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OceanLitter Program (includes 3 projects: GloLitter Partnerships, RegLitter and PRO-SEAS projects)

International Maritime Organization (UN), Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) (
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    The IMO OceanLitter Programme is home to a growing portfolio of projects targeting the reduction and prevention of marine plastic litter from sea-based sources.
    The 3 projects, namely GloLitter Partnerships project (global), RegLitter project (Regional-Asia) and PRO-SEAS project (global with targeted support to 4 selected countries) are housed under the OceanLitter Programme to allow for efficient coordination and knowledge-sharing between the projects to beneficiary countries in the drive to combat marine plastic litter from the shipping and fisheries industries. The Programme ensures continued positive progress towards a healthier marine ecosystem through implementation of the international conventions and instruments of IMO such as Marpol Annex V, London Convention/Protocol and implementation of the IMO Action Plan to Address Marine Plastic Litter from Ships, as well as FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear, and towards the relevant Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.

    Project coordination teams from IMO and FAO work closely on the jointly implemented projects, bringing together representatives from both the maritime and fisheries administrations of participant countries to harmonize efforts to support national legal, policy and institutional reform, promote the provision of adequate Port Reception Facilities to receive plastic waste, facilitate cooperation to share best practices at the regional level, empower women in finding solutions to issues of marine plastic litter, and spearhead marking systems to combat discarded fishing gear.

    The programmatic approach allows for each project in the multi-donor portfolio to benefit from the work undertaken in other - enabling efficient use of the resources available, enhancing cooperation to assist member states, and ensuring continued progress towards the shared objectives in management of sea-based marine plastic litter (SBMPL).

    Partners

    Lead Implementing partners: International Maritime Organization (UN) and Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
    Program Beneficiary countries national authorities (governments)
    Public and private sector entities

    Goal 17

    Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development

    Goal 17

    17.1

    Strengthen domestic resource mobilization, including through international support to developing countries, to improve domestic capacity for tax and other revenue collection

    17.1.1
    Total government revenue as a proportion of GDP, by source
    17.1.2
    Proportion of domestic budget funded by domestic taxes

    17.2

    Developed countries to implement fully their official development assistance commitments, including the commitment by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 per cent of ODA/GNI to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries; ODA providers are encouraged to consider setting a target to provide at least 0.20 per cent of ODA/GNI to least developed countries

    17.2.1
    Net official development assistance, total and to least developed countries, as a proportion of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee donors’ gross national income (GNI)

    17.3

    Mobilize additional financial resources for developing countries from multiple sources

    17.3.1

    Additional financial resources mobilized for developing countries from multiple sources 

    17.3.2
    Volume of remittances (in United States dollars) as a proportion of total GDP

    17.4

    Assist developing countries in attaining long-term debt sustainability through coordinated policies aimed at fostering debt financing, debt relief and debt restructuring, as appropriate, and address the external debt of highly indebted poor countries to reduce debt distress

    17.4.1
    Debt service as a proportion of exports of goods and services

    17.5

    Adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for least developed countries

    17.5.1

    Number of countries that adopt and implement investment promotion regimes for developing countries, including the least developed countries

    17.6

    Enhance North-South, South-South and triangular regional and international cooperation on and access to science, technology and innovation and enhance knowledge sharing on mutually agreed terms, including through improved coordination among existing mechanisms, in particular at the United Nations level, and through a global technology facilitation mechanism

    17.6.1

     Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, by speed

    17.7

    Promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries on favourable terms, including on concessional and preferential terms, as mutually agreed

    17.7.1

    Total amount of funding for developing countries to promote the development, transfer, dissemination and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies

    17.8

    Fully operationalize the technology bank and science, technology and innovation capacity-building mechanism for least developed countries by 2017 and enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and communications technology

    17.8.1
    Proportion of individuals using the Internet

    17.9

    Enhance international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the Sustainable Development Goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation

    17.9.1

    Dollar value of financial and technical assistance (including through North-South, South‑South and triangular cooperation) committed to developing countries

    17.10

    Promote a universal, rules-based, open, non-discriminatory and equitable multilateral trading system under the World Trade Organization, including through the conclusion of negotiations under its Doha Development Agenda

    17.10.1
    Worldwide weighted tariff-average

    17.11

    Significantly increase the exports of developing countries, in particular with a view to doubling the least developed countries’ share of global exports by 2020

    17.11.1

    Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global exports

    17.12

    Realize timely implementation of duty-free and quota-free market access on a lasting basis for all least developed countries, consistent with World Trade Organization decisions, including by ensuring that preferential rules of origin applicable to imports from least developed countries are transparent and simple, and contribute to facilitating market access

    17.12.1

    Weighted average tariffs faced by developing countries, least developed countries and small island developing States

    17.13

    Enhance global macroeconomic stability, including through policy coordination and policy coherence

    17.13.1
    Macroeconomic Dashboard

    17.14

    Enhance policy coherence for sustainable development

    17.14.1
    Number of countries with mechanisms in place to enhance policy coherence of sustainable development

    17.15

    Respect each country’s policy space and leadership to establish and implement policies for poverty eradication and sustainable development 

    17.15.1
    Extent of use of country-owned results frameworks and planning tools by providers of development cooperation

    17.16

    Enhance the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development, complemented by multi-stakeholder partnerships that mobilize and share knowledge, expertise, technology and financial resources, to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in all countries, in particular developing countries

    17.16.1

    Number of countries reporting progress in multi-stakeholder development effectiveness monitoring frameworks that support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

    17.17

    Encourage and promote effective public, public-private and civil society partnerships, building on the experience and resourcing strategies of partnerships 

    17.17.1

    Amount in United States dollars committed to public-private partnerships for infrastructure

    17.18

    By 2020, enhance capacity-building support to developing countries, including for least developed countries and small island developing States, to increase significantly the availability of high-quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

    17.18.1

    Statistical capacity indicators

    17.18.2
    Number of countries that have national statistical legislation that complies with the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics
    17.18.3

    Number of countries with a national statistical plan that is fully funded and under implementation, by source of funding

    17.19

    By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries

    17.19.1
    Dollar value of all resources made available to strengthen statistical capacity in developing countries
    17.19.2

    Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

    Name Description
    Program beneficiary countries implement international regulatory frameworks (MARPOL Annex V, LC/LP, FAO Voluntary Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear)
    Support beneficiary countries in developing National Action Plans on sea-based marine plastic litter from shipping and fisheries
    Support selected countries in developing 5 Port Waste Management Plans
    Program beneficiary countries implement 10 regional partnerships activities
    Financing (in USD)
    approximately $18M from: Governments of Norway, Republic of Korea, Australia and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
    Staff / Technical expertise
    Technical expertise of IMO and FAO
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    International Maritime Organization (UN), Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
    SDGs
    Other beneficiaries
    Communities through grants program targeting gender empowerment. The project materials are available globally for any stakeholders
    Ocean Basins
    Global
    Communities of Ocean Action
    Marine and coastal ecosystems management, Sustainable fisheries, Marine pollution, Sustainable blue economy, Scientific knowledge, research capacity development and transfer of marine technology
    Countries
    Argentina
    Argentina
    Brazil
    Brazil
    Cabo Verde
    Cabo Verde
    Colombia
    Colombia
    Costa Rica
    Costa Rica
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Ecuador
    Ecuador
    CAPRE Foundation
    world
    Global
    India
    India
    Indonesia
    Indonesia
    Jamaica
    Jamaica
    Kenya
    Kenya
    Madagascar
    Madagascar
    Mozambique
    Mozambique
    Nicaragua
    Nicaragua
    Nigeria
    Nigeria
    Panama
    Panama
    Peru
    Peru
    Philippines
    Philippines
    Senegal
    Senegal
    Solomon Islands
    Solomon Islands
    Sri Lanka
    Sri Lanka
    Sudan
    Sudan
    Global Action Plan
    Thailand
    Thailand
    Timor-Leste
    Timor-Leste
    Togo
    Togo
    Tonga
    Tonga
    Vanuatu
    Vanuatu
    Vietnam
    Vietnam
    Headquarters
    London
    Contact Information

    Tamar , Project Manager