasible, establish a Data and
Information Management System for the Gulf of Honduras to facilitate the updating
of the TDA and data sharing with other projects, including the MBRS.
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Develop mechanisms for the sharing of data and information for input into the Data
and Information Management System for the Gulf of Honduras.
Create standards and protocols for the collection, processing, analysis and
compilation of data and GIS information.
Develop a centralized system for access and distribution of the data to the
organizations involved in the control of maritime pollution and transport in the Gulf
of Honduras.
Develop technical capacity for the transfer and incorporation of hydrographical and
oceanographical data into GIS based information systems.

2.2 Update and complete TDA, including an updated assessment of the relative
importance and transboundary impact of land- based and marine-based sources of pollution and filling the
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gaps identified in the Preliminary TDA.
Fill the gaps in oil, chemical spill, and dredging related ecological and social
sensitivity/vulnerability mapping and diagnosis (incorporated into a GIS),
including the sensitivity to the use of dispersing chemicals for oil spill clean-up
in the entrances of ports, along major navigational routes and in adjacent
vulnerable coastal areas (including scientific studies to assess the temporal
and spatial patterns in the reproduction and recruitment of sensitive marine
organisms), building on existing data.
Conduct a review of the national and regional legal and institutional
frameworks addressing environmental management of the maritime transport
industry.
Complete an analysis of the socio-economic conditions of the Gulf of
Honduras region that would affect efforts to improve environmental
management of the maritime transport industry.
Conduct a detailed analysis of the project stakeholders.

2.3 Prepare, negotiate, and endorse at the national level a regional Strategic Action Plan
(SAP) for port and navigational pollution reduction measures as well as reduction of other adverse
land- based activities.
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Identify the team responsible for the preparation of the SAP
Establish regional expert group to facilitate the preparation of SAP
Establish national SAP committees to prepare national inputs
Conduct workshops (national and regional) to develop SAP: workshops will
include consideration of land-based activities, ports, and marine activities.
Continue quarterly interministerial meetings in each country to discuss and
refine SAP components

2.3 Prepare, negotiate, and endorse at the national level a regional Strategic Action Plan
(SAP) for port and navigational pollution reduction measures as well as reduction of other adverse
land- based activities…continued.
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Conduct regional workshop to review SAP
Obtain signatures on SAP by appropriate ministries followed by national
endorsement
Conduct a regional donor conference to develop partnerships for carrying
out the SAP

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Outputs
Data and Information Management System for the Gulf of Honduras
TDA completed, agreed upon and widely disseminated
Regional SAP completed and endorsed at the national level which
supports improved safety of navigation and protection of the marine
environment
Partnerships for carrying out the SAP developed
Incremental improvement in capacity to control Land-Based Sources of
pollution

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Component 3: Enhancing navigational safety in shipping
lanes.
Objective: Enhance the navigational safety in major
shipping lanes to reduce marine pollution by developing
and enforcing vessel standards, improving hydrographic
capacity, products (such as nautical charts) and services
and improving oceanographic information for the
preparationing of an oil and chemical spill prevention and
contingency plan for the Gulf of Honduras to prevent
damages associated with both operational and accidental
discharges at sea, and ability to respond to accidental spills.

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3.1 Conduct navigational risk assessments and propose modifications in maritime shipping
routes and other risk reduction measures.
 Identify needs in improvement and expansion of signaling equipment (buoys,
beacons, lighthouses, etc.) and identify investment opportunities for SAP.
To regionalize navigational safety communications capability by helping to
establish common regional communications protocols, and assisting in starting
national communications centers, to improve the overall security of maritime
transport in order to avoid ship collisions in busy corridors, as well as to enable
monitoring, surveillance and control of fishing and other commercial vessels,
navigational routes and sea lanes, and incidences of coastal pollution.
Assistance in the areas of VHF/HF radio, radar, and Automated Identification
System (AIS), and electronic navigational charts, will help establish this
regional communications capability and assist compliance with the new
IMO/ISPS standards to be implemented by July 2004.

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3.1 con’t
Promote and introduce new regulations and technologies to avoid groundings
and collisions and adopt methods to prevent unauthorized discharge of toxic
substances, including ballast water. A specific activity is to establish a
regional ballast water exchange zone (limit), shoreward of which ballast water
cannot be exchanged in the Gulf of Honduras.

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3.2 Review and draft reforms for the institutional, legal, policy, regulatory and enforcement
framework for navigational safety, including the prevention of oil and chemical spills, vessel standards,
provision of hydrographic services, certification, the framework for the definition of liabilities; and facilitating
the process of ratification, as well as promoting the compliance, with international and regional conventions
and agreements (such as international collision regulations and other international IMO conventions like the
Safety of Life at Sea).
 Complete national reports on institutional, policy, legal, regulatory
and enforcement frameworks for navigational safety, including at the
international and national levels.
 Hold workshops to review regional and national frameworks and
recommend more unified policy/legal/regulatory/institutional
frameworks for navigational safety.
 Draft policies, laws, and other instruments to address gaps in
institutional/ legal/ regulatory structure

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3.3 Building on existing institutional arrangements where feasible, establish a regional
focus for oceanography related to oil and chemical spill planning and response, for
oceanographic data processing, as well as management and modeling (Marine) GIS-based
data applications, that will share information with the public and decision-makers.
 Review and assess national capacities for oceanography (including
oil spill modeling).
 Through a high-level workshop, develop and agree on a policy for
regional cooperation in oceanography, in support of oil spill and
chemical spill response, with linkages to national and regional spill
response efforts.
Obtain ongoing national budget and other financing, including private
sector, to support regional focus for oceanography related to spill
planning and response.

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3.4 Develop and implement a training program for national and regional entities, including inspection,
pilotage, and oceanography, related to navigational safety and spills, focusing on gaps identified including in the
areas of pilotage, Port Wardens, assessment of oceanographic current dynamics, sediment transport, and
bathymetry.
 Develop technical capacity and obtain equipment for oil and chemical
spill trajectory analysis and response, including training and education,
working closely with other regional modeling projects such as the
MBRS.
 Develop training for processing of oceanographic data, and data
exchange compatible with the project’s data and information
management system.
Develop methodologies and build capacity for oil and chemical spill
damage assessments and the determination of environmental
restoration costs.

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3.4 con’t
 Assess needs for and develop training for specific operational areas such
as pilotage, Port Wardens, Port State Control, oil spill response, use of
dispersants in response to oil spills, etc.
Establish a mechanism to ensure that relevant oceanographic information
(such as tides and water levels, currents, etc.) is made available to support
regional hydrographic activities, including the production of nautical charts.

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3.5 Prepare a regional/transboundary oil and chemical spill prevention and
contingency plan.
 Establish oil pollution reporting procedure for ships and offshore units
(linked to activity 3.1).
 Plan and perform emergency spill response exercises, with national
and regional authorities, to demonstrate and evaluate capabilities of the
regional response.
 Improve regional capacity for oil and chemical spill containment and
clean-up by identifying existing equipment and facilities (including
using the oil spill brigade in Guatemala as a regional model) and gaps in
available facilities.
Develop national emergency response plans for ship fires and groundings
(national obligation).

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3.6 Building on the initial assessment/ gap analysis of regional hydrographic capabilities
of the Meso-American and Caribbean Sea Hydrographic Commission (MACHC), hold a high-level
workshop to address institutional arrangements regional capacity building. Participants
should include senior, decisionmaking representatives from each country’s national
interministerial hydrographic coordination mechanism (Commission, Steering Group, etc.),
regional organizations such as COCATRAM, MACHC and other key players. Such a
workshop should 1) explore alternatives for regional cooperation under the scope of the project
and 2) decide on a common approach, including political arrangements that will effectively build
regional capacity while reducing costs by utilizing common assets.
Each country establishes an interministerial mechanism (Commission,
Committee, Steering Group, etc. with representiaves from relevant
government ministries (including the National Geographic Institutes) and
private sector entities to assess, organize and coordinate national efforts
related to hydrographic data collection, processing, production and
dissemination.

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3.6 con’t
 Each country’s interministerial coordination mechanism establish
consensus on what capabilities, products and services it could potentially
provide to regional hydrographic activities. Each country be prepared to
present this consensus view at the workshop.

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3.7 Develop and implement a training/demonstration program for national and regional
entities in hydrography to improve technical capacity.
Obtain and install multi-beam equipment for hydrographic
data collection, and related hardware and software for
processing, analysis, paper and electronic chart production
(cooperating, for instance, with ENP of Honduras which has
ECP capabilities) and distribution, and demonstrate in each
country the use of this equipment for purposes of
hydrographic charting and other requirements of the
project, in priority areas such as navigation channels, high-value
environmental resource areas, etc.

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3.7 con’t
 Provide training on hydrographic data processing,
archiving and production of electronic navigational
charts.
Provide training on how to format hydrographic data so
that it can be integrated into the project data and
information management system (including GIS) and
used for non-navigation purposes (such as coral reef
mapping, coastal zone management, etc.)

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3.8 Identify and conduct two demonstration pilot activities related to navigational risk
reduction. Examples include improved incineration facilities, improved processes for removal,
transport, and treatment of chemical wastes (including oil, solid waste and water), improved
navigational products and services (such as production of an electronic navigational chart for a
project priority port), and regional vessel tracking capabilities.
 Host regional workshop/symposium on best available
technologies and best environmental practices addressing
navigational risks; broadly disseminate results from the
symposium.
 Select technologies/practices and implement demonstration
projects.
 Monitor and report on progress of demonstration projects.
Disseminate lessons learned from demonstration projects: encourage
their application elsewhere in the region.

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RESULTS
Steps for reducing pollution from navigational risks identified
Legal/policy/regulatory framework for improved navigational safety,
including addressing oil and chemical spills and improved hydrographic
products and services
Regional capacity for addressing transboundary spills enhanced
Two technologies for reducing navigational risks successfully demonstrated
Regional capacity for hydrography and oceanography enhanced
National and regional capacity for addressing oil and chemical spills
improved

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Component 4: Improving environmental management in the
regional network of five ports within the Gulf of Honduras.
Objective: Improve environmental management and hazard
reduction measures in the regional network of five ports
within the Gulf of Honduras through preparation and
implementation of environmental management investment and
action programs, including demonstration pilot activities and
involvement of the private sector.

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4.1 Conduct port operations risk assessments and propose
concrete modifications to reduce pollution risks.
 Identify dredging needs and evaluate environmental impacts of
dredging and dredge disposal methods.
 Assess impacts of illegal discharge of ballast and oily ballast water
and identify infrastructure needs for treating ballast water.
 Assess impacts of oil and chemical spills occurring during loading and
off-loading of ships and introduce new technologies to avoid spills.
 Assess de adequacy and functionality of navigational aids
at ports
 Take into account the technical information from
component 2.1 in relation to ecological and social
sensitive areas when conducting risk assessments at
ports.
 Assess ratio communication facilities in the risk
assessment evaluation

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Switch 4.2-4.3
4.2. Review the adequacy of existing conventions and
suggest reforms for national laws, policies, regulations and
enforcement policies regarding port activities (including
enhanced use of international agreements and mechanisms to
control and enforce adequate certification of visiting ships).
Conduct an evaluation of the enforcement within each
country for the ratified conventions
Complete national reports on policy, legal, regulatory and enforcement
frameworks regarding port activities.
Hold a workshop to review national frameworks and recommend more
unified policy/legal/regulatory frameworks.
Develop and/or harmonize EIA process for direct and
indirect impacts and for the mitigation and prevention of
environmental impacts associated with port expansion and
operation.

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4.3 Develop harmonized regional guidelines, standards and
policies for port environmental management and security.
 Conduct environmental evaluations in the 5 ports to for
developing guidelines, standards and policies
 Hold a workshop to discuss and agree on regional
guidelines, standards and policies for port environmental
management.
 Broadly disseminate results of workshop.
 Build capacity and conduct learning exchange programs
between ports (including training extension activities in
other Central American countries).

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4.4 Identify sources of investment and develop investment
plan for providing equipment and facilities for minimizing
environmental impacts of port operations, including solid
waste and oily ballast water disposal (as a contribution to the
SAP).
 Identify projects for environmental management at the
ports and mechanisms for execution and funding
 Establish a port users forum, to meet quarterly, to discuss
environmental investment needs
 Forum attends SAP workshops and planning process, to
provide input into the SAP process

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4.5 Conduct demonstration pilot projects related to
environmental improvements in three major ports, including
demonstrations of port-specific hydrographic survey and
electronic/paper nautical chart production activities, and
environmentally effective ways of disposing of contaminated
dredge spoil.
 Identify and execute pilot projects for environmental
services at the ports
 Identify and execute pilot projects on sensitive areas
around ports
 Host regional workshop/symposium on best available technologies
and best environmental practices addressing sources of pollution from
port operations; broadly disseminate results from the symposium.
 Select technologies/practices and implement demonstration projects.
 Monitor and report on progress of demonstration projects.
 Disseminate lessons learned from demonstration projects; encourage
their application elsewhere in the region.

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Time Frame
Component/Activities
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
4. Improving environmental management in the regional network of five ports
within the Gulf of Honduras
4.1 Conduct port operations risk assessments and propose concrete modifications to reduce
pollution risks.
4.3 Develop harmonized regional guidelines, standards and policies for port environmental
management and security.
4.2 Review and draft reforms for national laws, policies, regulations and enforcement
policies regarding port activities (including enhanced use of international agreements
and mechanisms to control and enforce adequate certification of visiting ships).
4.4 Identify sources of investment and develop investment plan for providing equipment
and facilities for minimizing environmental impacts of port operations, including solid
waste and oily ballast water disposal (as a contribution to the SAP).
4.5 Conduct demonstration pilot projects related to environmental improvements in three
major ports, including demonstrations of port-specific hydrographic survey and
electronic/paper nautical chart production activities, and environmentally effective ways
of disposing of contaminated dredge spoil.

Gulf of Honduras
BID GEF
Honduras.
BID-ATB/PD-7402-RS
Summary of Meeting Agreements
Meeting
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Meeting Objectives
 TDA Technical Endorsement
 Agreement and regional details on the project
components
 Receive input into project execution arrangements
and organization
 Agree on method and timeline for determining
baseline costs and country cofinancing
 Exploring enabling agreements for regional
 Other (National Environmental Frameworks, Effective
Coordination amongst regional projects)

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I. TDA Technical Endorsement
The Meeting endorses the second draft of the
Preliminary Diagnostic Analysis from a
technical perspective. However, additional
comments to the TDA are welcome up to 15
July 2003.

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II. Agreement and Regional Details on the Project
Components
The Meeting developed concrete
recommendations for improvements in the
Project Components, Activities, and Tasks
within the draft Project Brief, according to the
Plenary Session of the afternoon of the
Second Day.

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III. Receive Input into Project Execution
Arrangements and Organization
The Meeting developed recommendations for
project Execution Arrangements and
Organization.
Any institution that believes it can satisfy the
10 criteria for Execution body can submit to
Abt Associates by 15 July 2003 their proposal
to serve as Executing Body for the project.
Abt Associates then will review the proposals
and make a recommendation to the Final
Project Meeting.

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IV. Agree on Method and Timeline for Determining
Baseline Costs and Country Cofinancing
Abt will work closely with countries to develop
baseline and country cofinancing
Abt will provide each country with an updated
incremental cost matrix by Wednesday, June 18.
(Elvin Torres is the contact point.)
Countries will have draft of Baseline and
Country Co-Financing available by 9 July, at
which time Abt will assist to answer questions,
identify gaps, etc.
Countries working with the Abt team will have
Baseline and Country Co-Financing to Abt by 31
July 2003.

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Agree on Method and Timeline for Determining
Baseline Costs and Country Cofinancing: con’t
Belize Country Coordinators are:
 Sharon Lindo, Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment, & Industry
 Carlos Montero, Ministry of Economic Development
Guatemala Country Coordinators are:
 Rodolfo Tejeda, Ministerio de Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
 Jorge Mario Rodriguez, Comité de Respuesta y Protección del Medio
Marino Costero
 Eduardo Garidda, Ministry of Communications
Honduras Country Coordinators are:
 Danelia Sabillón, Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente
 Roque Espinoza, Empresa Nacional Portuaria

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V. Exploring enabling agreements for regional
The Meeting proposed a Regional Project
Agreement of:
Foreign Relations Ministers of Belize,
Guatemala and Honduras sign the project
regional agreement before SICA’s Executive
Secretary.
 Enabling Agreement must include:
General Objectives of the Project
Each country’s contribution and responsibilities
Benefits that the project will provide to the region

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Once the General Agreement has been signed,
there is the need for the establishment of a
National Committee in each of the three
countries under the guidance of the Ministers
involved in the project.
The National Committee, such as MBRS’
National Barrier Reef Committee which was
established through a decree, requires all
government agencies involved in the project
to cooperate in the achievement of the project
goals.

Proposed Schedule of Events up through September
Meeting-Enabling Agreements
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•Presentation of the Project to Ministers of Natural
Resources & Environment, Foreign Relations,
Transport, Finance - by July 19.
•Presentation of the Project to SICA Executive
Secretary – by August 15.
•

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Each country has proposed specific attendees for the final
Project Meeting in September 2003:
Belize
Minister of Natural Resources & Environment (or designated representative)
Guatemala
Minister of Transport (or designated representative)
Minister of Defense (“)
Honduras
Minister of Transport (or designated representative)

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VI. Other (National Environmental Frameworks, Effective
Coordination amongst regional projects)
The Meeting developed organigrams of the Environmental
Frameworks pertaining to the Gulf of Honduras in each
country (as a contribution to the Preliminary TDA)
The Meeting discussed concrete ideas for coordinating
activities within the GEF/IDB Gulf of Honduras project and
other regional projects.

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Project Schedule
•Revised Incremental Cost matrix distributed to
countries by 18 June.
•Draft baseline and co-financing costs available for each
country by 9 July.
•Final country baseline and co-financing costs
completed by 31 July.
•Invitations to September Meeting sent – by August 20.
• Final Meeting – September 19, 2003, Tegucigalpa.

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